by Christina Bossinakis, Alan Carasso & Jessica MartiniLEXINGTON, KY – The Fasig-Tipton November Sale, led by the $6.2-million Streak of Luck (Old Fashioned), produced strong results with increases in average and median over its 2024 renewal during its single session Monday in Lexington.“The market was very, very good, but it's still rational,” Fasig-Tipton President Boyd Browning said. “I think that's one of the things that we've seen in recent years during the November sale that there is still a sense of rationality to it. The buyers are demanding. You have to have the proper combination of pedigree and conformation, being by the right horse and the right physical, whether it's a mare or if it's a baby. But it's a very fair market overall.”A total of 138 horses sold Monday for $102,027,000. The average rose 35.4% to $739,326 and the median was up 20.0% to $300,000. In 2024, 172 horses sold for $93,948,500 for an average of $546,212 and median of $250,000.Streak of Luck was supplemented to the November sale in mid-October and went through the Fasig-Tipton ring just days after her 2-year-old son Ted Noffey (Into Mischief) completed an unbeaten season in the GI Breeders' Cup Juvenile Friday at Del Mar. She was consigned by Taylor Made Sales Agency on behalf of Aaron and Marie Jones LLC and was purchased by AMO Racing.“It's obviously very rewarding to see a horse that came in late and that got a significant update top the sale,” Browning said. “Mr. and Mrs. Jones have been longtime patrons, not just of Fasig-Tipton, but of our industry. It's nice to see Mrs. Jones achieve the success she did tonight with an absolutely beautiful mare for whom all the stars aligned.”A total of 27 horses sold for seven figures Monday, up from 25 a year ago.Japanese buyers were once again an active force in the November sale. Katsumi Yoshida purchased six mares for a total of $14.9 million. Leading the group was the $4.5-million Just F Y I (Justify). Other Japanese interests to acquire seven-figure mares included Hidetoshi Yamamoto, Haruya Yoshida, and Shadai Farm.“There was tremendous support from international buyers,” Browning said. “I think it was probably very surprising to see the extent and the depth of the support from international buyers.”With 40 horses reported not sold, the buy-back rate was 22.5%.“There is not euphoria,” Browning said. “It's not like everything that walked in there brought three times what anybody was expecting. Sellers were pretty aggressive with setting reserves in some spots because, with the nature of this sale, there are alternatives for some of these horses. It's not like the men and women who owned them had to sell them tonight. They have some opportunities to go back to the racetrack or to breed them.”The November sale opened with an offering of some 90 weanlings, with a filly by Justify out of Summer Sweet (More Than Ready) bringing top price of the foal section when selling for $800,000 to Hugo Lascelles. Lascelles returned later in the auction to acquire Summer Sweet herself for $3 million.AMO Racing Fires Late with $6.2M Final Bid for Dam of Ted NoffeyWith just a handful of offerings left to go through the ring at Monday's Fasig-Tipton November Sale, the crowd had thinned out noticeably. However, those that remained solidly planted in their seats in the main pavilion were clearly several of the game's biggest hitters.All of them were waiting for the star attraction, Streak of Luck (Old Fashioned), the dam of recent GI Breeders' Cup Juvenile winner and 2026 Kentucky Derby favorite Ted Noffey (Into Mischief).Offered as Hip 220 in the supplemental catalogue, the 10-year-old mare realized the highest price of the day with a $6.2 million final bid from Ben McElroy, bidding on behalf of AMO Racing.Throughout the robust bidding that bounded past the $3-million mark in a blink of the eye, Ben McElroy, seated in the main pavilion with a phone planted squarely to his cheek gave the signal that suggested his team would not be letting up any time soon.“Kia Joorabchian and the AMO team really wanted this one,” McElroy confirmed.Also staying on until the end of the session for the grey mare, Spendthrift Farm's Ned Toffey, the namesake of Ted Noffey, engaged McElroy on the mare as did the Ace Stud team, who were extremely active at the top end of Monday's buying activity.“We had to wait around and I knew by who was waiting around that it was going to be extremely strong,” said McElroy. “She was probably the one that came in with all the momentum. She has the [presumptive] champion 2-year-old colt and the Kentucky Derby future favorite. [Ted Noffey] is a great looking horse.”In foal to Not This Time, Streak of Luck was consigned by Taylor Made Sales Agency on behalf of Aaron and Marie Jones.Out of graded stakes winner Lindsay Jean (Saint Ballado), the grey mare produced a filly by Munnings in 2024 and a colt by Into Mischief earlier this season.In foal to Authentic, Streak of Luck was purchased by the Joneses for $620,000 at the 2021 Keeneland November Sale.“She'll go to Archie St George's Brookstone Farm and foal her out,” said McElroy. “[Taylor Made's] Frank Taylor just asked me if she'd go back to [Not This Time]. I thought the hardest part was just trying to get her.”Spendthrift Farm, who stands Into Mischief, purchased Ted Noffey for $650,000 at last year's Keeneland September Sale.“She was a good-looking mare and he made our list as a yearling,” recalled McElroy of Ted Noffey. “Unfortunately, we weren't smart enough to buy him. She is a young mare in foal to a great stallion. Frank told me that the [Into Mischief] foal is a super star, so when you get a mare like that and a horse like that, and add in a great cover, people will line up for them. I wouldn't say she is cheap but she is a good long-term investment.” –CBossFull-Circle Moment For Taylor MadeStreak of Luck was consigned to the Fasig-Tipton November Sale by Taylor Made Farm as agent, and Frank Taylor is quick to pay homage to breeders Aaron and his widow Marie Jones for contributing mightily to the success of the farm.“They put us on the map,” said Taylor. “We could have been called 'Jones Made Farm.' They gave us a chance when no one knew who Taylor Made was. I was 17 years old and I walked up to Mr. Jones and told him I wanted to board some mares. A year later he called me and sent me 40 that day. At that point we didn't have an employee and we probably had five mares boarded on the farm. They gave us our start, they trusted us and it's been a win-win relationship and it's been a lot of fun doing it.”The California-bred Streak of Luck was acquired by the Joneses for $620,000 in foal to Authentic at Keeneland November in 2021. The mare is a paternal granddaughter of Unbridled's Song, their 'best stallion to that point' according to Taylor. Streak of Luck's Grade III-winning second dam Lindsay Jean was a daughter of Saint Ballado, who also contributed more than his fair share to the farm's success.The dam of a yearling Munnings filly that was sold to Repole Stable for $425,000 at Keeneland September, the best may be yet to come for Streak of Luck.“We bought her with the idea of breeding to Into Mischief and she's got an Into Mischief at the farm that if it grows up right, it could top the September Sale next year,” Taylor said.Streak of Luck is due to Taylor Made's Not This Time for 2026. @EquinealTDNPuca | Fasig-TiptonPuca the First to $5 Million at Fasig-TiptonA hush fell over the Fasig-Tipton sales pavilion with the entry into the ring of hip 135, the reigning Broodmare of the Year Puca (Big Brown), who was being consigned by Elite Sales.Announcer Jesse Ullery ticked off an impressive list of stats prior to the start of bidding: the better than 400 Classics that had taken place since a broodmare had produced multiple winners of Triple Crown races; the 17 years that had transpired since a champion broodmare had been offered at public auction.After a protracted bidding duel that took place inside the pavilion–one bidding entity downstairs to the auctioneer's left and one in the balcony looking straight at Puca–the tote read $5 million.The ticket was signed by Paul Curran representing Ace Stud, which he called a breeding operation outside of Newmarket in England. Curran signed the ticket in the name of the Raging Torrent Syndicate, named for the GI Malibu Stakes, GI Hill 'n' Dale Met Mile and G2 Godolphin Mile winner who was retired earlier this year to Lane's End.Curran said that Ace Stud is affiliated with Yulong Investments of Yuesheng Zheng. and indicated that the group would also be standing 'TDN Rising Star' presented by Hagyard Carl Spackler (Ire) (Lope de Vega {Ire}) at Lane's End beginning in 2026. The nursery's David Ingordo confirmed the news and said that further details would be forthcoming.“Just traveled over here trying to support our two stallions we just retired to Lane's End, Raging Torrent and Carl Spackler (Ire),” Curran said. “We are thrilled to pick up one of the best broodmares at the moment. We're thrilled, really excited.”Puca's accomplishments need little rehashing. Her son Mage (Good Magic)–whose first foals make their first took out the GI Kentucky Derby in 2023 and the latter's full-brother Dornoch prevailed in the 2024 GI Belmont Stakes. Puca was represented by a third consecutive top-level winner when Baeza (McKinzie), a $1.2-million purchase at Keeneland September two years ago, proved too strong for his rivals in the Pennsylvania Derby in September.“You just look at her page and what she's produced,” Curran said. “Dam of the Kentucky Derby winner and a three-time Group 1-producing mare. Anywhere you go in the world, she's a phenomenal , phenomenal mare. It's really, really special now that she's ours.”Puca was offered on behalf of John Stewart, who purchased the mare post-RNA for $2.9 million at the 2023 Keeneland November Sale carrying a full-sibling to Mage and Dornoch. She foaled a colt in 2024 and a Good Magic filly this season, but was offered not in foal Monday.Curran was a bit surprised–ostensibly happily so–with the final price.“To be fair, I thought it would be a little bit more,” he said. “We were kind of watching and waiting to see what we'd do and she fell at the right point. Just really excited we could get our hands on a mare of such quality, she's something else.”Curran indicated that Puca would remain stateside.“We'll definitely look at all the options, maybe breed her to one of our own stallions in the future, but she'll definitely stay in the U.S.”Ace Stud also signed the ticket on hip 124, the unraced broodmare prospect Mylinda's Grey (More Than Ready), a half-sister to Puca who was knocked down for $575,000. The same group signed the ticket on hip 145, the GIII Honeymoon Stakes winner Selenaia (Ire) (Sea The Moon {Ger}), for $1.2 million. That 5-year-old mare was offered in foal to Not This Time. @EquinealTDN'What a Trip': Shisospicy Stays with MorplayShisospicy (Mitole) (hip 147) has taken the Morplay Racing team on the ride of lifetime, culminating with her win in the GI Breeders' Cup Turf Sprint Saturday and the operation's founder Rich Mendez decided he's not ready to let the ride end just yet, buying out partner Qatar Racing on the 3-year-old filly for $5.2 million Monday at Fasig-Tipton.“I kind of told the guys I probably would have bought her back no matter what,” Mendez said. “It's just sentimental value. When we went to the Breeders' Cup, I kept telling the guys she doesn't owe us anything. What a trip she's taken us on. She will stay with us, probably for the rest of her life.”Mendez said the filly will remain with trainer Jose D'Angelo and be prepared for a 2026 campaign.“The plan is to give her some time off,” Mendez. “It will be the same kind of campaign that we did this year. Find the right spots that Jose and the team think that she can compete at–which may be Australia or Japan, but I'm not exactly sure I want to do that. But it's just finding the right spots for her.”Reflecting on Saturday's Breeders' Cup victory, Mendez said, “I am in the music business. I've been nominated for nine Grammys, Billboard awards, but to win that on Saturday was bigger than that. It was an amazing feeling.” @JessMartiniTDNJust F Y I Gets Northern Farm On the SheetsEclipse Award-winning fillies have obvious appeal to a wide swath of buyers, but Japanese clients of Fasig-Tipton have made it something of a habit to come out on top when those sorts of prospects come to market.Just F Y I | Fasig-TiptonThe latest to catch the fancy was George Krikorian's 2023 champion 2-year-old filly Just F Y I (Justify) was hammered down for $4.5 million to Shingo Hashimoto on behalf of Katsumi Yoshida's Northern Farm as the Fasig-Tipton Night of the Stars reached the halfway stage. For good measure, the daughter of the stakes-placed Star Act (Street Cry {Ire}) was sold on a May cover to the all-conquering Into Mischief.“She was a 2-year-old champion and 2-year-old champion mares do very well in Japan,” said Hashimoto, who speaks fluent English. “She looked gorgeous, she has a very nice pedigree, she's in foal to Into Mischief, so she clicked all the boxes that we wanted.”Northern Farm in particular has stepped forward in a big way over the last decade and a half or so at the Fasig-Tipton November Sale. In 2013, Yoshida paid $2.3 million for Awesome Feather (Awesome of Course), champion of her generation in 2010, while he paid $2.5 million for She's a Tiger (Tale of the Cat) at the 2014 Fasig-Tipton November Sale. Prior to Monday, Northern Farm's most recent acquisition of a U.S. champion juvenile filly was when paying $2.3 million for Caledonia Road (Quality Road) in 2018, a year after she earned her hardware. Both Awesome Feather and She's a Tiger have produced group-level horses thus far in their second careers.Hashimoto said Just F Y I made a striking impression physically and is the right sort of mare for Japan.“She's a very big mare with a very good frame,” he said. “I think she would match any type of stallion in Japan, so we have to decide who to send to her.”Naturally, Hashimoto slightly lamented the hammer price, but was ultimately willing to take his medicine.“Of course it would have been better if we could have bought her a little cheaper, but she's one of those horses that was going to be very expensive,” he said. “It's a tough market. I am kind of relieved we got one mare at the beginning. I assume it will be a tough market, so we'll see how it goes.”Northern Farm's other purchased Monday evening included Tenma (Nyquist) for $3.2 million; Randomized (Nyquist) for $2.5 million; Excellent Truth (Ire) for $2.5 million; Special Wan (Ire) for $1.2 million; and Saffron Moon for $900,000. @EquinealTDNKrikorian Program Pays Dividends…F Y IBreeder George Krikorian pocketed $1.7 million in earnings from Just F Y I's two years at the races and padded his bankoll mightily Monday evening.Just F Y I is a testament to the Krikorian breeding program, as the champion filly is out of a daughter of dual Grade I winner Starrer (Dynaformer), herself a half-sister to MGISW Stellar Jayne (Wild Rush) and to the dam of GISW Star Billing (Dynaformer).“George [Krikorian] decided to sell her,” bloodstock advisor Donato Lanni commented. “She's a homebred that he's had two generations of the family [which he bred]. With the market being as hot as it was, he decided to sell her.“You never know what they are going to bring. I hate to say it but she really did check all the boxes. She is a Breeders' Cup winner and 2-year-old champion filly. She is also beautiful and in foal to Into Mischief, so everything lined up for her.“I thought something like that was going to happen. You never know where it's going to land, but with the September market being so strong for the high-end stock, nothing surprises me. The good stock always rises to the top. She's a collector's item.” @CBossTDNBrightwork | Fasig-TiptonSimons Say Goodbye to BrightworkBill and Tammy Simon purchased Brightwork (Outwork) (hip 199) as a weanling for $95,000 at the 2021 Fasig-Tipton November sale, and after watching the filly win three graded stakes races and $690,989 in their WSS Racing colors on the racetrack, returned her to the November sales ring to sell for $3 million to the bid of Erdenheim Farm Thoroughbreds.“As Jesse [Ullery] said from the podium, she's a painting,” Bill Simon said after watching the 4-year-old filly sell. “She's what a racehorse is supposed to look like. We've been confident in her her whole life. We've had her since she was a foal. And we've loved on her and I'm glad she's going to a really great place.”Brightwork opened her racing career with four straight wins, a streak that included victories in the 2023 GIII Adirondack Stakes and GI Spinaway Stakes. She added a win in the GIII Prioress Stakes last year.Simon admitted it was emotional watching the filly sell Monday.“These horses put out so much for you and you share this emotion together,” he said. “She knows us. It's like seeing a family member go, but it's part of the game. Last night in bed, I thought, 'I'm keeping her.' But I don't have a farm. I am not a professional breeder and she deserved the best because she's a queen.”In addition to Brightwork, Erdenheim Farm purchased The Nightingale (Tapit) (hip 165) for $850,000 and Troublesome (Into Mischief) (hip 170) for $825,000. @JessMartiniTDNBoyd Racing Extends to $2.5M for GISW Seismic BeautyHaving already made some noise at Fasig-Tipton when doling out a cool $2.6 million for a yearling filly by Gun Runner at the Saratoga Sale this past summer, Randy and Jenny Boyd came to Fasig's November Sale in Lexington ready to rumble.Accompanied by Hanna Jennings of Killora Stud, agents Billy Love and Brittany Linton while bidding from the upstairs balcony, the Tennesse-based owners went up to $2.5 million for Grade I winner Seismic Beauty (Uncle Mo).Offered as Hip 144, the 4-year-old filly was consigned by Gainesway.“She's quality so we thought she'd bring plenty,” said Jennings, speaking on behalf of the Boyds. “We're happy to have her.”Randy Boyd is the president of the University of Tennessee and the founder of Radio Systems Corporation.Trained by Bob Baffert, the filly rolled to a 10-length victory in a Santa Anita optional claimer over a mile in April before scoring by five lengths in the GII Santa Margarita in Arcadia in May. Recording a career-high win in the GI Clement L. Hirsch at Del Mar in August, she returned to finish 11th in the GI Breeders' Cup Distaff last weekend.“We loved her race record, she is a Grade I winner–it couldn't get better than that,” said Jennings. “She is relatively lightly-raced for a 4-year-old. She'll go back to Bob Baffert and, hopefully, get a little more form into her and then retire her next year to the farm.”Seismic Beauty is out of SP Knarsdale, herself a granddaughter SW and GSP Emery Board (Grindstone). With Seismic Beauty in uetro, Knarsdale was purchased by Determined Stud for $430,000 at Keeneland November in 2020.“Uncle Mo as a broodmare sire is a big plus for us,” said Jennings. “She is a bit rangier, I think she'll fill into her frame a bit more as she's developing.”Bred by Determined Stud in Maryland, the bay was a $400,000 Fasig-Tipton November weanling that brought $550,000 from Kerri Radcliffe, bidding on behalf of Peter Leidel, and MyRacehorse at Keeneland September last year.“We are really excited to get her,” said Jennings. “Boyd Racing is relatively new to the game and they wanted top horses to race at the top of the game and she fit the bill.”With only a handful of horses to date, Boyd Racing enjoyed a winner at Saratoga this summer when Tennessee Belle (Yaupon) broke her maiden by 7 1/4 lengths in August.–CBoss'Pretty' Is As Pretty DoesThe dam of multiple Grade I winner She Feels Pretty (Karakontie {Jpn}), just touched off in Saturday's GI Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Turf, Summer Sweet (More Than Ready) was knocked down to Hugo Lascelles, agent, for $3 million, complementing the earlier sale of the mare's Justify weanling topper for $800,000.A Leigh Family product, the 11-year-old mare is a daughter of French listed winner Summer Solstice (Ire) (Caerleon), and her produce have become increasingly popular from a commercial standpoint.Lael Stables purchased She Feels Pretty for $240,000 as a Keeneland September and has become the anchor of the Cherie DeVaux barn, with top-level scores in the New York Stakes, the QE II Challenge Cup, American Oaks, E.P. Taylor Stakes and Natalma Stakes. Her 3-year-old Summer Vibes (Good Magic) made $600,000 as a yearling, while the Jacksons went back to the well once more, paying $650,000 for She Feels Stunning (American Pharoah), a slow-starting seventh in a Saratoga maiden for the Jacksons and DeVaux this past summer.With that as a backdrop, She Feels Pretty enjoyed the full confidence of her consignor, Gainesway.“Our expectation was that she would be adored by the marketplace,” said Gainesway's Brian Graves. “She is the dam of She Feels Pretty, who has won five Grade Is and should be crowned champion. Mares like that are rare and she had everything going for her otherwise. Sales history, including an absolutely stunning Justify filly that we put by her side and was just beautiful. The mare had everything going for her and two of the top judges in the business were bidding on her.”Her hammer price exceeded what her seller had in mind.“The sellers were very reasonable,” Graves said. “They came here to sell her and the reserve was well under half of the actual outcome. They would have been please if they'd gotten $2.5 to $3 million for the package and as it turned out, they almost got four.” @EquinealTDNHip 54 | Fasig-TiptonJustify Filly Leads Weanlings at Fasig-Tipton NovemberA weanling filly by Triple Crown winner Justify got things off to a flying start when realizing $800,000 from bloodstock agent Hugo Lascelles, bidding from the back walking ring, early in Monday's Fasig-Tipton November Sale.Lascelles, purchasing Hip 54 on behalf of an undisclosed buyer, confirmed the chestnut would head to Europe where she will ultimately race. Bred by Payson Stud, the filly was consigned by Gainesway.The May 16 foal is out of Summer Sweet (More Than Ready), already responsible for She Feels Pretty (Karakontie {Jpn}), who has never finished worse than second in five starts this season. Highlighted by wins in the GI New York, GI E.P. Taylor Stakes and GIII Modesty Stakes, the Cherie DeVaux trainee was runner-up in the GI Diana last summer and most recently finished a close-up second in the GI Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Turf at Del Mar.“She is a sister to a very good horse indeed. And this is a very good European Family,” said Lascelles. “She is a May foal, so she has a lot of maturing to do. But one day she will be a really nice horse. She is real quality.”Asked about what the future holds for the weanling, Lascelles said, “She will stay [in the U.S.] until the winter or spring and then be sent to Europe.”Asked about Coolmore's hot resident stallion, Lascelles underscored the sire's international appeal.“He has done great in Europe, hasn't he? He's arguably doing as good as he is here or maybe even better,” he said. “He's good and I think the best is still to come with Justify.”The filly was the sole weanling purchase for Lascelles on Monday.“For me to shop a weanling they have to be exceptional, from the very top drawer,” he explained. “And she really was. The pedigree and a lovely filly to go with it.”The 11-year-old Summer Sweet, a half-sister to SW and GSP Adirondack Summer (Thunder Gulch), was purchased by Payson Stud for $550,000 at Keeneland January in 2016. Second dam, listed winner and Group 1-placed Summer Solstice (Ire) (Caerleon), is a half-sister to Group 1 winner Act One (GB) (In The Wings {GB}).“I think it was what she was worth. Being a half-sister to what I think will be a champion. She was excellent,” said Gainesway's Brian Graves. “I would have bought her with my own money to pinhook her because I thought she was easily a $1-million filly if she had been offered as a yearling. She needed to be seen for the quality that she was to promote the mare as well.”Offered as Hip 161, Summer Sweet brought $3-million later in the evening, also from Hugo Lascelles, who signed for the ticket.“I think it was a fair deal for everyone involved,” Graves added. “She was a top-quality filly.”Asked about the overall activity of the weanling market on display Monday, he didn't mince words.“Savage,” Graves said. “If you're buying, in a bad way. But if you're selling, that's in a good way.”–CBoss'Got to Pay to Play': Cody's Wish Weanlings in Demand at Fasig-TiptonA quartet of first-crop weanlings by Horse of the Year Cody's Wish proved popular in the Fasig-Tipton sales ring Monday. Trainer Wesley Ward bought the most expensive of the group when going to $500,000 for a colt (hip 81) from the Ballysax Bloodstock consignment. Cave Hill Racing spent $440,000 for a filly (hip 69) consigned by Zach Madden's Buckland Sales and Billy Love signed the ticket at $425,000 in the name of One Percent Investments to acquire a colt (hip 33) from Mulholland Springs. Brookstone Farm went to $300,000 for the champion's first weanling to sell, a colt (hip 11) consigned by Taylor Made Sales Agency.Love, who did his bidding upstairs in the pavilion, was bidding on behalf of a newly formed pinhooking partnership when he purchased hip 33.“Everything,” Love said when asked what he liked about the colt. “Physically, he's a specimen and he has an amazing pedigree. You will see him at a big sale in the future.”The weanling is the first foal out of the unraced Micro Start (Justify), who is a half-sister to Mopotism (Uncle Mo), the dam of GI Preakness Stakes winner Journalism (Curlin). He was bred by Frank Batten, who also bred Mopotism and Micro Start. Micro Start RNA'd for $285,000 at the 2021 Keeneland September sale.“All of the physicals by him that I've seen have been outstanding, but [hip 33] was just a tick better than the rest,” Love said of Cody's Wish's first crop of weanlings. “They look like racehorses. It was pretty obvious he was going to be an expensive one, and we just hoped we could get him.”Asked if there were any nerves spending that much on a pinhook prospect, Love said, “Of course. But you have got to pay to play.” @JessMartiniTDNThe post $6.2-Million Streak of Luck Tops Fasig-Tipton November Sale appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions.