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Five Fastest Maidens For The Weeks Of Oct. 19-Nov. 1

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We took a week off due to the Breeders’ Cup and a lack of fast maiden winners, so for this installment we are expanding the rankings from five to six!

6. JACK RILEY, BEL, 10/30-1st, 7 furlongs
Beyer Speed Figure-84 (2nd) (VIDEO)
(c, 3, by Good Magic–Jade Princess, by Tapit)
O-West Paces Racing, Derek Collett and Albert Abdala III. B-Don Alberto Corporation (Ky). T-Ray Handal. J-Dylan Davis.

His was a very interesting debut. After breaking inward into the gate door, the $325,000 yearling buy was shuffled back from his rail position and completely dropped the bit, falling far behind the field while sprayed with kickback. But then he came running again to be second, although well-beaten. He was in regular training in Saratoga last summer before a setback kept him from breezing for almost a year.

5. OUR FOREFATHERS, KEE, 10/24-3rd, 7 furlongs
Beyer Speed Figure-86 (2nd) (VIDEO)
(c, 3, by Constitution–Via Veritas, by Street Sense)
O-C R K Stable. B-Runnymeade Farm, Peter Callahan, Ecurie Loick Fouchet et al (Ky). T-Peter Eurton. J-Jose Ortiz.

Ortiz deserves to be the Eclipse winner for Outstanding Jockey, but he probably wished he had a mulligan for this ride. Our Forefathers broke a bit sluggishly then was steered 4- to 5-wide around the first turn despite trailing the field, made a big premature move to join the leaders at the half-mile pole and rolled past Mr. Tapps (below) to open two lengths in the upper stretch–then predictably ran out of gas as that one came back again. The $1.2-million yearling probably won’t be a maiden for long.

4. MR. TAPPS, KEE, 10/24-3rd, 7 furlongs
Beyer Speed Figure-86 (VIDEO)
(c, 3, by American Pharoah–Sweet Tapper, by Tapit)
O/B-Winchester Place Thoroughbreds (Ky). T-Michael McCarthy. J-John Velazquez.

Mr. Tapps set the pace in the race described above, then gamely came back on Our Forefathers to get the win late in his second start. His stakes-winning and graded-placed dam was originally bought as a yearling for $220,000 by Winchester Place, owned by Lorie Michaels of Minneapolis, then RNA’d for $825,000. She is due a good horse and this one may fit the bill.

Yaqin | Coady Media

3. YAQIN, RP, 10/28-2nd, 6 1/2 furlongs
Beyer Speed Figure-87 (VIDEO)
(g, 4, by Nyquist–Charlatana, by Harlan’s Holiday)
O-Rakoczy Racing. B-Don Alberto Corporation (Ky). T-Justin Evans. J-Tyler Bacon.

Bob Baffert jokingly refers to Evans as the “trash man” because of his willingness to buy well-bred but discounted horses that no longer fit the Hall of Fame trainer’s program. This past summer Donato Lanni phoned Evans asking if he could find a buyer for Yaqin–originally a $525,000 2-year-old of Amr Zedan’s who had proven roguish to the point of being almost untrainable and ran who posted two mediocre races to boot. Evans took on the challenge, got Yaqin back to the races last Wednesday and may have found a stable star. The gelding cruised to a 3-length score with a Beyer figure that has Evans thinking of possible stakes options down the road. Yaqin’s dam is a half-sister to the late graded winner and stallion Laoban.

2. TIA MELANIE, BEL, 10/23-4th, 6 furlongs
Beyer Speed Figure- 90 (VIDEO)
(f, 2, by Upstart–Listen to Libby, by Indian Charlie)
O-Briles Family Stable and Estate of Brereton Jones. B-Estate of Brereton Jones (Ky). T-Miguel Clement. J-Samuel Marin.

After rating just behind slow fractions in her debut, she quickly shot to the lead here and led throughout to win impressively. This race was obviously on dirt, but half-sister Chanteline (Majesticperfection) ended her career with two triple-digit Beyers in turf sprint stakes wins and then was unplaced in the GI Breeders’ Cup Turf Sprint, so grass might be a future option, too.

1. LEGAL GAMBIT, BEL, 10/30-1st, 7 furlongs
Beyer Speed Figure-100 (VIDEO)
(c, 3, by Tiz the Law–Sweet Southern Gal, by Bodemeister)
O-Mike Dubb, Bill Lawrene, The Elkstone Group and William Rucker. B-Billy Crouse (Ky). T-Chad Brown. J-Antonio Fresu.

Out of an unraced half-sister to 2006 Blue Grass Stakes winner Sinister Minister, he brought “only” $140,000 as a Keeneland September yearling then turned in an encouraging third-place finish last summer at Saratoga behind fellow first-timer and ‘TDN Rising Star, presented by Hagyard,’ Ted Noffey (Into Mischief) and despite a very wide trip. After that he disappeared from serious training for a full year, but looked exceptional in his comeback win last Friday.

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$5-Million Ways and Means on Top as Fasig-Tipton November Gross Surpasses $100-Million Again

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by Jessica Martini, Stefanie Grimm, and Christina Bossinakis

LEXINGTON, KY – The Fasig-Tipton November Sale surpassed $100 million in gross sales for the second year in a row and the fifth time in six years when 140 horses grossed $101,617,000 Monday in Lexington. The average of $725,836 dipped slightly from last year’s figure of $739,326, while the median rose 20% to $360,000.

“It was another remarkable evening,” Fasig-Tipton President Boyd Browning, Jr. said at the close of business Monday. “We don’t publically state it, but there is something magical in my mind in trying to get to $100 million for this night. And we achieved that goal again this year. The demand for beautiful horses is extraordinarily strong, whether it happens to be a weanling, a filly or mare coming off the racetrack, or a mare in foal, you cannot appraise a mare that is big and beautiful high enough. If they walk out of the stall and put a grin on your face, they are going to sell extraordinarily well. But we live in a world where there is some selectivity in the market, without any question. Not every horse that went through the ring was met with complete enthusiasm. But overall, we are very, very pleased with the sale.”

Ways and Means (Practical Joke), just two days removed from a devastating victory in the GI Breeders’ Cup F/M Sprint, topped the auction when selling for $5 million to Boyd Racing. The 5-year-old mare, one of 36 to sell for seven figures during the auction, was consigned by Elite. A year ago, 27 horses reached seven figures.

The buying bench at the boutique auction featured significant international participation.

“Our friends from Japan where major participants in the marketplace tonight,” Browning said. “I think we had a little bit more European participation this year than we have had in the past and that was a result of the catalogue. There was a lot of turf influences in the catalogue this year, so it made sense that there would be a little more traction this year for our European buyers. We had participation from Saudis, from Australia, and obviously a lot of American buyers. So it was truly an international smorgasbord of buyers.”

A pair of weanling fillies topped the seven-figure mark Monday and both were purchased by Asagi Stables. A daughter of Not This Time, consigned by Taylor Made Sales Agency, sold for $1.15 million and a filly by Into Mischief consigned by Gainesway sold for $1 million.

“I wouldn’t draw too many conclusions about the overall marketplace because this is such a small sale,” Browning said. “We had 105 foals catalogued, we may have had 85 through the ring. The upper end was phenomenal, supported by some end-users. We had the type of foals this year that the end-users wanted to have. People had a hard time buying those type of yearlings this year, so I think people came in and shopped at the weanling marketplace.”

Reiley McDonald, through his Eaton Sales consignment, sold a weanling filly by Into Mischief for $800,000 Monday.

“I brought her in here to get yearling dollars for her and I’m not sure we did get yearling dollars, but we got a very good price for her,” McDonald said. “She was vetted by about 14 people. $800,000 to a million is a good price.”

Among the weanlings sold by Hunter Valley Monday was a filly by Practical Joke who sold for $530,000.

“It’s been really strong,” Hunter Valley’s Fergus Galvin said. “There were a lot of end-users–maybe thinking they would get a little bit of a bargain compared to the yearling sales. It’s great to see. As always, we are a little skeptical starting off weanling season, but it looked pretty strong.”

Five-Million The Magic Number: Elite Goes For A Consignment Best

As the consignor of the $5-million sales topper and Saturday’s GI Breeders’ Cup Filly & Mare Sprint winner Ways and Means (Practical Joke) (hip 161), Elite Sales already had plenty to celebrate. But by night’s end, a total of five mares from their roster brought seven-figures, a number which Bradley Weisbord believed was a record for the consignment.

“We’re extremely proud, to not only sell Ways and Means, but to sell five million-dollar mares which I believe is a record for our consignment,” said Weisbord, Elite’s Founder and Managing Partner.

A Klaravich Stables homebred, ‘TDN Rising Star, presented by Hagyaard’ Ways and Means was defeated just once in four starts this year and absolutely romped at Keeneland this past Saturday, taking the Filly & Mare Sprint by 6 1/4 lengths. Across a racing career that spanned four years, she was Grade I-placed as a 2-year-old and continued on at that high level, ultimately winning three times at the top level and banking north of $2.15-million on the track. And if a stellar career wasn’t enough, Ways and Means is a half-sister to a pair of classy runners in GISW Surge Capacity (Flintshire {GB}), who sold at this sale in 2024 for $3.6-million, and GSW Highly Motivated (Into Mischief), who stands at Kentucky’s Airdrie Stud. His first crop of 2-year-olds have netted him 12 winners thus far in 2026.

The mare responsible for this trio of talented siblings has twice brought seven-figures through the Fasig-Tipton November ring, first going for $2.15-million in 2023 while carrying to Good Magic and then returning in 2024 where she sold to M.V. Magnier and White Birch Farm for $2.75-million in foal to Into Mischief.

Hip 191 – Fionn | Fasig-Tipton

Boyd Racing’s Brittany Linton, who signed the ticket on the likely Eclipse Award-winning Ways and Means, did not confirm whether she would be retired or would continue to race in 2027.

Joining the $5-million topper for Elite Sales was In Our Time (Not This Time) (hip 203) at $2.5-million to Katsumi Yoshida, Dynamic Pricing (Ire) (Night of Thunder {Ire}) (hip 184) at $2-million to Haruya Yoshida, and Fionn (Twirling Candy) (hip 191) at $1.75-million who sold along with $1-million Everlasting (Ire) (Kingman {GB}) (hip 187) both to Lake Villa Farm. Two of those five mares, Ways and Means and Dynamic Pricing, raced in the red and white silks of Klaravich Stables.

“We’re thankful to all of our owners, especially Klaravich Stables,” Weisbord said. “I think this is their second sales topper [at the Fasig-Tipton November Sale] in the last three years joining McKulick (who sold for $6-million in 2024).”

Ways and Means joins a prestigious list of Elite-consigned mares sold for over $5-million, a list which includes the likes of champions Monomoy Girl (Tapizar) and Tepin (Bernstein).

“Obviously $5-million is a great result and with a mare like [Ways and Means], you always want to have two people hook up and create [a strong bidding environment],” Weisbord said. “I always want to dream a little bigger. That being said, in this marketplace, to sell five mares for over a million dollars, we’re obviously extremely thankful for the support we continue to get and for the show that Fasig-Tipton puts on.”

Of the nine horses in the Elite consignment Monday, only one failed to reach their reserve and Weisbord acknowledged that market trends continued to favor the top-end of the catalogue.

“There’s certainly no shortage of capital. But I think buyers are being more disciplined with how they’re deploying that capital,” Weisbord said. “The demand for elite horses remains quite strong but I think there is a difference between having buyers interested in horses and having buyers willing to stretch [to buy] horses. I was proud of our team to be able to achieve the results we did in this sort of marketplace. I would say that we’re pleased overall with the night. When you put the whole puzzle together [of all five mares], you think ‘this is a pretty picture’. So overall, I think it was an extremely positive night.” –SGrimmTDN

$4.2-Million Cy Fair to Remain in Training for AMO Racing

Cy Fair (Not This Time) (hip 182), just two days removed from a runner-up effort in the GI Breeders’ Cup Turf Sprint, sold for $4.2 million to Kia Joorabchian’s AMO Racing and the 3-year-old filly is expected to remain in training with George Weaver next year.

“We’d think about going to Ascot with her,” bloodstock agent Jaime McCalmont said as Joorabchian celebrated the purchase and agent Ben McElroy signed the ticket on the filly, who was consigned by Taylor Made Sales Agency.

“The other filly [Ways and Means] sold for $5 million, so you’d have to think she’d bring $4 million for sure,” McCalmont said of the team’s expectations for Cy Fair’s price tag. “I think that was as far as we were going to go. We are very happy to have her.”

Cy Fair capped her 2-year-old campaign with a win in the GI Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf Sprint a year ago. She added wins in this year’s GIII Mamazelle Stakes and GIII Coronation Cup before her gritty runner-up effort in Saturday’s Turf Sprint.

“If she can maintain what she’s done already, we’ve got a very nice horse for the racing stable,” McCalmont said. “That’s what we are trying to do. Win big races.”

Asked if the purchase was made with an eye towards the filly eventually joining the operation’s broodmare band, McCalmont said, “I would presume so. They are very hard to get, aren’t they? If you’ve got a Breeders’ Cup winner in your band, it’s pretty good.”

Hip182 – Cy Fair | Fasig-Tipton

Monday’s result capped an emotional journey for owner Reagan Swinbank, who purchased her for $185,000 at the 2025 OBS Spring sale.

“Cy Fair is the horse of a lifetime,” Swinbank said. “Being able to own and campaign her has been so fun. She’s named after my mom’s home town and her high school, my wife was the one who told me to buy her. When we were at OBS and overbudget, my wife said, ‘[G2 Queen Mary Stakes winner] Crimson Advocate is under the second dam and she’s by Not This Time. Just buy her.”

Swinbank eventually added partners Medallion Racing, Joey Platts and Mark Stanton and Cy Fair went on to win $1,199,430 for trainer George Weaver.

“It’s been very emotional,” Swinbank admitted. “I cried Saturday after the race when she fought so hard for second. I cried Sunday when I came here and fed her two peppermints and pet her. And I cried thinking about this moment this morning. But I’m very happy with the sale result. Very happy she’s going to AMO racing. They are obviously a world-class, world-wide operation. I want to watch her run and I want to bet $10,000 on her to win every time she runs.”

Swinbank added, “I am just happy and proud of George Weaver and his team, Maddie Mattmiller and Jake Ballis and their team. The Swinbank Stables team includes those people. I have full faith in those two groups. I don’t express my opinion very often. They do everything and they are right. I am lucky to have really quality people around us, picking and training horses.”

Asked if he planned on returning to the 2-year-old sales to reinvest next spring, Swinbank smiled and said, “We have to turn this money around.”

His wife Kalynn joined in emphatically, “Buy more horses!” @JessMartiniTDN

Breeders’ Cup Winner Kathynmarissa Brings $3.2 Million, Heads to Japan

Led through the ring as the very last offering in the main catalogue, last weekend’s GI Breeders’ Cup Filly & Mare Turf heroine Kathynmarissa (American Pharoah) (Hip 208) realized $3.2 million from Japan’s Katsumi Yoshida. The price was the third highest during Monday’s November sale.

“It was such a good performance, we were very honored to buy her,” said bloodstock agent Shingo Hashimoto. “It was an easy win and it was amazing to be [at Keeneland last weekend]. Very happy [with the purchase].”

How much did the mare’s Breeders’ Cup victory factor into the decision to extend over the $3-million mark?

“That’s a good question,” said Hashimoto. “Of course, that performance made her more attractive to us.”

He added, “[The purchase price] was somewhere within what we expected. But we knew it was going to be tough.”

The 5-year-old was consigned by Gainesway, agent.

According to Hashimoto, Kathynmarissa will be sent to Japan and she will likely be bred to two-time Japanese Horse of the Year Equinox (Jpn), who was inducted into Japan’s Racing Hall of Fame in 2025.

Kathynmarissa, trained by Chad Brown and campaigned by Michael Dubb and Michael Caruso, posted a near-perfect season in 2026, winning four of five starts, while earning $1.98 million.

In addition to the Breeders’ Cup, this season was highlighted by victories in the GI Diana, GII Flower Bowl and GIII Modesty.

Bred by Don Alberto, the Kentucky-bred is out of Chilean Group 1 winner La Dalila (Chi) (Milt’s Overature), who is also responsible for Chilean champion and Group 1 winner La Poetisa (Empire Maker).

Offered at the 2022 Keeneland September Sale, Mathynmarissa brought $200,000.

Yoshida proved busy on Monday securing six head for a gross of $10.9 million. In addition to Kathynmarissa, Yoshida purchased In Our Time (Not This Time) (Hip 203); Fondly (Upstart) (Hip 194); and Gun Song (Gun Runner) (Hip 198). Yoshida also purchased Whiskey Decision (Into Mischief) (Hip 162) and Nooni (Win Win Win) (Hip 127) for $900,000.

Other Japanese connections to make a splash on Monday: Yosuke Imafuku purchased Bottle of Rouge (Vino Rosso) (Hip 172) for $2.2 million, while Haruya Yoshida purchasd Dynamic Pricing (Ire) (Night Of Thunder {Ire}) for an even $2 million.

Shadai Farm also paid $1.5 million for Simply Joking (Practical Joke) (Hip 150). Japanese-based K I Farm also extended to $1.5 million for No Time (Not This Time) (Hip 126).–@CBossTDN

Spendthrift Extends to Cool $3-Million for Scottish Lassie

Well into Monday’s Fasig-Tipton November Sale, Spendthrift Farm outlasted its competitors to secure dual Grade I-winning Scottish Lassie (McKinzie) for $3 million.

Consigned by Taylor Made Sales, Hip 147 was sold on behalf of the partnership of Sportsmen Stable, Parkland Thoroughbreds, Photos Finish, Corms Racing Stable and Jorge Abreu, who also trained the filly.

She was offered as a racing/broodmare prospect.

“She was a very nice physical and she had a wonderful race record, a Classic-type of mare and wonderful pedigree,” said Ned Toffey, who was stationed with the Spendthrift team in Fasig’s buyer’s balcony. “She was really the whole package. We are very excited to have her. ”

Scottish Lassie | Fasig-Tipton

Asked what are the breeding plans for the operation’s newest acquisition, Toffey explained, “She’ll go back to the farm now. We have a variety of options [of who] to breed her to. Certainly there’s always that horse, Into Mischief. So it sort of starts there and then some other options too.”

The winner of the GI Frizette at two, the filly added a victory in the GI CCA Oaks at three. The 4-year-old filly also finished runner-up in both the GI Personal Ensign and GII Shuvee this season.

Scottish Lassie is out of the winning mare Bodebabe (Bodemeister). This is the extended family of Grade I winners Tara’s Tango and Visionaire.

Scottish Lassie, a $50,000 Keeneland September purchase, subsequently brought $85,000 at the OBS March sale in 2024. She passed through the ring unsold at $3.8 million at this venue in 2025.

Scottish Lassie is by McKinzie, who was represented by his third crop in 2026. The dual Grade I winner is also represented by GIWs Baeza, Chancer McPatrick and Hymn.

“We haven’t necessarily had a lot of success with [McKinzie], but Street Sense‘s [influence] is very strong…And I have plenty of respect for McKinzie. Mostly what we like to buy is athletes that have some looks, and the athletic ability is the number one thing. She clearly had that.”

On Monday, Spendthrift also bought Hill ‘n’ Dale’s Hip 174, Cash Call (McKinzie), for $1.35 million. The operation also secured Five G (Vekoma), for $900,000. Offered as Hip 193, the latter mare was consigned by agent Taylor Made Sales.

The filly was bred by Parkland Thoroughbreds, who had retained a 25% stake in the filly until Monday sale.

Parkland, who enjoyed another stellar season in 2025 when  Group 1 winner and Irish Highweight older mare Portuna Fortuna (Ire)–co-owned by Parkland’s principal, Steve Weston, (Caravaggio)–sold for 4.5 million guineas at Tattersalls December last season.

While Scottish Lassie didn’t reach that lofty mark, it certainly wasn’t any less rewarding for Weston.

“Last year, we had another amazing filly, Porta Fortuna [Ire], who we sold [at Tattersalls]. But this is another amazing experience,” said Weston. “I just hope that we can find something else. They’re not easy to find and [Scottish Lassie] was great for us. I’m only sad that she wasn’t able to run in the Breeders’ Cup [this year], but we’ll see in the future. Hopefully, she has some great foals for Spendthrift. And I’m glad she’ll stay in the country so we can go and visit her in the future.”

Weston was also quick to point the filly’s trainer when asked about the Kentucky-bred’s success, and some of the challenges, on the racetrack.

“I’m also extremely happy for Jorge Abreu,” added Weston. He’s a smaller trainer and to get a horse like this, financially, this is really big for him. This money is life-changing for him. So I’m really happy for him. He’s really the reason that she [has achieved this success]. He took care of her for three years with the ups and downs, physically, things that happened. And he did a marvelous job with her and I have to thank him.”–@CBossTDN

Brant Goes to $1 Million for Sovereignty Breeding Right

Peter Brant’s White Birch Farm purchased a lifetime breeding right in Godolphin’s GI Breeders’ Cup Classic winner Sovereignty for $1 million during Monday’s Fasig-Tipton November sale.

“He was one of the best racehorses we’ve seen,” said Alan Quartucci, who signed the ticket on the offering. “We’ve seen him train all year at Payson Park and we watched him run in New York at Saratoga. He is a champion. I think Peter thought it would be a good investment to get in on the ground floor.”

The day after Sovereignty won the Classic Saturday, Darley announced last year’s GI Kentucky Derby winner and reigning Horse of the Year would begin his stud career next season at a fee of $150,000.

Of the seven-figure price for the lifetime breeding right, Quartucci added, “We know what the stud fee is going to be and he is just starting out. So you’re certainly going to have the chance to breed to him for many years, hopefully. And that’s what the price was going to be. I don’t think it was low or too high. It was probably where they expected it to be.”

Three lifetime breeding rights to Darley stallions were offered Monday night. In addition to the breeding right to Sovereignty, Darley offered a lifetime breeding right to GI Pacific Classic winner Knightsbridge, third in Saturday’s Breeders’ Cup Classic, which sold for $450,000 to Havertz Bloodstock. An individual breeding rights holder offered a lifetime breeding right to Nyquist, which RNA’d for $1,275,000. @JessMartiniTDN

Not This Time | Sarah Andrew

‘We Couldn’t Leave Without Them’: Dunne Strikes Early For Pair Of Seven-Figure Weanlings

The battle between Into Mischief and Not This Time extended to the sales ring Monday as a pair of seven-figure fillies by the industry’s top two stallions kicked off the weanling portion of the Fasig-Tipton November Sale with aplomb, selling to Asagi Stables via agent Caitlin Dunne.

Leading the pair was a $1.15-million daughter of Not This Time (hip 80), consigned by Taylor Made Sales. Out of the stakes-winning mare Feeling Mischief, this filly traces back to a champion 3-year-old filly in Wait A While (Maria’s Mon).

“With the Not This Time, her and the Into Mischief that we were able to get, they were just so impressive from the minute they walked out,” Dunne said. “They both had the athleticism that we’re looking for, good size, good brains it seems like. And yeah, we saw them and as Wesley [Ward] likes to say, couldn’t leave without them. So yeah, very happy.”

Both fillies will join the racing roster of Asagi Stables, a relatively new operation whose team currently includes promising juvenile colt, and fellow seven-figure purchase, Showa (Constitution), who won at Keeneland on Oct. 15. Asagi concluded its evening by purchasing the Violence mare Murky (hip 122) who sold in foal to Nyquist.

“We’ve really been trying, especially with Asagi Stables, to get some more two-turn dirt-type horses. Obviously Into Mischief and Not This Time can really get you anything. And we would hope that they are those champion-type fillies and we’ll just see what they want to be. But we are kind of taking a swing at the longer distances as well as the sprints.”

Dunne acknowledge that a strong yearling market encouraged her connections to strike earlier and be assertive about buying weanlings, saying, “I think one conversation we’ve had kind of collectively on our team is as strong as the yearling market is, if we can buy some weanlings here, that we’ve seen how strong it can be as yearlings. They’re paying two, three million dollars for nice horses. If we can try and get them here beforehand, get them on our program early, that was really our goal to take a couple of big swings and we love to do it at Fasig-Tipton.”

Slightly earlier in the session, a daughter of Into Mischief (hip 36) brought an even $1-million, the first seven-figure weanling sold at the sale since 2022. This filly, along with her Not This Time new-stablemate, will be trained by Wesley Ward after being given some time to grow up.

“They’ll just get to go to the farm, hang out, be kids for a bit.,” Dunan said. “And then this time next year, we’ll get them under saddle. Asagi Stables is relatively new, but he’s already got a horse on the very early [Kentucky Derby] trail so we’re very excited for that.”

For a seven-figure weanling, Dunne admitted there was plenty to like, saying, “She just had a walk that with purpose. That was what my client said when he saw her, ‘walks with a purpose’. And she really did move like a cat. She seemed very smart. Every time we saw her, she showed the exact same way and just stood like a statue. For such a young horse, she was all there.”

Solo Album, who was purchased by Payson Stud for $800,000 out of this same sale two years back, boards at Gainesway, who consigned this filly.

“She was born and raised at Gainesway,” said the farm’s general manager Brian Graves. “We’re neighbors with Payson Park and we keep their mares for them and have a nice partnership with them.”

This early February-born filly, who counts 2025 Eclipse-winning turf female She Feels Pretty (Karakontie {Jpn}) as an extended family, stood out from the start.

“She was an obvious kind to sell early,” Graves said. “She’s mature and precocious. We were hoping she was a seven-figure filly. She was a really nice filly. The owners reserved her at $600,000 and there was plenty of open bidding on her. Into Mischief averages about $600,000 for his [weanling] fillies, so I think that was really a fair price.”

Monday marked the second year in a row that a Payson Park-bred, Gainesway-consigned weanling sold well at the Fasig-Tipton November Sale, with a Justify colt bringing a weanling-best $800,000 last year. That colt was out of Summer Sweet, a More Than Ready half-sister to this filly’s dam, Solo Album.

When asked what appealed about pointing this filly to Fasig-Tipton on Monday, Graves had a more-than-appropriate response.

“It’s the night of the stars!” -@SGrimmTDN

Ned Toffey | Fasig-Tipton

Breeders’ Cup Mile Winner Further Ado’s Plans…Still Pending

Originally earmarked for retirement to the breeding shed prior to the World Championships at Keeneland, a 4-year-old campaign for Further Ado (Gun Runner) got a solid shot in the arm when the colt took down last weekend’s GI Breeders’ Cup Mile as the even-money choice.

An earner of over $1.8 million this season, the Spendthrift Farm runner appeared to be just hitting his best stride as his 2026 campaign came to a close.

Asked about the possibility of bringing him back in 2027, Spendthrift’s Ned Toffey wouldn’t confirm, however, he offered a compelling argument to keep the colt in training after the Kentucky-bred’s thrilling seasonal closer at Keeneland.

“We had announced [his retirement]. But he’s just doing so well,” said Toffey. “He’s put on weight this fall and certainly there’s a logic that says, off of a win like [the Breeders’ Cup], you come to stud with a lot of momentum and that makes all the sense in the world. At the same time, he’s our horse. We paid $550,000 [at OBS April] for him. He’s already paid for himself. We don’t have a big hole to climb out of with him.”

He added, ‘”As a Gun Runner, there’s some thought that he may get better as a 4 year old. And certainly the way he’s improved through the year, I think that’s great. And when I say improved, I say physically. He’s thrived physically in training. And so it’s very tempting to go on and try to have some fun with him and maybe even bolster that resume that much more next year, for sure.”

So can racing expect to see Further Ado return next season?

Toffey, with a smile, answered in succinct fashion.

“We’ll see.”-@CBossTDN

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Five Fastest Maidens For The Weeks Of Oct. 19-Nov. 1

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We took a week off due to the Breeders’ Cup and a lack of fast maiden winners, so for this installment we are expanding the rankings from five to six!

6. JACK RILEY, BEL, 10/30-1st, 7 furlongs
Beyer Speed Figure-84 (2nd) (VIDEO)
(c, 3, by Good Magic–Jade Princess, by Tapit)
O-West Paces Racing, Derek Collett and Albert Abdala III. B-Don Alberto Corporation (Ky). T-Ray Handal. J-Dylan Davis.

His was a very interesting debut. After breaking inward into the gate door, the $325,000 yearling buy was shuffled back from his rail position and completely dropped the bit, falling far behind the field while sprayed with kickback. But then he came running again to be second, although well-beaten. He was in regular training in Saratoga last summer before a setback kept him from breezing for almost a year.

5. OUR FOREFATHERS, KEE, 10/24-3rd, 7 furlongs
Beyer Speed Figure-86 (2nd) (VIDEO)
(c, 3, by Constitution–Via Veritas, by Street Sense)
O-C R K Stable. B-Runnymeade Farm, Peter Callahan, Ecurie Loick Fouchet et al (Ky). T-Peter Eurton. J-Jose Ortiz.

Ortiz deserves to be the Eclipse winner for Outstanding Jockey, but he probably wished he had a mulligan for this ride. Our Forefathers broke a bit sluggishly then was steered 4- to 5-wide around the first turn despite trailing the field, made a big premature move to join the leaders at the half-mile pole and rolled past Mr. Tapps (below) to open two lengths in the upper stretch–then predictably ran out of gas as that one came back again. The $1.2-million yearling probably won’t be a maiden for long.

4. MR. TAPPS, KEE, 10/24-3rd, 7 furlongs
Beyer Speed Figure-86 (VIDEO)
(c, 3, by American Pharoah–Sweet Tapper, by Tapit)
O/B-Winchester Place Thoroughbreds (Ky). T-Michael McCarthy. J-John Velazquez.

Mr. Tapps set the pace in the race described above, then gamely came back on Our Forefathers to get the win late in his second start. His stakes-winning and graded-placed dam was originally bought as a yearling for $220,000 by Winchester Place, owned by Lorie Michaels of Minneapolis, then RNA’d for $825,000. She is due a good horse and this one may fit the bill.

Yaqin | Coady Media

3. YAQIN, RP, 10/28-2nd, 6 1/2 furlongs
Beyer Speed Figure-87 (VIDEO)
(g, 4, by Nyquist–Charlatana, by Harlan’s Holiday)
O-Rakoczy Racing. B-Don Alberto Corporation (Ky). T-Justin Evans. J-Tyler Bacon.

Bob Baffert jokingly refers to Evans as the “trash man” because of his willingness to buy well-bred but discounted horses that no longer fit the Hall of Fame trainer’s program. This past summer Donato Lanni phoned Evans asking if he could find a buyer for Yaqin–originally a $525,000 2-year-old of Amr Zedan’s who had proven roguish to the point of being almost untrainable and ran who posted two mediocre races to boot. Evans took on the challenge, got Yaqin back to the races last Wednesday and may have found a stable star. The gelding cruised to a 3-length score with a Beyer figure that has Evans thinking of possible stakes options down the road. Yaqin’s dam is a half-sister to the late graded winner and stallion Laoban.

2. TIA MELANIE, BEL, 10/23-4th, 6 furlongs
Beyer Speed Figure- 90 (VIDEO)
(f, 2, by Upstart–Listen to Libby, by Indian Charlie)
O-Briles Family Stable and Estate of Brereton Jones. B-Estate of Brereton Jones (Ky). T-Miguel Clement. J-Samuel Marin.

After rating just behind slow fractions in her debut, she quickly shot to the lead here and led throughout to win impressively. This race was obviously on dirt, but half-sister Chanteline (Majesticperfection) ended her career with two triple-digit Beyers in turf sprint stakes wins and then was unplaced in the GI Breeders’ Cup Turf Sprint, so grass might be a future option, too.

1. LEGAL GAMBIT, BEL, 10/30-1st, 7 furlongs
Beyer Speed Figure-100 (VIDEO)
(c, 3, by Tiz the Law–Sweet Southern Gal, by Bodemeister)
O-Mike Dubb, Bill Lawrene, The Elkstone Group and William Rucker. B-Billy Crouse (Ky). T-Chad Brown. J-Antonio Fresu.

Out of an unraced half-sister to 2006 Blue Grass Stakes winner Sinister Minister, he brought “only” $140,000 as a Keeneland September yearling then turned in an encouraging third-place finish last summer at Saratoga behind fellow first-timer and ‘TDN Rising Star, presented by Hagyard,’ Ted Noffey (Into Mischief) and despite a very wide trip. After that he disappeared from serious training for a full year, but looked exceptional in his comeback win last Friday.

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$5-Million Ways and Means on Top as Fasig-Tipton November Gross Surpasses $100-Million Again

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by Jessica Martini, Stefanie Grimm, and Christina Bossinakis

LEXINGTON, KY – The Fasig-Tipton November Sale surpassed $100 million in gross sales for the second year in a row and the fifth time in six years when 140 horses grossed $101,617,000 Monday in Lexington. The average of $725,836 dipped slightly from last year’s figure of $739,326, while the median rose 20% to $360,000.

“It was another remarkable evening,” Fasig-Tipton President Boyd Browning, Jr. said at the close of business Monday. “We don’t publically state it, but there is something magical in my mind in trying to get to $100 million for this night. And we achieved that goal again this year. The demand for beautiful horses is extraordinarily strong, whether it happens to be a weanling, a filly or mare coming off the racetrack, or a mare in foal, you cannot appraise a mare that is big and beautiful high enough. If they walk out of the stall and put a grin on your face, they are going to sell extraordinarily well. But we live in a world where there is some selectivity in the market, without any question. Not every horse that went through the ring was met with complete enthusiasm. But overall, we are very, very pleased with the sale.”

Ways and Means (Practical Joke), just two days removed from a devastating victory in the GI Breeders’ Cup F/M Sprint, topped the auction when selling for $5 million to Boyd Racing. The 5-year-old mare, one of 36 to sell for seven figures during the auction, was consigned by Elite. A year ago, 27 horses reached seven figures.

The buying bench at the boutique auction featured significant international participation.

“Our friends from Japan where major participants in the marketplace tonight,” Browning said. “I think we had a little bit more European participation this year than we have had in the past and that was a result of the catalogue. There was a lot of turf influences in the catalogue this year, so it made sense that there would be a little more traction this year for our European buyers. We had participation from Saudis, from Australia, and obviously a lot of American buyers. So it was truly an international smorgasbord of buyers.”

A pair of weanling fillies topped the seven-figure mark Monday and both were purchased by Asagi Stables. A daughter of Not This Time, consigned by Taylor Made Sales Agency, sold for $1.15 million and a filly by Into Mischief consigned by Gainesway sold for $1 million.

“I wouldn’t draw too many conclusions about the overall marketplace because this is such a small sale,” Browning said. “We had 105 foals catalogued, we may have had 85 through the ring. The upper end was phenomenal, supported by some end-users. We had the type of foals this year that the end-users wanted to have. People had a hard time buying those type of yearlings this year, so I think people came in and shopped at the weanling marketplace.”

Reiley McDonald, through his Eaton Sales consignment, sold a weanling filly by Into Mischief for $800,000 Monday.

“I brought her in here to get yearling dollars for her and I’m not sure we did get yearling dollars, but we got a very good price for her,” McDonald said. “She was vetted by about 14 people. $800,000 to a million is a good price.”

Among the weanlings sold by Hunter Valley Monday was a filly by Practical Joke who sold for $530,000.

“It’s been really strong,” Hunter Valley’s Fergus Galvin said. “There were a lot of end-users–maybe thinking they would get a little bit of a bargain compared to the yearling sales. It’s great to see. As always, we are a little skeptical starting off weanling season, but it looked pretty strong.”

Five-Million The Magic Number: Elite Goes For A Consignment Best

As the consignor of the $5-million sales topper and Saturday’s GI Breeders’ Cup Filly & Mare Sprint winner Ways and Means (Practical Joke) (hip 161), Elite Sales already had plenty to celebrate. But by night’s end, a total of five mares from their roster brought seven-figures, a number which Bradley Weisbord believed was a record for the consignment.

“We’re extremely proud, to not only sell Ways and Means, but to sell five million-dollar mares which I believe is a record for our consignment,” said Weisbord, Elite’s Founder and Managing Partner.

A Klaravich Stables homebred, ‘TDN Rising Star, presented by Hagyaard’ Ways and Means was defeated just once in four starts this year and absolutely romped at Keeneland this past Saturday, taking the Filly & Mare Sprint by 6 1/4 lengths. Across a racing career that spanned four years, she was Grade I-placed as a 2-year-old and continued on at that high level, ultimately winning three times at the top level and banking north of $2.15-million on the track. And if a stellar career wasn’t enough, Ways and Means is a half-sister to a pair of classy runners in GISW Surge Capacity (Flintshire {GB}), who sold at this sale in 2024 for $3.6-million, and GSW Highly Motivated (Into Mischief), who stands at Kentucky’s Airdrie Stud. His first crop of 2-year-olds have netted him 12 winners thus far in 2026.

The mare responsible for this trio of talented siblings has twice brought seven-figures through the Fasig-Tipton November ring, first going for $2.15-million in 2023 while carrying to Good Magic and then returning in 2024 where she sold to M.V. Magnier and White Birch Farm for $2.75-million in foal to Into Mischief.

Hip 191 – Fionn | Fasig-Tipton

Boyd Racing’s Brittany Linton, who signed the ticket on the likely Eclipse Award-winning Ways and Means, did not confirm whether she would be retired or would continue to race in 2027.

Joining the $5-million topper for Elite Sales was In Our Time (Not This Time) (hip 203) at $2.5-million to Katsumi Yoshida, Dynamic Pricing (Ire) (Night of Thunder {Ire}) (hip 184) at $2-million to Haruya Yoshida, and Fionn (Twirling Candy) (hip 191) at $1.75-million who sold along with $1-million Everlasting (Ire) (Kingman {GB}) (hip 187) both to Lake Villa Farm. Two of those five mares, Ways and Means and Dynamic Pricing, raced in the red and white silks of Klaravich Stables.

“We’re thankful to all of our owners, especially Klaravich Stables,” Weisbord said. “I think this is their second sales topper [at the Fasig-Tipton November Sale] in the last three years joining McKulick (who sold for $6-million in 2024).”

Ways and Means joins a prestigious list of Elite-consigned mares sold for over $5-million, a list which includes the likes of champions Monomoy Girl (Tapizar) and Tepin (Bernstein).

“Obviously $5-million is a great result and with a mare like [Ways and Means], you always want to have two people hook up and create [a strong bidding environment],” Weisbord said. “I always want to dream a little bigger. That being said, in this marketplace, to sell five mares for over a million dollars, we’re obviously extremely thankful for the support we continue to get and for the show that Fasig-Tipton puts on.”

Of the nine horses in the Elite consignment Monday, only one failed to reach their reserve and Weisbord acknowledged that market trends continued to favor the top-end of the catalogue.

“There’s certainly no shortage of capital. But I think buyers are being more disciplined with how they’re deploying that capital,” Weisbord said. “The demand for elite horses remains quite strong but I think there is a difference between having buyers interested in horses and having buyers willing to stretch [to buy] horses. I was proud of our team to be able to achieve the results we did in this sort of marketplace. I would say that we’re pleased overall with the night. When you put the whole puzzle together [of all five mares], you think ‘this is a pretty picture’. So overall, I think it was an extremely positive night.” –SGrimmTDN

$4.2-Million Cy Fair to Remain in Training for AMO Racing

Cy Fair (Not This Time) (hip 182), just two days removed from a runner-up effort in the GI Breeders’ Cup Turf Sprint, sold for $4.2 million to Kia Joorabchian’s AMO Racing and the 3-year-old filly is expected to remain in training with George Weaver next year.

“We’d think about going to Ascot with her,” bloodstock agent Jaime McCalmont said as Joorabchian celebrated the purchase and agent Ben McElroy signed the ticket on the filly, who was consigned by Taylor Made Sales Agency.

“The other filly [Ways and Means] sold for $5 million, so you’d have to think she’d bring $4 million for sure,” McCalmont said of the team’s expectations for Cy Fair’s price tag. “I think that was as far as we were going to go. We are very happy to have her.”

Cy Fair capped her 2-year-old campaign with a win in the GI Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf Sprint a year ago. She added wins in this year’s GIII Mamazelle Stakes and GIII Coronation Cup before her gritty runner-up effort in Saturday’s Turf Sprint.

“If she can maintain what she’s done already, we’ve got a very nice horse for the racing stable,” McCalmont said. “That’s what we are trying to do. Win big races.”

Asked if the purchase was made with an eye towards the filly eventually joining the operation’s broodmare band, McCalmont said, “I would presume so. They are very hard to get, aren’t they? If you’ve got a Breeders’ Cup winner in your band, it’s pretty good.”

Hip182 – Cy Fair | Fasig-Tipton

Monday’s result capped an emotional journey for owner Reagan Swinbank, who purchased her for $185,000 at the 2025 OBS Spring sale.

“Cy Fair is the horse of a lifetime,” Swinbank said. “Being able to own and campaign her has been so fun. She’s named after my mom’s home town and her high school, my wife was the one who told me to buy her. When we were at OBS and overbudget, my wife said, ‘[G2 Queen Mary Stakes winner] Crimson Advocate is under the second dam and she’s by Not This Time. Just buy her.”

Swinbank eventually added partners Medallion Racing, Joey Platts and Mark Stanton and Cy Fair went on to win $1,199,430 for trainer George Weaver.

“It’s been very emotional,” Swinbank admitted. “I cried Saturday after the race when she fought so hard for second. I cried Sunday when I came here and fed her two peppermints and pet her. And I cried thinking about this moment this morning. But I’m very happy with the sale result. Very happy she’s going to AMO racing. They are obviously a world-class, world-wide operation. I want to watch her run and I want to bet $10,000 on her to win every time she runs.”

Swinbank added, “I am just happy and proud of George Weaver and his team, Maddie Mattmiller and Jake Ballis and their team. The Swinbank Stables team includes those people. I have full faith in those two groups. I don’t express my opinion very often. They do everything and they are right. I am lucky to have really quality people around us, picking and training horses.”

Asked if he planned on returning to the 2-year-old sales to reinvest next spring, Swinbank smiled and said, “We have to turn this money around.”

His wife Kalynn joined in emphatically, “Buy more horses!” @JessMartiniTDN

Breeders’ Cup Winner Kathynmarissa Brings $3.2 Million, Heads to Japan

Led through the ring as the very last offering in the main catalogue, last weekend’s GI Breeders’ Cup Filly & Mare Turf heroine Kathynmarissa (American Pharoah) (Hip 208) realized $3.2 million from Japan’s Katsumi Yoshida. The price was the third highest during Monday’s November sale.

“It was such a good performance, we were very honored to buy her,” said bloodstock agent Shingo Hashimoto. “It was an easy win and it was amazing to be [at Keeneland last weekend]. Very happy [with the purchase].”

How much did the mare’s Breeders’ Cup victory factor into the decision to extend over the $3-million mark?

“That’s a good question,” said Hashimoto. “Of course, that performance made her more attractive to us.”

He added, “[The purchase price] was somewhere within what we expected. But we knew it was going to be tough.”

The 5-year-old was consigned by Gainesway, agent.

According to Hashimoto, Kathynmarissa will be sent to Japan and she will likely be bred to two-time Japanese Horse of the Year Equinox (Jpn), who was inducted into Japan’s Racing Hall of Fame in 2025.

Kathynmarissa, trained by Chad Brown and campaigned by Michael Dubb and Michael Caruso, posted a near-perfect season in 2026, winning four of five starts, while earning $1.98 million.

In addition to the Breeders’ Cup, this season was highlighted by victories in the GI Diana, GII Flower Bowl and GIII Modesty.

Bred by Don Alberto, the Kentucky-bred is out of Chilean Group 1 winner La Dalila (Chi) (Milt’s Overature), who is also responsible for Chilean champion and Group 1 winner La Poetisa (Empire Maker).

Offered at the 2022 Keeneland September Sale, Mathynmarissa brought $200,000.

Yoshida proved busy on Monday securing six head for a gross of $10.9 million. In addition to Kathynmarissa, Yoshida purchased In Our Time (Not This Time) (Hip 203); Fondly (Upstart) (Hip 194); and Gun Song (Gun Runner) (Hip 198). Yoshida also purchased Whiskey Decision (Into Mischief) (Hip 162) and Nooni (Win Win Win) (Hip 127) for $900,000.

Other Japanese connections to make a splash on Monday: Yosuke Imafuku purchased Bottle of Rouge (Vino Rosso) (Hip 172) for $2.2 million, while Haruya Yoshida purchasd Dynamic Pricing (Ire) (Night Of Thunder {Ire}) for an even $2 million.

Shadai Farm also paid $1.5 million for Simply Joking (Practical Joke) (Hip 150). Japanese-based K I Farm also extended to $1.5 million for No Time (Not This Time) (Hip 126).–@CBossTDN

Spendthrift Extends to Cool $3-Million for Scottish Lassie

Well into Monday’s Fasig-Tipton November Sale, Spendthrift Farm outlasted its competitors to secure dual Grade I-winning Scottish Lassie (McKinzie) for $3 million.

Consigned by Taylor Made Sales, Hip 147 was sold on behalf of the partnership of Sportsmen Stable, Parkland Thoroughbreds, Photos Finish, Corms Racing Stable and Jorge Abreu, who also trained the filly.

She was offered as a racing/broodmare prospect.

“She was a very nice physical and she had a wonderful race record, a Classic-type of mare and wonderful pedigree,” said Ned Toffey, who was stationed with the Spendthrift team in Fasig’s buyer’s balcony. “She was really the whole package. We are very excited to have her. ”

Scottish Lassie | Fasig-Tipton

Asked what are the breeding plans for the operation’s newest acquisition, Toffey explained, “She’ll go back to the farm now. We have a variety of options [of who] to breed her to. Certainly there’s always that horse, Into Mischief. So it sort of starts there and then some other options too.”

The winner of the GI Frizette at two, the filly added a victory in the GI CCA Oaks at three. The 4-year-old filly also finished runner-up in both the GI Personal Ensign and GII Shuvee this season.

Scottish Lassie is out of the winning mare Bodebabe (Bodemeister). This is the extended family of Grade I winners Tara’s Tango and Visionaire.

Scottish Lassie, a $50,000 Keeneland September purchase, subsequently brought $85,000 at the OBS March sale in 2024. She passed through the ring unsold at $3.8 million at this venue in 2025.

Scottish Lassie is by McKinzie, who was represented by his third crop in 2026. The dual Grade I winner is also represented by GIWs Baeza, Chancer McPatrick and Hymn.

“We haven’t necessarily had a lot of success with [McKinzie], but Street Sense‘s [influence] is very strong…And I have plenty of respect for McKinzie. Mostly what we like to buy is athletes that have some looks, and the athletic ability is the number one thing. She clearly had that.”

On Monday, Spendthrift also bought Hill ‘n’ Dale’s Hip 174, Cash Call (McKinzie), for $1.35 million. The operation also secured Five G (Vekoma), for $900,000. Offered as Hip 193, the latter mare was consigned by agent Taylor Made Sales.

The filly was bred by Parkland Thoroughbreds, who had retained a 25% stake in the filly until Monday sale.

Parkland, who enjoyed another stellar season in 2025 when  Group 1 winner and Irish Highweight older mare Portuna Fortuna (Ire)–co-owned by Parkland’s principal, Steve Weston, (Caravaggio)–sold for 4.5 million guineas at Tattersalls December last season.

While Scottish Lassie didn’t reach that lofty mark, it certainly wasn’t any less rewarding for Weston.

“Last year, we had another amazing filly, Porta Fortuna [Ire], who we sold [at Tattersalls]. But this is another amazing experience,” said Weston. “I just hope that we can find something else. They’re not easy to find and [Scottish Lassie] was great for us. I’m only sad that she wasn’t able to run in the Breeders’ Cup [this year], but we’ll see in the future. Hopefully, she has some great foals for Spendthrift. And I’m glad she’ll stay in the country so we can go and visit her in the future.”

Weston was also quick to point the filly’s trainer when asked about the Kentucky-bred’s success, and some of the challenges, on the racetrack.

“I’m also extremely happy for Jorge Abreu,” added Weston. He’s a smaller trainer and to get a horse like this, financially, this is really big for him. This money is life-changing for him. So I’m really happy for him. He’s really the reason that she [has achieved this success]. He took care of her for three years with the ups and downs, physically, things that happened. And he did a marvelous job with her and I have to thank him.”–@CBossTDN

Brant Goes to $1 Million for Sovereignty Breeding Right

Peter Brant’s White Birch Farm purchased a lifetime breeding right in Godolphin’s GI Breeders’ Cup Classic winner Sovereignty for $1 million during Monday’s Fasig-Tipton November sale.

“He was one of the best racehorses we’ve seen,” said Alan Quartucci, who signed the ticket on the offering. “We’ve seen him train all year at Payson Park and we watched him run in New York at Saratoga. He is a champion. I think Peter thought it would be a good investment to get in on the ground floor.”

The day after Sovereignty won the Classic Saturday, Darley announced last year’s GI Kentucky Derby winner and reigning Horse of the Year would begin his stud career next season at a fee of $150,000.

Of the seven-figure price for the lifetime breeding right, Quartucci added, “We know what the stud fee is going to be and he is just starting out. So you’re certainly going to have the chance to breed to him for many years, hopefully. And that’s what the price was going to be. I don’t think it was low or too high. It was probably where they expected it to be.”

Three lifetime breeding rights to Darley stallions were offered Monday night. In addition to the breeding right to Sovereignty, Darley offered a lifetime breeding right to GI Pacific Classic winner Knightsbridge, third in Saturday’s Breeders’ Cup Classic, which sold for $450,000 to Havertz Bloodstock. An individual breeding rights holder offered a lifetime breeding right to Nyquist, which RNA’d for $1,275,000. @JessMartiniTDN

Not This Time | Sarah Andrew

‘We Couldn’t Leave Without Them’: Dunne Strikes Early For Pair Of Seven-Figure Weanlings

The battle between Into Mischief and Not This Time extended to the sales ring Monday as a pair of seven-figure fillies by the industry’s top two stallions kicked off the weanling portion of the Fasig-Tipton November Sale with aplomb, selling to Asagi Stables via agent Caitlin Dunne.

Leading the pair was a $1.15-million daughter of Not This Time (hip 80), consigned by Taylor Made Sales. Out of the stakes-winning mare Feeling Mischief, this filly traces back to a champion 3-year-old filly in Wait A While (Maria’s Mon).

“With the Not This Time, her and the Into Mischief that we were able to get, they were just so impressive from the minute they walked out,” Dunne said. “They both had the athleticism that we’re looking for, good size, good brains it seems like. And yeah, we saw them and as Wesley [Ward] likes to say, couldn’t leave without them. So yeah, very happy.”

Both fillies will join the racing roster of Asagi Stables, a relatively new operation whose team currently includes promising juvenile colt, and fellow seven-figure purchase, Showa (Constitution), who won at Keeneland on Oct. 15. Asagi concluded its evening by purchasing the Violence mare Murky (hip 122) who sold in foal to Nyquist.

“We’ve really been trying, especially with Asagi Stables, to get some more two-turn dirt-type horses. Obviously Into Mischief and Not This Time can really get you anything. And we would hope that they are those champion-type fillies and we’ll just see what they want to be. But we are kind of taking a swing at the longer distances as well as the sprints.”

Dunne acknowledge that a strong yearling market encouraged her connections to strike earlier and be assertive about buying weanlings, saying, “I think one conversation we’ve had kind of collectively on our team is as strong as the yearling market is, if we can buy some weanlings here, that we’ve seen how strong it can be as yearlings. They’re paying two, three million dollars for nice horses. If we can try and get them here beforehand, get them on our program early, that was really our goal to take a couple of big swings and we love to do it at Fasig-Tipton.”

Slightly earlier in the session, a daughter of Into Mischief (hip 36) brought an even $1-million, the first seven-figure weanling sold at the sale since 2022. This filly, along with her Not This Time new-stablemate, will be trained by Wesley Ward after being given some time to grow up.

“They’ll just get to go to the farm, hang out, be kids for a bit.,” Dunan said. “And then this time next year, we’ll get them under saddle. Asagi Stables is relatively new, but he’s already got a horse on the very early [Kentucky Derby] trail so we’re very excited for that.”

For a seven-figure weanling, Dunne admitted there was plenty to like, saying, “She just had a walk that with purpose. That was what my client said when he saw her, ‘walks with a purpose’. And she really did move like a cat. She seemed very smart. Every time we saw her, she showed the exact same way and just stood like a statue. For such a young horse, she was all there.”

Solo Album, who was purchased by Payson Stud for $800,000 out of this same sale two years back, boards at Gainesway, who consigned this filly.

“She was born and raised at Gainesway,” said the farm’s general manager Brian Graves. “We’re neighbors with Payson Park and we keep their mares for them and have a nice partnership with them.”

This early February-born filly, who counts 2025 Eclipse-winning turf female She Feels Pretty (Karakontie {Jpn}) as an extended family, stood out from the start.

“She was an obvious kind to sell early,” Graves said. “She’s mature and precocious. We were hoping she was a seven-figure filly. She was a really nice filly. The owners reserved her at $600,000 and there was plenty of open bidding on her. Into Mischief averages about $600,000 for his [weanling] fillies, so I think that was really a fair price.”

Monday marked the second year in a row that a Payson Park-bred, Gainesway-consigned weanling sold well at the Fasig-Tipton November Sale, with a Justify colt bringing a weanling-best $800,000 last year. That colt was out of Summer Sweet, a More Than Ready half-sister to this filly’s dam, Solo Album.

When asked what appealed about pointing this filly to Fasig-Tipton on Monday, Graves had a more-than-appropriate response.

“It’s the night of the stars!” -@SGrimmTDN

Ned Toffey | Fasig-Tipton

Breeders’ Cup Mile Winner Further Ado’s Plans…Still Pending

Originally earmarked for retirement to the breeding shed prior to the World Championships at Keeneland, a 4-year-old campaign for Further Ado (Gun Runner) got a solid shot in the arm when the colt took down last weekend’s GI Breeders’ Cup Mile as the even-money choice.

An earner of over $1.8 million this season, the Spendthrift Farm runner appeared to be just hitting his best stride as his 2026 campaign came to a close.

Asked about the possibility of bringing him back in 2027, Spendthrift’s Ned Toffey wouldn’t confirm, however, he offered a compelling argument to keep the colt in training after the Kentucky-bred’s thrilling seasonal closer at Keeneland.

“We had announced [his retirement]. But he’s just doing so well,” said Toffey. “He’s put on weight this fall and certainly there’s a logic that says, off of a win like [the Breeders’ Cup], you come to stud with a lot of momentum and that makes all the sense in the world. At the same time, he’s our horse. We paid $550,000 [at OBS April] for him. He’s already paid for himself. We don’t have a big hole to climb out of with him.”

He added, ‘”As a Gun Runner, there’s some thought that he may get better as a 4 year old. And certainly the way he’s improved through the year, I think that’s great. And when I say improved, I say physically. He’s thrived physically in training. And so it’s very tempting to go on and try to have some fun with him and maybe even bolster that resume that much more next year, for sure.”

So can racing expect to see Further Ado return next season?

Toffey, with a smile, answered in succinct fashion.

“We’ll see.”-@CBossTDN

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