Spendthrift Releases Early Fees for Freshman Sires

Spendthrift Farm has set early-bird stud fees for the 2024 breeding season for Maximus Mischief, Mitole, Vino Rosso, and Omaha Beach, who currently occupy the first, second, third and fifth places, respectively, on the 2023 North American first-crop sires list. All fees have a stands and nurses guarantee and are subject to change following the Breeders' Cup World Championships. Omaha Beach is available for $40,000 following the early stakes success from his first 2-year-olds, which include six black-type horses and four graded stakes horses—both a crop high—from 45 starters as of Oct. 11. His Breeders' Cup hopefuls include stakes winners Hot Beach and Omaha Girl as well as stakes-placed Triple Espresso. Maximus Mischief, who has held the top spot on the freshman sires list for much of the summer and early fall, is available for $25,000. The undefeated graded stakes-winning juvenile by multiple leading sire Into Mischief currently is co-leading sire of his class to date with two black-type winners and also leads with 20 overall winners. Into Mischief currently atop the general leading sires list with nearly $21 million in progeny earnings. Vino Rosso is quickly ascending on the first-crop sires list, following grade 1 performances from his progeny in all three major grade 1 races for juvenile males last weekend. The Wine Stewardwas runner-up in the 1 1/16-mile Breeders' Futurity Stakes (G1) at Keeneland, Wine Me Up was runner-up in the 1 1/16-mile American Pharoah Stakes (G1) at Santa Anita Park, and Dancing Groom was third in the one-mile Champagne Stakes (G1) at Belmont Park, signaling that his 2-year-olds are rising to the top as the distances stretch out. All three colts are listed as contenders for the Breeders' Cup Juvenile (G1) next month at Santa Anita. The champion son of Curlin, Vino Rosso is currently available for $20,000. Mitole, who is currently runner-up on the leading freshman sires list, is available for $15,000. The champion also has sired two black-type winners to date, led by 2-year-old filly V V's Dream, an 8 3/4-length winner of Churchill's Pocahontas Stakes (G3) and recent runner-up in Keeneland's Alcibiades Stakes (G1). V V's Dream is being pointed to next month's Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies (G1) at Santa Anita. At Keeneland Oct. 7, Mitole's 2-year-old colt Booth won at first asking by 5 1/4 lengths and earned a 91 Equibase Speed Figure for his performance. Meanwhile, during the Ocala Breeders' Sales October Yearling Sale, a second-crop yearling by Mitole sold for a sale-topping $250,000 to trainer and pinhooker Eddie Woods.