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Spendthrift Farm is a thoroughbred race horse breeding farm and burial site in Lexington, Kentucky, currently owned by Eric & Tammy Gustavson. [1] It was founded by Leslie Combs II and named for the great stallion Spendthrift, who was owned by Combs' ancestor, Daniel Swigert of Elmendorf Farm. Spendthrift was the great-grandfather of Man o' War.
White Abarrio is a gray stallion bred by Spendthrift Farm out of the Into Mischief mare Catching Diamonds. White Abarrio was sold as a yearling at the 2020 OBS Winter Mixed Sale for $7,500 to Jose Ordonez from Summerfield's consignment.
The widely respected African-American trainer and future U.S. Racing Hall of Fame inductee Edward Brown race conditioned the two-year-old Spendthrift for Daniel Swigert. . After leading the colt through an undefeated year that would retrospectively see him named the American Co-Champion Two-Year-Old Colt of 1878, he was then sold to James R. Keene for $15,000 (based on inflation only equal to ...
In 1937, he bought 127 acres in Lexington from Daniel Swigert and called it Spendthrift Farm in honor of Spendthift. [1] Together with his uncle Brownwell Combs, he owned Myrtle Charm and Myrtlewood. [1] He was also the breeder of Majestic Prince, later owned by Frank M. McMahon. [2]
Other horses have been trained by D. Wayne Lukas, [12] Bobby Frankel, Chad Brown, [19] and Mike Maker. [20] In 2015, they sent 11 horses to the new training stable of Maker's former assistant, Joe Sharp. [21] By 2017, the Ramseys had 630 horses, with as many as 400 in race training, and produced about 100 foals a year. At the urging of their ...
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Good Magic, in 2024 stands for $125,000 at Hill 'n' Dale Farms in Paris, Kentucky. His dam, Puca, is a Grade 2-placed stakes-winning daughter of Big Brown . Breeders Grandview, with the help of Alex Solis II and Jason Litt, went to $475,000 for Puca at The November Sale in 2018, Fasig-Tipton Kentucky's boutique fall mixed sale where she was ...
The colt then went on a streak of success. At three, he won 13 of his 18 starts. At four, he won 10 of 14. At five, he won 14 times from 15 starts. At six, he won 9 of 10 of his ten starts. At seven, he started 21 times and won 15. When he was seven he also set a time record at the old Futurity course at Sheepshead Bay of 1:08 for six furlongs ...