Headlined by high-profile fillies and mares, together with a handful that competed within the Breeders’ Cup Nov. 5-6 at Del Mar, The November Sale at Fasig-Tipton may have the higher crust of breeding inventory for consideration Nov. 9 on the Newtown Paddocks in Lexington. Bidding will start at 2 p.m. ET.
This 12 months 274 horses have been cataloged, consisting of weanlings, broodmares, and racing/broodmare prospects.
“The stage is about for an additional profitable sale. We’re more than happy with the standard of horses on the grounds. It’s at all times thrilling to have horses of this caliber and so completed coming off the racetrack being so profitable,” Boyd Browning Jr., Fasig-Tipton president and CEO, stated.
“Going round and seeing the horses, it has been refreshing and energizing to see how good the physicals match up with the pedigrees. It appears to be upbeat and have an optimistic tone within the air.”
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Dubbed the “Evening of the Stars,” this 12 months’s draft leaves little to be desired in weanlings with distinctive physicals by industrial stallions, profitable graded mares who’ve additionally produced graded runners in foal to distinguished stallions, and top-form fillies with current success on the racetrack.
Breeders convey the perfect of their packages to public sale, and patrons internationally will converge in Lexington on the likelihood to safe an distinctive particular person so as to add to their roster.
“Our November sale is exclusive and specialised, being a top-end sale. I feel it is vital for individuals to understand that final November we had an exceptional sale. It was stable with great outcomes achieved,” Browning stated. “We’re excited to get to start out the bidding Nov. 9 and at all times a bit apprehensive. You by no means know what to anticipate, however all indicators appear optimistic.”
The power created amongst breeders, homeowners, and patrons going from the yearling gross sales to Breeders’ Cup weekend and into the breeding inventory gross sales is electrical, and for a great purpose. Final 12 months Spendthrift Farm bought 2018 champion 3-year-old filly and 2020 champion older grime feminine Monomoy Girl from ELiTE, agent, for $9.5 million, a world record for a racing/broodmare prospect sold at public auction. The daughter of Tapizar had added a second win in the Longines Breeders’ Cup Distaff (G1) the day before she went under the hammer.
Twenty-two horses were sold at the 2020 edition for seven figures. Fasig-Tipton reported that last year a total of 142 horses sold for a gross figure of $80,237,000 (the second highest in sale history), creating an average price of $565,049 and a $200,000 median. The 69 horses that failed to meet their reserve represented a 32.7% RNA rate.
Shedaresthedevil arrives at The November Sale
Twenty-one grade/group 1 winners slated to go through the ring Tuesday. Four fillies and mares came directly from the Breeders’ Cup: Kimari (Hip 195), Proud Emma (Hip 224), Queen Supreme (Hip 227), and Shedaresthedevil (Hip 232).
“Queen Supreme is an interesting mare on offer. She’s a grade 1 winner in South Africa by Exceed And Excel , and she is stunning,” said Meg Levy of Bluewater Sales, which is consigning the 5-year-ole mare. “You wouldn’t name her Queen Supreme if she weren’t gorgeous. We hope she will be appealing to the Australian and Japanese markets. She is an exquisite physical and will also fit the American market well.”
ELiTE accounts for four of the grade 1 offerings.
“The two headliners would easily be Aunt Pearl , a Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf (G1T) winner in 2020,” Bradley Weisbord, founder and managing partner of ELiTE, said. “She shipped to Fasig-Tipton in terrific condition from Bruce Jackson at Fair Hill Equine Therapy. A little bit of a disappointing year not getting her back to her form; she was undefeated as a 2-year-old winning lasix free. With her top form, she beat out Mother Earth and Campanelle .
“Dayoutoftheoffice is one of two Into Mischief grade 1 winners to go on offer at auction ever. She won the Frizette Stakes (G1) and was second in the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies (G1), both in 2020.
“Etoile won the E. P. Taylor Stakes (G1T) at Woodbine final 12 months and is by high sire Siyouni .
“Duopoly is our fourth grade 1 winner. In 2020 she took the American Oaks (G1T).
The late Rick Porter’s Fox Hill Farm has two mares consigned with Taylor Made Sales Agency.
“It’s a little bittersweet, we are selling two nice fillies for Fox Hill Farm. We have sold so many high-quality horses for them over the past years,” Mark Taylor, vice president of sales and marketing for Taylor Made Sales, said. “We have Jolie Olimpica (Hip 193) and Windmill (Hip 258). When you see them, they are very typical of Fox Hill quality. They always have good-looking horses that have performed on the track. These two mares have been out a lot and are being very well received.”
Seven grade 1 winners will be offered in foal to popular sires Into Mischief, Uncle Mo , and Quality Road . Fourteen grade 1-winning racing or broodmare prospects will be up for consideration, and the opportunity to add any of these prospects to a racing stable or broodmare band will be enticing for buyers.
“We have a special group of mares,” Levy said of Bluewater’s consignment. “Valiance (Hip 251) was a winner in last year’s Juddmonte Spinster Stakes (G1). She is out of a grade 1 winner (Last Full Measure ), who is also out of a grade 1 winner (Lazy Slusan ). She’s a triple threat and very unusual, making her a collector’s item.”
“This sale is always fun. You get a select group of quality horses,” Taylor said. “Princess Noor (Hip 222) is the queen of the show. She showed amazing talent, so brilliant at 2 years old … if there is a better-looking horse on the sales grounds, then I need to go look at them because she is a queen, in-foal to Into Mischief … she’s the whole package.”
A collection of 141 well-bred, top physical weanlings sired by both new and well-established sires has been cataloged. They include progeny of top stallions Into Mischief, Curlin , and Quality Road, as well as leading freshman sire Gun Runner. Also on offer are weanlings from the second crop of Justify and from the first crop of Audible , Maximus Mischief , Mitole , Omaha Beach , and Vino Rosso .
The Vino Rosso colt consigned as Hip 118 out for show at the Grovendale consignment at The November Sale
Taylor Made Sales Agency has 15 weanlings scheduled to be offered.
“We have never had this big of a group of high-quality foals,” Taylor said. “Two, in particular, are horses that you normally wouldn’t see at a weanling sale: an Into Mischief colt out of Moi (Hip 75) and a Curlin filly out of Sippican Harbor (Hip 107).”
Taylor Made consigns one of only two Constitution weanlings in the sale, a colt (Hip 135) out of Year of Promise, a half sister to grade 1 winners Smiling Tiger and She’s a Tiger .
“The Uncle Mos and a Medaglia d’Oro (weanlings) are yearling quality horses that are being offered early,” Taylor said. “As strong as the yearling market was this year, I think some smart money will be trying to get in earlier in the cycle and avoid some competition instead of knocking heads with everybody at (Fasig-Tipton) Saratoga next year or (Keeneland) September.”
Mitole, whose first crop of foals are on offer, is represented by four weanlings in the sale.
“I like the Mitoles I have seen so far,” Levy commented. “I particularly like ours, Hip 115. He has a nice walk and covers the ground nicely. He looks more two-turn looking than some of the ones I have seen, being Mitole was a sprinter.”
On Monday morning at the Newtown Paddocks was hopping, buyers were busy moving through the barns shopping the weanlings and mares.
“Weanling traffic has been bustling since we started showing Sunday,” Levy said. “Mares can be a little spotty with all of the ground buyers have to cover. As a consignor, I am always nervous these couple of days because the people do move back and forth.”
The main catalog was printed with 259 hips, and Hips 260-274 are part of the supplemental catalog. As of Monday evening, there are 69 horses withdrawn.
Boyd Browning Jr. at The November Sale
“Consistency is important for both the buyers and consignors. Fasig-Tipton tries to let people know what to expect,” Browning said. “We are always looking to improve quality and tweak to provide better service and get better horses.
“We hope tomorrow to put a lot of smiles on people’s faces, both sellers and buyers, with hopeful future success with what they buy Nov. 9.”
