"Spendthrift Gonna Rock Your World"

[RolloTomasi]

Spendthrift Farm: The Ugly Wanda of Stud Farms

Spendthrift Farm has secured the breeding rights to undefeated Santa Anita Derby (G1) winner and Kentucky Derby (G1) contender Rock Your World, it was announced Thursday.

I wonder how much Myracehorse.com money they are funneling into this venture?

For real dough…

Hronis Racing LLC & Talla Racing LLC's Rock Your World the GI Santa Anita Derby winner and morning-line second favorite for Saturday's GI Kentucky Derby, will stand at B. Wayne Hughes's Spendthrift Farm at the conclusion of his racing career.

In other words…”at the conclusion of his 3yo campaign”…

Spendthrift gotchoo…

Rock Your World – the second choice on the morning line for Saturday's coveted $3 million Run for the Roses at Churchill Downs – will stand stud at the historical Lexington-based farm upon his retirement from racing.

In other words…”will stand stud upon the conclusion of his 3yo campaign”…

Spendthrift have you…

Bred by trainer Ron McAnally and his wife Deborah, Rock Your World was a $650,000 purchase by Sapphire Stable at the 2019 Keeneland September sale before joining the Southern California barn of trainer John Sadler. A debut winner sprinting six furlongs on turf at Santa Anita on New Year's Day, the dark bay rallied to a 2 1/4-length success in the Feb. 27 Pasadena S. Possessed of an each-way pedigree, Rock Your World was given a chance to show what he could do on the dirt in the GI Santa Anita Derby, and he set a strong pace en route to a 4 1/4-length defeat of Medina Spirit before galloping out strongly.

I like how they emphasize the gallop out. You know, because there aren't going to be that many more races to discuss. Instead of something like “he won the Big Cap and the JC Gold Cup in the same year” it’ll be “did you see his gallop out in the Pasadena Stakes?”

Spendthrift so crazy...

“We are really excited about Rock Your World and thankful to the Hronis family, Michael Talla, and John Sadler for allowing us to be a part of the horse's promising future,” said Spendthrift General Manager Ned Toffey.

In other words…”We are really thankful to those people for allowing us to curtail this horse’s promising racing career,…

“Rock Your World has a wonderful combination of sheer talent, pedigree and sire power, and he's an imposing physical specimen which you would expect from a $650,000 yearling. We were especially taken by the brilliance he displayed in the Santa Anita Derby in his first start on the dirt, and think he has a great shot to show that again in the Kentucky Derby and beyond.”

They left off a bit from that one:

“…and beyond but NOT past the 2022 Pegasus Fantasy Stakes.”

A full-brother to GSP She's Our Charm, Rock Your World is out of Charm the Maker, a two-time black-type winner who was second in the GI Hollywood Starlet S. and third in the GI Oak Leaf S. as a juvenile. Rock Your World's Grade III-winning second dam Charm the Giant (Ire) is herself the dam of GSW Liam the Charmer (Smart Strike) and is a daughter of MGSW & GISP Olympic Charmer. The last-mentioned is also the dam of MGSP and stakes-producing Charming Legacy (Ire).

In other words…”A horse that will not have run as either a juvenile OR an older horse but nonetheless is related to horses that did.”

“We are excited about of our relationship with Spendthrift Farm on such a special horse like Rock Your World,” said Kosta Hronis of Hronis Racing. “It is hard to argue with the success they've had when it comes to standing premier stallions, and we are hopeful we can accomplish a lot with this colt before we retire him to stud.”

Has that farm had success outside of Into Mischief? They stand like 800 horses and the vast majority stand for $5K and are unproven sires.

On the other hand, it is hard to argue with their success when it comes to retiring premier race horses prematurely.

"Hey Charlissa, I done burnt up another one, girl! I told you, I be Rockin' Worlds all over the country!"

Added Michael Talla: “We are thrilled to have a horse like this. Hopefully, Rock Your World will be the son to carry on the Candy Ride sire line, and I can't think of a better place than Spendthrift for him to get the opportunity to do that.”

Of course, Candy Ride himself stands at Lane’s End Farm as does his best sire son Twirling Candy. And curiously, most of Sadler’s and the Hronis Family’s good horses have all retired to Lane’s End, too.

But those horses ran as older horses so Spendthrift probably showed no interest in those…

Before traveling to Louisville last Sunday, he breezed five furlongs in 59.20 seconds on Apr. 24 at Santa Anita in his final serious work in preparation for Saturday.

Don’t forget to mention that workout amongst his list of major accomplishments in the stallion advert…

“We are excited about of our relationship with Spendthrift Farm on such a special horse like Rock Your World,” said Kosta Hronis of Hronis Racing. “It is hard to argue with the success they've had when it comes to standing premier stallions, and we are hopeful we can accomplish a lot with this colt before we retire him to stud.”

In other words…”we are unlikely to accomplish a lot with this colt before the contract says we must retire him to stud.”

Face it: Spendthrift gotchoo...and Spendthrift is ret’ta go…