First Reported Foal a Colt for Champion Mitole

The first reported foal by Spendthrift Farm's Mitole, winner of the 2019 Breeders' Cup Sprint (G1) at Santa Anita Park and champion sprinter in North America, is a colt that was born at Ballyrankin Stud in Lexington, according to Spendthrift. "He's a very attractive, good-sized colt with a nice hip and a lot of quality. I'm very pleased with him," said Sally Lockhart of Ballyrankin Stud. Bred by Jeff Ganje, the dark bay colt is out of the Mineshaft mare Kiss Mine, a multiple stakes-winning, graded stakes-placed performer that earned nearly half a million dollars on the racetrack for owner Carl Pollard and trainer David Vance. Mitole was the only male to win four grade 1 races on dirt in 2019, including the aforementioned Breeders' Cup Sprint, the Runhappy Metropolitan Handicap (G1), the Churchill Downs Stakes Presented by Twinspires.com (G1), and the Forego Stakes Presented by Encore Boston Harbor (G1). In the latter, he broke a 40-year stakes record en route to becoming a Horse of the Year finalist and runaway winner of champion sprinter honors. Campaigned by Bill and Corinne Heiligbrodt, Mitole retired to Spendthrift with earnings of $3,104,910 and covered 230 mares in his first season at stud, making him the second-most popular freshman sire in 2020, according to Spendthrift. He is set to stand his second season this year for a fee of $15,000 S&N.