broodmares
The BBAG Spring Online Sale catalogue was revealed on Tuesday. Featuring 40 lots, including eight juveniles, 28 horses-in-training and four broodmares, the sale will begin on June 3 at noon and end at 4 p.m. local time on June 5. Three of the broodmares--Beauty Of Lips (Mastercraftsman) (lot 2), Lips Highlight (Highland Reel) (lot 15) and Peace Of Light (Lord Of England) (lot 23)--are in foal to Tunnes. The fourth, Sienna (Amaron) (lot 27), was recently covered by Rip Van Lips. The two-year-olds are by Neatico, Mehmas, Nerik, Starspangledbanner, Best...
Pop quiz: what do 2018 Triple Crown winner Justify and Atomic Blonde, dam of last week's GI Preakness Stakes winner Napoleon Solo (Liam's Map), have in common? Both are by Scat Daddy, both were bred by the Gunther family, and both were raised at Glennwood Farm near Versailles, Kentucky. Justify and Atomic Blonde also have something else in common with a number of other Glennwood-bred and -raised Grade I winners such as Vino Rosso, Tamarkuz, First Samurai, and Stevie Wonderboy. "We do tend to raise some good chestnuts on this...
That must have been a good sandwich. It was certainly a memorable one. Walker Hancock of Claiborne Farm distinctly remembers eating subs from Jersey Mike's one fall afternoon in 2021 with Daisy Phipps Pulito and Claiborne's farm manager Bradley Purcell in Claiborne's conference room. The three of them sat down over those sandwiches to hash out mating plans for the Phipps mares for 2022. "It all goes back to some Jersey Mike's subs," said Hancock with a laugh. "We did the matings for her mares for that following year that...
Fasig-Tipton has catalogued 94 entries for its May Digital Sale, which opened for bidding Thursday. Amongst the full catalogue, which may be viewed online here, is the five-strong consignment of Tessa Walden's Evergreen Equine, including an exciting 2-year-old maiden special weight winner from Keeneland in Blessed Flyer (Dialed In) (hip 1). "It's hard to get them to races this early and he did it very effortlessly," Walden said. "There were some bullet works in there and some other flashy moves but the best move he made was when he won....
The catalogue for the Tattersalls Online May Sale is now online and features 85 lots. Saracen (Siyouni) (lot 32), rated 103 by the IHRB, was a debut winner at The Curragh at two and he also placed third in the G3 Greenham Stakes. Hipop De Loire (American Post) (lot 8), a listed winner and third in the G2 Doncaster Cup is another lot of note. He was a winner over hurdles at Galway last summer and holds an IHRB of 107 on the Flat and 135 over hurdles. Daneh Of...
The 2026 Fasig-Tipton April Digital Sale closed Tuesday evening with gross sales of $2,056,000 for 94 horses sold and a clearance rate of 83%. The auction topper was the half-sister to GISW Percy's Bar (Upstart), Fasig-Tipton said in a press release Tuesday evening. The online sale opened Thursday, Apr. 16. Offerings included horses of racing age, racing/broodmare prospects, broodmares--including mares with foals at foot--2-year-olds in training, and 'short' yearlings. Citizen Judy (hip 15), a half-sister to recent GI Central Bank Ashland Stakes winner and GI Kentucky Oaks hopeful Percy's Bar,...
The 530-acre Shadwell Stallion Complex has hit the market in Kentucky with a $20-million price tag. Located at 3661 Military Pike in Lexington, the full estate includes the impressive maintenance complex along with 7 dedicated barns suitable for broodmares or yearlings, offering a total of 90 world-class stalls. The sales listing states: "This exceptional Central Kentucky property provides a turn-key foundation for a complete thoroughbred operation on some of the finest land in the Bluegrass. Its scale, location, and quality make it one of the most significant offerings to come...
A total of 68 lots have been entered in the Tattersalls Online April Sale, including the Grade 1-placed jumper Tullyhill. The son of Martaline is slated to sell as lot 35 from Willie Mullins's Closutton Stables. He is currently carries an IHRB chase rating of 140. The grey is also a listed winner over hurdles. Maiden winner Politely (Advertise) (lot 22) won a Lingfield one-mile affair by five lengths two weeks previously. Rated 80 by the British Horseracing Authority, she is related to Group 2 winner Eminent (Frankel), who was...
Fasig-Tipton has catalogued 189 entries for its March Digital Sale, which may be viewed online here. Bidding is now open and will close Tuesday, March 24, beginning at 2 p.m. ET. "With nearly 190 catalogued, our March Digital Sale has grown by more than 50% over last year--highlighting Fasig-Tipton Digital's rapidly increasing popularity among sellers." said Leif Aaron, Fasig-Tipton Director of Digital Sales. "Offerings include more than 100 horses of racing age, as well as broodmare prospects, broodmares--including mares with foals at foot--2-year-olds in training, and 'short' yearlings. We're also...
Elite winners are always cause for celebration. With racing at the highest levels quickly ramping up for 2026, we continue to spotlight some of the special Grade I producers of the last several months. Up today, we get a glimpse into a quartet of mares who produced homebred stars. Stormy Welcome, dam of Raging Sea "Great families might sleep, but they don't die, and she's a great example of that," said Mill Ridge's Price Bell last summer when musing over the unraced Stormy Welcome (Storm Cat), a now-20-year-old mare whose ninth...
The 2026 February Digital Sale closed with gross sales of $5,881,500 for 189 horses sold and the topper was Neom Beach (Omaha Beach) who brought $300,000, the online auction said in a press release on Tuesday evening. The sale opened Thursday, Feb. 19 with offerings which included horses of racing age, racing/broodmare prospects, broodmares--including mares with foals at foot--stallion prospects, 'short' yearlings, and a 2-year-old in-training. Neom Beach (hip 1), a multiple stakes winner, went to Amy Moore of South Gate Farm. The $300,000 sales topper was consigned as a...
Sometimes, you might as well just buy the factory. It was the fall of 2023 and Glenn Bennett already had two of Adorabella (Ghostzapper)'s three foals, the oldest of which (Girl Trouble, by Fast Anna) was a stakes winner for him and partner Swilcan Stable at Parx, and the youngest of which he'd just bought as a yearling at Fasig-Tipton's Midlantic sale. He'd twice tried to make a deal for the third, the mare's then-2-year-old named Book'em Danno (Bucchero), who'd caught his eye after winning his first three starts at...