Spendthrift Farm in Lexington, Ky., will stand Grade 1 winner and Kentucky Derby hopeful Free Drop Billy upon his retirement from racing. Free Drop Billy, a 3-year-old son of Union Rags, has won two of eight starts and has earnings of $625,220. He won on debut as a 2-year-old by three lengths, then finished second in the Grade 3 Sanford Stakes and the Grade 1 Hopeful Stakes at Saratoga before winning the Grade 1 Breeders’ Futurity at Keeneland. At 3, Free Drop Billy has run second in the Grade 2 Holy Bull Stakes at Gulfstream, third in the Grade 3 Gotham Stakes at Aqueduct, and a troubled third in the Grade 2 Blue Grass Stakes at Keeneland. :: DRF BREEDING LIVE: Real-time coverage of breeding and sales Dale Romans trains Free Drop Billy for Albaugh Family Stables, which also campaigned the Grade 1 winner and Spendthrift resident Brody’s Cause. “We are delighted to be working with the Albaugh family again to stand Free Drop Billy,” said Spendthrift general manager Ned Toffey. “He’s a great-looking horse who’s proven to be talented, precocious and consistent, and he’s from a proven sire’s family. He’s a very complete stallion prospect, and he’ll make a great addition to our roster.” Bred in Kentucky by the Helen K. Groves Revokable Trust, Free Drop Billy is out of the Grade 3-placed Giant’s Causeway mare Trensa, whose three foals to race are all winners, also including Hawkbill, who is a Group 1 winner in England and the UAE, with Grade 1/Group 1 placings in Canada and Germany. Free Drop Billy’s second dam is the Grade 1 winner Serape, who is the pivot point for runners including Grade 3 winner Batique, Panamanian Group 2 winner Viramundo, and Grade 3-placed Tejida. Champion Cozzene and Grade 1 winner Tiz Miz Sue can be found further down the page. “We are thankful for the opportunities Free Drop Billy has afforded us, and we are extremely excited about his future stallion career at Spendthrift,” said Jason Loutsch of Albaugh Family Stable. “Since his debut win, we have saddled him seven times in graded stakes competition across multiple tracks and he hit the board in six of those starts. He is the most honest and workmanlike horse we have ever owned. He just loves to train and always gives a big effort.”