{"id":514,"date":"2025-11-24T18:58:59","date_gmt":"2025-11-24T18:58:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/givemesoccer.com\/?p=514"},"modified":"2025-11-24T18:58:59","modified_gmt":"2025-11-24T18:58:59","slug":"mindframe-and-johannes-the-two-new-faces-at-claiborne-farm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/givemesoccer.com\/?p=514","title":{"rendered":"Mindframe and Johannes: The Two New Faces at Claiborne Farm"},"content":{"rendered":"
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It’s been a long time coming for Jacob West. Watching ‘TDN Rising Star presented by Hagyard<\/strong>‘ Mindframe<\/strong> make it to the famed stallion barn at Claiborne Farm and settle into the stall once home to the likes of Bold Ruler, Secretariat, Easy Goer and Unbridled marks a full-circle moment years in the making.<\/p>\n

One year after West joined Claiborne as their Stallion Seasons and Bloodstock Manager, the farm announced this summer that Mindframe would soon be headed to Claiborne. Weeks later, West was at Churchill Downs celebrating as the son of Constitution<\/a> secured a third consecutive graded stakes win, defeating champion Sierra Leone in the GI Stephen Foster Stakes.<\/p>\n

The connection between the two stretches beyond that. As part of the selection team for owners Mike Repole and Vinnie Viola, West had a hand in purchasing Mindframe as a yearling and he has followed the Repole Stable and St. Elias Stables-campaigned colt every step of the way.<\/p>\n

Over the past few weeks, West has split his time between the breeding stock sales and Claiborne’s stallion division, where breeders have been stopping in to get a look at the farm’s newest recruit. Adding a second Grade I winner to the roster in Johannes<\/strong>, the first son of Nyquist<\/a> to stand in Kentucky, has made the stretch even more exciting.<\/p>\n

In addition to those two newcomers, Claiborne has several other young stallions preparing to enter new phases of their stud careers next year. Prince of Monaco<\/a><\/strong> ($30,000) and Bright Future<\/a><\/strong> ($10,000) will both see their first foals in 2026 while Annapolis<\/a><\/strong> ($12,500) will be represented by his first crop of yearlings.<\/p>\n