Inside the Fasig-Tipton November 2026 Catalog
How the 2026 book of weanlings, mares in foal and racing fillies is built, what its stallions cost, and what nine years of November results say about this one.
Data as of November 1, 2026 · The November Sale, Lexington, November 2, 2026
- 211horses cataloged
- 105weanlings
- 46mares in foal
- 60racing and broodmare prospects
35 are out, leaving 176 horses for the ring.
Hips 4, 26, 107, 120 and 135 were withdrawn before the catalog was printed. Hips 165, 180 and 195, added on November 1, are lifetime breeding rights in Sovereignty, Knightsbridge and Nyquist.
01 · The book
The smallest November book since 2017
215
entries cataloged, the fewest since 2017’s 203.
The 46 mares in foal are the fewest in the ten years on file, against 80 in 2024. Weanlings are up from 91 to 105, and racing and broodmare prospects down from 69 to 60. Thirty-six of the 215 are already out: 22 weanlings, 5 mares in foal, 8 racing or broodmare prospects and one lifetime breeding right.
FT November catalog by year and section
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| Year | Weanlings | In foal | Racing | Other | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 81 | 55 | 64 | 3 | 203 |
| 2018 | 120 | 57 | 71 | 0 | 248 |
| 2019 | 94 | 69 | 57 | 0 | 220 |
| 2020 | 163 | 64 | 60 | 1 | 288 |
| 2021 | 141 | 70 | 59 | 0 | 270 |
| 2022 | 188 | 64 | 67 | 0 | 319 |
| 2023 | 138 | 64 | 64 | 0 | 266 |
| 2024 | 161 | 80 | 76 | 0 | 317 |
| 2025 | 91 | 60 | 69 | 0 | 220 |
| 2026 | 105 | 46 | 60 | 4 | 215 |
02 · Mares in foal
The in-foal book has narrowed onto the top stallions
76.1%
of the 46 mares carry a cover by a stallion that stood for $100,000 or more in 2026. In 2022 the share was 38.3%.
They were covered by 17 stallions, against 35 in 2024. Eight stallions account for all 35 of the $100,000-plus covers, the median cover fee is $175,000, and 4 cost less than $50,000. Every one of the 46 has black type in her own record, her produce or her dam’s: 25 are stakes winners, and 19 are maiden mares carrying a first foal, 14 of them stakes winners.
Share of covers at $100,000 or more
Covering sires
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| Year | Mares | Covering sires | Fee known | Median cover fee |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 64 | 28 | 47 | $85,000 |
| 2023 | 64 | 28 | 46 | $100,000 |
| 2024 | 80 | 35 | 72 | $150,000 |
| 2025 | 60 | 25 | 56 | $175,000 |
| 2026 | 46 | 17 | 46 | $175,000 |
| Year | $100,000 or more | Under $50,000 | Sire raised next season | Sire cut next season |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 18 (38.3%) | 9 | 19 | 3 |
| 2023 | 27 (58.7%) | 10 | 17 | 16 |
| 2024 | 42 (58.3%) | 11 | 16 | 23 |
| 2025 | 36 (64.3%) | 10 | 10 | 12 |
| 2026 | 35 (76.1%) | 4 | 20 | 6 |
03 · Two stallion markets
Two stallion markets in one session
$30,000
median conception fee behind the 105 weanlings. The mares’ covers: $175,000.
The 46 foals still inside their dams carry $7,690,000 in advertised stud fees, more than the $6,115,500 behind the 101 weanlings with a published fee. For 2027, the farms have cut the weanlings’ sires more often than they raised them, and raised the covering sires more often than they cut them. Fifty-three weanlings are by sires since cut and 30 by sires raised; 20 of the covers are by stallions raised and 6 by stallions cut. Thirty-nine weanlings are by 15 first-crop sires. Fourteen of those sires already have a 2027 fee, and none was raised: 34 of the weanlings are by sires since cut and 3 by sires held. The other 2 are by a sire whose 2027 fee is still to be announced.
Weanlings and covers by stallion fee
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| Stallion fee | Weanlings | Mares in foal |
|---|---|---|
| Under $25,000 | 20 | 1 |
| $25,000 to $49,999 | 49 | 3 |
| $50,000 to $99,999 | 16 | 7 |
| $100,000 to $199,999 | 9 | 13 |
| $200,000 or more | 7 | 22 |
| Total with a published fee | 101 | 46 |
| 2027 fee against the conception fee | Weanlings | Mares in foal |
|---|---|---|
| Raised | 30 | 20 |
| Held | 12 | 13 |
| Cut | 53 | 6 |
| No 2027 fee yet | 10 | 7 |
04 · Freshman sires
Every freshman fee here has been cut or held
0
of the 169 first-crop weanlings cataloged since 2023 were by a sire raised for the following season. 137 were by sires cut and 30 by sires held.
This year’s 39 are by 15 first-crop sires at a $30,000 median conception fee, the lowest of the four years, with none above $40,000 and 15 under $25,000. Last year’s 35 cleared at 86.7 percent and sold at a $157,500 median, against 95.3 percent and $185,000 for the rest of the weanlings. From 2023 to 2025, first-crop weanlings conceived under $25,000 sold at a $77,500 median and older sires’ at $67,500; from $25,000 to $49,999, $130,000 and $140,000. The covers follow the same pattern: none of the 49 first-season covers cataloged here since 2022 was by a stallion raised for his second season, and this year’s 5 are by Sierra Leone (3), Citizen Bull and Fierceness, all cut for 2027.
First-crop weanlings by conception fee
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| Year | First-crop weanlings | Share of weanlings | Sires | Median conception fee | Out |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 31 | 22.5% | 10 | $40,000 | 9 |
| 2024 | 64 | 39.8% | 17 | $45,000 | 17 |
| 2025 | 35 | 38.5% | 14 | $35,000 | 5 |
| 2026 | 39 | 37.1% | 15 | $30,000 | 8 |
| Next-season fee | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sire cut | 20 | 53 | 30 | 34 |
| Held | 11 | 11 | 5 | 3 |
| Raised | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Not yet set | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| First-crop results | Offered | Clearance | Sold | Median |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 22 | 77.3% | 17 | $110,000 |
| 2024 | 47 | 68.1% | 32 | $140,000 |
| 2025 | 30 | 86.7% | 26 | $157,500 |
| Other sires, 2025 | 43 | 95.3% | 41 | $185,000 |
| Same conception fee, 2023 to 2025 | First crop sold | Median | Older sires sold | Median |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under $25,000 | 16 | $77,500 | 28 | $67,500 |
| $25,000 to $49,999 | 35 | $130,000 | 36 | $140,000 |
| $50,000 to $99,999 | 23 | $215,000 | 33 | $200,000 |
| First-season covers | Mares | Median cover fee | Cut / held / raised |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 10 of 64 | $50,000 | 0 / 10 / 0 |
| 2023 | 18 of 64 | $100,000 | 15 / 3 / 0 |
| 2024 | 11 of 80 | $50,000 | 7 / 4 / 0 |
| 2025 | 5 of 60 | $30,000 | 2 / 3 / 0 |
| 2026 | 5 of 46 | $75,000 | 5 / 0 / 0 |
05 · Against Keeneland November
Earlier foals than any Keeneland book
45.7%
of the 105 weanlings were foaled in January or February. Keeneland November’s 1,603 weanlings of the same crop: 35.3%, and no book above 36.4%.
On sire price the book sits between Keeneland’s first two: a $30,000 median conception fee, the same as Book 2, with 15.8 percent conceived at $100,000 or more, against 37.4 percent in Book 1 and 5.2 percent in Book 2. Its first-crop share, 38.6 percent, matches Keeneland’s as a whole; Book 1’s is 17.4 percent. Forty-eight of the 49 FT weanling sires also have weanlings at Keeneland. Last year the early-foal shares were close: 40.7 percent at Fasig-Tipton, 39.1 percent at Keeneland.
Same crop, two catalogs
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| Catalog | Weanlings | Median fee | $100,000 or more | First crop | Jan. or Feb. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FT November | 105 | $30,000 | 15.8% | 38.6% | 45.7% |
| Keeneland Book 1 | 117 | $75,000 | 37.4% | 17.4% | 31.6% |
| Keeneland Book 2 | 415 | $30,000 | 5.2% | 39.5% | 36.4% |
| Keeneland Book 3 | 403 | $30,000 | 1.3% | 47.3% | 35.7% |
| Keeneland Book 4 | 398 | $20,000 | 0.0% | 38.8% | 35.7% |
| Keeneland Book 5 | 270 | $12,500 | 0.9% | 32.5% | 34.1% |
| Keeneland, all books | 1,603 | $30,000 | 4.7% | 38.6% | 35.3% |
06 · The catalog page
Grade 1 pages are in the fillies and mares
40
of the 106 fillies and mares carry Grade 1 black type: their own, their produce’s, their dam’s or a sibling’s. Among the 105 weanlings, 7 have it at the first dam.
Eighty-three of the fillies and mares carry graded black type or better. Sixty-eight of the weanlings have no stakes winner or stakes producer as dam. The stronger weanling pages sit with the expensive sires: 11 of the 16 weanlings conceived at $100,000 or more have stakes black type at the first dam, against 4 of 16 at $50,000 to $99,999 and 21 of 69 under $50,000. None of the 39 first-crop weanlings is out of a Grade 1 winner or a Grade 1 producer.
Weanlings by closest top black type
Fillies and mares by page tier
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| Weanling page | Weanlings | Still in |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 1 at the first dam | 7 | 6 |
| Graded at the first dam | 13 | 10 |
| Stakes at the first dam | 17 | 12 |
| Grade 1 at the second dam | 9 | 6 |
| Graded at the second dam | 18 | 15 |
| Further back | 41 | 34 |
| Total | 105 | 83 |
| Filly or mare page | Mares in foal | Racing and broodmare prospects | All |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 1 | 19 | 21 | 40 |
| Graded | 16 | 27 | 43 |
| Stakes | 10 | 8 | 18 |
| Black-type placed herself | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| Further back | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Total | 46 | 60 | 106 |
07 · Three years of weanling results
The cheaper the stallion, the bigger the multiple
5.33x
median price over conception fee for FT November weanlings by stallions under $25,000, 2023 to 2025. At $150,000 or more: 2.00x.
Clearance was lowest, 69.6 percent, for weanlings conceived at $100,000 to $149,999, and highest, 91.8 percent, at $50,000 to $99,999. Weanlings by sires raised for the following season cleared at 85.2 percent and a $180,000 median, those by sires cut at 76.6 percent and $130,000. First-crop weanlings: 75.8 percent, $140,000 and 4.30 times the fee. This year’s book has 15 weanlings conceived at $150,000 or more, the most of the four years (5 in 2023, 12 in 2024 and 9 in 2025).
Median sale price over conception fee
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| Conception fee, 2023 to 2025 | Cataloged | Offered | Clearance | Sold |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under $25,000 | 64 | 53 | 83.0% | 44 |
| $25,000 to $49,999 | 130 | 99 | 71.7% | 71 |
| $50,000 to $99,999 | 84 | 61 | 91.8% | 56 |
| $100,000 to $149,999 | 32 | 23 | 69.6% | 16 |
| $150,000 or more | 26 | 14 | 78.6% | 11 |
| Conception fee | Median | Multiple | Cataloged in 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under $25,000 | $75,000 | 5.33x | 20 |
| $25,000 to $49,999 | $140,000 | 4.17x | 49 |
| $50,000 to $99,999 | $200,000 | 3.14x | 16 |
| $100,000 to $149,999 | $285,000 | 2.71x | 1 |
| $150,000 or more | $375,000 | 2.00x | 15 |
| Weanlings, 2023 to 2025 | Clearance | Sold | Median | Multiple |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sire raised for the next season | 85.2% | 69 | $180,000 | 4.17x |
| Sire held | 75.6% | 34 | $162,500 | 3.86x |
| Sire cut | 76.6% | 95 | $130,000 | 3.47x |
| First-crop sire | 75.8% | 75 | $140,000 | 4.30x |
| All other sires | 78.9% | 150 | $150,000 | 3.20x |
08 · Pinhooks
Most November weanlings come back as yearlings
1.52x
median gross multiple for the 202 FT November weanlings of 2021 to 2024 resold the following year.
Of the 309 weanlings bought from 2021 to 2024, 252 were cataloged again the next year and 202 sold, 40 for less than they cost and 67 for twice or more. Together the 202 brought $51,803,000 on $31,464,500. Keeneland September took 114 of the resales and Fasig-Tipton October 41. The multiple falls with the price: 1.74 times under $100,000, 1.46 times at $200,000 or more. Last year’s 67 have been through the yearling sales: 43 resold, at a median 1.47 times.
Median resale multiple by weanling year
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| Weanling year | Bought | Cataloged next year | Resold | Median multiple |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 62 | 53 | 42 | 1.65x |
| 2022 | 89 | 68 | 51 | 1.48x |
| 2023 | 74 | 60 | 53 | 1.64x |
| 2024 | 84 | 71 | 56 | 1.47x |
| 2025 | 67 | 52 | 43 | 1.47x |
| 2021 to 2024 | 309 | 252 | 202 | 1.52x |
| Weanling year | Resold below cost | Resold at 2x or more | Paid | Resale price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 6 | 16 | $5,619,000 | $9,880,000 |
| 2022 | 12 | 17 | $8,214,000 | $13,452,000 |
| 2023 | 13 | 18 | $8,982,000 | $14,786,000 |
| 2024 | 9 | 16 | $8,649,500 | $13,685,000 |
| 2025 | 11 | 11 | $7,440,000 | $11,855,000 |
| 2021 to 2024 | 40 | 67 | $31,464,500 | $51,803,000 |
| Price paid, 2021 to 2024 | Bought | Resold | Median multiple |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under $100,000 | 107 | 74 | 1.74x |
| $100,000 to $199,999 | 97 | 70 | 1.51x |
| $200,000 or more | 105 | 58 | 1.46x |
| Where resold, 2021 to 2024 | Resales |
|---|---|
| Keeneland September | 114 |
| Fasig-Tipton October | 41 |
| Fasig-Tipton Saratoga | 27 |
| Fasig-Tipton July | 12 |
| Fasig-Tipton New York-Bred | 4 |
| Fasig-Tipton Midlantic Fall | 2 |
| Fasig-Tipton Kentucky Winter Mixed | 1 |
| OBS October | 1 |
09 · Racing fillies and mares
Nearly every racing filly is a stakes winner
52
of the 60 racing and broodmare prospects are stakes winners. Fifteen won a Grade 1 or Group 1.
Their median earnings are $466,770, and 13 have earned $1 million or more. Twenty-four are four-year-olds and 18 are five. Fifteen were in Breeders’ Cup fields at Keeneland on October 30 and 31, and two won: Ways and Means in the Filly and Mare Sprint and Kathynmarissa in the Filly and Mare Turf. The Breeders’ Cup sale tracker follows every starter cataloged at auction.
Racing and broodmare prospects by best win
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| Best win | Fillies and mares |
|---|---|
| Grade 1 | 15 |
| Grade 2 | 11 |
| Grade 3 | 13 |
| Listed | 4 |
| Other stakes | 9 |
| Black-type placed | 7 |
| Neither | 1 |
| Total | 60 |
| Age in 2026 | Fillies and mares |
|---|---|
| 2 | 1 |
| 3 | 12 |
| 4 | 24 |
| 5 | 18 |
| 6 | 5 |
10 · Nine years
Last year’s average was the highest in nine years
$731,438
average price in 2025 in our records, the highest of the nine years on file, from 144 horses sold.
At the close, the 2025 sale was reported at 138 sold for $102,027,000, the second-highest gross in the sale’s history behind 2021, with a $739,326 average second only to 2008. Our records, which add post-sales reported after the close, have 144 sold for $105,327,000. Its $322,500 median was second to 2018’s $327,500. Since 2021, ring clearance has risen every year for weanlings, from 66.3 percent to 91.8 percent, and fallen every year for racing and broodmare prospects, from 89.4 percent to 65.5 percent. Mares in foal cleared at 74.1 percent in 2021 and 70.0 percent last year.
FT November gross by year
Ring clearance by section, 2021 and 2025
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| Year | Cataloged | Out | Offered | Clearance | Sold |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 203 | 62 | 141 | 80.1% | 115 |
| 2018 | 248 | 55 | 193 | 66.3% | 140 |
| 2019 | 220 | 52 | 168 | 73.8% | 128 |
| 2020 | 288 | 77 | 211 | 61.6% | 142 |
| 2021 | 270 | 76 | 194 | 74.2% | 149 |
| 2022 | 319 | 79 | 240 | 70.4% | 170 |
| 2023 | 266 | 61 | 205 | 75.1% | 154 |
| 2024 | 317 | 81 | 236 | 72.9% | 178 |
| 2025 | 220 | 42 | 178 | 77.5% | 144 |
| Year | Gross | Median | Average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | $74,200,000 | $250,000 | $645,217 |
| 2018 | $89,473,000 | $327,500 | $639,093 |
| 2019 | $68,011,000 | $300,000 | $531,336 |
| 2020 | $80,237,000 | $200,000 | $565,049 |
| 2021 | $103,699,000 | $300,000 | $695,966 |
| 2022 | $101,289,000 | $250,000 | $595,818 |
| 2023 | $101,281,000 | $295,000 | $657,669 |
| 2024 | $96,423,500 | $250,000 | $541,705 |
| 2025 | $105,327,000 | $322,500 | $731,438 |
| Ring clearance | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weanlings | 66.3% | 68.8% | 72.5% | 73.7% | 91.8% |
| Mares in foal | 74.1% | 63.2% | 75.9% | 68.2% | 70.0% |
| Racing and broodmare prospects | 89.4% | 81.8% | 79.6% | 76.8% | 65.5% |
11 · Pre-registered
What Monday will test
weanlings are by sires cut for 2027. From 2023 to 2025, weanlings by sires cut for the following season cleared at 76.6 percent and a $130,000 median; by sires raised, 85.2 percent and $180,000.
weanlings are by first-crop sires, 34 of them by sires since cut. First-crop weanlings from 2023 to 2025 cleared at 75.8 percent, at a $140,000 median and 4.30 times the fee.
mares carry covers at $200,000 or more. From 2023 to 2025 that band cleared at 72.5 percent and sold at a $1,250,000 median, 5.75 times the cover fee.
Method
This is a pre-sale snapshot taken on November 1, 2026, the day before the sale. The population is the 215 entries in the catalog that afternoon, supplements included: 211 horses and 4 lifetime breeding rights. Thirty-six entries are out, 35 horses and 1 breeding right; unless a figure says otherwise, outs are counted. We will add the results to this page after the sale and score the three tests above against them.
Stallion fees are TI’s Kentucky stud fee data: the last advertised fee for each season. A weanling’s conception fee is its sire’s 2025 fee; a cover’s is the covering sire’s fee in the season of the cover. Gun Runner’s 2027 season is advertised as Private; the $350,000 used here is the figure on the stud fee page. First crop means the sire entered stud the year before the weanling was foaled.
History for 2017 to 2025 comes from TI’s sale database. Offered is sold plus RNA plus post-sale, and ring clearance is horses sold in the ring divided by horses offered. Sold, gross, median and average include post-sale transactions and never include RNAs, so they can run above the closing-day figures: for 2025 our records show 144 sold for $105,327,000, against 138 for $102,027,000 at the close, the second-highest gross in the sale’s history. Multiples are gross, before any expense. Resale figures follow weanlings to their first completed public sale the following year, from 2021.
The Keeneland comparison counts the full 2026 November Breeding Stock Sale catalog before withdrawals, by Keeneland’s own book designations.
This page reports the catalog in aggregate and expresses no view on any horse in it.
