Catalogue for Fasig-Tipton’s The November Sale Online

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, Sunday, Nov. 6, beginning at 1 p.m., one hour earlier than last year's 2 p.m. start in order to accommodate the extra volume of offerings.

“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 sale kicks off with a selection of 180 weanlings, including the offspring of first-crop weanling sires Authentic, Complexity, Game Winner, Gift Box, Global Campaign, Higher Power, Honor A. P., Improbable, Instagrand, McKinzie, Spun to Run, Thousand Words, Tiz the Law, Tom's d'Etat, Vekoma, Volatile, and War of Will.

Notable weanlings in the catalogue include: A full-brother to Practical Joke (Into Mischief), selling as hip 2 for Bedouin Bloodstock; an Into Mischief half-brother to Grade I winner Leofric (Candy Ride {Arg}), selling as hip 14 through Bluewater Sales; a Kantharos colt who is a half-brother to Grade I winner Promises Fulfilled (Shackleford) and the multiple stakes winner and graded stakes placed Marquee Miss (Cowboy Cal), selling as hip 35 from Vinery Sales; a Tapit colt whose second dam is Drumette (Henny Hughes), the dam of champion Monomoy Girl (Tapizar) and graded stakes winner Mr. Monomoy (Palace Malice), selling as hip 38 for Gainesway; a Gun Runner half-brother to the Grade I-placed Oviatt Class (Bernardini) from the family of champion Essential Quality, selling as hip 48 for Stuart Morris, Agent; a filly by Munnings from the family of Grade I winners Shackleford (Forestry) and Lady Joanne (Orientate), selling as hip 50 for Paramount Sales; a filly by War of Will from the family of GI Metropolitan H. winner Mor Spirit (Eskendereya), selling as hip 62 for Vinery; a Justify filly from the family of Epsom Derby winner Lammtarra, selling as hip 72 from the Frankfort Park Farm consignment; a Union Rags half-sister to GII Fasig-Tipton Fountain of Youth winner Simplification (Not This Time), selling as hip 78 through Taylor Made Sales; an Uncle Mo half-brother to MGSW and GISP Awesome Slew, selling as hip 80 for Paramount Sales; an Into Mischief colt from the family of GI Breeders' Cup Sprint runner-up Shancelot (Shanghai Bobby), selling as hip 93 for Taylor Made Sales; a Gun Runner half-sister to GII Jim Dandy winner Tenfold (Curlin), whose third dam is MGISW Possibly Perfect (Northern Baby), selling as hip 97 for ELiTE Sales; an Honor A. P. Colt whose third dam, Cappucino Bay, produced Medaglia d'Oro, selling as hip 98 for Bridie Harrison, agent; hip 99 from Darby Dan, Dracula (Authentic), from the family of GI Spinaway S. winner Awesome Humor (Distorted Humor); an Improbable colt from a full-sister to GI Santa Anita Derby and Travers winner Colonel John (Tiznow), selling as hip 103 for Ballysax Bloodstock; an Instagrand filly whose second dam produced GI Dixiana Breeders' Futurity winner Noble's Promise, selling as hip 114 for Gainesway; an Authentic half-sister to MGISW Casa Creed (Jimmy Creed), selling as hip 117 for Paramount Sales; a full-brother to MGISW Colonel Liam (Liam's Map), selling as hip 120 for Darby Dan; a Bolt d'Oro colt whose second dam produced English champion and Classic winner Russian Rhythm (Kingmambo), selling as hip 121 for Taylor Made Sales; an Authentic half-brother to multiple Grade I-winning sophomore colt Cyberknife (Gun Runner), selling as hip 125 for Taylor Made Sales; the first foal out of MGISW Bellafina (Quality Road), a colt by Uncle Mo, who sells as hip 128 for Eaton Sales; a Constitution filly from the family of GI winners Rail Trip and Palace Malice, selling as hip 132 for St. George Sales; an Audible filly whose first dam produced Beach Walk (Distorted Humor), the dam of Life is Good (Into Mischief), selling as hip 133 for Ledgelands LLC; a Volatile filly from the family of Grade I winners Girvin (Tale of Ekati) and Midnight Bourbon (Tiznow), selling as hip 146 for Wynnstay Sales; a full-sister to GI Breeders' Cup-winning champion Caledonia Road (Quality Road), selling as hip 150 at Eaton Sales; an American Pharoah half-brother whose second dam is Canadian champion and champion producer Sealy Hill (Point Given), selling as hip 151 for Scott Mallory; the first foal from Diamond Ore, whose dam Bubbler (Distorted Humor) produced Arrogate (Unbridled's Song), a colt by Justify, selling as hip 157 for Taylor Made; hip 159, a filly by Justify and the first produce of 'TDN Rising Star' Donna Veloce from Eaton Sales; a Justify second foal out of Etching, whose dam is GI Kentucky Oaks winner Summerly (Summer Squall), selling as hip 166 for Ballysax Bloodstock; an Omaha Beach filly from the family of Grade I winners Hookedonthefeelin (Citidancer), Pussycat Doll (Real Quiet), and Jimmy Creed (Distorted Humor), selling as hip 170 for Bluegrass Thoroughbred Services; and a Munnings filly whose second dam, the champion Smuggler (Unbridled) is out of champion Inside Information (Private Account), selling as hip 180 for Taylor Made.

The weanling section of the sale is to be followed by 119 broodmares and broodmare prospects. The high-class offerings include, chronologically in the catalogue: GI La Brea S. winner Kalypso (Brody's Cause), selling as a racing or broodmare prospect for Gainesway; Lenni Girl (Candy Ride {Arg}), a half-sister to Eclipse champion Jackie's Warrior (Maclean's Music), selling in foal to Charlatan for Hill 'n' Dale; Del Mar track-record setter in her debut, 'TDN Rising Star' Luminance (Tale of the Cat), the runner-up in the GI Santa Anita Oaks, selling in foal to Gun Runner with Gainesway; Majorette (Will Take Charge), a half-sister to Epicenter, selling in foal to Hard Spun for Bluewater Sales; graded stakes winner Mrs. Danvers (Tapit), a half-sister to four graded stakes winners including War Front, carrying her first foal by American Pharoah, selling for Taylor Made; GI Gamely S. winner Ocean Road (Ire) (Australia {GB}), selling as a broodmare prospect for Hunter Valley Farm; GI Mother Goose S. winner Off the Tracks (Curlin), selling in foal to Gun Runner for Blake-Albina; Ononimo (Hard Spun), daughter of broodmare of the year Oatsee (Unbridled), selling in foal to American Pharoah for Stoneriggs Farm; Onshore (GB) (Sea The Stars {Ire}), the dam of G1 Grand Prix de Paris winner and 'Rising Star' Onesto (Ire) (Frankel {GB}), from a top Juddmonte family and in foal to Wootton Bassett (GB), selling for Gainesway; the multiple stakes-winning Queen Caroline (Blame), whose first foal 'Rising Star' Forte (Violence), won the GI Hopeful S. at Saratoga this summer, selling in foal to Not This Time for Bluegrass Thoroughbred Services; GI American Oaks winner Queen Goddess (Empire Maker) from a top Phipps family, selling as a racing or broodmare prospect for Ballysax Bloodstock; Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf winner Pizza Bianca (Fastnet Rock {Aus}), selling as a racing or broodmare prospect with ELiTE Sales; Secret Oath (Arrogate), the D. Wayne Lukas-trained GI Longines Kentucky Oaks heroine, selling as a racing or broodmare prospect for Bluewater Sales; fellow Kentucky Oaks winner Shedaresthedevil (Daredevil), who brought $5 million at the 2021 Fasig-Tipton November Sale from Mandy Pope, Qatar Racing, and Flurry Racing Stables and who came back to win the GII Fleur de Lis S. and was twice Grade I-placed at five for trainer Brad Cox; Simply Confection (Candy Ride {Arg}), in foal carrying a full-brother to Simplification (Not This Time), this year's GII Fasig-Tipton Fountain of Youth S. winner, selling with Taylor Made; Thinking of You (American Pharoah) a full-sister to G1 Prix Saint-Alary winner Above the Curve, from the family of Giant's Causeway, selling for Taylor Made and in foal to Justify; GI Starlet S. winner Varda (Distorted Humor), selling as a racing or broodmare prospect for Hill 'n' Dale; Wicked Whisper (Liam's Map), a GISW at two and a GSW at three, selling in foal to Curlin for Denali Stud; Awesome Flower (Flower Alley), the dam of leading three-year-old Cyberknife (Gun Runner), in-foal with his full sibling; GI Santa Anita Oaks winner Bellafina (Quality Road), selling in foal to Tiz The Law with Eaton Sales; GI Test S. winner Bella Sofia (Awesome Patriot), selling as a racing or broodmare prospect with Taylor Made; Bell's the One (Majesticperfection), a Grade I stakes winner pointing for the Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Sprint for trainer Neil Pessin, selling with Taylor Made; Chilean classic winner Brooke (Chi) (No Nay Never), selling with Gainesway; Campanelle (Ire) (Kodiac {GB}), the multiple European champion, two-time Royal Ascot winner, Group 1 winner in two countries and a Grade III winner in the U.S., selling with Eaton Sales, agent for Stonestreet Stables; GI Kentucky Oaks winner Cathryn Sophia (Street Boss), selling in foal to Gun Runner for Gainesway; 'Rising Star' Crazy Beautiful (Liam's Map), a millionaire, MGSW and Grade I-placed runner, selling for Denali Stud; Diamond Ore (Tapit), a winning, stakes-placed half-sister to Arrogate (Unbridled's Song), and in foal to Charlatan with a weanling colt by Justify at her side, selling for Taylor Made; 'Rising Star' Donna Veloce (Uncle Mo), a nine-length debut winner who was second by a neck in the GI Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies in just her second start, in foal to Tiz The Law, selling for Eaton Sales; champion 'TDN Rising Star' Gamine (Into Mischief), the Fasig-Tipton Midlantic topper, a five-time Grade I winner and track-record-setter, selling in foal to Quality Road for Hill 'n' Dale; GI Del Mar Oaks winner Going Global (Ire) (Mehmas {Ire}), selling as a racing or broodmare prospect for Elite Sales; and GI Del Mar Debutante winner Grace Adler (Curlin), selling as a racing or broodmare prospect for Hill 'n' Dale.

“This catalogue is as deep in quality as it is internationally diverse,” continued Browning. “Nearly 80% 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. 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.

Print catalogues will be available by Thursday, Oct. 6. The catalogue will also be available via the Equineline sales catalogue app.

Online bidding and phone bidding will be available.

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Sophomore Races Lead Saturday Stakes Action

A pair of graded stakes for 3-year-olds highlight Saturday's racing action, starting with the GII Mother Goose S. at Belmont. Two of the five fillies are looking to rebound after off-the-board finishes in the May 6 GI Kentucky Oaks, 'TDN Rising Star' Shahama (Munnings) (sixth) and Venti Valentine (Firing Line) (14th).

Shahama is making just her second U.S. start after starting her career with a perfect four-for-four record during her time in Dubai. Her trainer Todd Pletcher is looking for his seventh Mother Goose victory here.

“It was hard to gauge her racing form. The one thing we felt pretty good about was the way she had trained in company with some of our other horses,” said Pletcher. “To me, she's proven she belongs in races like that, and I thought her Oaks was maybe a better race than it looks on paper. She was still closing at the end. She drew an outside post and it took her a little while to get on track. I thought it was a solid effort.”

Meanwhile, Venti Valentine is a native New Yorker and has never been worse than second in her home state.

“She came out of the Oaks in good shape,” trainer Jorge Abreu said. “I'm going to cross a line through that race and just regroup with her. She's been doing everything well here. I think one turn will suit her better, not that she can't go two turns because she proved she can go two turns. But I think the mile and a sixteenth and cutting back in distance will be better for her.”

GI Darley Alcibiades S. winner Juju's Map (Liam's Map) skipped the Oaks and instead dominated an optional claimer on the undercard in her first start since finishing second in the GI Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies. She returns to stakes action in this five-horse field.

Just under an hour later at Thistledown, a trio of GI Kentucky Derby also-rans and a good-looking winner on the GI Preakness S. undercard will line up in the GIII Ohio Derby. GIII Stonestreet Lexington S. victor Tawny Port (Pioneerof the Nile) finished best of the three when seventh on the First Saturday in May for Brad Cox, who won this event in 2019.

GII Tampa Bay Derby hero Classic Causeway (Giant's Causeway) was a few spots behind him in 11th that day. Previously trained by Brian Lynch, the chestnut–one of just three from his outstanding sire's final crop–makes his first start for Ken McPeek Saturday.

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White Abarrio (Race Day) finished 16th in the Derby after winning both the GIII Holy Bull S. and GI Curlin Florida Derby. The gray receives Lasix for the first time in this event.

GII Rebel S. runner-up Ethereal Road (Quality Road) was a late defection from the Run for the Roses, allowing winner Rich Strike (Keen Ice) into the field some 36 hours before post time. His GI Kentucky Oaks-winning stablemate Secret Oath (Arrogate) went on to the Preakness, while Ethereal Road was re-routed to the Sir Barton S. earlier on the card. The D. Wayne Lukas trainee produced an eye-catching late rally, charging home to a decisive victory.

Also worth a look at a price is New York-bred Barese (Laoban), who gets Lasix for the first time here. He thrashed his fellow native New Yorkers in his first three starts, but could only manage fifth behind eventual GI Belmont S. winner Mo Donegal (Uncle Mo) in the GII Wood Memorial S. and could only manage third as the heavy favorite back against locals in an NYSS event Apr. 23.

Right in the middle of those sophomore races is a competitive sprint for older fillies and mares, the GIII Chicago S. at Churchill Downs. This test has attracted a pair of Grade I winners in Bell's the One (Majesticperfection) and Kalypso (Brody's Cause), as well as Sconsin (Include), who enters off wins in the Open Mind S. and GIII Winning Colors S. Don't count out GIII Go For Wand H. romper Lady Rocket (Tale of the Cat) or GI Derby City Distaff runner-up Four Graces (Majesticperfection).

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Kimari Looks to Repeat in Madison

'TDN Rising Star' Kimari (Munnings) looks to successfully defend her GI Madison S. title Saturday at Keeneland. Twice second at Royal Ascot, the bay kicked off 2021 with a win in Oaklawn's Spring Fever S. and took the Madison next out. Sent to the sidelines after that effort, she was ambitiously spotted for her return off that seven-month layoff in the GI Breeders' Cup Turf Sprint and she could only manage seventh to stablemate Golden Pal (Uncle Mo). Sent through the ring at Fasig-Tipton's November Sale just days later, Kimari summoned $2.7 million from Coolmore's M.V. Magnier and returned to Wesley Ward's care. She kicked off her 5-year-old campaign with a facile score in a 6 1/2-panel optional claimer on the Gulfstream main track Mar. 3.

Lady Rocket (Tale of the Cat) looks to pick up where she left off at the end of 2021. Earning her black-type victory in the Pink Ribbon S. at Charles Town in August, the dark bay checked in second in the GII Gallant Bloom H. Sept. 26 at Belmont. The Brad Cox trainee captured a sloppy renewal of Belmont's Pumpkin Pie S. Oct. 31 and romped by nine lengths in Aqueduct's GIII Go For Wand H. Dec. 4, earning a gaudy 107 Beyer Speed Figure for the one-turn mile. Cox also saddles the once-beaten GII Inside Information S. winner Just One Time (Not This Time).

Bell's the One (Majesticperfection), winner of the GI Derby City Distaff when run in September of 2020, dead-heated for second behind Kimari in last year's Madison and was fourth in the Derby City Distaff next out. The bay won the Roxelana S. back at Churchill in June and followed suit with a victory in Saratoga's GII Honorable Miss H. in July. A close second in the Open Mind S. beneath the Twin Spires Sept. 18, Bell's the One took this venue's GII TCA S. Oct. 9 and, after skipping the GI Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Sprint, rallied to yet another score back in Louisville in the Dream Supreme S. Nov. 13.

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Ward Workers Highlight Keeneland Tab

By all accounts, trainer Wesley Ward is planning on coming out full force when Keeneland opens the doors on its spring meeting Friday, Apr. 8. To that end, four of the stable's stars tuned up for opening weekend stakes engagements Saturday morning in Lexington.

Happy Soul (Runhappy) is set to represent Ward in the GI Central Bank Ashland S., her first try around two turns, and the Gayla Rankin-owned filly blitzed six furlongs in a race-like 1:11.20 Saturday morning. Since dropping her career debut at Keeneland last April, Happy Soul has won three straight including the Feb. 19 Dixie Belle S. at Oaklawn Park. John Velazquez has the call in the Ashland.

Working on a Keeneland turf course with a bit of give in it were Ward's two 2021 Breeders' Cup winners, Golden Pal (Uncle Mo) and 'TDN Rising Star' Twilight Gleaming (Ire) (National Defense {GB}). Winner of last year's GI Turf Sprint to go along with his victory in the 2020 GII Juvenile Turf Sprint, Golden Pal makes his 4-year-old debut in the GII Shakertown S. Apr. 9 and covered the distance in 1:01.20. Twilight Gleaming, who took out last year's Juvenile Turf Sprint, was timed in 1:01.40 and goes in the Listed Palisades S. Apr. 10.

Campanelle (Ire) (Kodiac {GB}), whose two wins at Royal Ascot include the 2021 G1 Commonwealth Cup, galloped five furlongs on turf in 1:02.40.

“I'm feeling great,” said Ward, in search of a fourth consecutive spring title at Keeneland. “We've got a lot of horses in various different categories–a lot of nice stakes horses. The 2-year-olds are always fun to see which ones blossom. This is the highlight of opening up my year to see how we're going to progress. We're really looking forward to it–as is everyone who comes to Keeneland in the spring. It's a great place to be–the only place to be.”

Ward is also set to saddle defending champ and 'Rising Star' Kimari (Munnings) in Saturday's GI Madison S. and one of her chief adversaries, Bell's the One (Majesticperfection), got her final tune up Saturday in Lexington. A dead-heat second last year, the 6-year-old went an easy half-mile in :49.60.

“I didn't want anything real fast,” trainer Neil Pessin said. “All of her major work was done at Fair Grounds [where she had eight works following a 2 1/2-month break].”

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