Goal Oriented has arrived at Spendthrift and is available for breeder inspections daily from 1:30 PM to 3:00 PM through January 13, and will then be available for inspection by appointment.
“We are very excited about Goal Oriented and its potential as a stud,” said Ned Toffey, general manager of Spendthrift. “Since the inception of Not This Time we have been looking for the right son, and we are confident that Goal Oriented is that horse. He is a handsome, imposing individual that breeders will love, and he brings the depth of female family we look for in a stallion prospect. When you combine that with the brilliance he showed on the track – culminating in his Grade 1 win in Malibu in 1:20 and change – it is hard not to be excited about his His speed figures indicate he is as fast as any son of Not This Time we have seen on the ground. We invite breeders to come and see him.”
Goal Oriented stamped themselves as one of the fastest from a record crop of three-year-olds in 2025 with victory in the Malibu Stakes (G1) last month at Santa Anita Park. For the first time, the blinders were removed and the powerful Dark Bay rolled home strongly to stop the clock in a quick 1:20.97 for 7 furlongs, marking the fastest winning time in the Malibu since 2016 and the fastest 7 furlongs in a Class 1 race in 2025. He earned a 108 Beyer Speed Figure and a 4 Ragozin – both among the fastest recorded by a 3-year-old last year.
Goal Oriented also qualified in the 1 1/8 mile Haskell Stakes (G1) at Monmouth Park– defeated by three-quarters of a length Journalism while earning the same 101 Beyer as that foe – and 1 1/8 mile Pennsylvania Derby (G1) at Parx Racing behind Baeza .
Goal Oriented, a $425,000 Keeneland September yearling, is left out of multiple stakes winner Bizzy Caroline, a half-sister to champion Lady Eli and comes from the family of influential father Blushing Groom. Goal Oriented, trained by Bob Baffert, is retiring with earnings of $624,460 for owners SF Racing, Starlight Racing, Madaket Stables, Stonestreet Stables, Dianne Bashor, Determined Stables, Robert E. Masterson, Tom J. Ryan, Waves Edge Capital and Catherine Donovan.
“We are thrilled that Goal Oriented will have the opportunity to start his stallion career at a place like Spendthrift Farm,” said Tom Ryan of SF Racing. “He is a handsome colt and he knows it. Goal Oriented has that presence in him, along with sire strength and deep pedigree.”
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