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Operation spend US$25,030,000 on 12 lots at Sunday’s The November Sale
Spendthrift Farm dominated the buyers sheet at Sunday’s Fasig-Tipton The November Sale spending US$25,030,000 on 12 lots headlined by multiple Grade 1 winner Monomoy Girl (Tapizar) who they purchased for US$9,500,000.
A winner of Saturday’s Breeders’ Cup Distaff (Gr 1, 9f) having landed the race last year, five-year-old mare Monomoy Girl is out of the Henny Hughes (Hennessy) mare Drumette who is a half-sister to Graded winner Drum Major (Dynaformer). Her current race record stands at 13 wins and two seconds in 15 starts with seven of those wins coming at Grade 1 level and she will remain in training with Brad Cox for another year. She was catalogued as Lot 192.
Monomoy Girl was one of six seven figure lots that Spendthrift Farm bought at the sale with Bast (Uncle Mo) bought for US$4,200,000. Sold as Lot 245, the triple Grade 1 winner was offered in foal to Coolmore’s Triple Crown winning sire Justify (Scat Daddy).
The three-year-old is out of Laffina (Arch) who is a half-sister to Grade 2 winner Mananan McLir (Royal Academy) and the dam of Santa Margarita Stakes (Gr 1) winner Fault (Blame).
Spendthrift also added She’s A Julie (Elusive Quality) for US$3,000,000, Got Stormy (Get Stormy) for US$2,750,000, Mother Mother (Pioneerof The Nile) for US$1,800,000 and Positive Spirit (Pioneerof The Nile) US$1,500,000 to their haul of million dollar lots.
"The kind of mares we zero in on at this sale, they aren't affected as much by market conditions," Spendthrift Farm general manager Ned Toffey said.
"We were pretty sure that for the high-end mares, it would be very competitive. The big question is with the lesser mares here and all through the books at Keeneland, what will that be like? With the yearling sales down, who knows what that market will hold. We are as curious to see as anybody."
The second most expensive lot to sell on Sunday was Rushing Fall (More Than Ready) who was bought by Jamie McCalmont as agent for MV Magnier for US$5,500,000 with the mare now due to head to Ireland to be covered by Galileo (Sadler’s Wells).
Sold by Indian Creek as agent as Lot 205, Rushing Fall finished second in Saturday’s Breeders’ Cup Filly & Mare Turf (Gr 1, 9.5f) at Keeneland and has won almost US$3,000,000 in prize money having landed the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf (Gr 1, 8f) at two, Queen Elizabeth II Challenge Cup (Gr 1, 9f) the following season before adding the Just A Game Stakes (Gr 1, 8f) and Jenny Wiley Stakes (Gr 1, 8.5f) at four and then regaining that crown again this year as well as adding the Diana Stakes (Gr 1, 9f) to her record.
One mare who failed to make her reserve was late addition Flawless (Mr Greeley), dam of Saturday’s Breeders’ Cup Classic (Gr 1, 10f) winner Authentic (Into Mischief) who was passed in for US$4,100,000.
The most expensive weanling was a colt by Lane’s End Farm-based sire City Of Light (Quality Road) who was bought by Larry Best’s OXO Equine for US$600,000.
Overall, 142 horses changed hands for a total of US$80,237,000, an 18 per cent increase in aggregate from 2019 and the second highest gross all-time for The November Sale. The average rose six per cent to US$565,049, with a median of US$200,000. Twenty-two fillies and mares sold for US$1,000,000 or more.
