Amo Racing Soars to $6.2M to Land Streak of Luck

Residual thrills from the Breeders' Cup World Championship lit up the bid board deep into Fasig-Tipton's The November Sale when Streak of Luck, the dam of undefeated Breeders' Cup Juvenile (G1) winner Ted Noffey, sold for a sale-topping $6.2 million. Kia Joorabchian's Amo Racing USA bought Streak of Luck, a graded-placed stakes winner by Old Fashioned, who was consigned by Taylor Made Sales Agency, for longtime client Marie Jones, the breeder of Ted Noffey. The mare was sold in foal to Taylor Made Stallions' leading sire Not This Time. Ted Noffey is a three-time grade 1 winner and expected to be named 2025's champion 2-year-old colt. "We had to wait around, and I kind of knew who was waiting around; it was going to be extremely strong," said Ben McElroy, who signed the ticket on behalf of Amo Racing USA. "Sales like this, when you bring the elite mares, she was probably the one that came in here with all the momentum. She's got the champion 2-year-old colt, or champion elect (Ted Noffey). Kentucky Derby future favorite. He's a great-looking horse; he's unbeaten." In a bidding war with Ace Bloodstock, who bought Puca for $5 million, McElroy was not backing down. "Kia (Joorabchian) wanted this one," he said. "She'll go to Archie St. George's farm, Brookstone Farm, to foal her out." McElroy said the hardest part of the night was securing the mare, and they were not sure who they would breed her back to, but it was likely she would head back to leading sire Into Mischief. The mare foaled a full brother to Ted Noffey this year. "We remember him (Ted Noffey) as a yearling, and he made our list as a yearling," McElroy said. "Unfortunately, we weren't smart enough to buy him. She (Streak of Luck) is a young mare in foal to a great stallion (Not This Time). Frank (Taylor) told me that the foal is a superstar. When you get a mare like that, that's produced a horse like that, and she looks like that, she's got a great cover—I wouldn't say she's cheap, but I think she's a great long-term investment." Marie Jones and her late husband Aaron have been clients at Taylor Made for more than 40 years. Together they developed Taylor Made's stallion operation and bred 24 graded stakes winners, including four Eclipse champions. "That was fantastic," Frank Taylor said. "I'm so happy for Mrs. Jones. She's just such a great lady, and they've been with us forever. I met the Joneses when I was 17, and they sent us our first horses, and they sent 40 to us right off the bat, and nobody knew who Taylor Made was at that point. They gave us a shot when nobody really knew us. It's been an amazing relationship for so long. "That was her fourth Breeders' Cup winner she had bred, and she just keeps supporting the business. Her and Mr. Jones have been so good to the Thoroughbred business and so good for Taylor Made. They're just such great people. When they come to the farm, they treat all the grooms and everybody that takes care of the horses like royalty, and they're just class acts." Taylor said Streak of Luck exceeded his expectations when bringing a final bid of $6.2 million. "I said $3-5 million, I thought probably the upper part of that. But, this was special." Taylor said the sale overall was strong in spots, but had a lot more buy-backs than normal. "I think people think this market's so high that the sellers are getting a little high on their product and setting these reserves kind of high, and they're going to have to adjust some." Fasig-Tipton's "Night of The Stars Sale" saw 27 horses sell for $1 million or more among the 138 head who changed hands for a total of $102,027,000, including private sales. The average price was $739,326, with a median of $300,000, showing an increase across all metrics, even with 58 fewer entries than last year. Forty horses failed to meet their reserve, resulting in an RNA rate of 22.5%. Last year's sale produced gross receipts of $96,423,500 from 178 horses sold. The average price was $541,705, with a median of $250,000. WATCH: Stars Align at the Fasig-Tipton November Sale "We're very pleased with the results from the November Sale," said Fasig-Tipton president and CEO Boyd Browning Jr. "Tremendous, tremendous support from international buyers. The market was very good, but the market is still rational. I think that's one of the things that we've seen in recent years during the November Sale, is there's still a sense of rationality to it. "The buyers are demanding, in terms of you have to have the proper combinations of pedigree, conformation, being by the right horse, and the right physical—whether it's a mare or whether it's a baby. But, a very fair market overall." Katsumi Yoshida's Northern Farm in Japan was the leading buyer by far, landing six of the highest quality mares in the sale for $14.9 million. Taylor Made Sales Agency was the leading consignor, selling 25 from its draft for a total of $16,230,000, including the sales topper. "Mr. and Mrs. Jones have been long-time patrons of not just Fasig-Tipton, but our industry," Browning said. "It's nice to see them achieve the success at this stage that she did tonight with an absolutely beautiful mare (Streak of Luck), that all the stars aligned with."