Midnight Bisou, the favorite for today's Breeders' Cup Distaff, will be withdrawn from next week's Fasig-Tipton Kentucky fall selected mixed sale and will continue to race in 2020, majority owner Jeff Bloom said Saturday morning.
Broodmares and prospects, weanlings, and additional racing prospects or stallion prospects will be showcased in Kentucky's major mixed auctions in November, with the Fasig-Tipton Kentucky fall selected mixed sale set for Nov. 5 and the Keeneland November breeding stock sale beginning its run Nov. 6. Both sales feature fillies and mares expected to contest the Breeders' Cup the prior weekend, as well as the dams or other close relatives of contenders. Take a closer look at these sales and some of the notable participants in our special edition.
Gun Runner and Arrogate's stars were tied together on the racetrack as rivals, each taking his turn to rise. Both champions entered stud in the same year in Kentucky, and the pair are now commercial rivals as both will be represented by their first weanlings offered at the Fasig-Tipton and Keeneland November breeding stock sales.
With a steady stream of broodmares, racing prospects, and weanlings offered to a global marketplace over nearly two weeks, the Keeneland November breeding stock sale provides a barometer for various marketplaces at many levels.
Justify, like American Pharoah, was trained by Bob Baffert, swept the Triple Crown, and retired to Coolmore's Ashford Stud in Kentucky. But while his accomplishment lacked the fanfare of the Triple Crown drought-buster, Justify has plenty of marks in his column making him unique.
Horses to watch during the Fasig-Tipton Kentucky fall selected mixed sale, set for the evening of Tuesday, Nov. 5. Horses were selected based primarily on their pedigrees and the racing or commercial results of notable family members.
Following are horses to watch during the Keeneland November breeding stock sale's elite Book 1 portion, which begins the sale Wednesday, Nov. 6.
The annual single-session Fasig-Tipton November auction billed as “the night of the stars” has no shortage of those as it prepares for this year's renewal on the evening of Tuesday, Nov. 5.
The major Kentucky mixed sales in early November annually ride the wave of the Breeders' Cup, with fillies and mares coming directly from the races to the sales, perhaps with major catalog updates, to be sold as racing or broodmare prospects. This year's contingent making the trip from Santa Anita to Lexington, Ky., is headlined by Breeders' Cup Distaff favorite Midnight Bisou, unbeaten on the season and expected to trigger a multi-million dollar bidding war.
Before he died earlier this year, Battle of Midway scored the most prestigious victory of his career in the 2017 Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile. Two years later, just days after the Breeders' Cup, two foals from the only crop of the star-crossed racehorse will be offered at the major mixed auctions in Kentucky as something of collectors' items.
