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Breeders’ Cup Winner Splendora Retired from Racing

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Boyd Racing LLC and By Talla Racing LLC’s Splendora (Audible–Miss Freeze, by Frost Giant), winner of last year’s GI PNC Bank Breeders’ Cup Filly & Mare Sprint and scratched two days before this year’s GI Longines Breeders’ Cup Distaff, has been retired from racing, according to a post on Instagram from boyracingofficial.

“Our girl Splendora is officially heading into retirement!,” stated the post.

It continued: “She’s all class, loves to compete and has been such a special part of Boyd Racing.

“A big thank you to Bob Baffert and his team for everything they’ve done for her, and to our partner Mike Talla for sharing this incredible journey with us! We’re so proud of this mare and couldn’t be happier to see her begin her next chapter as a broodmare. We can’t wait to see what the future holds for her!”

Bred in Maryland by The Elkstone Group LLC, Splendora was a $125,000 purchase at the 2022 Fasig-Tipton Kentucky July yearling sale. In addition to her Breeders’ Cup victory at Del Mar last year, she won the GI B. Wayne Hughes Beholder Mile Stakes and GII D. Wayne Lukas Stakes earlier this year for Hall of Famer Bob Baffert before making the move to Baffert’s new Churchill Downs base this spring. The dark bay won her last three in a row since the move, including her last out Sept. 12 in the GII Locust Grove Stakes. Going back to the summer of 2025, Splendora has won eight of her last nine, usually by a few lengths, and has four 100 Beyer Figures sprinkled throughout, including in her last two wins.

Splendora retires with a record of 16-10-4-0 and earnings of $1,843,700. Her six graded victories and 10 black-type wins or placings include two Grade I scores.

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100k Gun Pilot Weanling Pushes Keeneland November Over 2025’s Gross Total In Penultimate Session

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With one session remaining, the 2026 Keeneland November Breeding Stock Sale surpassed its 2025 total gross during the eighth day of the nine-day auction, with cumulative through-the-ring sales of $238,926,000. The previous record was $237,456,400 in through-the-ring sales for the entire auction last year.

On Tuesday, Keeneland sold 191 horses for $2,696,100, for an average of $14,116 and a median of $10,000 for increases across the board compared to the corresponding session last year. The total jumped 17.73% from $2,290,000; the average was slightly above $13,963; and the median was 2.56% higher than $9,750.

Cumulatively over eight sessions, 1,742 horses have averaged $137,156, while the median was $60,000. The gross was slightly above $236,543,000 from last year, while the average increased 5.24% from $130,327. The median was 7.69% below $65,000.

Topping Tuesday’s session at $100,000 was a weanling colt (hip 3100) from the first crop of Grade I winner Gun Pilot sold to Lee Rodgers. Legacy Bloodstock consigned the son of stakes-placed winner Stella Rose. The colt was purchased in utero by Kenneth Williams on behalf of a client for $14,000 at this year’s Fasig-Tipton March Digital Sale.

“We loved the Gun Runner aspect, for sure,” Williams told the TDN of Stella Rose’s purchase in March. “[This mare] was a really classy black-type Mineshaft mare who was carrying to a hot freshman sire. Gunite really paved the way in showing that these sons of Gun Runner were going to be okay[ as sires of sires]. I had looked at the mare in a prior sale and really liked her. She just never hit my budget.”

Williams purchased the mare for Luanne Bianchi, whose New York-based Bianchi Stables bred this colt.

“[Luanne and I] picked out a couple of mares, and we both talked about this mare because we really loved her [with this colt in utero] and her cross back to our new stallion at Amsterdam Two, Arzak,” Williams said. “So we thought it was a really cool way to get [Luanne] a first-year sire and have a good new mare for her share in Arzak.”

Relatively new to the stallion industry, Amsterdam Two stood Arzak, a son of Not This Time, last year and picked up new addition Skippylongstocking for 2027.

“We loved this colt, really from day one,” Williams said. “He’s always been a standout. And the mare was a dream. He was foaled and raised in New York and then we send our babies to Mark Toothaker’s private farm in Kentucky for sales prep. So he’s taken care of the last two months or so of final touches with this foal. I’m really happy with the early success for my clients and the farm.”

A weanling colt (hip 2976) from the first crop of Grade I winner Kingsbarns from the family of Grade III winner Just Cindy sold to Violet Stables for $95,000. Consigned by Legacy Bloodstock, he is out of Grade II winner Just Jenda, by Menifee, and a half-brother to stakes winners Jenda’s Agenda and Miss Alacrity.

Paul Schaffer paid $80,000 for a weanling son (hip 2880) of Upstart from the family of Grade I winners Percy’s Bar and Off the Tracks. Consigned by Elm Tree Farm (Mr. and Mrs. Jody Huckabay), the colt is out of the Munnings mare Carolina Shaker.

Two horses sold for $70,000 each.

Bill and Corinne Heiligbrodt spent the amount for a filly (hip 3144) by Gun Pilot consigned by Dixiana Farms. Out of Waywardness, a winning daughter of Into Mischief, she is from the family of Grade I winner Cetewayo; Grade II winners Willcox Inn, Raah Algharb and Bowman Mill; and Grade III winner Pharian.

The 8-year-old Candy Ride mare Wedding Band (hip 3145), dam of stakes winner Hit Parade, was purchased by O B C for $70,000. She is out of the Saint Liam mare Deputy Saint, a half-sister to Horse of the Year and leading sire Curlin.

Breezing Along (hip 2867), a 5-year-old winning daughter of Runhappy in foal to Street Sense, sold to B.F. for $55,000. A half-sister to Grade II winner Scarlett Sky, she is out of Mata Mua, a winning daughter of Arch, and from the family of Grade III winners My Impression and Sky Blue Pink.

And Phoenix Rising Farms spent $50,000 on Timeless Elegance (hip 3124), a 6-year-old mare by War Front in foal to Greatest Honor. She is out of the Medaglia d’Oro mare L’ Age d’Or, a half-sister to Grade I winner and sire Vekoma.

The session’s leading buyer was Potrero Los Llanos, which spent $138,000 for seven horses.

Vinery Sales led consignors with sales of $400,000 for 39 horses.

The final session of the November Breeding Stock Sale begins Wednesday at 10 a.m.

On Thursday, Keeneland will hold the November Horses of Racing Age Sale. The auction begins at noon. Click here for the online catalog.

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Breeders’ Cup Winner Splendora Retired from Racing

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Boyd Racing LLC and By Talla Racing LLC’s Splendora (Audible–Miss Freeze, by Frost Giant), winner of last year’s GI PNC Bank Breeders’ Cup Filly & Mare Sprint and scratched two days before this year’s GI Longines Breeders’ Cup Distaff, has been retired from racing, according to a post on Instagram from boyracingofficial.

“Our girl Splendora is officially heading into retirement!,” stated the post.

It continued: “She’s all class, loves to compete and has been such a special part of Boyd Racing.

“A big thank you to Bob Baffert and his team for everything they’ve done for her, and to our partner Mike Talla for sharing this incredible journey with us! We’re so proud of this mare and couldn’t be happier to see her begin her next chapter as a broodmare. We can’t wait to see what the future holds for her!”

Bred in Maryland by The Elkstone Group LLC, Splendora was a $125,000 purchase at the 2022 Fasig-Tipton Kentucky July yearling sale. In addition to her Breeders’ Cup victory at Del Mar last year, she won the GI B. Wayne Hughes Beholder Mile Stakes and GII D. Wayne Lukas Stakes earlier this year for Hall of Famer Bob Baffert before making the move to Baffert’s new Churchill Downs base this spring. The dark bay won her last three in a row since the move, including her last out Sept. 12 in the GII Locust Grove Stakes. Going back to the summer of 2025, Splendora has won eight of her last nine, usually by a few lengths, and has four 100 Beyer Figures sprinkled throughout, including in her last two wins.

Splendora retires with a record of 16-10-4-0 and earnings of $1,843,700. Her six graded victories and 10 black-type wins or placings include two Grade I scores.

The post Breeders’ Cup Winner Splendora Retired from Racing appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions.

100k Gun Pilot Weanling Pushes Keeneland November Over 2025’s Gross Total In Penultimate Session

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With one session remaining, the 2026 Keeneland November Breeding Stock Sale surpassed its 2025 total gross during the eighth day of the nine-day auction, with cumulative through-the-ring sales of $238,926,000. The previous record was $237,456,400 in through-the-ring sales for the entire auction last year.

On Tuesday, Keeneland sold 191 horses for $2,696,100, for an average of $14,116 and a median of $10,000 for increases across the board compared to the corresponding session last year. The total jumped 17.73% from $2,290,000; the average was slightly above $13,963; and the median was 2.56% higher than $9,750.

Cumulatively over eight sessions, 1,742 horses have averaged $137,156, while the median was $60,000. The gross was slightly above $236,543,000 from last year, while the average increased 5.24% from $130,327. The median was 7.69% below $65,000.

Topping Tuesday’s session at $100,000 was a weanling colt (hip 3100) from the first crop of Grade I winner Gun Pilot sold to Lee Rodgers. Legacy Bloodstock consigned the son of stakes-placed winner Stella Rose. The colt was purchased in utero by Kenneth Williams on behalf of a client for $14,000 at this year’s Fasig-Tipton March Digital Sale.

“We loved the Gun Runner aspect, for sure,” Williams told the TDN of Stella Rose’s purchase in March. “[This mare] was a really classy black-type Mineshaft mare who was carrying to a hot freshman sire. Gunite really paved the way in showing that these sons of Gun Runner were going to be okay[ as sires of sires]. I had looked at the mare in a prior sale and really liked her. She just never hit my budget.”

Williams purchased the mare for Luanne Bianchi, whose New York-based Bianchi Stables bred this colt.

“[Luanne and I] picked out a couple of mares, and we both talked about this mare because we really loved her [with this colt in utero] and her cross back to our new stallion at Amsterdam Two, Arzak,” Williams said. “So we thought it was a really cool way to get [Luanne] a first-year sire and have a good new mare for her share in Arzak.”

Relatively new to the stallion industry, Amsterdam Two stood Arzak, a son of Not This Time, last year and picked up new addition Skippylongstocking for 2027.

“We loved this colt, really from day one,” Williams said. “He’s always been a standout. And the mare was a dream. He was foaled and raised in New York and then we send our babies to Mark Toothaker’s private farm in Kentucky for sales prep. So he’s taken care of the last two months or so of final touches with this foal. I’m really happy with the early success for my clients and the farm.”

A weanling colt (hip 2976) from the first crop of Grade I winner Kingsbarns from the family of Grade III winner Just Cindy sold to Violet Stables for $95,000. Consigned by Legacy Bloodstock, he is out of Grade II winner Just Jenda, by Menifee, and a half-brother to stakes winners Jenda’s Agenda and Miss Alacrity.

Paul Schaffer paid $80,000 for a weanling son (hip 2880) of Upstart from the family of Grade I winners Percy’s Bar and Off the Tracks. Consigned by Elm Tree Farm (Mr. and Mrs. Jody Huckabay), the colt is out of the Munnings mare Carolina Shaker.

Two horses sold for $70,000 each.

Bill and Corinne Heiligbrodt spent the amount for a filly (hip 3144) by Gun Pilot consigned by Dixiana Farms. Out of Waywardness, a winning daughter of Into Mischief, she is from the family of Grade I winner Cetewayo; Grade II winners Willcox Inn, Raah Algharb and Bowman Mill; and Grade III winner Pharian.

The 8-year-old Candy Ride mare Wedding Band (hip 3145), dam of stakes winner Hit Parade, was purchased by O B C for $70,000. She is out of the Saint Liam mare Deputy Saint, a half-sister to Horse of the Year and leading sire Curlin.

Breezing Along (hip 2867), a 5-year-old winning daughter of Runhappy in foal to Street Sense, sold to B.F. for $55,000. A half-sister to Grade II winner Scarlett Sky, she is out of Mata Mua, a winning daughter of Arch, and from the family of Grade III winners My Impression and Sky Blue Pink.

And Phoenix Rising Farms spent $50,000 on Timeless Elegance (hip 3124), a 6-year-old mare by War Front in foal to Greatest Honor. She is out of the Medaglia d’Oro mare L’ Age d’Or, a half-sister to Grade I winner and sire Vekoma.

The session’s leading buyer was Potrero Los Llanos, which spent $138,000 for seven horses.

Vinery Sales led consignors with sales of $400,000 for 39 horses.

The final session of the November Breeding Stock Sale begins Wednesday at 10 a.m.

On Thursday, Keeneland will hold the November Horses of Racing Age Sale. The auction begins at noon. Click here for the online catalog.

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