Edited Press ReleaseSpendthrift Farm's Provenance, a graded-placed 3-year-old son of seven-time leading sire Into Mischief and the first foal out of dual champion mare Monomoy Girl (Tapizar), has been retired from racing and will enter stud for 2027 at Country Life Farm in Bel Air, Maryland, for a fee of $2,000.As a 2-year-old for trainer Bob Baffert last year, Provenance debuted going a mile at Del Mar in August and finished third.In his second start, going six furlongs at Santa Anita in September, Provenance again was the prohibitive favorite. He led every step to win by 1 3/4-lengths and garnered a 'Rising Star' for the effort.His Hall of Fame trainer then pointed him for the GII Los Alamitos Futurity. Provenance set the early fractions, but dropped off the lead in deep stretch and finished third. Post-race X-rays revealed a career-ending condylar fracture.Though he had earned points for the 2026 Kentucky Derby, he was off the trail. Following surgery, he returned to Spendthrift and was officially retired.“We truly bred the best to the best to get Provenance,” said Spendthrift General Manager Ned Toffey. “His dam won the [GI] Kentucky Oaks, and his sire now has three Kentucky Derby-winning sons. Provenance was on target for the classics until his injury.”Spendthrift purchased Monomoy Girl for $9.5 million at the 2020 Fasig-Tipton's “Night of the Stars” November Mixed Sale, the day after she won her second GI Breeders' Cup Distaff.Retired to the Spendthrift broodmare band after her six-year-old season, her career earnings totaled $4,776,818, with 14 wins and three seconds in 17 starts. She won the Eclipse Award as champion 3-year-old filly of 2018 and a second Eclipse Award in 2020, as champion older dirt female.Monomoy Girl foaled Provenance on Feb. 17, 2023. She produced a full sister in 2024; named Effusive, the 2-year-old filly is presently in-training at Keeneland for Spendthrift and trainer Brad Cox. Monomoy Girl foaled a 2026 colt by Gun Runner, and she is back in foal to that sire for next term.Provenance will stand as the property of Spendthrift and Country Life. The two farms first partnered with A.P. Indy's lightly raced son Malibu Moon 25 years ago. Malibu Moon sired 22 crops that included three champions and Kentucky Derby winner Orb among 141 stakes winners.“Both Provenance and Malibu Moon were fast 2-year-olds sired by great stallions and out of top mares,” Toffey noted. “Their profiles entering stud are remarkably similar.”Spendthrift Farm's former owner B. Wayne Hughes sent Malibu Moon to Country Life. Current co-owner Eric Gustavson and Toffey showed Provenance to Country Life co-owner Mike Pons two days before this year's Kentucky Derby.“Provenance is a great physical,” said Pons. “He looks like a classic horse, yet he had early two-year-old form. He stands over a lot of ground. He's leggier than Into Mischief. Breeders are going to love him. He takes your breath away.”Added Toffey: “We've been tracking the positive developments in the Maryland horse industry. Kentucky needs to support the regional breeding programs, and Maryland's is among the best. We've got a number of mares in our broodmare band heading to Maryland to support Provenance, just as we did with Malibu Moon.”Country Life is Maryland's oldest Thoroughbred breeding farm. Said co-owner Josh Pons: “Our dream is to have the first Maryland-bred to win the Preakness Stakes at the new Pimlico. That lofty goal seems within reach given Provenance's promising racing form and his classic pedigree, by a Derby sire out of an Oaks mare.”Bookings for Provenance are already being accepted for the 2027 breeding season.The post ‘TDN Rising Star’ Provenance To Stand At Country Life Farm In Maryland appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions.