by Jessica Martini, Brian DiDonato, and Christie DeBernardis
LEXINGTON, KY – The Fasig-Tipton November Sale opened Tuesday afternoon with sturdy returns for its weanling choices earlier than exploding with frenetic bidding from an internationally various shopping for bench on a big selection of famous person mares that finally produced a gross sales report gross of $103,699,000 for 149 head. That determine bested the public sale’s earlier report of $89,473,000 which was set in 2018. The common of $695,966 was the second highest in sale historical past, falling quick solely of the 2008 common of $772,297, whereas the median of $300,000 was third highest within the sale’s historical past.
“It was a outstanding night tonight,” mentioned Fasig-Tipton President Boyd Browning. “We had been supported by an unbelievable cross part of horses from an unbelievable cross part of consignors and homeowners. That is what it’s all about–the standard of horses you may have the chance to promote. We had an all-star solid of horses. We had been supported by an incredible shopping for base from everywhere in the world. We have now been very, very lucky that numerous horses offered on this sale have gone on to develop into important producers from world wide. We’re lucky to promote a number of the world’s best fillies and mares.”
Mandy Pope’s Whisper Hill Farm was concerned with each of the highest two heaps, teaming up with Three Chimneys to buy Magical World (Distorted Humor) for $5.2 million and with Flurry Racing and Qatar Racing to buy GI Longines Kentucky Oaks winner Shedaresthedevil (Daredevil) for $5 million, who will return to the racetrack subsequent 12 months.
A pair of Breeders’ Cup victories Saturday gave the at all times highly effective Japanese shopping for bench much more vitality Tuesday, and Australian consumers had been out in power after the nation opened its borders per week in the past.
Japan took down each the GI Breeders’ Cup Filly & Mare Turf and GI Longines Breeders’ Cup Distaff Saturday and each fillies had been bred by Katsumi Yoshida’s Northern Farm. The operation was out in power Tuesday, buying six mares, together with $4.7-million GI Preakness S. heroine Swiss Skydiver (Daredevil). Eight particular person Japanese pursuits bought a complete of 17 mares for $34.55 million.
“Our associates from Japan have develop into a serious part of this sale for 2 causes,” Browning mentioned. “Initially, we now have a product to promote that’s of nice attraction to the Japanese: top- high quality, younger, fillies and mares from the racetrack or younger confirmed producers. We have now been entrusted with these horses to promote and so they have loved coming right here and having nice success with them. We reside in a worldwide world and are lucky that we now have a worldwide market right here.”
Jacob West bought the top-priced weanling of the public sale, going to $750,000 to accumulate a filly by Curlin out of GISW Sippican Harbor (Orb) from the Taylor Made Gross sales Company.
“We’re seeing the emergence of a reasonably dynamic weanling market as a part of the November sale now too,” Browning mentioned. “We could not be any extra happy. I’ve to offer credit score to our group. They did a hell of a job and I’m so proud.”
David Ingordo was energetic on each side of the ledger Tuesday and admitted it was a vibrant market.
“Promoting is nice, shopping for has been very troublesome,” Ingordo mentioned. “I purchased a horse earlier that I assumed introduced honest worth. The horse enterprise is alive and properly. I believe numerous it’s from the purses. A number of my shoppers prefer to race and now the purses are going up so there are numerous positives. I believe there may be much more constructive than detrimental and we must always discuss extra about that.”
Pope and Three Chimneys Companion Up for Magical World
Along with her MGISW Guarana (Ghostzapper) having introduced $4.4 million earlier within the session from John Sikura of Hill ‘n’ Dale, 11-year-old rising blue hen Magical World (Distorted Humor) (hip 203) outdid her daughter when fetching $5.2 million. Whisper Hill’s Mandy Pope bought the mare in partnership with Three Chimneys Farm. The sale of each Guarana and Magical World had been to dissolve the partnership between Hill ‘n’ Dale–which consigned the pair–and Three Chimneys.
“We’re very completely happy, and really completely happy to have a pleasant mare in partnership with Three Chimneys, so it is going to be stellar,” mentioned Pope. “We’ll preserve making nice infants, so all is sweet.”
Magical World offered in foal to Into Mischief. The ensuing foal shall be bred on the potent Into Mischief–Distorted Humor cross accountable for MGISW younger sire Practical Joke in addition to current GI Breeders’ Cup Dust Mile romper Life Is Good.
“We’re simply busy attempting to purchase them proper now, however I am positive we’ll discover any person,” Pope quipped when requested if she had any plans for a subsequent mating. “We’re simply excited to have her proper now and delighted to have the partnership with Three Chimneys.”
Additionally accountable for ‘Rising Star’ and stakes winner Magic Dance (More Than Ready), Phipps Steady-bred Magical World is a daughter of GISW Nice House (Looking for the Gold). That is the prolific household of highest-level winners Sky Magnificence, Hill ‘n’ Dale resident Violence, Level of Entry, Pine Island, Tale of Ekati, Maplejinsky, Dayjur, and so on.
Magical World’s 3-year-old Pioneerof the Nile colt was a $2.1-million KEESEP yearling and not too long ago broke his maiden in particular weight firm on the Meadowlands. Magical World has a yearling colt by Gun Runner and a foal colt by Quality Road.
When requested if she had additionally thought-about going for Guarana, Pope mentioned, “We preferred her additionally, however we most well-liked to go this fashion.”
For extra on Magical World and Guarana, click here. —@BDiDonatoTDN
Shedaresthedevil Heading Again to Cox
Final 12 months’s GI Longines Kentucky Oaks heroine Shedaresthedevil (Daredevil) is not carried out along with her racing profession simply but, as a brand new partnership was shaped Tuesday to ship her again to coach Brad Cox. Consigned by Hunter Valley Farm as hip 232 on behalf of Staton Flurry’s Flurry Racing Stables, Qatar Racing Ltd. and Large Aut Farms, Shedaresthedevil is now the property of Mandy Pope’s Whisper Hill, Flurry and Qatar Racing after hammering at $5 million.
“I am very excited to have such a stunning racehorse and to have the chance to be on board with my new companions and to go racing for one more 12 months,” mentioned Pope. “I am wanting ahead not solely to having numerous enjoyable, however successful some huge cash. It is going to be nice.”
Pope mentioned bloodstock agent and Gainesway Director of Bloodstock Alex Solis II was instrumental in placing the partnership collectively.
“She’s such an exquisite racehorse, and she or he’s attractive,” Pope mentioned. “Along with her physique, and the best way she carries herself, she jogs my memory numerous Havre de Grace. So perhaps we’ll have one other Horse of the Yr.”
Pope paid a report $10 million for 2011 Horse of the Yr Havre de Grace (Saint Liam) on the 2012 renewal of this public sale.
Shedaresthedevil was a debut winner as a June 2019 juvenile for Glencrest Farm, at which level the Al Thani household’s Qatar Racing purchased in. After placings within the GII Sorrento S. and Anoakia S. later that season, she was supplied at Keeneland November, the place Flurry Stables signed the $280,000 ticket.
Qatar Racing stayed in after that sale, and Shedaresthedevil started her large 3-year-old marketing campaign for brand new coach Brad Cox with a runner-up non-compulsory claiming tally earlier than annexing the GIII Honeybee S, airing within the GIII Indiana Oaks in July after which upending soon-to-be champions Swiss Skydiver (Daredevil) and Gamine (Into Mischief) in a record-fastest working of the Kentucky Oaks, which was pushed again to September because of the pandemic.
The bay added 4 extra graded stakes victories this season, together with the GI La Troienne S. and GI Clement L. Hirsch S., and she or he was final seen ending sixth in Saturday’s fast-paced GI Breeders’ Cup Distaff.
“Mandy approached us proper earlier than she went into the ring, and we mentioned, ‘Let’s do it!’ She’ll stick with Brad and the group, and we made some cash, so all of it labored out,” Staton Flurry mentioned. “It really works out nice. I hate saying it like this, however I grew up within the claiming ranks, in order that made letting go just a little simpler; getting horses purchased and stuff, that is form of your mindset. However we’re positively excited to nonetheless have her round and seeing what we are able to do.” —@BDiDonatoTDN
Northern Farm Wins Warfare For Swiss Skydiver
It’s not typically {that a} filly wins a Triple Crown race and it’s even rarer {that a} collector’s merchandise like that’s supplied at public public sale. So, it was no shock that final 12 months’s GI Preakness S. heroine Swiss Skydiver (Daredevil) (hip 246) was an especially coveted providing at Fasig-Tipton Tuesday evening and, after a chronic spherical of bidding with many gamers, Katsumi Yoshida’s Northern Farm was the final bidder standing on a last bid of $4.7 million.
“We’re very thrilled,” mentioned Shingo Hashimoto, Northern Farm’s Supervisor of Worldwide Affairs., who signed the ticket on the Basic winner. “Her pedigree, her appears and what she did racing was so superb. It’s unbelievable and she or he was so engaging. We’re very, very completely happy.”
Northern Farm bred Japan’s first Breeders’ Cup winner Loves Solely You (Jpn) (Deep Affect {Jpn}), who captured Saturday’s GI Breeders’ Cup Filly & Mare Turf, in addition to their second, Marche Lorraine (Jpn) (Orfevre {Jpn}), who upset the GI Longines Breeders’ Cup Distaff later within the card at 49-1.
Hashimoto signed the ticket on six mares on Yoshida’s behalf for a complete of $12.725 million, topped by Swiss Skydiver. Their different acquisitions included Grade I winners Princess Noor (Not This Time) ($2.9 million), Merely Ravishing (Laoban) ($1.7 million) and Duopoly (Animal Kingdom) ($1.6 million); Mongolian Changa (Good Pace), dam of MGISW Medina Spirit (Protonico) ($1.05 million); and GSW Heavenhasmynikki (Majestic Warrior).
When requested if that historic Breeders’ Cup gave them elevated enthusiasm heading into this sale, Hashimoto laughed and mentioned, “Properly, perhaps.”
He added, “I used to be really there. It was our horses, so we had been very excited. I believe it is going to convey extra curiosity within the U.S. from Japan. After all, they have already got it. However now there could also be extra folks will convey horses to race within the U.S. We’re fairly enthusiastic about that.”
McPeek picked out Swiss Skydiver, who was bred by WinStar Farm, for simply $35,000 as hip 2997 deep within the Keeneland September catalogue. Her coming-out social gathering got here when she gained final 12 months’s GII Fasig-Tipton Gulfstream Park Oaks at odds of 9-1. The Peter Callahan colorbearer adopted swimsuit with victories within the GIII Fantasy S. and GII Santa Anita Oaks. Second when going through the boys for the primary time within the GII Toyota Blue Grass S., Swiss Skydiver captured Saratoga’s prestigious GI Alabama S. and was second to Shedaresthedevil (Daredevil) within the GI Longines Kentucky Oaks run in September final season.
McPeek and Callahan believed of their filly so strongly that they despatched her to the Preakness off that loss and she or he didn’t disappoint. Swiss Skydiver was all class and guts, battling GI Kentucky Derby hero Genuine (Into Mischief) down the size of the stretch and refusing to yield, making historical past with a neck success over the eventual Horse of the Yr (video). She ended the 12 months with a head-scratching seventh within the Distaff, however had already carried out greater than sufficient to take residence the Eclipse Award as prime sophomore filly.
Swiss Skydiver proved no worse for put on in her first begin of 2021, delivery west to take the GI Beholder Mile Mar. 13. Third to presumptive future champion Letruska (Tremendous Saver) and twin Eclipse winner Monomoy Lady (Tapizar) within the GI Apple Blossom H. a month later, the McPeek pupil completed fourth within the GI Whitney S. Aug. 7 and fifth to Letruska within the GI Private Ensign S. Aug. 28. Swiss Skydiver retires with a report of 16-7-3-2 and earnings of $2,216,480.
“I really feel relieved,” mentioned Runnymede Farm President Romain Malhouitre. “I’m completely happy for the Callahan household to belief us to promote such a good looking merchandise. I’m completely happy for Kenny McPeek. Everyone knows how good he’s as a decide shopping for yearlings. I really feel completely happy for his group as properly and the group at Runnymeade. It’s a group effort.”
He continued, “Mr. Callahan has been on this enterprise all his life. For him to have such a good looking merchandise may be very thrilling. There have been numerous completely different bidders. I really feel sorry for the underbidders. There have been lots of people who needed her badly, clearly. I’m grateful for them too.”
Swiss Skydiver’s dam Expo Gold (Johannesburg) introduced $950,000 from Hunter Valley Farm in foal to Catholic Boy on the 2020 Keeneland November Sale. —@CDeBernardisTDN
Sikura Takes House Guarana
After some heated bidding and confusion as to who was within the lead, Hill ‘n’ Dale’s John Sikura was left holding the $4.4-million ticket for ‘TDN Rising Star’ Guarana (Ghostzapper) (hip 182). Hill ‘n’ Dale had co-campaigned the MGISW along with her breeder, Three Chimneys Farm, and the sale was to dissolve that partnership. She was supplied in foal to none aside from Into Mischief.
At one level, Sikura boldly jumped the bidding–which was moving into $100,000 increments–from $3.6 million to $4 million. Then, at what was finally the ultimate value, there was some confusion as to who precisely was on prime earlier than the hammer finally fell.
“You may bid two methods–slowly, or extra aggressively to point out willpower. It did not work, however I assumed we would bid aggressively,” mentioned Sikura. “She’s an exquisite mare; in foal to a number one sire; sensible past sensible. There’s at all times a danger on the highest finish, however we hope it is a long-term, basis form of broodmare. She had particular means, Ghostzapper‘s a fantastic broodmare sire and we stand him as properly. We’re constructive about the entire thing. We won’t wait to get her residence and begin her new profession. Hopefully it is as sensible as her race profession, which is impeccable.”
Sikura mentioned it was too early to determine future breeding plans, however mentioned he would seemingly wait and see how the 5-year-old’s Into Mischief foal appeared earlier than probably breeding again to that Spendthrift tremendous stallion.
Guarana, educated by Chad Brown, gained her first three begins as a sophomore, together with the GI Acorn S. and GI Teaching Membership American Oaks. Her lone defeat got here when she completed second within the GI Cotillion S., however she bounced again with an non-compulsory claiming tally and GI Madison S. rating the next time period to complete five-for-six lifetime and bankroll practically $1.1 million. See above for extra on Guarana’s pedigree and her dam Magical World (Distorted Humor), who introduced $5.2 million later within the sale. —@BDiDonatoTDN
Not Fairly 2020, However Spendthrift Nonetheless Energetic
Spendthrift Farm kind of carried the market ultimately 12 months’s Night time of the Stars, spending a whopping $25,030,000 on 12 head, together with the $9.5-million topper Monomoy Lady (Tapizar). Whereas it will’ve been shocking for the outfit to match that mark this 12 months–particularly with the passing of founder B. Wayne Hughes within the interim–Spendthrift remained energetic, spending $5,990,000 on 4 broodmares or broodmare prospects.
Spendthrift’s priciest expenditure was the $3.4 million it paid for Vequist (Nyquist), final 12 months’s GI Spinaway S. and GI Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies heroine. Consigned by Bluewater Gross sales LLC, Agent V as hip as hip 253, Vequist was supplied as a racing or broodmare prospect.
“She’ll go to Into Mischief–she’ll be retired and are available to the farm and begin her subsequent profession,” mentioned Spendthrift Basic Supervisor Ned Toffey. “That is about as a lot as we thought we would must pay, however we thought we could get her for rather less. It has been an fascinating market and fairly sturdy at occasions… That was form of the max quantity that we had in thoughts.”
Toffey reiterated that Spendthrift is dedicated to sustaining its distinguished spot within the business after the lack of its founder.
“Eric Gustavson and his spouse, Tammy, Mr. Hughes’s daughter, are very dedicated to persevering with on,” he mentioned. “We’ll proceed to attempt to add to the stallion roster, which we have carried out this 12 months, and attempt to preserve issues rolling. We’re actually excited to proceed to do very a lot of what we have been doing.” —@BDiDonatoTDN
Exhausting To not Love Lives As much as Her Identify
Grade I-winning ‘TDN Rising Star’ Exhausting To not Love (Hard Spun) (hip 184) proved to be simply that within the Fasig-Tipton ring Tuesday night, summoning $3.2 million from the powerhouse partnership of Mandy Pope’s Whisper Hill Farm and Antony Beck’s Gainesway Farm.
“She is likely one of the most lovely mares that I’ve ever seen,” mentioned Beck as Gainesway’s Brian Graves signed the ticket on behalf of the pair. “She was an outstanding racemare from an unbelievable household. To Mandy Pope and myself, she was the choose of the sale and we’re actually glad to have her.”
When requested if the duo, who stand GI Belmont S. winner Tapwrit (Tapit) collectively, had a stallion in thoughts, Pope mentioned, “We have now numerous selections.”
As for the worth, Pope mentioned, “The costs are just a little larger than we had hoped, however we’re at about the place we thought we must be. We’re completely happy.”
David Ingordo bought Exhausting To not Love for $400,000 on the 2017 Keeneland September Sale from Dave Anderson’s Anderson Farms for a partnership that included himself, his mother and father, West Level Thoroughbreds, Steve Mooney and Scott Dillworth. The Ontario-bred filly misplaced her eye in a paddock accident whereas in Ocala for her early coaching, however that did not cease her from succeeding on the racetrack.
A ‘Rising Star’-worthy debut winner at three at Santa Anita, Exhausting To not Love adopted swimsuit with an non-compulsory claimer rating there and capped off her 2019 season with a win within the GI La Brea S. Kicking off 2020 with a victory within the GII Santa Monica S., the bay completed second within the GI Beholder Mile S., GII Santa Maria S. and GII Zenyatta S. Third within the GIII La Canada S. to begin this 12 months, the John Shirreffs trainee was off the board within the Feb. 13 Santa Monica. Exhausting To not Love retired with a report of 12-5-3-2 and earnings of $593,480. She was bred to Curlin, however aborted the foal.
“It’s nice when a plan comes collectively,” Ingordo mentioned. “We purchased six fillies again in 2017 and we bought 4 particular person stakes winners, together with her. She’s the crown jewel of what we had. All credit score to John Shirreffs. She misplaced her eye in a freak accident. My mother and father and I and our associates at West Level and another associates personal her collectively, so it is nice. We’re speechless on the value. It was an outstanding value and that may be a nice residence for her. I sit up for shopping for yearlings out of her.”
Exhausting To not Love is a half-sister to fellow ‘Rising Star’ and Canadian Horse of the Yr Marvel Gadot (Medaglia d’Oro), a Queen’s Plate winner, GSW and MGISP, together with a second within the GI Kentucky Oaks. She introduced $2 million from Okay.I. Farm at this public sale in 2019 and their dam Loving Vindication (Vindication) RNA’d for $1.45 million in foal to Curlin on the 2018 FTKNOV sale. —@CDeBernardisTDN
Aunt Pearl Headed to Japan
Coming off a historic Breeders’ Cup the place the nation scored two victories, Japanese consumers had been scooping up prime racemares left and proper at Fasig Tuesday and Breeders’ Cup winner Aunt Pearl (Ire) (Lope de Vega {Ire}) (hip 208) was no exception. The ‘TDN Rising Star’ realized $3 million from Masahiro Miki, who went to the identical value earlier within the sale for Courageous Anna (War Front) (hip 146).
Bought by Liz Crow for 280,000 guineas on the Tattersalls October Sale, Aunt Pearl was introduced Stateside and positioned within the palms of Brad Cox for an possession group comprised of Michael Dubb, Sol Kumin’s Madaket Stables, Peter Deutsch, Michael Kisber and Stuart Grant’s The Elkstone Group. Graduating on debut at Churchill final September, the bay captured the GII JPMorgan Chase Jessamine S. a month later and was a handsome winner of the GI Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf final November. She made only one begin this 12 months, ending fifth within the GIII Edgewood S. Apr. 30, and retired with $661,604 in earnings.
“We went over there and acquired eight for that possession group,” mentioned Liz Crow, who additionally consigned the filly by means of her and Brad Weisbord’s Elite Gross sales. “It was very nice of them to consider in us to go over there and purchase horses that weren’t American horses. We introduced her over and Brad Cox did a good looking job. She gained the Breeders’ Cup and gained all three of her begins as a 2-year-old with out Lasix. I believe that performed a giant position. She has sensible velocity.”
Crow continued, “She was prepped by Bruce Jackson at Truthful Hill and he did a superb job. She appeared so good right here. She stuffed out. She placed on numerous weight. She was dappled out. She confirmed herself properly this week and that added onto the worth. We thought moving into she might convey that, however I believe what pushed her excessive is how nice she appeared. She is all class.”
Aunt Pearl is out of SP Matauri Pearl (Hurrican Run {Ire}), who’s a full-sister to MGSW & MGISP Wekeela (Fr). —@CDeBernardisTDN
Courageous Anna Out in Entrance Early
It solely took 5 hips into the broodmare portion of the Fasig November sale Tuesday for a seven-figure vendor, as Japanese billionaire Masahiro Miki went all the best way to $3 million to take residence completed runner and well-bred 7-year-old Courageous Anna (War Front) in foal to Quality Road. Carl McEntee’s Ballysax Bloodstock, Agent VIII consigned her as hip 146 on behalf of Coolmore matriarch Evie Stockwell.
Courageous Anna is a year-younger full-sister to Stockwell’s Hit It a Bomb, winner of the 2015 GI Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf. The Aidan O’Brien pupil was loads gifted and precocious herself, taking the G3 Albany S. at Royal Ascot and the G1 Cheveley Park S. over a troublesome area.
“We knew we had one thing very particular moving into, and we felt blessed to be entrusted with such a pleasant mare,” McEntee mentioned. “She had been highly regarded on the barn. It’s totally seldom you get to promote a full-sister to a Breeders’ Cup winner who additionally gained a Group 1 at two and the Albany at Royal Ascot. Her 2-year-old simply completed second in a newcomer race in Japan two days in the past, plus she’s in foal to Quality Road–clearly, Corniche (High quality Highway) simply gained the [GI] Breeders’ Cup Juvenile. The celebrities most likely aligned a bit, however we knew she was a really particular mare and she or he was price a giant ticket. We’re delighted with the worth we bought; I believe that is what she was price.”
Hit It a Bomb was additionally represented Friday by GI Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf runner-up Tiz the Bomb, who took the GII Citadel & Key Bourbon S. final month. Courageous Anna’s first foal, now named Angelsilica (Darkish Angel {Ire}), was a $150,000 KEESEP ’20 yearling who completed second at 4-5 for double Breeders’ Cup-winning conditioner Yoshito Yahagi Sunday at Fukushima.
Courageous Anna produced foals by Justify in each 2020 and 2021.
Miki made one other $3-million buy later within the session for final 12 months’s GI Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf heroine Aunt Pearl (Ire) (Lope de Vega {Ire}). —@BDiDonatoTDN
Valiance Joins Parade of Mares to Japan
Valiance (Tapit) (hip 251), winner of final 12 months’s GI Juddmonte Spinster S., is among the many many mares heading from the Fasig-Tipton sale to the Far East after promoting for $3 million to the bid of Keisuke Onishi of the JS Firm. The 5-year-old racing/broodmare prospect was consigned by Bluewater Gross sales.
“She is by Tapit–the primary sire within the U.S. and likewise an excellent broodmare sire,” Onishi mentioned of the filly’s attraction. “That is superb for us. The proprietor will convey her to Japan as a broodmare. I do not know what sire he’ll select to breed her to, however any stallion she is bred to will convey runner in Japan. And hopefully the proprietor shall be bringing horses to the Breeders’ Cup. That may be very thrilling and inspiring for us.”
Bred by China Horse Membership, Valiance was bought by Eclipse Thoroughbred Companions and Marty Schwartz for $650,000 on the 2017 Fasig-Tipton Saratoga sale. Racing for Eclipse, Schwartz and China Horse Membership, she was second within the 2020 GI Longines Breeders’ Cup Distaff. She is a daughter of Grade I winner Final Full Measure (Empire Maker).
Onishi’s JS Firm bought three mares throughout Tuesday’s Fasig-Tipton November sale. Along with Valiance, Onishi additionally bought Laura’s Gentle (Constitution) (hip 200) for $650,000 and Estilo Talentoso (Maclean’s Music) (hip 164) for $600,000.
“That is fairly a robust market, however yearly this sale may be very sturdy,” Onishi mentioned. “There are at all times numerous good runners and mares right here.” @JessMartiniTDN
Princess Noor Joins Northern Farm Band
Grade I winner Princess Noor (Not This Time) was one among six broodmares bought by Shingo Hashimoto on behalf of Katsumi Yoshida’s Northern Farm Tuesday evening. Hashimoto signed the ticket at $2.9 million to accumulate the 3-year-old filly who offered in foal to Into Mischief. She was consigned by Taylor Made Gross sales Company as hip 222 on behalf of Amr Zedan’s Zedan Racing Stables, which bought her for $1,350,000 on the 2020 OBS April sale.
Princess Noor grew to become Zedan’s first Grade I winner when she captured the 2020 GI Del Mar Debutante. She added the GII Chandelier S. in her subsequent begin and retired with three wins in 5 begins and earnings of $363,500 for coach Bob Baffert.
Of the choice to promote the mare, who is known as after his spouse, Zedan mentioned, “We’re solely targeted on the racing. We’d have liked to have a breeding operation, however it’s nonetheless early and we wish to do issues in a ‘Go Large or Go House’ method, so we’re targeted on racing proper now.”
Zedan admitted it was an emotional determination.
“Her namesake, my spouse, was form of unhappy,” Zedan mentioned. “She was telling me, ‘Are you positive you wish to promote her? She is simply lovely.’ It was very emotional. She gave us our first Grade I and we shall be eternally grateful. Most of all and extra importantly, I wish to thank Bob Baffert. He’s above all and first, a buddy, after which a coach. I simply wish to thank him and all the group related along with her, like Victor Espinoza. But when it wasn’t for Bob, we might not be right here celebrating her success and her retirement as she strikes to her new residence in Japan.”
Along with his purchases on behalf of Northern Farm, Hashimoto additionally acquired the racing/broodmare prospect Etoile (Fr) (Siyouni {Fr}) (hip 166) on behalf of Lake Villa Farm for $1.6 million.
“They had been searching for some good mares, particularly on turf,” Hashimoto mentioned. “And she or he appeared like an excellent candidate for that. I believe she’ll be match.”
Consigned by Elite, the 5-year-old Etoile captured final 12 months’s GI E.P. Taylor S. for Coolmore and Peter Brant. @JessMartiniTDN
Dayoutoftheoffice to Japan
Dayoutoftheoffice (hip 156) is the second Grade I-winning Into Mischief filly to be supplied at this public sale and the second to eclipse the $2-million mark, bringing $2.85 million from Teruya Yoshida’s Shadai Farm. The primary was $2.4-million Mia Mischief in 2019, who, like this filly, was supplied by Elite Gross sales.
“We’re very completely happy for Anthony Manganaro, the Siena Farm group, Dave Pope,” mentioned Elite’s Brad Weisbord. “We’re very grateful, not just for the sale, however to be a part of their group long run. They employed me six months in the past to assist out with the racing facet. We’re thrilled to get a giant rating for them within the gross sales ring.”
He continued, “She introduced her cash and she or he deserved to convey her cash, being a Grade I winner by Into Mischief. We have now now offered each Grade I winners by Into Mischief [offered at the auction], her and Mia Mischief.”
Manganaro’s Siena Farm bred Dayoutoftheoffice and raced her in partnership with coach Tim Hamm. A debut winner at Gulfstream in Could of 2020, the darkish bay gained that 12 months’s GIII Schuylerville S. and GI Frizette S. Second to champion Vequist (Nyquist) within the GI Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies, she accomplished the exacta within the GIII Eight Belles S. this time period and was final seen ending fourth within the GI Acorn S. June 5.
Dayoutoftheoffice was retired previous to an anticipated begin within the GI Check S., concluding her profession with three wins from six begins and $642,300 in earnings.
“Tim Hamm deserves a ton of credit score,” Weisbord mentioned. “All people is aware of concerning the paddock accident she had as a yearling. Tim bought her to the races and bought her to win the Frizette. He deserves essentially the most credit score of all the operation. She was an distinctive 2-year-old. Sadly, she wasn’t capable of present her stuff on the observe the second half of this 12 months, however Nacho did a fantastic job to prep her for Night time of the Stars. She got here in wanting fabulous. It’s a credit score to their breeding operation to get the consequence tonight.”
Out of the Indian Charlie mare Gottahaveadream, Dayoutoftheoffice hails from the household of GISWs Daredevil (More Than Ready), Albertus Maximus (Albert the Nice) and Right here Comes Ben (Road Cry {Ire}). —@CDeBernardisTDN
Kimari to Return to Ward
Kimari (Munnings), who gained the GI Madison S. in April for David Mowat’s Ten Broeck Farm and coach Wesley Ward, shall be returning to Ward’s barn after promoting for $2.7 million to Coolmore’s M.V. Magnier. Along with her Grade I win this 12 months, the 4-year-old filly was second within the 2019 G2 Queen Mary S. and within the 2020 G1 Commonwealth Cup. Bloodstock agent Jamie McCalmont, who signed the ticket, mentioned the Royal Ascot effort as a 2-year-old was key to the acquisition.
“She was second within the Queen Mary at Royal Ascot which historically has a fantastic report of fillies producing good horses,” McCalmont. “Munnings is getting higher and higher, yearly he will get higher, and she or he is a good looking filly. Perhaps she will be able to reverse the Royal Ascot consequence and produce a Queen Mary winner.”
Kimari made simply three begins final 12 months and 5 begins this 12 months. She was sidelined after her Madison win and returned to complete seventh in Saturday’s GI Breeders’ Cup Turf Dash.
“I like that filly,” Ward mentioned of Kimari. “We have had her since she was a yearling. She has had some minor points all through her profession. That is form of what stored her racing sparingly, however she’s by no means been as sound as she is true now. Her race the opposite day, she at all times comes from behind, however coming from final, it was virtually like a exercise. Nearly as good as she is on turf, she’s even higher on the grime, however there wasn’t sufficient time to get her in these sorts of races for the Breeders’ Cup. Trying ahead, I talked with [Coolmore’s] Michael Tabor about the potential for going to Dubai and a number of the greater races. She’s so sound correct now, together with being by their Munnings and a Grade I winner, she’s at all times bought a stamp worth there, however then there may be additionally no matter she will be able to add to that on the racetrack. There are some fairly large sprints developing right here in just a few months. Hopefully she is nearly as good as she is now.”
Kimari, who was consigned Tuesday by Eaton Gross sales, was bought as a yearling for $152,000 on the 2018 Fasig-Tipton July Sale when bloodstock agent Ben McElroy signed the ticket on behalf of David Mowat.
“I’m delighted for David Mowat who owned the filly,” McElroy mentioned. “I purchased her for him on the Fasig July sale a few years in the past and ever since day one she’s proven nice expertise. She’s had an abbreviated 3-year-old marketing campaign and 4-year-old marketing campaign. I actually assume there are numerous chapters left to be written and I hope she goes on to show to everyone how good she is. I am delighted Coolmore have purchased her. I believe she’s a collector’s merchandise.”
McElroy continued, “Dave has been a consumer of mine and supported me from the primary day I went out by myself as an agent. He is not solely a consumer, he is an excellent buddy.” @JessMartiniTDN
Finest Strikes for Finite
Larry Finest’s OXO Equine, which bred and offered an Into Mischief weanling (hip 75) for $570,000 earlier within the public sale, rapidly reinvested these income when buying a number of graded stakes winner Finite (Munnings) (hip 169) for $2.2 million from the Gainesway consignment.
“I fell in love with a Munnings filly,” Finest mentioned with a smile after signing the ticket on the 4-year-old broodmare prospect. “I’ve numerous Into Mischief colts, one specifically Instagrand, that shall be a fantastic match. So I anticipate to have a date between Instagrand and Finite. This filly was very, very spectacular on the observe and top-of-the-line specimens by Munnings that I’ve seen. I’m enthusiastic about breeding her for a few years to come back.”
Bred by Winchell Thoroughbreds and racing for the partnership of Winchell Thoroughbreds, Thomas Reiman, William Dickson and Debbie Easter, Finite gained the 2019 GII Golden Rod S., in addition to the 2020 GII Rachel Alexandra S. and GIII Chilukki S.
Finite is out of a number of stakes winner Remit (Tapit), a full-sister to a number of graded stakes winner Tapiture (Tapit).
Finest’s fledgling breeding program has produced sturdy ends in the gross sales ring all 12 months. Requested if these outcomes made him extra bullish about shopping for mares, he laughed and mentioned, “I used to be born bullish. I’ve been blessed thus far on the breeding facet, hopefully the success continues. It is not a lot simpler than racing. It is actually troublesome, however in breeding, if you happen to’re affected person and take heed to lots of people who know much more than I do about bloodlines, I would break even.” @JessMartiniTDN
Sippican Harbor Filly Tops Weanling Portion
The second foal out of GISW Sippican Harbor (Orb), a weanling filly by Curlin (hip 107), was the highest-priced weanling on Fasig-Tipton’s “Night time of the Stars,” summoning $750,000 from bloodstock agent Jacob West, who was performing on behalf of Robert and Lawana Low.
“She is a well-bred filly by a sire that wants no introduction,” West mentioned. “We had been simply fortunate to land her right here. Horses had been so onerous to purchase in September, so we simply form of figured we might are available in right here and, if we discovered a pleasant filly with the pedigree and bodily to match, we might make a giant run at her.”
Given the energy of the September market, the worth was no shock to West.
“If she had been to come back again as a yearling with the market that was there in September or Saratoga, she would have most likely introduced extra,” he mentioned. “I am simply completely happy to have Mr. and Mrs. Low behind me wanting to purchase a well-bred filly. For my part, she was the very best filly right here and in Keeneland Guide 1 and after I pointed that out to them, they bought behind her.”
Coach Gary Contessa bought Sippican Harbor on behalf of proprietor Lee Pokoik for $260,000 on the 2017 Fasig-Tipton Saratoga Sale. She broke her maiden second out at Saratoga in 2018 and captured that 12 months’s GI Spinaway S. The darkish bay retired on the finish of that season and went by means of the ring at this public sale’s 2019 renewal carrying her first foal by Medaglia d’Oro, however left unsold at $1.45 million. Sippican Harbor was catalogued as hip 235 in Tuesday’s sale, however was withdrawn and her Medaglia d’Oro colt was scratched from this 12 months’s Keeneland September Sale. The Curlin filly was consigned by Taylor Made Gross sales. —@CDeBernardisTDN
Finest Having fun with the Promote Facet
OXO Equine’s Larry Finest has made his mark on the bloodstock market over the previous 5 years or so largely with high-dollar buys, together with $5-million sale-topping mare Blue Prize (Arg) (Pure Prize) right here in 2019 and loads of expensive yearlings and 2-year-olds, however with a rising broodmare band and a few his former runners off at stud, he figures to play a extra distinguished position as a breeder and vendor within the coming years.
Hip 75 was a Finest-bred who proved loads fashionable throughout the weanling portion of Tuesday night’s proceedings, bringing $570,000 from Brookstone Farm. The Mar. 14 foal is by none aside from Finest’s favourite sire Into Mischief. Taylor Made Gross sales Company consigned.
“Thus far, I am in love with breeding. It is form of like chess, you must determine who to breed to who and when. It is rather fulfilling,” Finest mentioned. “I have already got that horse’s full-brother, so I do not want two. That is the benefit to breeding, if you happen to just like the match, it seems to be a part of enterprise.”
Finest paid $750,000 for hip 75’s dam Moi (Medaglia d’Oro), a full-sister to MGSW Mrs. McDougal, on the 2016 Keeneland September sale. That is her third Into Mischief foal–she has an unnamed 2-year-old filly and a yearling colt, and was bred again to Finest’s GISW and now Taylor Made stallion Instilled Regard this previous season.
“I liked this colt. We had 27 scopes,” Finest mentioned. “The value did not shock me. He is an Into Mischief colt and he appears like a two-turn horse.”
Finest additionally offered an $800,000 High quality Highway colt to WinStar Farm’s Maverick Racing at this summer season’s Fasig-Tipton Saratoga yearling sale and a $350,000 Candy Ride (Arg) colt at Fasig July.
“I do not even actually choose the horses that I promote,” Finest mentioned. “We invited Fasig-Tipton out and so they picked their prime three horses and so they picked this one. Identical factor with the one I offered in August. They picked the horse for the sale and I’m considerably impartial as a result of I like all of them.”
He continued, “I breed to race and I breed to promote. By way of taking part in Thoroughbred racing, breeding is a vital lead to assuring that you’ve consequence 5 years down the street or 10 years down the street. I do not assume you are able to do it with out breeding.”
St. George Gross sales’s Archie St. George and his group acquired hip 75 with a watch in the direction of subsequent 12 months’s yearling gross sales.
“The sire,” St. George mentioned when requested concerning the colt’s attraction. “He is only a very good horse. The stallion has been very fortunate for us–we love the stallion. He’ll be re-offered subsequent 12 months. He positively price us some huge cash, so hopefully this horse shall be fortunate too.”
The bay can be a grandson of MSW/MGSP Distorted Ardour (Distorted Humor) from a household developed by Aaron and Marie Jones that additionally consists of the likes of MSW Arianna’s Ardour (Unbridled’s Tune) and GSW/MGISP Warbling (Unbridled’s Tune).
When requested if there was any benefit to placing early for foals at Fasig moderately than ready for the bigger group of choices at Keeneland November, St. George mentioned: “I believe it simply boils right down to the horse–it boils right down to that. If the horse is there, that is what issues. It was some huge cash. I want we did not have to offer that a lot, however hopefully he’ll proceed to do properly. The stallion is unbelievable.” —@BDiDonatoTDN
