Hello Hot Rod Brings $335,000 in Fasig February Debut

February 10, 2021

Elite Sales made it’s first foray into the Fasig-Tipton February Sale a memorable one, selling Hello Hot Rod for $335,000 to George Sharp. 📽️ HELLO HOT ROD (Mosler) sells for $335K at Kentucky Winter Mixed! Congrats to the connections. @EliteRaceSales @CountryLifeFarm #FasigKY #MDbred pic.twitter.com/Bcqp83sg6z — Fasig-Tipton (@FasigTiptonCo) February 9, 2021 Having just won the Jimmy […]

Elite Graduate Monomoy Girl Takes Down Second Eclipse Award

January 29, 2021

We officially put 2020 to bed last night at the Eclipse Awards, but not before Elite Sales was heavily represented on the evening. The amazing MONOMOY GIRL, formerly owned by Monomoy Stables, Michael Dubb, The Elkstone Group and Bethlehem Stables, took down her second Eclipse Award last night, taking the honors as Champion Older Dirt […]

Secret Message Takes Krantz for New Connections

January 18, 2021

Secret Message, sold for $625,000 to Spendthrift Farm at the 2020 Keeneland November Sale, got back to her winnings ways yesterday at the Fair Grounds, taking the Marie Krantz Memorial by 1 1/4 lengths going away. A G2W/G1P for her former owners Madaket Stables, Scott Heider, ERJ Racing, Elayne Stables and Steven Bouchey, Secret Message […]

Elite Leads Again at Keeneland January

January 14, 2021

Elite Sales again showed its dominance in the sales arena, leading both sessions in which it sold, selling 6 horses for an average of $135,833 in Book 1, led by the sale of G2W Royal Charlotte who hammered for $400,000 for owners First Row Partners and Parkland Thoroughbreds. Ballykiss, the dam of fellow Elite grad […]

2020: A Year to Remember

December 31, 2020

As wild as 2020 has been, it’s been another record setting year for Elite Sales.   With 78 horses offered, Elite sold 73 of those offerings for a sum of $31,390,000 and an average of $430,000, all of which are considerably higher than the corresponding 2019 numbers that saw 61 horses sold for a gross […]

Royal Charlotte Only MGSW on Dirt in Keeneland January

December 28, 2020

The Keeneland January sale kicks off on January 11th and Book 1 brings about a special offering, that being the multiple graded stakes winner Royal Charlotte who sells as Hip 17. A winner of the G2 Prioress (replay above) and the G3 Victory Ride, Royal Charlotte brings a big résumé to the table and she […]

Elite Grads Contest Graded Stakes Races on Both Coasts

December 24, 2020

Altea, a 2020 Keeneland November graduate who sold for $200,000 in Book 1, makes her debut for new connections in the G3 Robert J. Frankel at Santa Anita on Sunday. Previously owned by Swift Thoroughbreds, Madaket Stables and Doheny Racing Stable and trained by Chad Brown, the five-year-old French-bred mare is now owned by MyRacehorse […]

Monomoy Girl, Midnight Bisou top 2020 Public Auction Scene

December 23, 2020

From the Racing Post. Despite the Covid-19 pandemic having a sizeable impact on sales – in terms of prices, location and dates – there have still been some astronomical sums spent on the most sought after bloodstock in 2020. We run the rule over the five biggest prices registered at public auction over the last […]

ELiTE’s Offerings Popular at November Sales Again

November 19, 2020

From the Bloodhorse: The team at ELiTE began the 2020 mixed sales season on a high note, offering broodmare and racing prospects at Fasig-Tipton’s The November Sale that included the $9.5 million sale topper Monomoy Girl. Their momentum in the sale ring continued at the Keeneland November Breeding Stock Sale, and showed staying power during the ninth […]

Five Millionaires, One Elite Night

November 9, 2020

Elite’s all star lineup for Fasig-Tipton’s Night of the Stars more than lived up to its billing, where five millionaires were sold, including Monomoy Girl who went for $9,500,000, a record for a Racing/Broodmare Prospect.   Coming into the sale off her second win in the G1 Breeders’ Cup Distaff, Monomoy Girl entered the sale […]

MONOMOY GIRL On Top Again in La Troienne

September 5, 2020

Published by ThoroughbredDailyNews.com on September 4, 2020.  After missing the entire 2019 season due to injury and colic, 2018’s champion sophomore filly Monomoy Girl (Tapizar) returned to Grade I glory with an easy score in Friday’s GI La Troienne S. at Churchill Downs. Away in good order from the outside stall in this eight-horse affair, the 2-5 […]