Spendthrift . Farm By my standards 1st place, four-time 2nd place winner for $2,294,430, mating the first reported foal on January 23 when a foal was born at Jacob Nance’s IR Blood Farm near Midway, Ky.
Bred by Chester Thomas’ Allied Racing, the flying pony was the first of the young Nyquist mare Memento, whose dam is a Martha’s Moon multi-stake winner and comes from the direct Broodmare family of the Year Better Than Honor.
“We are very pleased with this pony,” Nance said. “He’s got good bones, nice shoulders and hips, and lots of legs. He’s a great representative of By my standards and I know Chester looks forward to racing with (By my standards’) kids. ).”
Campaigned by Allied Racing, By my standards won the Louisiana Derby (G2) against the eventual winner of the Kentucky Derby (G1) Country house and the ultimate Preakness Stakes (G1) winner War of wills . At 4th, By my standards won the New Orleans Classic (G2), Oaklawn Handicap (G2) and Alysheba Stakes (G2) against many 1st place winners McKinzie . At the age of 5, he finished second in Urban Handicap (G1) and eventually beat Horse of the Year Knicks go .
By my standards currently the fourth highest earner from into naughty stallion line, behind the Horse of the Year Accuracy ($7,201,200), life is good ($4,541,700) and by my standards, gold coin ($3,044,000).
By my standards there will be his second season at the school for $5,000.
