Maxfield

$40,000 B 2017 16.3½HH (1.71M)
Street Sense – Velvety (Bernardini)
Stands and nurses. Standing at Jonabell Farm, Kentucky

First two-year-olds in 2025

Won the G1 Breeders’ Futurity by five-and-a-half lengths at two and took the G1 Clark, G2 Alysheba and G2 Stephen Foster at four. Eight wins and never off the board in 11 starts.

Out of a Bernardini half-sister to Sky Mesa, from the storied family of Buckpasser and Private Account.

He’s covered 127 Stakes performers and 113 dams of Stakes horses in his first three books.

Two $1 million first-crop yearlings at Keeneland September! Plus yearling prices of $800k, $600k, $575k, $575k, $525k, $500k, etc.

Pedigree

MAXFIELD

STREET SENSE

STREET CRY

MACHIAVELLIAN

MR. PROSPECTOR

COUP DE FOLIE

HELEN STREET

TROY

WATERWAY

BEDAZZLE

DIXIELAND BAND

NORTHERN DANCER

MISSISSIPPI MUD

MAJESTIC LEGEND

HIS MAJESTY

LONG LEGEND

VELVETY

BERNARDINI

A. P. INDY

SEATTLE SLEW

WEEKEND SURPRISE

CARA RAFAELA

QUIET AMERICAN

OIL FABLE

CARESS

STORM CAT

STORM BIRD

TERLINGUA

LA AFFIRMED

AFFIRMED

LA MESA

By STREET SENSE (2004) Kentucky Derby (G1), Breeders' Cup Juvenile (G1), Travers S (G1), etc. Sire of 1,492 foals aged three and up, including MAXFIELD, SPEAKER’S CORNER, AUBBY K, CALLBACK, HALLOWED CROWN, MCKINZIE, POLITENESS, SENSE OF OCCASION, STREET FANCY, SWEET REASON, WEDDING TOAST, etc.

1st dam: VELVETY by Bernardini. Winner (8f) at 3. Dam of 6 foals, 4 to race, 3 winners:

MAXFIELD (c Street Sense) G1 winner, see Race record.

LOVED (f Medaglia d’Oro) 3 wins (8f-9½f) at 4, 2023.

2nd dam: CARESS by Storm Cat. 13 wins (6f-11f), 3 to 6, Athenia H (G3), Beaugay H (G3), Poker S (G3), 2nd Beaugay H (G3). Dam of 8 winners:

SKY MESA (c Pulpit) 3 wins at 2, Hopeful S (G1), Breeders' Futurity (G2), 2nd Haskell Invitational H (G1), 3rd Dwyer S (G2). Sire.

GOLDEN VELVET (f Seeking The Gold) 4 wins at 3 to 5, Sabin H (G3), Sixty Sails H (G3), 2nd Ogden Phipps H (G1). Dam of:

LUCULLAN (c Hard Spun) Knickerbocker S (G2), Lure S, 2nd Hill Prince S (G3).

INNOVATIVE IDEA (f Bernardini) Groupie Doll S (G3), 3rd Locust Grove S (G3). Dam of: MATAREYA (f Pioneerof The Nile) Acorn S (G1), Derby City Distaff S (G1), 3rd Ballerina H (G1).

Caressive (f A.P. Indy) Winner at 3, 3rd La Canada S (G2).

Monthir (c Gulch) Winner at 2, 2nd Hutcheson S (G2). Sire.

Archeology (f Seeking The Gold) Placed at 2. Dam of:

ARCHIMEDES (c Admire Moon) Asahi Challenge Cup (G3).

3rd dam: LA AFFIRMED by Affirmed. Winner at 5. Dam of 6 winners:

DELLA FRANCESCA (c Danzig) Belmont Breeders' Cup H (G2), Gallinule S (G3), 3rd Irish 2,000 Guineas (G1). Sire.

BERNSTEIN (c Storm Cat) Railway S (G3), Concorde S (G3). Sire.

COUNTRY CAT (f Storm Cat) Gardenia H (G3), 2nd Acorn S (G1), 3rd Queen Elizabeth II Cup S (G1).

Emmaus (f Silver Deputy) Unraced. Dam of:

WISEMAN'S FERRY (c Hennessy) Lone Star Derby (G3). Sire.

Mayhavebeentheone (f Arch) Unraced. Grandam of: GOOD SAMARITAN (c Harlan's Holiday) Jim Dandy S (G2), 2nd Clark H (G1), 3rd Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf (G1). Sire; BRAVE NATION (c Pioneerof The Nile) British Columbia Premier's H (G3).

4th dam: LA MESA by Round Table. Winner at 4. Dam of 8 winners:

OUTSTANDINGLY (f Exclusive Native) Champion two-year-old Filly in the US, Hollywood Starlet S (G1), Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies S (G1), 3rd Breeders' Cup Distaff S (G1), Vanity H (G1). Dam of:

AVICE CARO (f Caro) 2 wins at 3. Third dam of: SHEIKHA REIKA (f Shamardal) E.P. Taylor S (G1); LUMIERE (f Shamardal) Champion two-year-old Filly in England, Cheveley Park S (G1).

Corporate Queen (f Truxton King) Unraced. Dam of:

Cie Canadienne (f Canadian Gil) Placed at 4. Third dam of: SWIPE (c Birdstone) Summer Juvenile Championship S, 2nd Breeders' Cup Juvenile (G1), Del Mar Futurity (G1). Sire.

Royal Merger (f Princely Native) Unraced. Dam of: BATROYALE (f Batonnier) Del Mar Debutante S (G2), Sorrento S (G2).

Stud record
Maxfield’s first crop are yearlings of 2024.

Conformation

Race record

His successful career

Age Starts 1st 2nd 3rd Earnings
Two 2 2 - - $354,412
Three 2 2 - - $134,850
Four 7 4 2 1 $1,512,550
Total 11 8 2 1 $2,001,812

At 2

1st
Breeders’ Futurity (G1), 8½f, Keeneland, by 5½l, beating Gouverneur Morris, Enforceable, Ajaaweed, By Your Side, Tap It To Win.
1st
Maiden Special Weight, 8f, Churchill Downs, beating Excession, Sprawl.

At 3

1st
Matt Winn S (G3), 8½f, Churchill Downs, beating Ny Traffic, Pneumatic, Attachment Rate, Necker Island, Celtic Striker, Informative, Flap Jack, Major Fed.
1st
Tenacious S, 8½f, Fair Grounds, by 2½l, beating Sonneman, Dinar, Captivating Moon, Mocito Rojo.

At 4

1st
Clark S (G1), 9f, Churchill Downs, beating Happy Saver, Midnight Bourbon, King Fury, Night Ops, Dr Post, Chess Chief.
1st
Stephen Foster S (G2), 9f, Churchill Downs, by 3¼l, beating Warrior’s Charge, Sprawl, South Bend Chess Chief, Empty Tomb, Necker Island, Visitant, Silver Dust.
1st
Alysheba S (G2), 8½f, Churchill Downs, by 3¼l, beating Visitant, Chess Chief, Roadster, Sonneman, Attachment Rate.
1st
Mineshaft S (G3), 8½f, Fair Grounds, by 3¼l, beating Sonneman, Chess Chief, Blackberry Wine, Enforceable, Dinar.
2nd
Woodward S (G1), 9f, Belmont Park, to Art Collector, beating Code Of Honor.
2nd
Whitney S (G1), 9f, Saratoga, to Knicks Go, beating Silver State, Swiss Skydiver, By My Standards.
3rd
Santa Anita H (G1), 10f, Santa Anita, to Idol, Express Train, beating Independence Hall, Tizamagician, Kiss Today Goodbye, King Guillermo.

Video footage

Watch him go: see him at his best

Breeders’ Futurity (G1), 8½f, Keeneland, 05 Oct 2019
Clark S (G1), 9f, Churchill Downs, 26 Nov 2021
Stephen Foster S (G2), 9f, Churchill Downs, 26 June 2021
Alysheba S (G2), 8½f, Churchill Downs, 30 April 2021
Mineshaft S (G3), 8½f, Fair Grounds, 13 Feb 2021
Matt Winn S (G3), 8½f, Churchill Downs, 23 May 2020

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