Goal Oriented retires to stud at Spendthrift Farm
Goal Oriented, the Grade 1-winning son of Not This Time, has been retired from racing and will take up stud duty at Spendthrift Farm for the 2026 breeding season. His introductory fee will be $30,000.
Goal Oriented has arrived at Spendthrift and is available for breeders' inspections from 1:30-3 p.m. daily through Tuesday, Jan. 13, and will be available for inspection by appointment thereafter.
"We are very excited about Goal Oriented and his potential at stud," said Ned Toffey, Spendthrift general manager. "Since the emergence of Not This Time, we have been looking for the right son to come along, and we believe strongly that Goal Oriented is that horse. He's a good-looking, imposing individual that breeders are going to 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 – highlighted by his Grade 1 Malibu win in 1:20 and change – it's hard not to be excited about his future. His speed figures indicate he's as fast as any son of Not This Time we've seen on dirt. We invite breeders to come out and see him."
Goal Oriented stamped himself as one of the fastest from a bumper crop of 3-year-olds in 2025 with a victory in the Malibu Stakes (G1) last month at Santa Anita. Removing blinkers for the first time, the strapping dark bay rolled home powerfully to stop the clock in a swift 1:20.97 for seven furlongs, marking the fastest winning time in the Malibu since 2016 and fastest seven furlongs run in a Grade 1 race in 2025. He earned a 108 Beyer Speed Figure, according to Daily Racing Form, and a 4 Ragozin – both among the fastest recorded by a 3-year-old last year.
Goal Oriented also placed in the 1 1/8-mile Haskell Stakes (G1) at Monmouth – beaten three-quarters of a length by Journalism and earning the same 101 Beyer as that foe – and the 1 1/8-mile Pennsylvania Derby (G1) at Parx behind Baeza. Earlier in the season, he captured his six-furlong debut at Santa Anita and won a 1 1/16-mile allowance race on Kentucky Derby Day at Churchill Downs.
A $425,000 Keeneland September yearling, Goal Oriented is out of multiple graded stakes winner Bizzy Caroline, a half-sister to champion Lady Eli and hailing from the family of influential sire Blushing Groom. Trained by Bob Baffert, Goal Oriented retires 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 for Goal Oriented to have the opportunity to begin his stallion career at a place like Spendthrift Farm," said SF Racing's Tom Ryan. "He is a good-looking colt and he knows it. Goal Oriented has that presence about him, along with sire power and depth of pedigree."