Vino Rosso, Mitole Retire to Spendthrift

B. Wayne Hughes' Spendthrift Farm 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 in the World Championships Nov. 2 at Santa Anita Park.

Vino Rosso, the 4 1/4-length winner of the Longines Breeders' Cup Classic (G1), will stand for $30,000, and Mitole, the 1 1/4-length winner of the Breeders' Cup Sprint (G1), 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" program. An introductory fee has also been established for Omaha Beach , who remains in training and is being pointed to the Malibu Stakes (G1) at Santa Anita and the Jan. 25 Pegasus World Cup Invitational Stakes (G1) 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 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 program. 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 S&N and will be offered at $7,500 S&N through the Share The Upside program. Omaha Beach's initial fee has been set at $40,000 S&N 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 S&N.

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 (G1) and was taken down after finishing first in the Jockey Club Gold Cup Stakes (G1) at Belmont Park. Along with the six-furlong Breeders' Cup Sprint, Mitole won the seven-furlong Churchill Downs Stakes Presented by TwinSpires.com (G1) on Kentucky Derby Day, the Runhappy Metropolitan Handicap (G1) over arguably the best field assembled in 2019, and the seven-furlong Forego Stakes Presented by Encore Boston Harbor (G1) in a stakes-record 1:20.80 at Saratoga Race Course.

Omaha Beach was tabbed the morning-line favorite for the Kentucky Derby Presented by Woodford Reserve (G1) after winning the Arkansas Derby (G1) at Oaklawn Park, and he returned to capture the six-furlong Santa Anita Sprint Championship Stakes (G1) to become the first horse in 30 years to win a grade 1 at six furlongs and 1 1/8 miles in the same year. Coal Front has five graded wins at five distances, including the 2019 Godolphin Mile Sponsored by Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum City-District One (G2) 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.

*S&N fee. Share the Upside fee is $7,500.

**Introductory fee, subject to change pending future race results.