Hanging out at the Fasig-Tipton November sale

Grade 2 stakes winner Nefertini raises her head to watch a horserace on the TV.

Here are pictures of a few of the fillies and mares in the Fasig-Tipton November sale, which will be held on November 4th in Lexington, Kentucky. All but Palace Rumor, Rhumb Line, Maid of Heaven, and Inglorious are in the Four Star Sales consignment. Some of the heavy hitters, including dual Breeders’ Cup winner Mizdirection (a Four Star-grad, like Maid of Heaven before her), are scheduled to arrive from California tomorrow.

Palace Rumor is in line for a major catalogue update if her Classic-winning son Palace Malice wins the Breeders’ Cup Classic tonight.

Palace Rumor (hip 119), a daughter of Royal Anthem (grandson of my favorite sire Nureyev), is the dam of 2013 Belmont Stakes winner Palace Malice.

Palace Rumor.

Palace Rumor is clearly thinking, "You have candy in that hand, right?"

Brushed By a Star (hip 11), a Grade 2 winner who sells as a racing or broodmare prospect. Her sire Eddington is the sire of 2013 Breeders' Cup Sprint winner Secret Circle.

Grade 2 winner Disposablepleasure (hip 30), a broodmare prospect.

Disposablepleasure got her name from a Vesper Lynd quote in Casino Royale.

Another Bond-themed horse is stakes-placed More Than Ready filly Skyfall (hip 150).

Two-year-old Bond girl Domino Derval (hip 32), who won a maiden special weight at Belmont since the catalogue.

Maid of Heaven (hip 93), a stakes winner carrying one of the first foals by Belmont Stakes winner Union Rags.

Grade 2 mare Nefertini (hip 111), in foal to Tapit.

Nefertini.

Rhumb Line (hip 134), in foal to Tapit and thus carrying a full sibling to Zazu-G1 and Flashback-G2.

Kathmanblu (hip 84), a Grade 2 winner, in foal to Smart Strike for her first foal.

Canadian champion Inglorious (72), selling as a broodmare prospect.

Havre de Grace and a few other big horses from the Fasig-Tipton sale

Havre de Grace

During Monday’s one-day Fasig-Tipton November sale, the bidding for reigning Horse of the Year Havre de Grace opened at $500,000 before escalating to her final price of $10,000,000, sold to Mandy Pope’s Whisper Hill Farm.

Below are photos of some other horses that attracted interest, while yesterday’s post included Cry and Catch Me ($3.5 million), Zagora ($2.5 million), Contested ($2.3 million), Musical Romance ($1.6 million), and Eden’s Moon ($1.525 million), plus the sale-topping foal, a daughter of Cry and Catch Me sired by Medaglia d’Oro ($620,000).

Broodmare prospect Havre de Grace showing to prospective buyers at the Taylor Made barn.

The 2011 Horse of the Year eventually sold for $10,000,000 to Mandy Pope's Whisper Hill Farm.

Pilfer (by Deputy Minister) sold for $1,950,000 carrying a full sibling to Grade 1 stakes winner To Honor and Serve (by Bernardini). She was purchased by Borges Torrealba Holdings.

Cactus Ridge's Grade 1-winning daughter Hot Cha Cha, carrying her first foal (by Kitten's Joy), was a $1,000,000 sale to Katsumi Yoshida.

Stuart Morris of consignor Dapple Stud feeding Hot Cha Cha an apple.

Brookdale consigned 2012 Derby-Preakness winner I'll Have Another's dam Arch's Gal Edith, a $950,000 RNA in foal to Gio Ponti.

Arch's Gal Edith, by Arch.

Coolmore's M.V. Magnier bought Untouched Talent, the dam of Grade 1 winner Bodemeister. Also consigned by Brookdale, she is in foal to Unbridled's Song and sold  for $5,000,000 -- the second-highest price of the sale. Untouched Talent was a Grade 3 winner by Storm Cat.

Hawk Wing's Grade 1 winner Cambina, a racing or broodmare prospect, was a $590,000 RNA from the Three Chimneys consignment.

Cambina

Dust and Diamonds, second in the Breeders' Cup Filly and Mare Sprint three days earlier, sold through Three Chimneys for $900,000 to Borges Torrealba Holdings.

The evening's most expensive weanling, a Medaglia d'Oro - Cry and Catch Me filly bought out of the Hill 'n' Dale consignment by Waratah Thoroughbreds. (iPhone photo)

Photos from Fasig-Tipton November sale

Zagora, two days after winning the Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Turf.

On the morning of their November sale, a few sights from the Fasig-Tipton sales grounds.

Hip 113, a Hard Spun colt out of Medicinal.

Brushed By a Star, a day after winning the Grade 2 Chilukki S. at Churchill.

Grade 1 winner Cry and Catch Me -- you'd be hard pressed to find a more attractive daughter or son of Street Cry.

Cry and Catch Me's first foal is a gorgeous daughter of Medaglia d'Oro.

Grade 1 winner Eden's Moon.

Multiple stakes-placed Kiss in the Forest, impressive winner of an allowance at Keeneland on October 20th.

Four-time stakes winner Lotta Lovin.

Millionaire Somethinaboutlaura, in foal to Awesome Again.

May Day Rose, the winner of two Grade 3 races this season.

Refugee, the dam of 2012 Grade 1 winner Executiveprivilege.

2011 champion Musical Romance arrives on the sales grounds after a flight from California.

Two-time 2012 Grade 1 winner Contested.

Zagora showing to a potential buyer.

Zagora

Zagora

Top Ten at Fasig-Tipton March Sale

Hip 149, Big Brown - Cool Ghoul colt, getting his whites scrubbed during a bath on the Wednesday before the breeze show.

Yesterday’s Fasig-Tipton sale of two-year-olds in training yielded a few big prices and was headed by a flashy, well-made colt by first-year sire Big Brown. The gorgeous bay out of Cool Ghoul (by Silver Ghost) is a half-brother to Listed stakes winner Dagnabit; a $220,000 yearling, he blossomed into a $1,300,000 juvenile.

A previous blog post had a photo of him as “a handsome Big Brown colt,” being hand-walked the day before the sale horses breezed in front of prospective buyers on March 23rd. You couldn’t walk by this horse without noticing him!

Click here to see timed results from the workouts and here to see prices for all the horses.

Below are photos of the top ten most expensive horses sold.

The '10 Cool Ghoul on Thursday in the Wavertree Stables consignment of Ciaran Dunne.

And on Friday, blazing an eighth down the track in 10.1 seconds.

His fluent, powerful stride caught the eye of Demi O'Byrne, who signed the ticket for $1,300,000.

Hip 96, a Distorted Humor - Secret Thyme colt consigned by Lynne Boutte and sold to John Ferguson for $1,200,000 after working an eighth in 10.1.

Another six-figure two-year-old: hip 51, a Tapit colt out of Liberty Flag consigned by Stephens Thoroughbreds. He was purchased on behalf of Black Rock LLC for $1,000,000 after working in 10.3.

Hip 40, a Bernardini colt out of Jolie Boutique, was bought for $875,000 by John Ferguson out of the Hartley/De Renzo consignment.

This Hard Spun colt out of Lucky Lavender Gal, catalogued as hip 56, was sold by Eddie Woods to John Ferguson for $870,000.

Another from the barn of Eddie Woods, this son of Street Boss and Varnish, hip 123, attracted a bid of $825,000 from agent Steve Young.

This Pike Racing-consigned colt, by Malibu Moon out of Seek to Soar (hip 51), went to John Ferguson for $725,000.

Hip 67, the Lion Heart colt out of Obligation North who sold for $625,000. He changed hands from the consignment of Eddie Woods to trainer Mark Casse.

Sequel Bloodstock sold the only filly in the top ten, this daughter of Bernardini and Runnin Ute. Todd Pletcher purchased hip 91 for $550,000.

Rounding out the ten highest-priced two-year-olds sold was Niall Brennan's hip 93, a colt by Tale of the Cat out of Saratoga Drive. He was bought for $550,000 by F. Thomas Conway.