Halfway through this year, Into Mischief is in a familiar position atop the North American general sire list as he chases his seventh consecutive earnings title.
Into Mischief, who stands at Spendthrift Farm, has progeny earnings of $16,645,829 through June 30, according to Daily Racing Form statistics. His leading earner is dual classic winner Sovereignty, who has banked more than $4.7 million as one of Into Mischief’s nation-leading 13 individual stakes winners.
There was no aspect of the Thoroughbred industry that the legendary D. Wayne Lukas left untouched – and that includes the bloodstock and commercial engines of the sport. While training for many top stables in their heyday – including William T. Young’s Overbrook Farm, multiple iterations of historic Calumet Farm, the beloved Robert and Beverly Lewis, global power Coolmore, and many others – Lukas developed a number of top broodmares and stallions, and, as their offspring became available, was an influential player in the sales ring.
Presented at the 2024 CTHS Yearling Sale. First 2YO Race of the Season Set for This Friday.
The Canadian Thoroughbred Horse Society (Alberta Division) is proud to announce the launch of its 2025 Two-Year-Old Incentive Program — a initiative designed to reward the early racing success of Alberta-bred horses presented at the 2024 CTHS Alberta Yearling Sale.
Mystik Dan, winner of the 2024 Kentucky Derby, will stand at Airdrie Stud in Midway, Ky., upon the conclusion of his ongoing racing career, the farm announced on Monday.
Mystik Dan is trained by Kenny McPeek for the ownership group of Lance Gasaway, 4G Racing LLC., Daniel Hamby III, and Valley View Farm. He most recently won the Grade 3 Blame Stakes on May 31 at Churchill Downs, and is targeting the Grade 1 Stephen Foster on June 28 beneath the twin spires.
Curlin ran with distinction through the three Triple Crown races in 2007. He finished third in the Kentucky Derby in just his fourth career start, won the Preakness Stakes, and finished a hard-fought second to fellow champion Rags to Riches in the Belmont Stakes. On Saturday, his son Journalism, who has helped cement Curlin’s reputation as one of the most consistent active sires in the American classics, will become the only member of his crop to start in all three 2025 Triple Crown races.
One June 7, 2020, the Triple Crown series had not yet begun due to the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. Authentic had finished second in his first Grade 1 start, the Santa Anita Derby. Fate dictated that his emergence on the Triple Crown scene would come late, and it worked out for him. Authentic won the Haskell Invitational in July and the Sept. 5 Kentucky Derby – the second leg of the Triple Crown that year following the June 20 Belmont Stakes – before finishing second in the Preakness Stakes and winning the Breeders’ Cup Classic to earn Horse of the Year honors.
Central Banker has claimed four straight titles as New York’s leading general sire. As he eyes a fifth, his statebred champion Bank Frenzy will be one of his runners on Wednesday’s New York-bred showcase card at Saratoga – less than 20 minutes from McMahon of Saratoga Thoroughbreds, where the stallion reigns at stud.
Classic-placed Grade 1 winner Mindframe will stand at Claiborne Farm in Paris, Ky., upon his eventual retirement from racing, the farm announced Sunday. The 4-year-old son of Constitution currently races for Repole Stable and St. Elias Stable, which purchased him in partnership as a yearling.
Mindframe, trained by Todd Pletcher, has never been worse than second in six career starts. In just his third lifetime outing, he was beaten a half-length in the 2024 Belmont Stakes at Saratoga, then was second again to Belmont winner Dornoch in the Grade 1 Haskell.
American Flag, who won the 1925 Belmont Stakes, is from one of the most successful sirelines in that classic’s history. But it was through his daughters, not his sons, that American Flag left his legacy to the breed.
A century after his Belmont victory, he is linked to this year’s Kentucky Derby winner, Sovereignty, as well as a number of other prospects for the 2025 Belmont Stakes.
The late Uncle Mo recorded an exacta of sorts in Saturday’s Preakness Stakes, which serves to underline his continuing legacy. The victorious Journalism is out of Uncle Mo’s daughter Mopotism, the late stallion’s latest accomplishment as a broodmare sire. Runner-up Gosger is by Uncle Mo’s champion son and leading heir, Nyquist.
