Two-time Breeders’ Cup Sprint (Gr.1) winner ELITE POWER, the only son of Curlin to win consecutive Eclipse Awards, will stand the 2026 season for a fee of $35,000 Live Foal Stands and Nurses.
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Multiple Grade 1 winner Carl Spackler will return to the U.S. to begin his stud career, a representative for his international ownership revealed Monday night at the Fasig-Tipton Kentucky fall selected mixed sale.
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Hall of Fame trainer Bill Mott won the Kentucky Derby and Belmont Stakes this year with Godolphin homebred Sovereignty, and Mott has long associations with the colt's family. He sent out great-granddam Sluice for her career debut in July 2000, and has since handled multiple generations of the family leading to this year's success.
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Stalwart sire Medaglia d’Oro’s pensioning was announced in October by Darley. But as the 26-year-old son of El Prado enjoys the early days of his retirement, he has plenty of hurrahs still left on the racetrack – including when Nitrogen runs in Saturday’s Breeders’ Cup Distaff.
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Not This Time was already having a career season when he put together a Keeneland fall meet that put him in the history books. A solid second on North America's general leading sires list, he will look to close the gap on six-time reigning leader Into Mischief at the Breeders' Cup, where several of his Keeneland stars are among his eight entrants over the event's two days.
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From Friday afternoon through lunchtime on Saturday, the familiar orange and purple-quartered colors of Spendthrift Farm will be easy to spot on jockeys in five Breeders' Cup races at Del Mar. It would be no surprise if a few of those runners reach the winner's circle.
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Grade 1 winner Johannes will stand at Claiborne Farm following a final start in Saturday’s Breeders’ Cup Mile at Del Mar. Historic Claiborne, in Paris, Ky., has a prominent incoming pair, as Johannes joins Grade 1 winner Mindframe, who will run in Saturday’s Breeders’ Cup Classic.
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Cogburn, the crack turf sprinter who had international appeal as he began his stallion career this year, is returning early from his first shuttle season to Australia after his fertility results were lower than his domestic performance.
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Bernie Sams, who brings in a wealth of stallion experience from historic Claiborne Farm and other operations, has been named the director of stallion operations at Lane's End. It is a major acquisition for the farm whose roster is led by the proven Candy Ride and Quality Road, and champion Flightline, whose first yearlings were well-received this year.
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Horse of the Year Knicks Go, who was a groundbreaking horse on the track for the Korea Racing Authority, will continue his stud career in that country in 2026, the organization announced on Friday.
