Written by TDN Europe
Cover image courtesy of Fasig-Tipton
A total of 299 main-catalogue entries - the largest in the history of the sale - have been taken for Fasig-Tipton's The November Sale, the auction house's boutique mixed sale, to be held in Lexington, Kentucky on Sunday, November 6.
“The Fasig-Tipton November Sale annually offers the highest concentration of quality breeding stock in the world, and this year's catalogue more than lives up to that billing,” said Fasig-Tipton President Boyd Browning, Jr.
“We have 56 Graded stakes winners or producers catalogued, 23 of which are Grade 1. Included among these are Eclipse champions, international champions, Breeders' Cup winners, a dual Royal Ascot winner and three Kentucky Oaks winners.”
“The Fasig-Tipton November Sale annually offers the highest concentration of quality breeding stock in the world, and this year's catalogue more than lives up to that billing.” - Boyd Browning
The sale kicks off with a selection of 180 weanlings, including the offspring of first-crop weanling sires Authentic (USA), Complexity (USA), Game Winner (USA), Gift Box (USA), Global Campaign (USA), Higher Power (USA), Honor A. P. (USA), Improbable (USA), Instagrand (USA), McKinzie (USA), Spun To Run (USA), Thousand Words (GB), Tiz the Law (USA), Tom's d'Etat (USA), Vekoma (USA), Volatile (USA) and War Of Will (USA).
Boyd Browning | Image courtesy of Fasig-Tipton
The weanling section of the sale is to be followed by 119 broodmares and broodmare prospects.
The high-class offerings include, G1 La Brea S. winner Kalypso (USA) (Brody's Cause {USA}), selling as a racing or broodmare prospect for Gainesway; Lenni Girl (USA) (Candy Ride {Arg}), a half-sister to Eclipse champion Jackie's Warrior (USA) (Maclean's Music {USA}), selling in foal to Charlatan (USA) for Hill 'n' Dale; Graded stakes winner Mrs. Danvers (USA) (Tapit {USA}), a half-sister to four Graded stakes winners including War Front (USA), carrying her first foal by American Pharoah (USA), selling for Taylor Made; G1 Gamely S. winner Ocean Road (Ire) (Australia {GB}), selling as a broodmare prospect for Hunter Valley Farm; G1 Mother Goose S. winner Off the Tracks (USA) (Curlin {USA}), selling in foal to Gun Runner for Blake-Albina; Thinking of You (USA) (American Pharoah {USA}) a sister to G1 Prix Saint-Alary winner Above the Curve (USA), from the family of Giant's Causeway (USA), selling for Taylor Made and in foal to Justify and Campanelle (Ire) (Kodiac {GB}), the multiple European champion, two-time Royal Ascot winner, Group 1 winner in two countries and a Grade 3 winner in the US, selling with Eaton Sales, agent for Stonestreet Stables.
“This catalogue is as deep in quality as it is internationally diverse,” continued Browning. “Nearly 80 per cent of the racing and broodmare offerings are either a black-type winner or the dam of a black-type winner, providing buying opportunities at a variety of price levels.
“Nearly 80 per cent of the racing and broodmare offerings are either a black-type winner or the dam of a black-type winner, providing buying opportunities at a variety of price levels.” - Boyd Browning
“I think it's one of the strongest if not the strongest November catalogue we have ever assembled. There is great depth amongst the mares and foals and fillies coming off the racetrack. It is unquestionably the strongest group of weanlings we have ever had, from a quality and quantity standpoint. In the Fasig-Tipton tradition, we will continue to accept quality supplements up until the sale.”
The catalogue may now be viewed online, including Fasig-Tipton's popular Enhanced Catalogue.
The Enhanced Catalogue provides up-to-date catalogue pages, Daily Racing Form past performances, and race replays; an Alan Porter pedigree analysis and five-cross pedigrees for all racing/broodmare prospects and broodmares; stallion register pages for all sires of weanlings and covering sires; as well as other tools to aid prospective buyers. All Grade 1-winning females off the track or carrying their first foals will also be profiled with individual feature videos.
