Undefeated and still untested Flightline joined the pantheon of racing’s greats when he dominated the $6 million, Grade 1 Longines Breeders’ Cup Classic by 8 ¼ lengths Nov. 5 at Keeneland Race Course.
Month: November 2022
Weekend of Champions Ends With Night of Stars at Fasig-Tipton Sunday
LEXINGTON, KY – Following two days of championship racing across town, the action moves inside to the sales ring at Newtown Paddocks for a glittering renewal of the Fasig-Tipton November sale Sunday. The boutique November sale, which produced its highest-ever gross a year ago when 149 horses sold for $103,699,000, will offer 320 catalogued lots this year.
“I said last year that I didn't know what we could do for an encore and, while we still have to get a lot of valuable horses sold and sold well on Nov. 6, this is a great catalogue,” said Fasig-Tipton president Boyd Browning. “We truly could not be any more excited about our November sale for 2022.”
With supplemental entries still being accepted in the week ahead of sale time, the auction features one of its largest catalogues in recent memory and bidding begins at 1 p.m. with the first of 181 catalogued weanlings.
“It's packed, packed, packed with quality horses,” Browning said of the catalogue. “We have got some of the finest quality fillies and mares coming off the racetrack. There are young mares in foal, there are proven producers at the highest level. It's the best group of foals that we've ever had. The reception that we've gotten so far is extremely positive. I think people are excited about it.”
The Fasig-Tipton November catalogue received several big updates over the championship weekend. Cairo Consort (Cairo Prince) (hip 298) comes into the sale off a third-place effort in the GI Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf Friday, while Blue Stripe (Arg) (Equal Stripes {Arg}) (hip 316) heads to Fasig-Tipton off her dramatic runner-up effort in the GI Breeders' Cup Distaff Saturday. Awesome Flower (Flower Alley) (hip 261) will be offered carrying a full-sibling to Saturday's GI Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile runner-up Cyberknife (Gun Runner), as will his weanling half-brother by Authentic (hip 125).
The Breeders' Cup might be the main attraction for fans, but buyers and agents have been working the sale all weekend.
“Particularly for our marketplace, so many of the top buyers are focused on buying those horses,” Browning said. “I am not going to say there won't be some participation in the Breeders' Cup as well, but there are a lot of folks whose focus is going to be looking at horses and evaluating weanlings and fillies and mares and doing their homework.”
And, while a hometown Breeders' Cup means less travel for most participants, the event is a boon for the sales wherever it is held each year.
“I think the Breeders' Cup creates energy whether it's held in Lexington or Los Angeles or Del Mar or Churchill,” Browning said. “The Breeders' Cup in and of itself creates energy. It's our championship event for our industry and it creates a buzz regardless of where it's held.”
During the 2021 November sale, 26 horses sold for seven figures, with Whisper Hill Farm and Three Chimneys Farm purchasing the $5.2 million sale topper, Magical World (Distorted Humor).
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Friday BC Winners in Fine Form
All of the Friday Breeders' Cup winners came back in fine form, according to their respective trainers Saturday, topped by GI Breeders' Cup Juvenile winner Forte (Violence).
“He's happy and proud of himself this morning,” trainer Todd Pletcher said. “I thought he was more professional yesterday than he was when he won the [GI Claiborne] Breeders' Futurity here.”
Pletcher said Forte would get a little break–“not sure where”–and then look at a two-prep program from Pletcher's winter base at Palm Beach Downs in Florida leading up to the 2023 GI Kentucky Derby.
Mark Casse was still basking in the glow of Wonder Wheel's (Into Mischief) win in the GI Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies.
“I think the performance was amazing by Tyler [Gaffalione] and Wonder Wheel,” Casse said. “They were both dealt a tough hand. Things didn't go as planned. Obviously, we figured we would be up a little closer early. She didn't break running like she has in the past, and she just put in an amazing trip. With the spots that Tyler had to go through it was astonishing actually. Tyler can only do those things when he has a horse like her. I've been doing this for 40-something years. There's not a lot of awe moments, but that was an awe moment for me. She's a young horse that had to overcome a lot of adversities and she won with authority so I'm very proud of her, and proud of our entire organization.”
Casse reported that Wonder Wheel will ship out Sunday morning to spend the winter at his training facility in Ocala, Florida while they assess the next move for the filly.
The European runners, who swept Friday's turf races, were all reported to be in fine form as well.
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Domestic Spending Diagnosed With Pelvic Fracture After Breeders’ Cup Mile
Grade 1 winner Domestic Spending has been diagnosed with a pelvic fracture after pulling up during his bid in the Grade 1 Breeders' Cup Mile at Keeneland on Nov. 5.
Jockey Flavien Prat pulled up the gelding going into the final turn of the turf course and brought him to the outside rail before unsaddling quickly. The horse was taken back to his barn in the equine ambulance and veterinarians expressed concern about a possible injury to his left hind leg. The lower part of the left hind leg later radiographed clean and trainer Chad Brown tweeted later that the horse was found to have a pelvic fracture.
Domestic Spending was vanned to nearby Rood and Riddle Equine Hospital, where he is receiving treatment. Brown indicated he would provide further updates when they are available.
Domestic Spending suffered a serious pelvic fracture during the running of the BC Mile. He is currently stable and getting the best care/evaluation at Rood and Riddle equine hospital. I will provide updates when they are available.
— Chad C. Brown (@TheRealChadCBr1) November 5, 2022
Pelvic fractures in racehorses can happen as the result of a traumatic event, but can also be associated with repetitive stress, sometimes in relation to breaking from a starting gate.
Read more about pelvic fractures in racehorses in this story from 2017.
Prior to Breeders' Cup day, Domestic Spending had never finished off the board and has wins in the G1 Manhattan, G1 Turf Classic, G1 Hollywood Derby and the Saratoga Derby Invitational to his credit. His last race was a second in the G1 Mr. D Stakes at Arlington Park in August 2021.
He had been training towards a Breeders' Cup start in 2021 but suffered a suspensory ligament injury in the days ahead of the race.
Brown conditions the 5-year-old for owner Klaravich Stables (Seth Klarman). He was bred in England by Rabbah Bloodstock and is by Kingman, out of Street Cry mare Urban Castle.
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