A mare who can produce even one stakes winner is very valuable for a breeder and represents a small percentage of the mare population. Being able to produce two stakes winners is twice as nice, and rarer still.

But how about a mare who can produce five stakes winners? It’s a remarkable achievement, so it’s fitting that a mare who recently gained such status is named Remarkable Gal. She was credited with her fifth stakes winner on Oct. 10, Canadian Thanksgiving Day, when the juvenile colt Strate Remark won the Ascot Graduation Stakes at Hastings Park.

By Regal Remark out of Home Run Gal, by Struck Out (a son of Nashua), Remarkable Gal was quite unremarkable on the track, but she has produced nine stakes horse from 14 foals of racing age (so many foals out of one mare is also unusual for a broodmare). Remarkable Gal started but three times, all in claiming races at age 3, and won once, a $10,000 maiden-claiming race at Hastings. She was off the board in her other two starts and earned but $4,143.

As a producer, she has been a prize of the Pacific Northwest. Of her nine stakes horses, eight are either stakes winners or stakes-placed in Canada. The only outlier is her second foal, Golden Dragon, by Free At Last, who won a stakes in Macau.

Remarkable Gal’s other four stakes winners all won added-money events at Hastings in British Columbia. Her leading earner is Trick of the North, by Western Trick, a foal of 2001 who won the Grade 3 BC Premier’s Stakes in 2009 and the British Columbia Classic Handicap the following year. He won 16 of 74 starts while racing for 11 seasons and earned $459,592.

Her second-leading earner is Remarkable Miss, by Finality, winner of three stakes at Hastings and an earner of $177,268.

She’s also the dam of two stakes winners by Sungold – Sunnyside Gal, winner of the $100,000 Sadie Diamond Futurity in 2011, and Strate Remark, who has won two stakes in five starts this year at age 2 and earned $77,410.

Sungold is a son of A.P. Indy who raced in the Pacific Northwest and won three of 11 starts while racing from ages 2 through 4 and earning $42,673. He ran in stakes twice, including the Ascot Graduation, but failed to hit the board in either event. He stands at R.J. and Lois Bennett’s Flying Horse Farm in British Columbia for a private fee. The Bennetts, stalwarts of the BC breeding industry for years, had bought Sungold as a yearling for $30,000 at the Keeneland September sale and raced him.

The 2016 renewal of the Fasig-Tipton Saratoga fall mixed sale showed a marginal year-to-year regression in gross and average, and was topped by the $150,000 broodmare Coronation Street.

Monday’s sale saw 164 horses sold for revenues of $2,780,600, down 2 percent from last year’s sale when 162 horses brought $2,833,800.

The average sale price declined 3 percent to $16,955 from $17,493, while the median fell 15 percent to $8,500 from $10,000. The buyback rate closed at 37 percent, down from 46 percent during last year’s sale.

At the top of the market, four horses changed hands for six figures, showing no change from last year’s sale. Horses sold for $50,000 or more rose to 15 from 12.

The sale was topped by Coronation Street, an unraced 3-year-old Street Cry mare who sold in foal to Alpha to Chester Broman for $150,000.

The weanling portion of the Fasig-Tipton Saratoga fall mixed sale was led by an Into Mischief filly, who sold to trainer Linda Rice, as agent for Sheila Rosenblum's Lady Sheila Stable for $125,000. It was the auction's second-highest price overall.

The gray or roan filly is the first foal out of the multiple stakes-placed Value Plus mare Roses Plus, from the family of Panamanian champion Percentile and Grade 2 winner Rockwall.

The filly was bred in New York by Clyde Taylor, and was consigned as agent by Catalyst Bloodstock.

The yearling portion of the Fasig-Tipton Saratoga fall mixed sale went by without much fanfare, spurred by a 68 percent buyback rate.

Nine yearlings changed hands in the auction ring for $47,200, posting an average price of $5,244 and a median of $3,000.

The yearlings were led by a first-crop Emcee filly who sold to Gloria Martin for $16,000, making her the only yearling of the auction to sell for a five-figure price.

The gray or roan filly is the first foal out of the stakes-placed Lightnin N Thunder mare Annie Roe, from the family of stakes winners Sweet Molly Malone, Woman in Space, Humor Me Molly, and Reno Rebel. She was bred in New York by Elena Ahlschwede, and was consigned by The New Hill Farm, agent.

---Edited Press Release---

Fasig-Tipton has added an initial four supplemental entries to the catalog for the 2016 November Sale to be held on Monday, November 7^th in Lexington, Kentucky.  These supplemental entries are catalogued as hips 161-164:

- DECKED OUT (Hip 161): Three-year-old daughter of STREET BOSS won G3 Providencia S. on turf earlier this year, and was also a close 2^nd in G1 Del Mar Oaks.  She also finished 3^rd in G3 Schuylerville S. on dirt at Saratoga as a two-year-old.  She is a half-sister to multiple stakes winner MORROW COVE from a prolific stakes-producing family. She will be consigned as a racing/broodmare prospect by Taylor Made Sales Agency, agent.

- ’16 MUCHO  MACHO MAN – CAT ALERT COLT (Hip 162): Weanling colt from first crop of G1 Breeders’ Cup Classic winner MUCHO MACHO MAN. His first dam, graded stakes placed CAT ALERT, is the dam of five winners from five to race. He will be offered by Morgan’s Ford Farm.

- BACIAMI PICCOLA (Hip 163): Three-year-old daughter of EQUIANO won the G3 Florida Oaks this year. She is also multiple stakes placed in Europe. Her classic European pedigree includes Champion VIRGINIA WATERS and traces back to English foundation mare SUNBITTERN. She will be consigned as a broodmare prospect by Mill Ridge Sales, agent.

- ’16 MIDSHIPMAN – IRISH CONNECTION FILLY (Hip 164): Weanling daughter of Champion MIDSHIPMAN is a three parts sister to multiple graded stakes winner IRISH JASPER. IRISH JASPER most recently won the G2 Thoroughbred Club of America S. at Keeneland, a “Win and You’re In" for the G1 Breeders’ Cup Filly & Mare Sprint. She will be consigned by St. George Sales, agent.

These entries may now be viewed online. Print versions of all supplemental entries will be available on the Fasig-Tipton grounds at sale time.



Fasig-Tipton will continue to accept approved November Sale entries up until the Breeders’ Cup.

Through the first one-third of the catalog of the Fasig-Tipton Saratoga Fall Sale currently under way, there have been two mares that have sold for six figures, both purchsed by Chester Broman.

The sale topper is Coronation Street, by Street Cry out of Sara Louise, by Malibu Moon, who sold for $150,000 in foal to Alpha. Consigned by Sequel New York, agent, Coronation Street was unraced. Her dam, Sara Louise, won the Grade 2 Top Flight and has produced two other foals, including $116,000-plus earner Mrs. Hudson.

Broman also purchased the other six-figure mare, going to $100,000 for Fingers Crossed, also in foal to Alpha and consigned by Sequel New York. Fingers Crossed won $103,630 and she is in foal for the first time. Her dam, Ruth E, by A.P. Indy, is the dam of Ruthless Quality, by Elusive Quality, winner of both her starts this year as a 2-year-old, including the Kentucky Downs Juvenile Fillies Stakes.

The broodmare/broodmare prospect portion of the Fasig-Tipton Saratoga fall mixed sale is in the books, led by Coronation Street, who sold to Chester Broman for $150,000.

Coronation Street, an unraced 3-year-old Street Cry mare, sold in foal to Alpha and is the second foal out of the Grade 2-winning Malibu Moon mare Sara Louise. She is a sibling to two winners from two runners out of the mare.

Bred in Kentucky by Sheikh Mohammed Al-Maktoum's Darley operation, which also owns Alpha and stands him at Sequel Stallions New York in Hudson, N.Y., Coronation Street is from the family of Mexican classic winner Jacobino, and Grade 3 winners Til Forbid, Hold Old Blue, Scoop and Just Louise. Sequel New York consigned Coronation Street, as agent.

At the end of the broodmare portion, a total of 64 horses had sold for revenues of $912,900. The average sale price was $14,246 and the median was $5,500. The buyback rate finished at 30 percent.

Those numbers all tracked behind last year's final numbers, but the strength of this sale is in its weanling offerings, which wraps up the sale after the slate of yearlings.

Judy Klosterman, an Ohio-based owner, breeder, and consignor, died Oct. 13 from complications due to Parkinson’s disease. She was 78.

Klosterman and husband Ken established the 235-acre Langsem Farm in Loveland, Ohio. Their successes under the Langsem banner include Naughty, Ohio’s champion 2-year-old of 1999, Ohio Broodmare of the Year Haveaheavenlytime, and stakes winners Cruise, Brushy Fork, Enticed, Heavenliness, and Conjuress. Klosterman was named Ohio’s breeder of the Year in 1992, and TOBA’s Midwest regional Breeder of the Year in 1999.

They also bred and sold Unbridled Time, a son of Unbridled’s Song out of Haveaheavenlytime who was purchased for an Ohio-bred record $1.15 million at the 1999 Keeneland September yearling sale and developed into a stakes winner.

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The Fasig-Tipton Saratoga fall mixed sale is the first dedicated mixed sale on the major North American aucton calendar, which means we get the very first looks at some notable first-crop weanlings in the auction arena.

I've put together a handy list of the first-croppers in today's catalog, which can be found below...

Alpha

2009, Bernardini - Munnaya, by Nijinsky II

5 in catalog

Stands at Sequel Stallions New York, Husdon, NY, $8,500

Cairo Prince

2011, Pioneerof the Nile - Holy Bubbette, by Holy Bull

1 in catalog

Stands at Airdrie Stud, Midway, KY, $15,000

Can the Man

2011, Into Mischief - Smolensk, by Danzig

1 in catalog

Stands at Spendthrift Farm, Lexington, KY, $3,500

Central Banker

2010, Speightstown - Rhum, by Go for Gin

11 in catalog

Stands at McMahon of Saratoga Thoroughbreds, Saratoga Springs, NY, $7,500

Fed Biz

2009, Giant's Causeway - Spunoutacontrol, by Wild Again

1 in catalog

Stands at WinStar Farm, Versailles, KY, $12,500

Flashback

2010, Tapit - Rhumb Line, by Mr. Greeley

6 in catalog

Stands at Hill 'n' Dale Farms, Lexington, KY, $7,500

Goldencents

2010, Into Mischief - Golden Works, by Banker's Gold

2 in catalog

Stands at Spendthrift Farm, Lexington, KY, $15,000

Handsome Mike

2009, Scat Daddy - Classic Strike, by Smart Strike

2 in catalog

Stands at Pleasant Acres Stallions, Morriston, FL, $5,000

Honorable Dillon

2010, Tapit - Shy Greeting, by Shy Tom

17 in catalog

Stands at Rockridge Stud, Hudson, NY, $5,000

Mucho Macho Man

2008, Macho Uno - Ponche de Leona, by Ponche

1 in catalog

Stands at Adena Springs Kentucky, Paris, KY, $15,000

Revolutionary

2010, War Pass - Runup the Colors, by A.P. Indy

4 in catalog

Stands at WinStar Farm, Versailles, KY, $7,500

Shakin It Up

2010, Midnight Lute - Silver Bullet Moon, by Vindication

1 in catalog

Stands at Spendthrift Farm, Lexington, KY, $10,000

Verrazano

2010, More Than Ready - Enchanted Rock, by Giant's Causeway

2 in catalog

Stands at Ashford Stud, Versailles, KY, $20,000

The  Fasig-Tipton Saratoga Fall Sale starts at 10 a.m. Eastern today.

Here are outs for the sale (53 total outs)