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 résumé 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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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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MIDNIGHT BISOU Chasing Back-To-Back Wins in the Personal Ensign
July 30, 2020
2019’s rendition of the G1 Personal Ensign at Saratoga was arguably considered the “race of the meet” when Midnight Bisou and Elate left the field in their dust in a knockdown, drag-out duel to the finish line. Midnight Bisou emerged the winner of a tight photo-finish to record her 5th G1 win on her way […]
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Two Grade 1 Chances on Busy Weekend for ELiTE
July 10, 2020
Two Elite prominent graduates will line up in Grade 1 events at Keeneland this weekend, including the G1 winning $2.4 million mare Mia Mischief. Mia Mischief posted an easy comeback win in her five-year-old debut for new owner Stonestreet Farm in an allowance at Oaklawn in February before taking the Carousel Stakes at the […]
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Elite Grad Another Broad Goes for G2 Success
June 25, 2020
2019 Keeneland November Graduate Another Broad will go for G2 glory at Churchill Downs at Saturday in the Fleur de Lis. Purchased by Farfellow Farms for $340,000, the Todd Pletcher trainee goes best at 1 1/8 miles, the distance she will be running Saturday and with the prospect of rain, she may be able to […]
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