Breeders' Cup winner Ways and Means tops 'magical' November sale

The 2026 Fasig-Tipton November Sale was held Monday at the Newtown Paddocks in Lexington, Kentucky. The company's flagship selected breeding stock sale, The November Sale returned exceptional results, including a gross of $101,617,000 for 140 horses sold. These included 33 seven-figure fillies and mares, a pair of seven-figure weanlings, and a lifetime breeding right to Horse of the Year and recent Breeders' Cup Classic victor Sovereignty.

Ways and Means (hip 161), fresh off her dominating victory in Saturday's Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Sprint (G1), sold for $5,000,000 to Boyd Racing, Brittany Linton, agent, to top this year's sale. The multiple Grade 1 winner was consigned as a racing/broodmare prospect by ELiTE, agent for owner Klaravich Stable. In addition to her recent Breeders' Cup victory, Ways and Means counts among her six graded stakes wins the Test S. (G1) at three and the Ballerina S. (G1) this year. The five-year-old daughter of Practical Joke has earned $2,157,500 to date.

"It was another remarkable evening for The November Sale," said Fasig-Tipton President Boyd Browning. "There's something magical about trying to get to $100,000,000 for this night. The demand for beautiful horses was extraordinarily strong, whether it happened to be a weanling, a filly or mare coming off the racetrack, or a mare in foal. We're very pleased with the sale."

Amo Racing USA went to $4,200,000 to secure Cy Fair (hip 182), who was consigned as a racing/broodmare prospect by Taylor Made Sales Agency, agent. Cy Fair, who beat males in last year's Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf Sprint (G1) was most recently a gutsy second in this year's Breeders' Cup Turf Sprint (G1). A three-year-old daughter of leading sire Not This Time, Cy Fair has earned $1,199,430 to date.

"She’s sensational," said Kia Joorbachian of Cy Fair. "She was a must-have. I think we will keep racing (her) next year."

Kathrynmarissa (hip 208), coming off her win in the Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Turf (G1), sold for $3,200,000 to Katsumi Yoshida. She was offered as a racing/broodmare prospect by Gainesway, agent. A multiple Grade 1 winner this year, Kathrynmarissa has earned $3,255,745. In a race dominated by Europeans, she is the first U.S.-bred to win the Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Turf since Stephanie's Kitten won the race in 2015.

Multiple Grade 1 stakes winner Scottish Lassie (hip 147) sold for $3,000,000 to Spendthrift Farm from the consignment of Taylor Made Sales Agency, agent. A daughter of McKinzie, Scottish Lassie broke her maiden by 9 lengths in the Frizette S. (G1) at two and went on to win the CCA Oaks (G1) at three by more than 15 lengths – the largest winning margin for that race in nearly 50 years. Consigned as a racing/broodmare prospect, Scottish Lassie has earned $954,510 to date.

"When she went for $3,000,000, I was quite surprised," said Steve Weston of Parkland Thoroughbreds, co-owner of Scottish Lassie. "Quite surprised and very happy. It's been a great couple of years with her."

"There was strong international participation," added Browning, noting that the buying bench included, in addition to North Americans, buyers from Japan, Europe, Australia, and Saudi Arabia. "It all comes back to the quality of the horses you're able to put in front of the men and women sitting in the pavilion and standing out back."

A pair of weanling fillies sold for seven figures to lead the opening section of the sale.

A filly by current leading sire Not This Time (hip 80), the second foal out of stakes winner Feeling Mischief (Into Mischief) sold for $1,150,000 to Caitlin Dunne, agent for Asagi Stables, from the consignment of Taylor Made Sales Agency, agent. The filly hails from the immediate family of Eclipse Champion Three-Year-Old Filly Wait A While. Hip 36 was bred in Kentucky by Feeling Mischief Syndicate.

Dunne, on behalf of the same client, had earlier gone to $1,000,000 to secure a filly by Into Mischief (hip 36) from the consignment of Gainesway, agent. The filly is the first foal out of the graded stakes winning Curlin mare Solo Album, from the family of 2026 Eclipse Champion Turf Female She Feels Pretty. Hip 36 was bred in Kentucky by Payson Stud.

Thirty-three (33) fillies and mares and two weanlings sold for seven figures or more.

A late addition and unique offering to the sale was a lifetime breeding right to this year's impressive Breeders' Cup Classic (G1) winner Sovereignty, which sold for $1,000,000 to White Birch Farm. Last year's Horse of the Year and Champion Three-Year-Old Male, Sovereignty was retired to stud after the Breeders' Cup and will cover mares at Darley America starting in 2027.

A lifetime breeding right to this year’s Pacific Classic S. (G1) winner Knightsbridge sold for $450,000 to Havertz Bloodstock. Knightsbridge will join Sovereignty at Darley America this coming year.

"It's a special night," Browning concluded. "We just feel honored when we get entrusted with these type of horses. We look forward to doing it again in 2027."

Overall, 140 horses sold for $101,617,000, with an average of $725,438. It was the fifth time in the past six years that gross sales exceeded $100,000,000. The median was $360,000, an 11.6% increase over last year's median of $322,500. The RNA rate was 18.6%.

Full results are available online.