Jackson Makes the Grade at ELiTE Sales
July 14, 2021
From the Bloodhorse. A lucky few are born into the Thoroughbred industry, immersed in life with no regard for another folly. Katelyn Jackson, a native of Fair Hill, Md., is one of those kids. The daughter of Bruce and Amy Jackson, who own and operate Fair Hill Equine Therapy Center, she grew up in the […]
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Monomoy Girl, Another Broad Line Up in G1 Apple Blossom
April 16, 2021
Dual Champion MONOMOY GIRL returns to Grade 1 competition this weekend in the Apple Blossom against Champion Three Year Old Filly Swiss Skydiver in the race of the weekend at Oaklawn Park. The six year old daughter of Tapizar was last seen stretching her record to 14 of 16 with an easy win in the […]
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Monomoy Girl Leads One-Two Finish for Elite Grads in G3 Bayakoa
March 3, 2021
Monomoy Girl, the now two time Champion and two time Breeders’ Cup Distaff winner, made her 2021 debut a winning one in the G3 Bayakoa at Oaklawn Park over the weekend. Fellow Elite graduate Our Super Freak rounded out the exacta in the $250,000 event. https://twitter.com/NYRABets/status/1366169192660164609?s=20 Last seen selling for a world record $9.5 million, […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 rĂ©sumĂ© to the table and she […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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