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The first foals by Spendthrift Farm's Horse of the Year Authentic have begun to arrive, and to celebrate, Spendthrift is hosting a “Foal Derby” to share photos of the stallion's debut crop and reward breeders and fans with prizes.

Each week leading up to the Kentucky Derby, a group of Authentic's foals will be displayed on Spendthrift Farm's social media channels. The two foals with the most likes and shares will face off in the finals each Friday to decide the favorite. Both finalists will then be among 20 horses eligible to win the grand prizes, based on the results of this year's Kentucky Derby. Voters will also be eligible for weekly prizes.

To learn more about the rules and prizes for both breeders and voters, click here.

Authentic, a 5-year-old son of Into Mischief, stands at Spendthrift Farm for an advertised fee of $70,000. He was named Horse of the Year in 2020, following a campaign that saw him earn Grade 1 victories in the Kentucky Derby, Breeders' Cup Classic, and Haskell Stakes.

The second group of finalists, as voted on by the fans, pits a pair of new foals backed by strong pedigrees. Voting for this week's finals remains open through the end of Friday.

Click here to vote on the Week 2 finalists. Voting is also available on Spendthrift's Facebook and Twitter feeds.

Let's take a look at this week's finalists…

Foal: Filly o/o Champagne Humor
Bred by: Brandywine Farm
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The second foal out of the multiple stakes-placed Distorted Humor mare Champagne Humor. Second dam Champagne Ice is a full-sister to 2011 Belmont Stakes winner Ruler on Ice and a half-sister to Grade 1 winner Champagne d'Oro.

“You couldn't ask for a nicer foal,” said Brandywine Farm's Pam Robinson. “She's very athletic. You can see from the picture she's got length of leg, and she's precocious. She's fancy, and she knows it. The good ones always seem to know it.

“Authentic was Horse of the Year, and athletic,” Robinson continued. “He was my number-one pick for this year, and this is my future number-one star, I hope.”

Foal: Colt o/o Mimi's Tiz
Bred by: Loren Nichols
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The fourth foal out of the unraced Tiznow mare Mimi's Tiz, whose two foals to race are both winners, including the Into Mischief colt So Determined, who was a winner at two last year. Grade 3 winner and notable sire Custom For Carlos is in his extended family.

“I sold his half-brother by Into Mischief last year for $875,000, and that's a good reason to stay with that line,” said breeder Loren Nichols. “I think they look alike. They look like they're full-brothers instead of half-brothers: a lot of leg, long necks, just beautiful foals.

“Into Mischief just sort of got out of my price range, and Authentic is just beautiful,” he continued. “He's got a lot of leg, and just has what my mares need. I had three mares booked to him last year, and I've already got this mare bred back to him, and a couple more.”

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Pleasant Acres Stallions is excited to announce the arrival of the first foal by Sweetontheladies – a colt out of Spanish Fever (Spanish Steps x Joyous Fever, by Stormin Fever.)

“Sweetontheladies was a tenacious sprinter and is the only Twirling Candy stallion in Florida. We are excited to see the Candy Ride bloodline expand in our state and this first colt is an excellent representation,” said Joe Barbazon, owner of Pleasant Acres Stallions.

Pleasant Acres Stallions is also excited to announce that Sweetontheladies is participating in their Lifetime Breeding Rights Program. For every mare bred this season to Sweetontheladies – after foal is born and fee is paid – the breeder receives lifetime breeding rights with no management fees for the rest of his career.

Sweetontheladies is a multiple black type winner and multiple graded stakes placed athlete who finished in the top four in 21 races, including five graded stakes and eight black type races – beating top graded stakes winners X Y Jet (in the Sunshine Millions Sprint Stakes), Mr. Jordan (in both the Grade 3 Gulfstream Park Sprint Stakes and the G3 Smile Sprint Stakes), and Imperial Hint (in the Pelican Stakes.)

Sweetontheladies is by the track record setting Grade 1 winner Twirling Candy (Candy Ride / House of Danzing, by Chester House), and he is out of stakes-placed Whataclassybroad, by Yankee Gentleman.

Twirling Candy stands for $60,000 in Kentucky and has produced seven Grade 1 winners and 30 black type winners to date. He currently has $41,067,102 in progeny earnings with $88,507 average earnings per runner. Sweetontheladies is only one of three sons of Twirling Candy standing in North America.

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The details of the 2022 Horse Racing Alberta Thoroughbred Breed Improvement Program are now available. The total Thoroughbred allocation for the Breed Improvement Program has increased by 19 percent to $1,886,660 this year from $1,581,465 in 2021.

Breeders will now share in total breeders' support of $472,830, which includes an additional $132,598 over the 2021 amount of $340,232. In 2021, the highest breeders' bonus paid out was $41,850 and the average breeders' bonus was $3,658.

A total of $472,830 is available in owners' breeding support, which includes $100,000 to fund the purses of Alberta bred restricted races.

2022 funding for both breeders and owners has been increased by 39 percent over the 2021 amount. The monies will be dispersed to breeders and owners of horses of all ages foaled in Alberta placing win, place and show in all sanctioned races in Alberta having a minimum $7,000 purse and where entered at or above a minimum $6,250 claiming price.

Owners of Alberta-breds have $300,000 designated for the restricted Alberta Breeders' Fall Classic races, which will have a minimum purse of $50,000 each.

Stallion owners' breeding support offers a stallion bonus of $65,000 to be paid proportionately to stallion owners whose stallions have eligible Alberta Thoroughbred progeny with earnings of $10,000 or greater during the calendar year. Stallions must have stood in the province of Alberta for the entire calendar year of conception for each year's crop to be eligible.

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The Louisiana Thoroughbred Breeders Association revealed its divisional champions for the 2021 racing season, which encompassed on-track achievements and leaders in the breeding realm.

Award presentations will be made at the organization's annual awards banquet, which is scheduled for June 11 at Evangeline Downs in Opelousas, La. The state's 2021 Horse of the Year will also be announced at that event.

Half Ours was named the state's stallion of the year. The late son of Unbridled's Song stood at Clear Creek Stud in Folsom, La., prior to his death in a paddock accident in July.

He saw 57 winners from 96 starters in 2021, for earnings in excess of $2.1 million. His runners were led by Standing Perfect, who notched victories in the LA Bred Premier Prince Stakes and Louisiana Legacy Stakes, both at Delta Downs. He also sired stakes-placed runners Our Lost Love, Aw Shucks, and Jimmy Two Times.

Buttercup's Song was voted Louisiana's Broodmare of the Year. The Unbridled's Song mare is the dam of 10 winners from as many starters, highlighted in 2021 by Pound for Pound, by Redding Colliery, who won the Star Guitar Stakes at Fair Grounds and finished second in a pair of additional stakes races.

Other runners of note out of Buttercup's Song include Grade 2 winner Flatlined (by Flatter), stakes winner Regroup (by Honour and Glory), and stakes-placed Volare Cantare (by Roman Ruler).

Following is the full results from the divisional award announcements, except for Horse of the Year. To view the full ballot results among the finalists in each division, click here.

2-Year-Old Filly: Free Like a Girl
El Deal x Flashy Prize, by Flashy Bull
Breeder: Kim Renee Stover and Lisa Osborne

2-Year-Old Colt or Gelding: Unified Report
Unified x Closing Report, by Closing Argument
Breeder: Stephen Brown

3-Year-Old Filly: Cilla
California Chrome x Sittin At The Bar, by Into Mischief
Breeder: Brett A. Brinkman and P. Dale Ladner

3-Year-Old Colt or Gelding: Who Took The Money
Street Boss x Speight's Colony, by Speightstown
Breeder: Allied Racing Stable, LLC

Older Female: Net a Bear
Awesome Bet x Edacious Reality, by Eddington
Breeder: Lora Pitre and Elaine Carroll

Older Male: Monte Man
Custom for Carlos x Sarah's My Angel, by Sutter's Prospect
Breeder: Val C. Murrell

Broodmare of the Year: Buttercup's Song
Unbridled's Song x Buttercup, by Baldski

Leading Breeder of the Year: Brittlyn Inc.

Stallion of the Year: Half Ours
Unbridled's Song x Zing, by Storm Cat

Leading Breeder by Percentage Stakes Winners: Allied Racing Stable

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