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Two Added to Keeneland Horses of Racing Age Sale

A pair of horses have been supplemented to the Keeneland November Horses of Racing Age Sale, which will be held Thursday in Lexington. Supplemented to the one-session auction are: Rosato (Gift Box), a 2-year-old filly who scored a five-length victory at Churchill Downs six days ago in a starter allowance race and is consigned by Hunter Valley Farm, agent; and Sbagliato (Quality Road), a 4-year-old gelding who is a two-time winner and consigned by ELiTE, agent. Bidding on the Horses of Race Age sale begins Thursday at noon. To view...

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Emmanuel de Seroux Goes to $3.6M for Surge Capacity

With seven-figure mares coming fast and furious at Fasig-Tipton's Night of the Stars sale Monday night, Surge Capacity (Flintshire {GB}) set the early benchmark when realizing $3.6 million to the bid of Emmanuel de Seroux for Narvick International/Grand Stud. Consigned by Elite, agent as Hip 197, Surge Capacity won the 2023 GI Matriarch Stakes and was bred this past spring to Into Mischief for her first foal. Surge Capacity is a half-sister to GISW and 'TDN Rising Star' Ways and Means (Practical Joke) and a full-sister to GSW Highly Motivated....

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ELiTE Brings Diverse, Quality Consignment To Fasig-Tipton Horses Of Racing Age Sale

No matter the time of year or the venue, ELiTE Sales knows how to bring a good horse to auction. Names like dual champion Monomoy Girl (Tapizar), who topped the 2020 FTKNOV sale at a cool $9,500,000, or another dual champion in Tepin (Bernstein) who posted the second-highest price of the 2017 FTKNOV sale behind only Songbird (Medaglia d'Oro) at $8,000,000, have passed through their consignments in recent years. Still racing are the likes of MGSW Newgrange (Violence) along with 2023 July grads and stakes winners Power In Numbers (Girvin)...

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17 Added to Fasig-Tipton July Horses of Racing Age Sale

Seventeen horses have been supplemented to the upcoming Fasig-Tipton July Selected Horses of Racing Age sale. The newest entries are catalogued as hips 501-517 and include: Lake Abanakee (Central Banker) (hip 503), a 3-year-old New York-bred filly who is undefeated in two starts this year and who is consigned by Elite, agent. Tigerish (Tiz the Law) (hip 509), a first-out winner at Horseshoe Indianapolis and a half-sister to Grade I winner Avenge (War Front), graded stakes winner Liguria (War Front), and multiple stakes winner and stakes producer Lira (Giant's Casueway)....

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Recent Maiden Winners Share Spotlight at Keeneland's Horses of Racing Age Sale

After announcing its presence with authority as a first-time seller on day one of the Keeneland November Breeding Stock Sale, the fledgling Case Clay Thoroughbred Management signed for Friday's top two lots--a pair of last-out maiden winners for $350,000 apiece--at Keeneland's single-session Horses of Racing Age Sale Friday. The co-topping Double Dream (Curlin), a winning 3-year-old half-sister to MGISW Verrazano (More Than Ready), GSW El Padrino (Pulpit), et al, will be heading to Australia for a client of Arrowfield Stud's, Clay said. Consigned by ELiTE, the Peter Brant homebred earned...

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'Remarkable' Fasig November Gross Tops $100 Million Again as Nest, Goodnight Olive Bring $6 Million

by Jessica Martini & Christina Bossinakis LEXINGTON, KY - After a vibrant afternoon-into-night of bidding, the Fasig-Tipton November Sale grossed over $100 million for the third straight year with champions Nest (Curlin) and Goodnight Olive (Ghostzapper) leading the way when bringing matching $6-million final bids Tuesday at Newtown Paddocks. "It was another remarkable horse sale, literally from start to finish," said Fasig-Tipton President Boyd Browning. "It's really humbling to think that we've been able, for three years in a row, do over $100 million in sales in a single night....

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Dual Breeders' Cup Winner Goodnight Olive Sells to John Stewart for $6M

Champion Goodnight Olive (Ghostzapper--Salty Strike, by Smart Strike), who on Saturday captured her second GI Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Sprint, sold for $6 million Tuesday night at the Fasig-Tipton November sale to John Stewart. The amount matched the price Mike Repole spent on three-time Grade I winner Nest (Curlin) earlier in the evening. Consigned by Elite, agent as hip 237, Goodnight Olive went through the ring as a racing or broodmare prospect. She had first stepped into the same Fasig-Tipton ring in 2019 as an October yearling, where she...

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Weekend Winners Headed to Fasig

A trio of horses that visited the winner's circle over Fourth of July weekend will make their next appearances in the Fasig-Tipton auction ring Monday as part of the company's July Horses of Racing Age Sale. Stilleto Boy (Shackleford) (Hip 557) gave his resume a major boost last weekend with his first black-type win. On July 2, the sophomore gelding scored an emphatic victory beneath Jose Ortiz, taking the Iowa Derby by 4 1/2 lengths at odds of 16-1. The chestnut earned a 95 Beyer Speed Figure for that effort....

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Gold Fever Winner Added to Fasig-Tipton Horses of Racing Age Sale

Sophomore Liam's Pride (Liam's Map), the winner of Friday's Gold Fever S. at Belmont Park, has been supplemented to Monday's Fasig-Tipton July Horses of Racing Age Sale. He has been catalogued as hip 182 as part of the ELiTE draft. The colt is a half-brother to GISW Morning Line (Tiznow) and a grandson of MGISW November Snow (Storm Cat) from the strong female family of last year's G1 Epsom Derby winner and GI Breeders' Cup Turf runner-up Anthony Van Dyck (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}). Click to view the enhanced online catalogue...

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