Our annual special edition takes a look at the marketplace for the upcoming mixed sale season, beginning with the Fasig-Tipton Kentucky fall selected mixed sale on Nov. 9, and the Keeneland November breeding stock sale, beginning Nov. 10.
The Thoroughbred sales calendar turns like a water wheel, with the energy from one season often spilling into the next. A strong 2-year-old market earlier this year was one of the factors credited in fueling a record-setting yearling sale season this summer and fall. Off that, a solid marketplace is expected for the dawning North American mixed sale season, which begins with the Fasig-Tipton Kentucky fall selected mixed sale on Nov. 9, and the Keeneland November breeding stock sale on Nov. 10-19.
Two-time reigning leading sire Into Mischief has made a strong start as a sire of sires, and the popularity of his sons was well in evidence during this breeding season. Now, Into Mischief and his sons will continue to be prominent throughout the November mixed sales.
Following are horses to watch during the Keeneland November breeding stock sale's Book 1 portion, which makes up the sale's opening session on Wednesday, Nov. 10.
The highest-priced horses of the Keeneland November breeding stock sale will most likely emerge from the Book 1 opening session on Nov. 10. But some of the highest intrigue will come during the final horses of racing age session on Nov. 19.
The Fasig-Tipton Kentucky fall selected mixed sale is set to begin at 2 p.m. on Nov. 9 at the company's Newtown Paddocks headquarters in Lexington. The sun is projected to set at 5:30 p.m. And then, the stars will come out.
Following are horses to watch during the Fasig-Tipton Kentucky fall selected mixed sale, to be held the evening of Nov. 9 in Lexington.
Thirty years ago, Dance Smartly, one of the greatest runners produced by the legendary Sam-Son Farm, became the first Canadian-bred runner to win a Breeders' Cup race when she wrapped up an Eclipse Award in the 1991 Distaff. Now, just days before the 2021 Breeders' Cup, the families cultivated by Sam-Son are still prominent, with a descendant of Dance Smartly helping the Fasig-Tipton Kentucky fall yearling sale to a record renewal.
The Fasig-Tipton Kentucky fall yearling sale brought the curtain down on the North American yearling sale season with style, posting record figures across the board as it concluded Thursday evening.
Led by a $925,000 Street Sense colt who tied an all-time record, the Fasig-Tipton Kentucky fall yearling sale's penultimate session on Wednesday pushed the yearling season finale closer to finishing out the calendar with a bang.
