http://www.fasigtipton.com/2018/The-November-Sale#/ There are some pretty high reserves on some of these weanlings. :eek:
Half bother to California Chrome by Pioneer of the Nile, hammer price 600k.
The mare sells tonight as well, in foal to Uncle Mo.
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Stopchargingmaria in foal to Tapit, 4.4 million. Her Pioneer of the Nile filly, a 1.9 million dollar weanling.
Both sold to Whisper Hill.
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$7.5M for Lady Aurelia! :eek:
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Lady A - back to Stonestreet, her breeder 
Wonder who sheāll end up going to. The BH article mentioned Curlin as conjecture.
That had to have been pretty amazing to be there during the auction for the hammer price on her. :eek:
Wonder how Lady Eli will stack up when she hammers down. A bit of an uneven comparison as Lady Eli is in foal to War Front while Lady Aurelia is open since she raced this year.
I will confess that while I like watching the āfutureā in the yearling sales, the breeding stock sales in November show seem to really show where to focus if youāre interested in breeding (yeah, duh ).
When is Lady Eli scheduled to appear?
She is hip #111 today at Keeneland and the sale starts at noon. Sheāll probably be in the ring sometime between 2 and 4 pm (there are lots of outs.)
As always, I was impressed by the handlers in the ring yesterday. Some of those pregnant mares were huge, and not pleased to be there. It seemed as if there was one man who did most of the evening. He must have been exhausted by the end of the sale.
There are a lot of outs this year. Do you have any insight into that LaurieB?
Stopchargingmaria was a featured mare on Foal Patrol last year. SCM had the courtesy to foal at a convenient time, and a lot of people (myself included) were able to see SCM 18 born, and stand within (I think) 30 minutes. We were able to see her growing, going out and romping in field with Mom, etc.
Will be following her future closely, and I hope she is successful. I feel like an aunt.
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They went to a good home. :yes:
Lady Eli 4.2M to Hill N Dale.
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Given what Lady Aurelia went for, thought Lady Eli would go for more than $4.2M considering in foal to what seems to me to be a āpopularā stallion, War Front.
For the more knowledge, Iād be interested in conjecture (I know thatās all it would be ) on why Lady Aurelia open went for more than Lady Eli in foal??? Is choosing your own breeding worth $3.2M?? Or is LA that much better than LE on paper?
Lady Eliās laminitis struggle would give me pause if I were spending millions for a broodmare. I donāt know if it would affect the people who are actually spending millions though.
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Not sure that it had anything to do with driving the price up, but Banke said she would have gone to any price to get Lady A back.
https://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-racing/articles/230552/lady-aurelia-lights-up-bid-board-at-7-5-million
With the prices the way they are for the top mares, Iām guessing that some owners who might have sold a mare or two and shopped for others to replace them, are opting to hold on to what they have instead. You might be surprised by how many people āplayā the sale like itās a game and love the action of the turnover. But at these prices, it begins to look like real money.
Also, the entries for this sale closed 3 months ago and lots of things can change in the meantime (mare aborts or is sold privately, for example. We had a mare entered later in the sale and sold her privately last month.)
The biggest difference is that Barbara Banke was buying out a partnerāso she was bidding 50 cents on the dollar. Lady Aureliaās actual price is much less than it appearedāand also less than Lady Eli sold for.
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LaurieB, thanks for the answer. Yeah, I saw the comment in BH that Barbara was willing to go even higher than Lady Aureliaās hammer to get her but didnāt really understand the cost difference between the two mares (one of which was a two fer in foal to War Front (top covering sire). Yes, if you look at half the $7.5M down to $3.25, definitely less than Lady Eli.
Wonder why Lady Aurelia when to auction unless the partner absolutely wouldnāt sell directly to Barbara. Way too confusing for me
LaurieB, if you owned Lady Aurelia, who would you breed her to?? Curlin? Tappit? War Front? Iād have to get someone else to make the breeding decision for me Iād probably be totally imprudent and use Kittenās Joy 
I would guess that selling at auction may be necessary to obtain āfair market valueā in a legal sense. The mare is a large asset. :yes:
Sorry. Iām answering a question that wasnāt asked of me. :o
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skydy, thatās the same answer I would have given. If the partners canāt agree on a price, the auction ring will do it for them.
As for who I would breed Lady Aureila to, I will have to give that some thought.
skydy, no problem and to both thanks, hadnāt considered that angle to get a fair market value (which truly isnāt what an appraiser would suggestion but what someone is willing to pay ). And now we know what Barbara Banke would pay
The BH article though Curlin would be who Lady Aurelia would go to based partly on connections reasons.
Just curious of the more knowledgeable and if budget was no concern, who would you send her to Always fun to see what others would do without the financial constraints.
Will also be interesting to see if both Lady Eli and Lady Aurelia pass on their ability as it seems many of the great race mares on the track donāt always pass it on.
