Photo: Love The Chase
Don’t blink! The 2016 Breeders’ Cup finished up on Saturday and in the next moment the Thoroughbreds shipped away. Some we will see on the track again, some retired and others were sent promptly to Kentucky for the November sales.
Photo: Stopchargingmaria
On November 4th and 5th, Santa Anita Park in California hosted the Breeders’ Cup. 13 races took place yielding the following results by race and winning Thoroughbreds:
- Juvenile Turf: Oscar Performance
- Las Vegas Dirt Mile: Tamarkuz
- Juvenile Fillies Turf: New Money Honey
- Longines Distaff: Beholder
- 14 Hands Winery Juvenile Fillies: Champagne Room
- Filly and Mare Turf: Queen’s Trust
- Twin Spires Sprint: Drefong
- Turf Sprint: Obviously
- Sentient Jet Juvenile: Classic Empire
- Longines Turf: Highland Reel
- Filly and Mare Sprint: Finest City
- Mile: Tourist
- Classic: Arrogate
Photo: Baffled
There were a whole lot of upsets and close calls but it is all part of the game! The results of these races lead to updates in bloodlines all over the world and the new information was influential at the following sales.
Photo: Cassett
The November Sale at Fasig-Tipton in Lexington, KY was quite the success. Held at 4 P.M. EST on 11/7/16 there were 175 hips cataloged. 88 horses were sold and 34 did not meet the reserve. The others scratched prior to the sale. The auction grossed over $54 million dollars which is up over 22% versus the prior year. The average price rose nearly 30% versus last year to about $615 thousand dollars. The median price went up almost 60% to more than $377 thousand dollars. The horses that didn’t make the reserve, the minimum price per the seller, was down to less than 28% versus 34% in 2015. 15 horses sold for a million dollars or more.
- Baffled $3.5 M
- Curalina $3M
- Stopchargingmaria $2.8M
- Cassatt $2.5M
- Embellish The Lace $2.4M
- Lady Zuzu $2.35M
- Jacaranda $2M
- Love The Chase $1.95M – oh my goodness, it’s California Chrome’s mom!
- Whatdreamsrmadeof $1.65M
- Cover Song $1.6M
- Cathryn Sophia $1.4M
- Tapas $1.3M
- Paid Up Subscriber $1.1M
- Haveyougoneaway $1.1M
- Luminance $1M
Photo: Peace And War
The 2016 November Breeding Stock Sale at Keeneland in Lexington, KY was held starting at 11am on 11/8/16. It will continue thru November 20th. Day 1 of Book 1 went very nicely. Day 1 included 239 hips. 115 Thoroughbreds were sold. Over $50 million dollars were grossed. The average price was more than $436 thousand dollars. The median was $260 thousand. 10 horses sold for 7 figures.
- Secret Gesture $3.5M
- Celestine $2.55M
- Tapicat $2.2M
- My Conquestadory $1.5M
- Peace And War $1.45M
- Princess Sylvia $1.4M
- Summer Soiree $1.3M
- Yellow Ribbon $1.3M
- Lexie Lou $1M
- Dust and Diamonds $1M
Photo: from left to right Dust And Diamonds, Celestine, Tapicat
It was a good couple of days to catch the action in Lexington, KY. I can’t wait to see what the remainder of the sales yield. I hope we have a knockout November! Check back at least weekly and I’ll do my best to keep you updated on new adventures with race horses.
Photo: clockwise from top left Summer Soiree, Secret Gesture, Princess Sylvia, My Conquestadory
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