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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 ...
He was then pinhooked and sold to Spendthrift Farm for $800,000 at the 2022 March Fasig-Tipton Two-Year-Olds in Training Sale. [2] Kingsbarns was trained by US Hall of Fame trainer Todd A. Pletcher. Kingsbarns was retired in August 2024 after straining a leg ligament in training, and will stand the 2025 breeding season at Spendthrift. [4]
Forte will enter stud in 2024 at Spendthrift Farm in Kentucky for a fee of $50,000. [30] The first foal by Forte, a bay filly out of the Collected mare's Gravy, was born on January 8 at Darby Dan Farm near Lexington, Kentucky. [31]
Tizway was retired to stud at Spendthrift Farm in 2012. He stood his first season for a fee of $15,000. His first foals reached racing age in 2015. His first winner, on August 8, was named Tizzarunner. [8] He finished 2015 as the #21 ranked First Crop Sire, with leading earner Tiz Imaginary ($114,089). [9]
Into Mischief was retired to stud at Spendthrift Farm for a fee of $12,500 for the 2009 season. [15] In order to build support, Hughes offered a lifetime breeding right to breeders who completed "stands and nurses" contracts in each of his first two years at stud. Interest in him was moderate, and his stud fee dropped to $7,500 by 2012. [19] [20]
This is determined by the amount of prize money won by the sire's progeny during the year. It is restricted to stallions which are based in North America, but currently includes earnings from overseas races in Great Britain, Ireland, France, Italy, Germany and the United Arab Emirates as well as domestic earnings.