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Honest Mischief Relocating To Waldorf Farm

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Honest Mischief (Into Mischief), a son of Grade I winner Honest Lady (Seattle Slew) and the sire of nine stakes winners from three crops to race to date, will stand the 2027 breeding season at Waldorf Farm, according to a release from Sequel Stallions. The move, per the release, “builds on Sequel’s relationship with Dr. Jerry Bilinski and Kenny Toye” and their “shared commitment to growing New York’s breeding program.”

“We are very excited to welcome Honest Mischief to Waldorf Farm and grateful for the confidence Sequel places in our team,” said Toye. “He continues to distinguish himself through his runners, and the opportunity to stand a stallion with his pedigree and proven ability to produce stakes horses is especially meaningful to us. We look forward to building on that success together and welcoming the breeders who play such an important role in his future.”

Added Sequel’s Becky Thomas: “Our goal is to bring more quality mares into New York and give breeders every reason to keep investing here. That requires us to look beyond our individual farms and consider what we can accomplish together. By sharing resources, coordinating our efforts, and removing

barriers for breeders, we can create stronger opportunities for our stallions and a more sustainable future for the entire program.

“We are fortunate to take this step with Dr. Bilinski and Kenny at Waldorf as well as Kirk Wycoff and the Mountain View team, people with whom we share strong relationships and a lasting commitment to New York.”

Honest Mischief, the sire of the likes of the Sequel co-bred three-time stakes winner Sacrosanct and dual black-type scorer Stone Smuggler, will stand for $6,500 LSFN in 2027.

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Bucchero To Stand For $20,000 In 2027

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Bucchero (Kantharos), the sire of champion Book’em Danno and the multiple graded-stakes winning turf sprinter Queen Maxima, will stand the 2027 breeding season at a fee of $20,000 LFSN at Ironhorse Stallions at Waldorf Farm in Valatie, New York, the operation said in a release Friday morning.

Also the sire of the multiple graded-placed Buccherino, Bucchero sits in fourth place among fifth-crop sires with at least 200 foals in 2026 black-type winners as a percentage of runners, ahead of Kentucky-based sires such as City of Light, Oscar Performance, Army Mule, Bolt d’Oro and Good Magic. Those numbers were achieved from his early seasons at stud in Florida, where he commanded a more modest stud fee while establishing himself in the regional market.

Since moving from the Sunshine State to New York for the 2024 breeding season, Bucchero has led sires based in the Empire State by individual winners and is set to repeat in 2026. Through Nov. 5, he has been represented by 77 individual winners. Book’em Danno, the 2025 Eclipse Award-winning sprinter, successfully defended his title in the GIII True North Stakes, defeating reigning Breeders’ Cup Sprint hero Bentornato and subsequent Grade I winner Listenupshance, and is expected to train on at age six for Atlantic Six Racing and trainer Derek Ryan.

From the same crop as Book’em Danno, Queen Maxima made this year’s GIII Las Cienegas Stakes her third career success at the graded level and was last seen taking the Mizdirection Stakes at Santa Anita on 15 days’ rest in May. She is back in steady training at Santa Anita for trainer Jeff Mullins.

Like his own sire, Bucchero has been a reliable source of winners, having been represented by 165 to salute the judge from 211 starters, a 78.2% strike rate. Bucchero‘s runners have finished in the money in 46% of their lifetime starts combined, compared to the 45% for each of the three top leading general sires of 2026.

Bucchero has also gained increased acceptance commercially. During the recent Fasig-Tipton New York-Bred Yearlings Sale, nine of his horses sold at an average of $91,000. During Book 1 at Keeneland November earlier this week, his three-times stakes-placed daughter Karaya was purchased by Elm Tree Farm in foal to Into Mischief for $425,000.

The sire of a pair of stakes horses from his current crop of 2-year-olds, including one in New York-bred company, Bucchero will be represented by his first crop of New York-conceived runners in 2027, numbering better than 60. That will be followed by a subsequent crop of more than 100 weanlings, with another 118 mares bred in 2026.

“Bucchero has answered every question we’ve asked of him, year after year,” said Harlan Malter, managing partner of Ironhorse Stallions. “He consistently produces open stakes horses capable of competing nationally, and winners at an extraordinary rate. Book’em Danno, Queen Maxima and Buccherino are the most visible examples, but what makes his record so compelling is the consistency throughout his entire population of runners. The question now isn’t what Bucchero can accomplish. It’s what New York breeders and owners can accomplish with him.”

Added John Dowd, head of bloodstock and operations at Ironhorse Stallions: “I have spent more than 30 years in this industry, including over two decades in Florida, and I have tremendous respect for the breeders who supported Bucchero early in his career. But the opportunities available to a regional stallion are very different from those of a major Kentucky operation. What Bucchero has accomplished against open company, given where he started, speaks for itself.

“There’s another part of this equation the industry needs to appreciate,” Dowd continued. “A New York sire capable of producing successful open-company horses offers New York breeders a powerful advantage: those same horses can develop and earn money in restricted company, from maiden races through stakes, before taking on the best nationally.”

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Honest Mischief Relocating To Waldorf Farm

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Honest Mischief (Into Mischief), a son of Grade I winner Honest Lady (Seattle Slew) and the sire of nine stakes winners from three crops to race to date, will stand the 2027 breeding season at Waldorf Farm, according to a release from Sequel Stallions. The move, per the release, “builds on Sequel’s relationship with Dr. Jerry Bilinski and Kenny Toye” and their “shared commitment to growing New York’s breeding program.”

“We are very excited to welcome Honest Mischief to Waldorf Farm and grateful for the confidence Sequel places in our team,” said Toye. “He continues to distinguish himself through his runners, and the opportunity to stand a stallion with his pedigree and proven ability to produce stakes horses is especially meaningful to us. We look forward to building on that success together and welcoming the breeders who play such an important role in his future.”

Added Sequel’s Becky Thomas: “Our goal is to bring more quality mares into New York and give breeders every reason to keep investing here. That requires us to look beyond our individual farms and consider what we can accomplish together. By sharing resources, coordinating our efforts, and removing

barriers for breeders, we can create stronger opportunities for our stallions and a more sustainable future for the entire program.

“We are fortunate to take this step with Dr. Bilinski and Kenny at Waldorf as well as Kirk Wycoff and the Mountain View team, people with whom we share strong relationships and a lasting commitment to New York.”

Honest Mischief, the sire of the likes of the Sequel co-bred three-time stakes winner Sacrosanct and dual black-type scorer Stone Smuggler, will stand for $6,500 LSFN in 2027.

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Bucchero To Stand For $20,000 In 2027

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Bucchero (Kantharos), the sire of champion Book’em Danno and the multiple graded-stakes winning turf sprinter Queen Maxima, will stand the 2027 breeding season at a fee of $20,000 LFSN at Ironhorse Stallions at Waldorf Farm in Valatie, New York, the operation said in a release Friday morning.

Also the sire of the multiple graded-placed Buccherino, Bucchero sits in fourth place among fifth-crop sires with at least 200 foals in 2026 black-type winners as a percentage of runners, ahead of Kentucky-based sires such as City of Light, Oscar Performance, Army Mule, Bolt d’Oro and Good Magic. Those numbers were achieved from his early seasons at stud in Florida, where he commanded a more modest stud fee while establishing himself in the regional market.

Since moving from the Sunshine State to New York for the 2024 breeding season, Bucchero has led sires based in the Empire State by individual winners and is set to repeat in 2026. Through Nov. 5, he has been represented by 77 individual winners. Book’em Danno, the 2025 Eclipse Award-winning sprinter, successfully defended his title in the GIII True North Stakes, defeating reigning Breeders’ Cup Sprint hero Bentornato and subsequent Grade I winner Listenupshance, and is expected to train on at age six for Atlantic Six Racing and trainer Derek Ryan.

From the same crop as Book’em Danno, Queen Maxima made this year’s GIII Las Cienegas Stakes her third career success at the graded level and was last seen taking the Mizdirection Stakes at Santa Anita on 15 days’ rest in May. She is back in steady training at Santa Anita for trainer Jeff Mullins.

Like his own sire, Bucchero has been a reliable source of winners, having been represented by 165 to salute the judge from 211 starters, a 78.2% strike rate. Bucchero‘s runners have finished in the money in 46% of their lifetime starts combined, compared to the 45% for each of the three top leading general sires of 2026.

Bucchero has also gained increased acceptance commercially. During the recent Fasig-Tipton New York-Bred Yearlings Sale, nine of his horses sold at an average of $91,000. During Book 1 at Keeneland November earlier this week, his three-times stakes-placed daughter Karaya was purchased by Elm Tree Farm in foal to Into Mischief for $425,000.

The sire of a pair of stakes horses from his current crop of 2-year-olds, including one in New York-bred company, Bucchero will be represented by his first crop of New York-conceived runners in 2027, numbering better than 60. That will be followed by a subsequent crop of more than 100 weanlings, with another 118 mares bred in 2026.

“Bucchero has answered every question we’ve asked of him, year after year,” said Harlan Malter, managing partner of Ironhorse Stallions. “He consistently produces open stakes horses capable of competing nationally, and winners at an extraordinary rate. Book’em Danno, Queen Maxima and Buccherino are the most visible examples, but what makes his record so compelling is the consistency throughout his entire population of runners. The question now isn’t what Bucchero can accomplish. It’s what New York breeders and owners can accomplish with him.”

Added John Dowd, head of bloodstock and operations at Ironhorse Stallions: “I have spent more than 30 years in this industry, including over two decades in Florida, and I have tremendous respect for the breeders who supported Bucchero early in his career. But the opportunities available to a regional stallion are very different from those of a major Kentucky operation. What Bucchero has accomplished against open company, given where he started, speaks for itself.

“There’s another part of this equation the industry needs to appreciate,” Dowd continued. “A New York sire capable of producing successful open-company horses offers New York breeders a powerful advantage: those same horses can develop and earn money in restricted company, from maiden races through stakes, before taking on the best nationally.”

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