2026 Nashville - Giving Spirit Individual Foal

Why We Bought This Horse

• Giving Spirit was covered on March 26, 2025, by Nashville and checked in and confirmed in foal on April 23, 2025.   Our anticipation is that this foal will be Kentucky-bred. 
• This is a 2025-2026 Individual Foal Offering and is subject to the WVS Individual Foal Program Addendum to the Wasabi Ventures Stables Thoroughbred Management Agreement.   
•   Highlights of the program:
  • Fixed Price on the Offering - No Ongoing Bills
  • Limited Exposure - Like WVS Racing Programs, there is no chance for Future Expenses. If the Foal offering loses money, WVS absorbs those costs
  • Finite Time - The Foal Offering will be targeted to be liquidated sometime in its yearling year, so you know when an offering ends.  Because you are not buying the mare, you have a finite time period of commitment (e.g. 12 to 20 months)
  • Reduced Risk - WVS will only open a Foal Offering once a mare has checked in foal to the chosen stallion
  • Perpetual Breeders Bonuses - Even after the foal is sold, a Club member can continue to earn breeding bonuses for the racing life of the horse.

The BASE PRICE of this foal is $54,034

• Mare Lease $3,334
• Stallion Fee - $12,500
• Vanning Expense - $1,000
• Boarding Estimate - $22,000
• Sales Expense Estimate - $5,000
• Vet Estimate - $9,000
• Registration Fees (Jockey Club and State Fees) - $1,200

In the intervening year, Nashville remained extremely popular, covering (coincidentally) 164 mares in his second season at WinStar while his first weanlings wound up averaging over 4.5x his stud fee at the ‘24 mixed sales (for 20 sold). Speightstown’s status as a sire-of-sires remained solid thanks to a huge year for Munnings, as well as big early sales for the offspring of his sons Charlatan and Olympiad, while Prince of Monaco added a pair of G1-placings to his resume and retires to Claiborne Farm for a $30k stud fee in ‘25.

Giving Spirit’s half-brother Maycocks Bay (by Speightstown) unfortunately went to the sidelines after his impressive allowance victory in January and missed the big 3YO races, but he returned on December 7th with an impressive allowance win at the Fair Grounds going 1-1/16 miles, and trainer Mike Stidham expects a big ‘25 for him — so all the more reason to put Giving Spirit back in foal to an exciting son of Speightstown again this coming year!