 Three years later he was bought for $400,000 by Leslie Combs II and sent to one of America's preeminent breeding operations, Spendthrift Farm in Lexington, Kentucky.While Ardan's offspring won a number of Conditions / Stakes races, none achieved his level of success.One of his best horses was Hard Sauce who was a six furlong specialist and the sire of Hard Tack and Hard Ridden (Epsom Derby).