Multiple Grade 1 winner Carl Spackler joins the Lane's End roster for 2026

Multiple US Grade 1 winner Carl Spackler has retired from racing and will stand at Lane's End Farm in 2026. 

The son of Lope De Vega initially raced for e Five Racing, for whom he landed the Maker's Mark Mile, Coolmore Turf Mile, Fourstardave Handicap before being purchased by Zhang Yuesheng's Yulong earlier this year. 

He was trained by Chad Brown until this spring,  landing six Graded wins overall and earnings of just over £1.5 million. 

Bill Farish of Lane's End said: "Lope De Vega has been a dominant force in racing since he was named European champion first-crop sire and has made a global impact. Carl Spackler had such an impressive turn of foot, consistently performing at an elite level, and with his sire line, he brings exciting diversity to the Lane's End roster."

Brown added: "Carl Spackler is unquestionably the best male turf miler I've ever trained. Not only is he fast, sound, and perfectly made, he also has an incredibly calm temperament that trainers dream of. I will definitely be in the marketplace buying his best-looking offspring."

Carl Spackler was bred by Fifth Avenue Bloodstock out of the Grade 2-winning More Than Ready mare Zindaya, a half-sister to Grade 1 scorer Western Aristocrat. Zindaya is also the dam of the Group 3-placed Sandtrap, also by Lope De Vega.

A fee will be announced in due course. 

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