Secret Oath, the winner of the 2022 Kentucky Oaks, will join the broodmare band at Spendthrift Farm after selling for $3 million on Tuesday at the Fasig-Tipton November Sale.
The 4-year-old daughter of Arrogate finished her on-track career with six wins from 18 starts, earning $2,444,767 as a homebred for Briland Farm.
“She's a big, classy mare,” said Spendthrift general manager Ned Toffey. “We think she's a perfect type of mare for Into Mischief, and we're just really thrilled to get her. We thought she'd be a little more money – that's plenty to pay for any horse – but we were really happy to get her for that number.”
After starting her 3-year-old campaign with wins in the listed Martha Washington Stakes and the Grade 3 Honeybee Stakes at Oaklawn Park, trainer D. Wayne Lukas tested her against colts in the Grade 1 Arkansas Derby, where she finished third.
Secret Oath then won a deep edition of the Kentucky Oaks, besting runner-up Nest by two lengths and conquering a field that also included champion Echo Zulu. She then returned to open competition once again for the Preakness Stakes, where she finished fourth. After earning a trio of graded stakes placings during the second half of her 2022 campaign, Secret Oath was named an Eclipse Award finalist for champion 3-year-old female.
The filly added one more win at age four, taking the G2 Azeri Stakes in her seasonal bow.
“She took a backseat to nobody,” Toffey said. “She's a really special mare, and you need to get that kind.”
Secret Oath is out of the Grade 1-placed stakes-winning Quiet American mare Absinthe Minded, also a Briland Farm homebred. Bluewater Sales consigned the filly, as agent.
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