Fasig-Tipton November

In this continuing series, we take a look ahead at US-bred and/or conceived runners entered for the upcoming weekend at the tracks on the Japan Racing Association circuit, with a focus on pedigree and/or performance in the sales ring. Here are the horses of interest for this Saturday running at Kyoto Racecourse: Saturday, December 21, 2024 5th-KYO, ¥13,720,000 ($88k), Newcomers, 2yo, 1600mT STIR HEART (JPN) (f, 2, Gun Runner--Speech, by Pulpit) is the first foal to race from her dam, who caused a mild upset in taking out the 2020...

9th-Tampa Bay Downs, $32,000, Msw, 12-11, 3yo/up, f/m, 7f, 1:24.69, gd, 4 1/4 lengths. INTO AMORE (f, 3, Into Mischief--Embellish the Lace {GISW, $441,540}, by Super Saver) made the trip up off a solid worktab at Palm Beach Downs and was made the 7-5 choice to get her career off to a winning start. Ridden along to take up a chasing role in second down the backstretch beneath Pablo Morales, the homebred was more or less on even terms approaching the stretch and asserted through the final furlong to take...

Moments after she was led out of the ring unsold, Grade-I producing Strong Incentive (Warrior's Reward--G G's Dolly, by Comic Strip) sold to M.V. Magnier and White Birch Farm for $2.75 million at Fasig-Tipton November Monday evening. The 12-year-old mare is already responsible for Grade I winners Ways and Means (Practical Joke) and Surge Capacity (Flintshire {GB}), who brought $3.6 million Monday. Offered as Hip 196, the stakes-winning mare was consigned by Mill Ridge Sales, agent.

Takingtimeoff (Curlin--Gap Year, by Bernardini), a half-sister to Friday's GI Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies and certain Eclipse Award winner Immersive (Nyquist), has been added to Monday's Fasig-Tipton November Sale. Offered by Hunter Valley Farm, agent, in foal to Yaupon, the mare is cataloged as hip 318. The first produce for her dam, a daughter of GI Ballerina Breeders' Cup Stakes winner Dubai Escapade (Awesome Again), Takingtimeoff amassed a record of 1-2-0 from six starts for Godolphin and trainer Mike Stidham and produced a colt by Frosted in 2023 before selling...

In this continuing series, we take a look ahead at US-bred and/or conceived runners entered for the upcoming weekend at the tracks on the Japan Racing Association circuit, with a focus on pedigree and/or performance in the sales ring. Here are the horses of interest for this weekend running at Tokyo, Kyoto and Fukushima Racecourses: Sunday, November 3, 2024 4th-TOK, ¥13,720,000 ($90k), Newcomers, 2yo, 1400mT CARAVAGGISTI (c, 2, Caravaggio--Tonahutu {Ire}, by Sir Prancealot {Ire}) is out of a mare who was placed twice in graded turf events for Doug O'Neill...

In this continuing series, Alan Carasso takes a look ahead at US-bred and/or conceived runners entered for the upcoming weekend at the tracks on the Japan Racing Association circuit, with a focus on pedigree and/or performance in the sales ring. Here are the horses of interest for this weekend running at Fukushima and Tokyo Racecourses. Sunday's horses of interest will appear in Saturday's TDN: Saturday, November 2, 2024 1st-FKS, ¥10,480,000 ($69k), Maiden, 2yo, 1700m CHUWA CHIEF (c, 2, Tom's d'Etat--Figure, by Overanalyze) gave an excellent account of himself on Chukyo...

When Jon Clay bought Strong Incentive for his Alpha Delta Stables for $2.15 million at last year's Fasig-Tipton November Sale, she had already produced Grade III winner and track-record holder Highly Motivated (Into Mischief), now a stallion at Airdrie Stud; two-time Grade III winner Surge Capacity (Flintshire {GB}); and an up-and-coming `TDN Rising Star' named Ways and Means (Practical Joke), who had run second in the Grade I Spinaway Stakes. Within a month of his purchase, Surge Capacity won the Grade I Matriarch, and by the following summer, Ways and...

Sensitively (Street Sense-Dressmaker, by Elusive Quality), the dam of undefeated 2-year-old filly Non Compliant (Tiz the Law), is the latest supplement to Fasig-Tipton's November Sale catalogue. She is catalogued as hip 309 and will be consigned by Legacy Bloodstock, agent. The sale takes place in Lexington, Kentucky Nov. 4. Following a debut win at Del Mar going six furlongs, Non Compliant stretched out around two-turns to easily win GII Santa Anita's Oak Leaf Stakes on Oct. 5. She defeated a deep field that included GSW winner Nooni and GI Del...

Four years ago, Baoma Corp's Susan and Charles Chu sent their three-time Grade I-winning star filly Bast (Uncle Mo) through the ring at the Fasig-Tipton 'Night of the Stars' Sale. Carrying her first foal by Justify, she brought down the house when she sold to Spendthrift Farm for $4.2 million. This year, the Chus will send two more mares from their distinguished program to Fasig-Tipton's November Sale. Private Mission (Into Mischief) and Eda (Munnings) were both selected by agent Donato Lanni for Baoma Corp's racing stable and they developed into...

In this continuing series, we take a look ahead at US-bred and/or conceived runners entered for the upcoming weekend at the tracks on the Japan Racing Association circuit, with a focus on pedigree and/or performance in the sales ring. Here are the horses of interest for this Saturday running at Kyoto and Tokyo Racecourses. Sunday's runners will appear in Saturday's TDN Saturday, October 5, 2024 4th-KYO, ¥13,720,000 ($93k), Newcomers, 2yo, 1400m DRAGON WELDS (c, 2, Frosted--Little Dipper, by Eskendereya) fetched $72,000 as a Keeneland September yearling last fall and was...

Multiple Graded Stakes winner Linda's Gift (Arrogate--Americana, by Tapit) has been retired from racing and will be offered through Taylor Made Sales Agency at the Fasig-Tipton November Sale on Nov. 4. Out of stakes-placed Americana, Linda's Gift was trained by Hall of Famer Richard Mandella. The 5-year-old mare won last year's GIII Red Carpet Stakes at Del Mar before returning this season to win the GIII Santa Ana Stakes at Santa Anita. The Calumet Farm-bred mare finished fifth, beaten less than three lengths in the May 27 GI Gamely Stakes....

Adare Manor (Uncle Mo--Brooklynsway, by Gian't Gizmo), a three-time Grade I-winning five-year-old mare who has won 10 of 18 starts over a 4-year campaign which included eight graded stakes wins, will skip a date with the GI Breeders' Cup Distaff and be retired and sold at the Fasig-Tipton November Sale on Nov. 4, according to her trainer, Bob Baffert. She will be offered by Hill 'n' Dale at Xalapa as agent. "She is retiring healthy," said Baffert. "It's more a matter of timing than anything else." Adare Manor won three...