Spendthrift Farm’s By My Standards Gets First Winner
Spendthrift Farm first-crop stallion By My Standards was represented by his first winner when the 2-year-old filly Sugaree won a $50,000 maiden optional claiming race July 12 at Colonial Downs.
Owned by David A. Bernsen, Dean Demaree, and Steve Crabtree, and trained by Ken McPeek, Sugaree was bet to $0.70-1 favoritism Saturday on the merits of a debut second in an auction price-restricted maiden special weight June 29 at Churchill Downs.
Saturday at Colonial she was in fifth place after a quarter-mile and launched her steady, winning rally three wide on the turn. She got up shortly before the wire to win by three-quarters of a length. Final time for 5 1/2 furlongs on the dirt track rated fast was 1:05.39. Emmanuel Esquivel rode her in both starts.
Sugaree was bred in Kentucky by Mullikin Thoroughbreds. She is the sixth foal and third winner out of the Birdstone mare Fly in for the Win . McPeek, as agent, purchased her for $30,000 at the 2024 Keeneland September Yearling Sale, where she was consigned by Machmer Hall Sales. She was not in for the claiming tag Saturday.
Multiple graded winner By My Standards, by the Into Mischief son Goldencents , raced from ages 2 to 5. He won the 2019 Louisiana Derby (G2) as a 3-year-old and added wins in the New Orleans Classic Stakes (G2), Oaklawn Handicap (G2), and Alysheba Stakes (G2) the next year. At age 5 he won the Oaklawn Mile Stakes and finished second in the Metropolitan Handicap (G1).
By My Standards stood the 2025 season at Spendthrift near Lexington for a $5,000 fee. He has 48 named foals in his first crop.
