Lifetime Breeding Rights to Sovereignty, Knightsbridge, Nyquist added to Fasig-Tipton November Sale

Lifetime breeding rights to Knightsbridge and Sovereignty, who will stand at stud for the first time in 2027, and the established stallion Nyquist, who through Sunday ranked fourth in the nation in progeny earnings, will be offered at Monday’s Fasig-Tipton November Sale in Lexington, Ky., the auction house announced on Sunday.

The three stallions are based at Darley America in Kentucky.

Sovereignty won Saturday’s Breeders’ Cup Classic at Keeneland in his final race, his eighth victory in 13 starts for Godolphin Racing. A 4-year-old colt by Into Mischief, Sovereignty will stand for $150,000 in 2027.

The winner of the 2025 Kentucky Derby, Sovereignty earned more than $10.5 million under the direction of trainer Bill Mott.

Knightsbridge, also trained by Mott, was third by 2 1/4 lengths in Saturday’s BC Classic. A 5-year-old horse by Nyquist, Knightsbridge also won 8 of 13 starts and earned more than $2.1 million. Knightsbridge, the winner of the Grade 1 Pacific Classic at Del Mar in August, will stand for $75,000.

Nyquist will stand for $225,000 in 2027. Aside from Knightsbridge, Nyquist is the sire of such prominent 2026 runners as Emphatic, who won Friday’s BC Juvenile Fillies, and Nysos, winner of the Grade 1 Metropolitan Mile Handicap at Belmont Park.

Through Sunday, Nyquist’s foals have earned more than $16.8 million this year. Not This Time ranks first with earnings of more than $29.8 million.

The November sale begins at 2 p.m. Eastern on Monday.

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