Winners are ranked Nadette fetched a top price of $420,000 at the first Fasig-Tipton digital auction in July. The 5-year-old daughter raised in France by Beyond winner of this year’s Wilshire Stakes (G3T) and Beverly D. Preview Stakes, was purchased by Stepaside Farm.
The auction, which includes a catalogue of 194 horses of racing age and breeding, opened on July 18 and closes on July 23.
Consigned as Hip 39Nadette was recommended as a racehorse and breeding prospect by Team Valor International, who campaigned the mare. A Listed race winner in her native France, Nadette joined trainer Neil Drysdale’s stable in Southern California in the fall of 2022. She has won three races, led by a runner-up finish in the 2022 Autumn Miss Stakes (G3T) at Santa Anita Parkbefore having a breakthrough season in 2024. Prior to her black-style wins, Nadette finished third in the Buena Vista Stakes (G2T) in March.
“Team Valor is delighted with the sale of Nadette,” said Barry Irwin, CEO of Team Valor International. “We changed our business model a few years ago to be more commercial, so instead of consuming the product until the horse has finished its life, we sell them while they are still racing. For mares and broodmares, selling at a racing price is always better than selling at a breeding price. This works well for our partners.”
One of two winners bred from the Pivotal mare Ciboulette, Nadette earned $329,634 and won five times in 21 starts.
The second highest price of $310,000 went to Successful Appeal mare Right Prevails and her 2024 foal. Jackie’s Warrior . Supplied together as Hip 15The mare and her foal were purchased by Sequel Bloodstock New York, who consigned the pair as part of a distribution to the Ladkin Estate & Thomas Partnership. Right Prevails, 19, is a full sister to the 2005 Kentucky Derby (G1) runner-up Closing Argument, and is the dam of the multi-award winning, $547,427-earning racehorse Barese (Laoban), as well as the prize-winning racehorse Breakfastatbonnies (Laoban).
Right Prevails is reportedly pregnant with Spendthrift Farm stallion and 2022 champion 2-year-old stallion Power who recently completed her first season of breeding for a fee of $50,000. Her 2024 foal will represent the first litter of horses from 2021 Eclipse-winning sprinter Jackie’s Warrior, a five-time Grade 1-winning foal of Maclean’s Music is at Spendthrift Farm. The colt is registered in New York and is eligible to compete in the Finger Lakes Futurity.
“This was our first digital sale in July and we were thrilled with the results,” said Leif Aaron, director of digital sales. “This was a very strong digital sale with record buyer and seller participation and a solid 83 percent clearance rate.”
Overall, 161 horses sold for $4,296,200, averaging $26,684. This included: 22 of 24 yearlings; 6 of 6 weanlings; 25 of 28 mares with foals; 38 of 44 broodmares; and 60 of 78 racehorses.
Full results of the sale can be viewed online. This.
