Fasig-Tipton, November 5th
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- Tapitsfly
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- Tapitsfly, now incorporated into a broodmare band in Japan; thanks for the memories!
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- This seemed like a unique photo op: the dams of this year’s Derby winner and Derby runner-up, being sold at the same auction.
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- Untouched Talent, the dam of Bodemeister
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- Summer Bird weanling
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- Summer Bird weanling
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- Ponche de Leona, Mucho Macho Man’s dam
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- Ponche de Leona
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- Sweet Havre de Grace, who I went to see before she goes off into a broodmare band and out of the public eye. The people at the sale with her let us feed her carrots and take photos with her.
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- Zagora, straight out of her winning effort in the Breeders’ Cup Filly and Mare Turf
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- Zagora
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- In Lingerie: turned out she was retired after this and booked to Frankel, so I’m glad I caught a few of her races.
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- Parading weanling
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- Another look at Grace, before she lit up the sales ring with a $10 million purchase price
Keeneland, November 6th
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- Pure Clan; the last time I saw her she was winning a race at Churchill in the summer of 2008. She was one of my favorite racehorses and popular at the sale as well, going for $4.5 million.
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- Liszy, the dam of Kentucky Oaks winner Plum Pretty
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- Negligee
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- Plum Pretty
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- Samantha Nicole, Rachel Alexandra’s yearling full sister
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- Samantha Nicole
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- Samantha Nicole, purchased by Stonestreet Stables. She’s got big shoes to fill, but I look forward to her racing career nevertheless.
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- Samantha Nicole and handler share a quiet moment
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- The family resemblance: Rachel Alexandra (left, March 2011); Samantha Nicole (right, November 2012)
Called To The Post 