Serengeti Empress, the winner of the 2019 Kentucky Oaks, has been retired from racing and will be bred to leading sire Into Mischief during the 2021 breeding season.
The news was announced via a social media interaction between Hayley Amoss – the daughter of trainer Tom Amoss – and Spendthrift Farm's Mark Toothaker. Per Amoss' tweet, the 4-year-old daughter of Alternation will be boarded at Taylor Made Farm in Nicholasville, Ky., for owner Joel Politi.
Serengeti Empress finishes her racing career with seven wins in 19 career starts for earnings of $2,175,653. While the Oaks was a career highlight, the filly proved herself an elite runner around one turn or two, notching additional victories in the G1 Ballerina Stakes, and the G2 Pocahontas Stakes, Rachel Alexandra Stakes, and Azeri Stakes.
She finished third in last year's Breeders' Cup Distaff, and second in this year's Breeders' Cup Filly and Mare Sprint.
Into Mischief, a resident of Spendthrift Farm, was North America's leading general sire by earnings in 2019, and he continues to function at a high level in 2020, led by Kentucky Derby and Breeders' Cup Classic winner Authentic. He will stand the upcoming breeding season for an advertised fee of $225,000.
What a filly so happy @GJoelpoliti and @TomAmossRacing allowed us the privilege to have her visit Into Mischief. I'm so happy 😀
— Mark Toothaker (@marktoothaker) November 11, 2020
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