By Jill Williams
The only two-time winner of the Dirt Mile to date, Goldencents had gameness written all over him. The Equibase chart for his second Breeders' Cup win summed up much of his career: “gunned hard,” “met the oncoming challenge,” and “dug in tenaciously.”
“Goldencents was a special horse for us because he is the first horse that really began to put Into Mischief on the map,” said Ned Toffey, general manager of Spendthrift Farm. “He and [MGSW & MGISP] Vyjack came out of Into Mischief's first crop. Obviously he went on to be a Breeders' Cup Dirt mile winner, the second win of which was in incredible fashion. He really began to elevate Into Mischief into the status of being a truly elite sire, and then he came to stud, had success, and began to set the stage for Into Mischief to become a sire of sires. He has really meant a lot to Into Mischief's career and to Spendthrift.”
Goldencents (2010 bay horse, Into Mischief–Golden Works, by Banker's Gold)
Lifetime record: MGISW, 18-7-7-0, $3,044,000
Breeders' Cup connections: B-Rosecrest Farm and Karyn Pirrello (KY); O-W. C. Racing, Dave Kenney, and RAP Racing (2013)/W.C. Racing, Inc. (2014); T-Doug O'Neill (2013)/Leandro Mora (2014); J-Rafael Bejarano.
Current location: Spendthrift Farm, Lexington, Ky.
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