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Empire Maker Colt Ties Sale Record During Second Session Of Fasig-Tipton Kentucky October Yearlings Sale

The Fasig-Tipton Kentucky October Yearlings sale continued Tuesday in Lexington, Ky., with a vibrant session buoyed the sale's record-breaking pace.

A colt by the late Empire Maker topped the session when sold for $750,000 to St. Elias Stables from the consignment of Machmer Hall Sales, agent (video).

The colt's price tag matched that of the most expensive colt – and third most expensive yearling – in the sale's history. Offered as Hip 513, the dark bay or brown colt is out of the Street Cry (IRE) mare Stop Time (GB), a daughter of G1 French One Thousand Guineas winner Musical Chimes. The immediate family includes five-time Grade 1 winning millionaire Music Note, dam of this year's Dubai World Cup victor Mystic Guide. Hip 513 was bred in Kentucky by the late Tom Conway and Calvin Crain.

“It was a great session, record-breaking in all regards,” said Fasig-Tipton President Boyd Browning. “More important than that was… the continued level of activity. (It was an) energetic crowd. It's a pretty fun time to be selling horses right now.”

The session's top filly came in the form of an Ontario-bred daughter of Uncle Mo which sold for $450,000 to West Bloodstock, agent for Repole and St. Elias (video).

Breeder Sam-Son Farm consigned the filly as Hip 469. She is a half-sibling to five winners out of the winning Seeking the Gold mare Song of the Lark, including Canadian Horse of the Year Up and champion colt With the Birds (Stormy Atlantic), who won Belmont's G1 Jamaica Handicap and earned $1,379,841. The filly's second dam is Canadian champion Wilderness song, also a millionaire and Grade 1 winner in the U.S.

Rounding out the top five prices of the session were:

Hip 545, a colt from the first crop of Breeders' Cup champion Mendelssohn out of Super Girlie (Closing Argument), which sold for $400,000 to BlackRidge Stables from the consignment of Taylor Made Sales Agency, agent. The bay colt is a half-brother to five winners from as many to race, including this year's G1 Arkansas Derby winner Super Stock (Dialed In) and Grade 1 placed Boujie Girl (Flashback). Hip 545 was bred in Kentucky by Pedro Gonzalez and P. J. Gonzalez.
Hip 705, a filly from the first crop of multiple Grade 1 winning juvenile Bolt d'Oro out of Urloveisasymphony (Forest Wildcat), which sold for $375,000 to St. Elias Stables from the consignment of Wynnstay Sales, agent. The bay filly is out of a half-sister to the dam of this year's G2 Mac Diarmida Stakes winner Phantom Currency, from the immediate family of champion 2-year-old colt Bayford and Group 1 winner Northern Baby. Hip 705 was bred in Kentucky by Deann Baer and Greg Baer DVM.
Hip 554, a filly from the first crop of Triple Crown champion Justify out of Susie's Baby (Giant's Causeway), which sold for $325,000 to On the Rocks Racing from the consignment of Eaton Sales, agent. The gray or roan filly is a half-sister to stakes winner Family Way, who is also a multiple winner in France, out of a half-sister to Group 1 winner Caravaggio, who is currently leading first-crop sires in North America by winners. Hip 554 was bred in Kentucky by Diamond Creek Farm.

“I sound like a broken record after every good session or every good sale,” added Browning. “It's because people give us better horses that it goes so well. We're in a market that's strong, but it's strong because men and women are trusting us, bringing better quality horses to the sale both in terms of pedigree and in terms of conformation. It's a combination of factors that's leading to these results and we're thankful and we're going to do our best to continue this momentum for the next two days.”

Tuesday's sales once again set a record single-session gross, with proceeds of $13,960,200 eclipsing the previous record of $11,016,900 yesterday during the sale's vibrant opening session. During the second session, 280 horses sold for an average of $49,858 and median of $25,000. Fifty-two yearlings sold for $100,000.

Over the course of the first two days of selling, 554 yearlings changed hands for a total of $24,977,100, up 52.4 percent from $16,390,500 paid for 489 yearlings during last year's first half. The two-session average was $45,085, up 34.5 percent over $33,518 for the same period last year. The first-half median rose 33.3 percent to $20,000 from $15,000 in 2020. The RNA rate through the first two sessions was 18.4 percent.

The Kentucky October Yearlings sale resumes Wednesday at 10 a.m.. Results are available online.

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Strong Opener To October Sale

LEXINGTON, KY – The start of the opening session of the Fasig-Tipton Kentucky October Yearlings Sale was delayed an hour by heavy rain, but the weather seemed to be the only thing that could hold back the auction once the bidding got started Monday at Newtown Paddocks.

“We were very pleased with the opening session of the October sale,” Fasig-Tipton President Boyd Browning said Monday night. “I don't think there was any surprise that there was a lot of demand. We've seen strength in the yearling sales from the start to, hopefully, when we finish on Thursday. There was a lot of activity at all levels. There was spirited bidding at all levels with lots of competition and a very diverse crowd that was here buying horses with lots of representation from all over the world.”

During the session, 274 yearlings sold for $11,016,900 for an average of $40,208 and a median of $17,000. At the opening session of the 2020 auction, 248 head sold for $8,393,800 for an average of $33,846 and a median of $15,000.

Of the 396 head catalogued for Monday's session, 341 went through the ring with 67 reported not sold for a buy-back rate of just 19.6%. It was 22.2% a year ago.

“I think people feel more confident, in terms of the overall clearance rate and the percentage of horses sold who were catalogued,” Browning said. “I think there are fewer scratches, in part, because people now realize based on where the market is right now, you might still be able to sell a horse reasonably successfully without a lot of pre-sale vet activity because there is so much activity that is taking place in the back walking ring.”

Bloodstock agent Donato Lanni made the day's highest bid when going to $700,000 to acquire a colt by Tapit (hip 22) from the Bedouin Bloodstock consignment early in the session. The price was the co-second highest for a colt in the sale's history.

The Fasig-Tipton October sale continues through Thursday with sessions beginning at 10 a.m. daily.

Early Fireworks for Tapit Colt

Bloodstock agent Donato Lanni, bidding on behalf of the stallion-making partnership of SF Bloodstock/Starlight/Madaket, helped the Fasig-Tipton October sale get off to a rousing start when making a final bid of $700,000 to secure a colt by Tapit (hip 22) from the Bedouin Bloodstock consignment.

“He just checked every box,” Lanni said of the yearling. “He has a fast look about him and he's by Tapit. He looks fast, he looks early and he looks sound. He is the kind of horse who just looks like he fits our program. When they possess everything, they end up bringing quite a bit.”

Lanni signed for 24 yearlings for a total of $10,590,000 on behalf of the partnership at last month's Keeneland September sale.

Of his continued buying spree as the yearling sales season winds down, Lanni said, “Some horses need a little more time to develop and maybe the earlier sales weren't the right place for them. I think this is a good place to sell. The sale has gotten better and better and it has a lot of momentum.”

Hip 22 is the first foal out of stakes winner March X Press (Shanghai Bobby). He was co-bred by SF Bloodstock and Henry Field Bloodstock. The co-breeders purchased March X Press, with the colt in utero, for $330,000 at the 2019 Keeneland November sale.

The bay colt had originally been targeted at the Fasig-Tipton Saratoga Selected Yearlings Sale in August.

“We were supposed to take him up to Saratoga and about two weeks before the sale he tangled with a fence,” Bedouin Bloodstock's Neal Clarke said. “So that put him out of Saratoga and then this was the next likely option for him. He went down very well here, people loved him and he sold well.”

Of the session-topping price, Clarke said, “You can't hide a good horse. If you have a nice one, they will find it. These people are professionals and they work hard and they will find them.”

Justify Colt to Fort

A colt from the first crop of Triple Crown winner Justify (hip 21) sold for $350,000 to John Fort early in Monday's first session of the October sale. The colt was bred and consigned by Blue Heaven Farm, which bred and campaigned his multiple stakes winning dam Maple Forest (Forestry).

“We haven't been in this business too long, so it's nice to see those third generation-type horses of ours succeed,” said Blue Heaven President and General Manager Adam Corndorf. “Maple Forest is a very special mare for us. She's a homebred stakes winner and won several stakes for us with Todd Pletcher. She has been a wonderful mare for us. She has had some very nice sales yearlings for us and some of them have earned blacktype.”

Hip 21 had originally been targeted at the Keeneland September sale.

“He was in the September sale at Keeneland, but he had a little paddock accident about a week before the sale,” Corndorf said. “We were lucky that we still had a sale to target after that. He just needed a couple of extra weeks and he stood out here.”

Blue Heaven founder Bonnie Baskin purchased Maple Forest's dam Maple Syrple (American Chance) for $320,000 at the 2006 Keeneland November sale. Maple Forest, who RNA'd for $200,000 at the 2009 Keeneland September sale, won three stakes and was second in the 2011 GIII Victory Ride S. She is also the dam of multiple stakes winner and graded placed Heartwood (Tapit) and stakes-placed Luzmimi Princess (Malibu Moon).

“We have a small operation, we have about 15 mares and produce about 12 horses a year,” Corndorf said. “We are hoping to just keep building. We would love to get to a point down the road where we could keep a couple of nice fillies as broodmare prospects, but for right now we are sales-focused and trying to sell everything.”

The Blue Heaven breeding operation enjoyed Grade I success earlier this year when Grace Adler (Curlin) won the GI Del Mar Debutante. The farm is also home to Starship Jubilee (Indy Wind).

“She's in foal to Medaglia d'Oro,” Corndorf said of the 2019 Canadian Horse of the Year who the operation acquired in 2018. “She is living the good life. She has a place with us forever. And we look forward to keeping some fillies out of her in the future.”

Union Rags Colt Destined for Resale

A colt by Union Rags (hip 266) is likely to return to the sales ring next spring after selling for $235,000 to the bid of pinhooker Ciaran Dunne, who signed under the name of the Redwings partnership. The yearling is out of stakes winner Purely Hot (Pure Prize) and is a half-brother to Grade I winner Eight Rings (Empire Maker). He was consigned by Taylor Made.

“He's by a proper stallion and he's a half-brother to a talented horse,” Dunne said of the yearling's appeal. “You've got to take a shot somewhere, so we took a shot there.”

Dunne was among the bidders on the Taylor Made-consigned and Three Chimneys-bred son of Gun Runner (hip 264) who RNA'd for $425,000 two hips earlier.

“The market is very strong,” Dunne said. “That's not surprising based on what happened earlier in the year. There were a lot of orders unfilled, ours included, so we knew people were going to come in here and be aggressive. It seems the ones people want bring way more than you'd anticipate.”

Dunne admitted the partnership groups which were so active at the Keeneland September sale had made his job more difficult.

“I think the different groups that are trying to make stallions seem to be playing more in our territory, in terms of physicals over pedigree, so they are a bigger pain in the ass than they normally are.”

Hip 266 was bred by Orpendale/Chelston/Wynatt. Bloodstock agent Hugo Merry purchased Purely Hot, with the colt in utero, for $1.2 million at the 2019 Keeneland November sale.

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Dayoutoftheoffice’s Career One to Remember at Siena Farm

Nacho Patino had high hopes for Dayoutoftheoffice before she had even hit the ground at Siena Farm.

Her dam, Gottahaveadream (Indian Charlie), was a relatively large mare and had consistently thrown size and scope in her first three foals, so the Siena team had decided to pair her with Into Mischief. The resulting foal, Patino said, was better than what they had imagined.

“I loved the filly when she was born,” Siena Farm's General Manager explained. “She was a big, strong filly with the size and scope we were hoping for. I remember calling Anthony [Manganaro, Siena Farm Chairman] and telling him the mare got a beautiful Into Mischief filly.”

As spring turned to summer, Dayoutoftheoffice looked to be the prized weanling of her foal crop at Siena. But one foggy morning in September, the trajectory of her career changed entirely.

Manganaro was in town and told Patino he wanted to take a look at Gottahaveadream's filly.

“It was very foggy and the guys were bringing the weanlings closer to the gate,” Patino recalled. “We were driving up to the barn when we heard all this commotion. The horses had spooked and they took off running in the field. When the guys finally brought them into the barn, that's when we saw Dayoutoftheoffice had run into a fence. Her knee looked like somebody had taken a sledgehammer and hit her.”

Patino immediately sprang into action, loading the injured weanling onto the van and calling the clinic as soon as they were on the road.

“When one of these things happens, you pretty much know that as far as this horse becoming a racehorse, it's probably not going to happen,” he said.

But at the clinic, they discovered that there was minimal damage to the bone or the ligaments. The filly returned to the farm a few days later and for weeks, Patino diligently changed her bandage daily.'

“After three weeks, the knee looked great,” he remembered. “There was a lot of swelling, but the wound had closed. The problem was that for everything to heal, the skin had become stiff and there was no flexion in the knee.”

Dayoutoftheoffice and her dam Gottahaveadream at Siena Farm | Siena Farm

Patino and his team worked with the filly daily to get some flexibility back in the joint, using the cold-water spa and trying out other forms of therapy. When it came time for sales prep to begin, Patino decided to keep her on the same track as the other sales yearlings.

“You could see that the knee was never going to be normal, but running around in the field, she looked fine,” he said. “I think the knee was probably bothering me more than it was bothering her. I was kind of hesitant to put her on the walker or exercise her like the other yearlings, but we started sales prepping and it was a completely different horse. Everything she was doing was very easy for her and she just loved it. You didn't have to make her work, she did it on her own.”

Even as the filly flourished in her training, the veterinarians told Patino she had a 50-50 shot of seeing the racetrack. He knew she would be overlooked at any sale.

“People would take one look at the knee and turn around,” he said.

Patino and Manganaro, along with Siena's President David Pope, decided to send her to Tim Hamm, a conditioner they had shared success with in 2016 with My Dear S. winner Velvet Mood (Lonhro {Aus}).

“Tim has a program that he will work out a deal with us and for 50% equity, he will train them at no expense to us,” Pope explained. “So it was a win-win. Dayoutoftheoffice was in a group of three or four horses that we sent him and we thought she was probably the least likely [to race] because of her injury.”

But Patino said that when Hamm first saw the young filly, his eyes lit up.

“I don't think it took him two seconds to look at the filly,” he recalled. “He loved her size and the physical was there, just looking at the knee you didn't know if she would make it. I remember going to visit her in February and you could see she loved going on the track and she looked normal galloping.”

It wasn't long before Hamm was asking for a name for their juvenile. Pope and Patino discussed options back in the office at Siena.

“Her dam's name is Gottahaveadream,” Patino had reminded Pope.

“Nacho, my dream is to have a day at the beach,” Pope had replied.

They looked up the name Day at the Beach, but it was already taken.

“Well my dream is to have a day out of the office,” Patino suggested.

They tried again with Dayoutoftheoffice, and the name was available.

“We didn't even tell Anthony, we just gave her the name,” Pope recalled with a laugh. “Next thing we know, Anthony is calling us up and he hated the name. But after she won the Schuylerville, he called us and said, 'You know what? I love that name.'”

Dayoutoftheoffice made a winning debut at Gulfstream in May last year, flashing through a speedy opening quarter of :21.89 to win the 4 1/2-furlong contest by 4 3/4 lengths. She was dismissed at long odds in her next start in the GIII Schuylerville S., but bested the rest of the field by six lengths.

“I loved the fact that she was 20-1 because we made a little bit of money on that bet,” Pope said with a grin. “We were running against the big boys and it's nice when you're the underdog and you win. She made us proud. You look at the field that day and you see the top outfits in the country that we were racing against. It wasn't even a close race; she dominated.”

Dayoutoftheoffice returned several months later to remain undefeated in the GI Frizette S., besting GI Spinaway S. winner and eventual GI Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies champion Vequist (Nyquist) by two lengths at Belmont with over 10 lengths back to the third. She earned a 95 Beyer Speed Figure in the mile-long contest.

Meanwhile, Patino proudly watched these dazzling performances back at Siena with the rest of his team, a group that was undoubtably responsible for getting the filly to the racetrack in the first place by helping her overcome her early setback.

“It kind of validates what we're trying to do here, for the guys more than anything, because every day we were trying new things with the filly and after a while, I think they probably thought we were just wasting our time,” Patino said.” We didn't know if it was going to work out or not, but we kept working with her and now she's a Grade I winner. Now they believe that any horse we're working on could be the next one.”

Patino said that for each of their star filly's races, all of “the guys” at the farm would congregate at the office to watch.

“They like to bet so of course they're betting on our filly,” he recalled. “When they would go back to work, you could see that they really enjoyed it because this horse just won a big race and now they know they're doing something special. For me, she was special because of overcoming her injury and for all the work that we had to put in to get her there.”

Dayoutoftheoffice scores a 95 Beyer in the GI Frizette S. | Sarah Andrew

Dayoutoftheoffice gave a gutsy performance to finish second to Vequist at the Breeders' Cup to cap off her juvenile season, defeating the likes of Grade I winners Simply Ravishing (Laoban) and Princess Noor (Not This Time).

She returned at three this year with a runner-up performance in the GII Eight Belles S. and a fourth-place finish in the GI Acorn S. While recording works at Thistledowns over the summer, she sustained an injury and was retired soon after.

Much thought was put into what to do with the Grade I winner, but it was ultimately decided that she would go to the Fasig-Tipton November Sale.

“I come from the business side of it and I see an opportunity that we could take any funds we generate from that sale and reinvest to get multiple mares to grow our broodmare band to do bigger and better things,” Pope explained. “With her being our third Grade I winner, it's been very special and while we do approach it as a business, we also get emotionally attached to these horses. So we'll always be a fan of hers.”

Dayoutoftheoffice will sell as Hip 156 at the 'Night of the Stars' on Nov. 9 with the ELiTE consignment.

“We're excited to have Dayoutoftheoffice at the sale,” Fasig-Tipton's Boyd Browning said. “It's unusual to have the opportunity to sell a Grade I winner at two by Into Mischief. It's a pretty unbeatable combination from a sales perspective and it's a pretty unbeatable combination from a breeding perspective. I think what made Dayoutoftheoffice special on the racetrack was the ease in which she won. When you watch the replays, she's pretty much winning in-hand against the best in New York in some very key races. I think when you look back at that group of 2-year-olds last year, we're going to say it was a really deep group and a very talented group of horses.”

Dayoutoftheoffice's pedigree is another factor that Browning said will attract buyers at the upcoming auction.

“One of things I really love about Dayoutoftheoffice is the influence on the broodmare side of things. I think we're going to look up in 15 or 20 years from now and say Indian Charlie was a remarkable broodmare sire. He's already off to a great start, being the broodmare sire of some horses like Mitole (Eskendereya) and Hot Rod Charlie (Oxbow).”

Gottahaveadream is a half-sister to GI Forego S. winner Here Comes Ben (Street Cry {Ire}). Her granddam, GISW Race the Wild Wind (Sunny's Halo), produced G1SW and sprint champion King Charlemagne (Nureyev) as well as Chasethewildwind (Forty Niner), the dam of successful young sire Daredevil and GISW Albertus Maximus (Albert the Great).

“Indian Charlie is one of the top broodmare sires out there and her pedigree has got graded stakes horses all over the page,” Pope said. “She is something that you're looking for in a broodmare. I think you'll see a lot of people in the industry focusing on Into Mischief as the next top broodmare sire, so this is a great opportunity for people. How many opportunities do you get with a Grade I-winning filly by Into Mischief coming to the marketplace?”

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Shedaresthedevil to Fasig-Tipton–But First, a Rubber Match

In less than three weeks, Shedaresthedevil (Daredevil–Starship Warpspeed, by Congrats) will follow the path of fellow Kentucky Oaks victress Monomoy Girl as she makes her way to the ring for the Fasig-Tipton 'Night of the Stars' Sale on Nov. 9. as a broodmare or racing prospect.

But like her Brad Cox-trained predecessor, she will first give her current owners the chance to get to the winner's circle one last time in the GI Longines Breeders' Cup Distaff.

Cox, who saddled Monomoy Girl to victory in last year's edition of the contest, is equally confident in the abilities of this year's Distaffer.

“She came out of her last race in really good order,” he said of the 4-year-old daughter of Daredevil. “She's had a couple of breezes since and they've both been good moves. We'll continue to keep her on a Saturday schedule and she'll ship out on Monday, Nov. 1 for Del Mar. We're confident that she'll make the ship in good order and that she'll put in a big performance.”

The expected favorite for the Distaff is, of course, the speedy Letruska (Super Saver), who has gone all-but-undefeated this year as she captured six graded stakes victories across the country. But Cox also points out her only loss this year in the GII Azeri S.

“Letruska will be favored, but we've run against her twice this year and it's even at one and one, so we're hoping we can win the rubber match,” he said. “In the Azeri, Shedaresthedevil ran a big race off the layoff and we felt like she was probably 90% ready, but she was able to establish a lead and hold off Letruska.”

Following her winning seasonal debut over the rival, Shedaresthedevil collected another victory in the GI La Troienne S. She was third behind Letruska in the GI Ogden Phipps S., but came back with winning efforts in the GI Clement L. Hirsch S. at Del Mar and the GIII Locust Grove S. in her final prep before the Breeders' Cup.

“It gives us confidence moving forward that she was able to put in a big performance in the Clement Hirsch,” Cox said. “She has some experience over the track and with shipping out and shipping back. She handled it extremely well and her last race was exactly what we wanted where she was able to get a good run and use it as a fitness tool to prepare for the Breeders' Cup.”

Fergus Galvin of Hunter Valley Farm has had close ties to the imposing bay filly throughout her career with his connection to Qatar Racing and has watched her mature physically over the past few years.

After a successful juvenile campaign that was marked by a debut win and two stakes placings in California for trainer Simon Callaghan and original owners Qatar Racing and Glencrest Farm, Shedaresthedevil was catalogued for the 2019 Keeneland November Sale.

“We had her here for a couple weeks before the sale and she was a big, kind of raw-looking filly,” he recalled.

Following her $280,000 sale, the filly was campaigned by a partnerhship including Staton Flurry's Flurry Racing Stables and Qatar Racing, for whom she finished second to stablemate Bonny South (Munnings) in Oaklawn allowance company in February 2020. Autry Lowry, Jr.'s Big Aut Farms joined the ownership ahead of her victory in the GIII Honeybee S. in Hot Springs the following month. As she progressed through her 3-year-old campaign, the filly flourished physically, Galvin said.

Shedaresthedevil makes history in the 2020 GI Kentucky Oaks | Coady

“She really blossomed into this big, beautiful filly,” he said. “She must be all of 16.2, but she's very well balanced for her size. I think she takes her racing and training really well. In almost two years of talking to Brad about workouts, he's never called to say that she hasn't worked well.”

Leading up to her start in a September renewal of the Kentucky Oaks, Shedaresthedevil added the GIII Indiana Oaks.

“When she went to Indiana, she more or less destroyed that field,” Galvin remembered. “That's really what got our minds thinking towards the Kentucky Oaks. Every work, she just got better and better leading up to it.”

Sent off at odds of 15-1 in front of a fan-less grandstand in Louisville, Shedaresthedevil bested Grade I-winning rivals Gamine (Into Mischief) and Swiss Skydiver (Daredevil) to set a Kentucky Oaks record time of 1:48.28.

“It came as kind of a slight surprise to the general public,” Galvin said of the victory. “But the one person it didn't surprise was Brad. He was always so high on her and was very confident going into the race.”

“She was a price and she rewarded the people that backed her,” her trainer said. “It was a tremendous group of fillies assembled that year. Her determination, grit and heart down the lane to stay in front was unbelievable. We were able to capture the Kentucky Oaks a couple of years ago with Monomoy Girl and when you win a race like that you're like, 'Wow, will you ever be back in this position?' To have her come back two years later and win was a great feeling, to say the least.”

For Cox, who won his first Eclipse Award as Outstanding Trainer in 2020, the filly has been a special member of his stable for the past two years.

“When we picked this filly up late in her 2-year-old season, we never envisioned what she would turn out to be,” he said. “She was a nice two year old, but she obviously moved forward at three and four. So she taught me a lot about how horses can develop. She's got a tremendous heart. I mean, she's been locked in battle a couple of times and she doesn't want to lose. She really is a fighter and she's cool to be around in the barn. She's a very straightforward, classy, sound filly.”

Cox added that it's been the ride of a lifetime for her owners.

“She's taken these guys on a dream ride,” he said. “Staton has followed her around the country and doesn't miss a race. Sheikh Fahad of Qatar Racing was able to show up for her last race at Churchill Downs and hopefully he'll be there for the Breeders' Cup. It'd be nice to have one last win with this partnership and then we'll see how it goes at Fasig-Tipton.”

Cox has a track record of taking a race filly's value into the stratosphere after the success of Monomoy Girl, a $100,000 yearling purchase that sold for $9.5 million, setting a world record for a racing/broodmare prospect, at last year's Fasig-Tipton November Sale. Just as Monomoy Girl returned to the starting gate this year, Cox said he believes Shedaresthedevil has all the potential to perform against top company as a 5-year-old.

Shedaresthedevil gets the Grade I win at Del Mar in the GI Clement L. Hirsch S. | Benoit

“From a trainer, I think the one thing that stands out with me is just how sound she is,” he said. “That's probably the most important thing, but also with her size, she's a very big physical and a strong mare. So I do think there's some tread left on the tires, to say the least. She could definitely race at the age of five, there's no doubt about it.”

For Galvin, whose Hunter Valley Farm will consign the three-time Grade I winner as hip 232 at Fasig-Tipton, the daughter of the winning Congrats mare Starship Warspeed offers a rare opportunity for buyers.

“There's obviously only one Oaks winner every year and so very few of them come on to market,” he said. “For an Oaks winner of her class, she's kept her form as good, if not better, this year. It's seldom you see a filly in the height of her racing career being offered for auction, so I think this is an opportunity for somebody to compete on the world stage with prize money at record levels throughout the country and abroad as well.”

Fasig-Tipton's Boyd Browning said that Shedaresthedevil offers the chance for someone to own a piece of history.

“Not only is Shedaresthedevil a Kentucky Oaks winner, she's the fastest Oaks winner in nearly 150 years,” he said. “When you think about the fillies that have won the Oaks during that time frame, this is one of those Hall of Fame-type, record-setting performances. From a historical context, it's amazing.”

Browning noted that Shedaresthedevil's future as a broodmare can be projected through the brilliance she showed consistently on the racetrack.

“Shedaresthedevil will undoubtedly be a successful producer given her accomplishments on the racetrack,” he explained. “She demonstrated that brilliance, that 'wow factor,' on multiple occasions, which means there's a much higher likelihood of replicating that in her offspring.”

For whoever purchases Shedaresthedevil, Browning said the opportunities are endless.

“Her potential really is two-fold. You've got the potential as a racing prospect next year with some amazing purses out there around the world and you also think about the potential that she offers as a broodmare given her accomplishments and the resume that she's put together as a racehorse. So it's truly unlimited potential in multiple regards.”

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