Sovereignty Gives Into Mischief Third KY Derby Winner

Six times the leading father In the mischief He continued his third winner of Kentucky Derby (G1) on May 3 when Godolphin HomeBred Sovereignty Dotted with a 1/2 victory over Journalism ate Churchill Downs. The Starift Farm Sire is the first stallion since Bull Read in 1957 in designing three Kentucky Derby winners, drawing the record of all time.

Virgil, Falsetto and Sir Gallahad III are the only other bulls to achieve the feat.

In the mischief he became the first stallion to engender consecutive winners of the Kentucky derby in 2020-21 with Authentic that is also standing in Sporthrift, and Mandalun . The victory of Sovereigties not only gave his third winner of the Derby, but became his winner of the 24th grade 1. He is the father of six Eclipse champions, eight winners of the Cup of Breeders and 84 winners of graduated bets.

“We had quite mischievous (by mischief) two years ago they won the OAKs,” said Godolphin USA’s director of Bloodstock, Michael Banahan. “We have had some pleasant horses to him, but this horse (sovereign) is probably the best we had.

“It is a wonderful stallion. It is a great influence of speed, but, as you can see, if you get the correct mare, you can also obtain classic horses of 1 1/4 miles.”

“It’s weird,” said Mark Toothaker, Spendhrift Farm stallion sales manager. “That is what the mischief has, is that he is the main general father in North America six years in a row and now this year, he has a real opportunity to do it seven years in a row.

“You have to return to Bold ruling in the 60s to find another stallion like that. And for him to achieve what he did today, he shows that he is a great father and what historical father is.”

A grade 1 winner only made six beginnings on the racing track, plagued by one abscess of the feet before retiring in 2009. His stallion fairy for his first year in Sporthrift Farm was a fashion of $ 12,500, falling at a rate of $ 7.5 -intat or $ 250,000.

“Who would have thought, you know, you return to the beginning, when we were people to expand it and it’s just crazy,” he continued the teeth. “I remember doing great safety in the $ 7,000 mischief.

“I bought a couple of horses outside the defeat from the beginning, when I was only selling horses for them; $ 11000 and won around 2 million dollars, but nobody knew who the mischief was and had no idea what was good.”

In Morthief’s first winner, he left his first harvest or 3 years in 2013 when Goldents Santa Anita Derby won (G1). A few months later, he had two Derby headlines in Goldentnts and Vyjack demanding respect for breeders. The Goldents obtained consecutive victories in the earth mile of the Breeders’ Cup (G1) in 2013-14 before entering the stallion in 2015 along with their father in Sporthrift and he himself becomes a father of a Kentucky derby winner in 2024 with Mystik then .

“He is a father who changes his race,” said Toothaker. “And we are all incredibly blessed from being defeated while there is there. It’s just a rarity.”