Authentic Retired to Spendthrift

It may have seemed a foregone conclusion when he hit the line a decisive winner of the Breeders' Cup Classic, and it proved to be so. Authentic arrived to take up stud duty at Spendthrift Farm on Monday after the Breeders' Cup. We talk to Bob Baffert and Ned Toffey about the new stallion.

Kentucky Derby and Breeders' Cup Classic winner Authentic (Into Mischief-Flawless, by Mr. Greeley) has been retired to Spendthrift Farm, where he will stand for a fee of $75,000 S&N, the farm announced Monday morning, two days after his Classic win. He arrived at Spendthrift at around 10 a.m., led off the van by his trainer Bob Baffert, who proclaimed, “There he is. The best horse in America.”

By leading general sire Into Mischief, Authentic became his sire's most accomplished horse to date, moving his earnings to $6,191,200 with his sixth win from eight starts. Along with the Kentucky Derby and Breeders' Cup Classic, Authentic scored victories in the GI TVG.com Haskell S., GII San Felipe S. and GIII Sham S., and was runner-up in the GI Preakness S. and GI Santa Anita Derby in his lone defeats in 2020. Authentic was a winner in his only start at two at Del Mar nearly a year ago to the date.

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