Champion Monomoy Girl wrote herself into the history books with her trip through the auction ring Sunday night at the Fasig-Tipton Kentucky fall selected mixed sale and will continue to write herself into the history books on the racetrack. The mare was purchased by Spendthrift Farm for $9.5 million and will remain in training with Brad Cox for another campaign in 2021.
"She's a superstar, she's an all-timer," Spendthrift general manager Ned Toffey said. "She'll go back to Brad Cox, and that's the plan right now – we'll let her decide, but as long as everything stays the same. She appears to be very sound, the vet checked her out, everything looks good. She'll go back in training another year, and then we've got a stallion or two that might suit."
Monomoy Girl was consigned by the Elite Sales of business partners Bradley Weisbord and Liz Crow, as agent for the ownership partnership of Michael Dubb, Monomoy Stables, Stuart Grant's The Elkstone Group, and Bethlehem Stables. The 5-year-old Tapizar mare's price tied her for second all-time among racing or broodmare prospects sold at public auction in North America. The record-holder is Horse of the Year Havre de Grace, sold for $10 million in 2012, followed by two-time Eclipse Award champion Songbird, sold for $9.5 million in 2017. Both of those mares were purchased at Fasig-Tipton November sales by Mandy Pope's Whisper Hill Farm...
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