us review Into Mischief is well on his way to breaking Tapit’s global progeny earnings record for a year. As we went to press, the Spendthrift Stud sire (opposite) was just $400,000 off the record
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N WHAT IS quickly turning into a golden era of stallions around the world, Into Mischief has become the King of North America on track to win his second straight general sires’ championship. The sire of a Kentucky Derby winner (G1) and two Breeders’ Cup race winners this year, the Spendthrift stallion is also set to break Tapit’s 2016 progeny earnings record by the end of the year. Sitting at $19,517,782 in worldwide earnings as of November 12, Into Mischief needs just under $400,000 in worldwide earnings to hit the mark. It has been a banner year for the 15-yearold, who ended the Breeders’ Cup with both Gamine and Authentic winning their races in track record times. His two-year-old filly Dayoutoftheoffice also finished second in the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies (G1). The stallion earned a deserved fee increase to $225,000 for 2021, but before the fee was even announced, he had already been booked full. There are plenty of other options for breeders looking for Into Mischief blood however, with six of his sons slated to stand in Kentucky in 2021. Joining Goldencents and Maximus Mischief at Spendthrift is the likely Eclipse champion three-year-old the Kentucky Derby and Breeders’ Cup Classic (G1) winner Authentic for $75,000, while, across town from Spendthrift, Taylor Made introduces the Best Pal Stakes (G2) winner Instagrand for $7,500. Into Mischief leads the sires’ tables in
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Mischief making good
The Spendthrift sire dominating the US stallion ranks, writes Melissa Bauer-Herzog
