Breeders' Cup heroes Vino Rosso and Mitole retired to Spendthrift Farm

B Wayne Hughes' Spendthrift Farm in Kentucky has set fees for the remainder of its 2020 stallion roster, including Breeders' Cup champions Vino Rosso and Mitole, who have both been retired from racing after their monumental victories at Santa Anita on Saturday.

Vino Rosso, the four and a quarter-length winner of the Breeders' Cup Classic, will stand for $30,000, and Mitole, the one and a quarter-length winner of the Sprint, will stand for $25,000.

Both fees include a stands and nurses guarantee.

Likewise, Coal Front, a five-time Group/Graded winner of more than $1.8 million, has been retired to Spendthrift and will participate in the farm's Share The Upside programme.

An introductory fee has also been established for Omaha Beach, who remains in training and is being pointed to the Malibu Stakes at Santa Anita and the Pegasus World Cup Invitational Stakes at Gulfstream Park before retiring to Spendthrift.

"We have long believed this is the strongest group of new stallions Spendthrift has seen in decades, and the Breeders' Cup results have just reaffirmed that," said Ned Toffey, Spendthrift's general manager.

"Vino Rosso and Mitole were nothing short of spectacular and turned in the two fastest Beyer Speed Figures of the Breeders' Cup.

"With Vino Rosso, we're talking about the all-time leading earner for one of the industry's top sires, Curlin. With Mitole, just think of how rare it is to see a horse win four Grade 1 races of that magnitude in a single year.

"Omaha Beach still has some racing in front of him, but he's been as in-demand as any horse we've ever had, so we felt we needed to open his book. These are three very special horses.

"We retired Maximus Mischief a couple of months ago, and he has been extremely well received. We expect Coal Front to also be very popular as the newest offering through our Share The Upside programme. He's as good-looking a horse as you'll see in town.

"The quality and diversity of this group has us all very excited, and we think we have terrific options for every breeder in the market."

Coal Front will stand for a fee of $5,000 and will be offered at $7,500 through Share The Upside.

Omaha Beach's initial fee has been set at $40,000 and is subject to change, pending future race results.

Spendthrift has also set a 2020 fee for Goldencents, North America's leading second-crop sire, who will stand for $25,000.

In 2019, Vino Rosso, Mitole and Omaha Beach have won a combined eight Grade 1 races.

Aside from the Breeders' Cup Classic, Vino Rosso captured the Gold Cup at Santa Anita Stakes and was taken down after finishing first in the Jockey Club Gold Cup Stakes at Belmont Park.

Along with the six-furlong Breeders' Cup Sprint, Mitole won the seven-furlong Churchill Downs Stakes on Kentucky Derby Day, the Runhappy Metropolitan Handicap over arguably the best field assembled in 2019, and the seven-furlong Forego Stakes in a stakes-record 1:20.80 at Saratoga.

Omaha Beach was tabbed the morning-line favourite for the Kentucky Derby after winning the Arkansas Derby at Oaklawn Park, and he returned to capture the six-furlong Santa Anita Sprint Championship Stakes to become the first horse in 30 years to win a Grade 1 at six furlongs and nine furlongs in the same year.

Coal Front has five Graded wins at five distances, including the 2019 Godolphin Mile at Meydan Racecourse over a world-class field.

Plans will soon be announced regarding the arrival of Vino Rosso, Mitole and Coal Front at Spendthrift and their availability for inspection.

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