Throughout the breeding season, the Paulick Report will be sharing photos of foals from the first crop of Spendthrift Farm's Breeders' Cup Classic winner Vino Rosso in the “Toast to Vino Rosso” series.
This time around, we're taking a look at a filly from the first crop of Vino Rosso out of the Hard Spun mare Twisted Adage.
This filly was born on Feb. 25 at St. Simon Place in Lexington, Ky., bred by Robert Slack.
Tommy Wente boards the filly and her dam at St. Simon Place for the breeder, and he said Slack is a fan of the cross between Curlin and Hard Spun. As a son of Curlin, Vino Rosso fit the bill for the mating.
The ensuing foal got rave reviews from visitors, and as Wente asked around to others with Vino Rosso foals on the ground, he found he was far from alone in being happy with what they had.
“I said, 'Robert, this is just a fantastic filly. She's really nice,'” Wente said, recalling a discussion with the breeder. “She kept growing and growing, and he asked me which one's my favorite baby out there, and I said, 'It's gotta be the Vino Rosso, hands down.' Then, I started hearing more and more about the Vinos, and it seemed like everyone's getting good ones. You see pictures online, and they're all the same way. He's just really stamping his babies.”
Vino Rosso, a 6-year-old son of Curlin, stands at Spendthrift Farm for an advertised fee of $25,000.
Vino Rosso won won six of 15 starts and earned $4,803,125 on the racetrack. In addition to his signature Breeders' Cup Classic score, the stallion picked up victories in the Grade 1 Gold Cup at Santa Anita Stakes, and the G2 Wood Memorial Stakes.
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