Each autumn, after the Breeders’ Cup, the Fasig-Tipton November Sale presents the finest collection of Thoroughbred offerings to a global audience. Featuring Champions, Breeders’ Cup winners, Royal Ascot winners, Kentucky Oaks winners, Graded producers and selected weanlings, no sale in the world offers a higher concentration of quality breeding stock.
Australian breeders will do well to take a close look at the 2024 catalogue for this year's sale.
One catalogue, one session… one star-studded evening.
Hip 276 - Kathmandu (Ire) (Showcasing {GB} x Allegra {GB})
Kathmandu (Ire), a racing and broodmare prospect, is a lightly raced 3-year-old filly who achieved Group 1-placed honors in the Poule d'Essai des Pouliches at ParisLongchamp this May. By Showcasing (GB), she is a half-sister to English stakes winners Pythagoras (Ire) (Zoffany {Ire}) and Blue Gardenia (Ire) (Mastercraftsman {Ire}), as well as the highly promising 2024 juvenile Anno Domini (GB) (New Bay {GB}). She hails from the Alruccaba (Ire) (Crystal Palace {Fr}) family, known for nearly 60 stakes winners and 12 Group 1 victors, including Classic winners Quarter Moon (Ire) (Sadler's Wells {USA}), Yesterday (Ire) (Sadler's Wells {USA}), and Allegretto (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}). Kathmandu is also Breeders' Cup nominated.
Hip 280 - Lakota Spirit (USA) (Curlin {USA} x Milam {USA}
Lakota Spirit (USA), a Group 3-placed performer on turf, is a 5-year-old daughter of Curlin (USA) out of a stakes-winning half-sister to Champion Turf Female Rushing Fall (USA) (More Than Ready {USA}), winner of the G1 Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf. A valuable addition to any racing stable or breeding barn, she also holds a Breeders' Cup nomination.
Hip 289 - McKulick (GB) (Frankel {GB} x Just Beautiful {GB})
A racing and broodmare prospect holding a Breeder's Cup nomination, Group 1-winning McKulick (GB) is one of the most accomplished daughters of the mighty Frankel (GB). The 5-year-old is out of a stakes-performing and multiple stakes-producing mare who also produced the Group 3 winner and Group 1-placed Pride Of Dubai mare Just Beautiful (GB) (Pride Of Dubai).
Hip 293 - Moira (Can) (Ghostzapper {USA} x Devine Aida {USA})
Moira (Can), a dual Group 2 winner and recent Group 1 runner-up in the EP Taylor S. at Woodbine, is a 5-year-old mare with an impressive resume. A track record-setting Classic winner, she was crowned Canada’s Horse of the Year at three. By Horse of the Year and top sire/broodmare sire Ghostzapper (USA), she is out of stakes-winning and multiple stakes-producing Unbridled's Song (USA) mare Devine Aida (USA). A valuable prospect for both the breeding barn and racing yard, she also holds a Breeders' Cup nomination.
Hip 310 - Ramatuelle (USA) (Justify {USA} x Ravens Lady {GB})
Ramatuelle (USA), ready for both racing and breeding, comes with a Breeders' Cup nomination. She was a Group 2 and Group 3 winner as a 2-year-old and was also Group 1-placed, earning her Champion status. This exceptional 3-year-old filly recently won the G1 Prix de la Foret at ParisLongchamp on October 6. As Justify's (USA) fastest and most precocious filly, she is out of a multiple Group-winning sprint mare and belongs to the family of Group 1 performers Best Of The Bests (Ire) and Prince Of Arran (GB) (Shirocco {Ger}).