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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.
In 1983, a man by the name of Ed Plaut purchased shares in a horse farm located in the state of Kentucky.The farm was known as Spendthrift Farm, Incorporated.Four years later, in 1987, Plaut—alongside other investors—filed suit against Spendthrift Farm, thereby launching a class action lawsuit over securities fraud in federal court.
The business executive and billionaire co-owns Spendthrift Farm with her husband, Eric. The Thoroughbred farm has produced 10 Kentucky Derby winners.
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]
She and her husband own Spendthrift Farm, a Thoroughbred race horse breeding farm in Kentucky [12] that is home to ten Kentucky Derby winners and the Hall of Fame mare Beholder. [2] [13] In May 2022, Gustavson had put her Malibu property on sale for $127.5 million.
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]
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.
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