Grade III stakes winner Cover Song (Fastnet Rock), in foal to Dubawi (Ire), will sell at the Fasig-Tipton November sale November 4, as the linchpin of the dispersal of Bobby Flay's European-based bloodstock, which will take place this fall.
Cover Song will be consigned by Elite Sales, while Baroda
& Colbinstown will handle a consignment at the Tattersalls Breeding Stock
Sales.
Cover Song will be the first mare ever offered at Fasig-Tipton's Night of the
Stars in foal to Dubawi.
"The opportunity to offer a mare at public auction with the quality and
depth of pedigree like Cover Song is extremely rare," said Fasig-Tipton
president Boyd Browning. "Since she was purchased by Bobby Flay at our
November Sale in 2016, both of her siblings to race—Roly Poly and U S Navy
Flag—have won multiple Grade I races, andU
S Navy Flag is a champion. Her own dam, the champion and multiple G1
winner Misty For Me (Ire), has produced two additional foals by War Front and
is back in foal to War Front. Equally exciting, this is the first mare ever
offered in foal to Dubawi at the Fasig-Tipton November Sale. Cover Song is
truly a once-in-a-lifetime offering and we are honored to sell her."
In Europe, Flay's dispersal includes three mares in foal to Europe's best
stallions, including Frankel; two racing or broodmare prospects, and three
foals. They will be offered at the 2018 Tattersalls December Breeding Stock
Sale.
"Racing and breeding thoroughbreds in Europe has been a rewarding and
fruitful experience for me over the last decade," said Flay. "The
people who own the farms, run the sales companies and train the horses have
been nothing but great partners in my quest to run a successful business. I
have decided, however, to disperse my European stock at upcoming sales and they
will be offered without a reserve. To be clear, I am not leaving the business
as a whole. In fact, I will continue to add more robust pedigrees to my
American team now and in the future. This decision is strictly based on
geography and where I spend most of my time. I look forward to seeing these
special horses find new homes and at the same time I look forward to a more
focused domestic business."
"We are honored to have the opportunity to present the most elite young
pedigree to come to public auction in quite some time," said Elite Sales
President Bradley Weisbord. "As a five-year-old, she represents the best
combination of age, ability, family and covering sire ever presented. She is in
foal on her first cover to international super sire Dubawi, who is out of the
reach of many breeders. Her dam, Misty for Me, was a champion, and both of her
siblings are recent multiple G1 winners. It's extremely rare for a young mare
like this to come to public auction, and she will appeal to every major
breeding operation around the world."
Said David Cox of Baroda & Colbinstown, "We are looking forward to
selling an exciting draft for Bobby Flay as part of the dispersal of his
European breeding stock at the Tattersalls December Breeding Stock Sales. There
are some exceptional mares. Among the top-class pedigrees are Auld Alliance, a
Montjeu mare from one of the great Ballymacoll families and she is in foal
again to the great Frankel. The three foals are all by hugely popular sires,
including Dark Angel (American Spirit), Frankel (Auld Alliance) and Invincible
Spirit (Albisola)."
The Fasig-Tipton November Sale takes place Sunday, November 4th. The
Tattersalls December Breeding Stock Sale runs from Wednesday, November 28ththrough
Thursday, December 6th. For additional information, please contact Liz
Crow at (301) 518-9592 and David Cox +353 (86)-823-4098.
