Porter on Pedigrees

While sire Not This Time is turning heads at a dizzying rate with his racetrack progeny, Sibelius, a son from his first crop, is poised to bring his father additional notoriety at the Retired Racehorse Project’s Thoroughbred Makeover.

Spendthrift Farm has announced the stud fees for its roster of 29 stallions set to stand for the 2026 breeding season, once again led by North America’s reigning six-time champion general sire, Into Mischief, who will stand for $250,000 S&N.

Future Is Now is a remarkably consistent turf sprinter who won the 2024 Franklin Stakes (G3T) by three-quarters of a length and since then has won three of four stakes.

At the end of the first session, 146 head changed hands for $3,255,600, including private sales. The average price was $22,299, with a median of $15,000. Seventy horses failed to meet their reserve, resulting in an RNA rate of 32%.

A lawsuit filed against jockey Luan Machado for poor riding after he finished second in a race at Churchill Downs last November was dismissed by Jefferson Circuit Court in Louisville, Ky.

Week of Sept. 29-Oct. 5

The Horse Racing Women’s Association, Jockey Club Safety Net Foundation, and Keeneland hosted a backstretch women’s appreciation event Oct. 7 in the sales pavilion at Keeneland, honoring the women who work tirelessly to care for the equine athletes.

The bloodstock agent signed for three yearlings during the opening session, including two for Dave Portnoy’s Go Go Greys Racing team.

Godolphin, with Sheikh Mohammed at the center of the huddle, squared up against Amo Racing as a well-related son of Sea The Stars fetched 3.7 million guineas midway through the opening session of Book 1 of the Tattersalls October Yearling Sale.