Spendthrift to offer Beholder at F-T November

Beholder will tour the auction ring four days after her bid for Breeders’ Cup history (Breeders’ Cup Ltd. Photo) Beholder, the two-time Eclipse champion and back-to-back Breeders’ Cup winner, will be offered for sale at the Fasig-Tipton November Sale on Monday, November 3, following her title defense in the Breeders’ Cup Distaff just four days prior. Owner B. Wayne Hughes’ Spendthrift Farm will consign the four-year-old filly. “Beholder is a truly special filly,” Spendthrift General Manager Ned Toffey said. “Her conformation is both flawless and spectacular. As a half-sister to one of the most exciting young stallions (Into Mischief) in the world, her pedigree really is unique and her race record quite simply speaks for itself.” Boyd Browning, President & CEO of Fasig-Tipton, added: “Beholder will be one of the most accomplished horses ever to be offered at a Fasig-Tipton sale. She is truly the complete package. We appreciate Mr. Hughes and the Spendthrift Team for providing us the opportunity to sell this remarkable filly.” Trained by Richard Mandella, Beholder has assembled one of the most decorated careers by a filly in recent memory. She’s the only Thoroughbred in history to win both the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies and Breeders’ Cup Distaff, and she’s the first filly since Hall of Fame champion Silverbulletday to earn the Eclipse Award at both two and three.

A seven-time stakes winner, Beholder has tallied five Grade 1 wins to date —
the two Breeders Cup races, plus the Santa Anita Oaks, Las Virgenes and Zenyatta
— and is seeking to become the first three-time Breeders’ Cup winner on the
main track. Beholder is first set to defend her title in this Saturday’s
$300,000 Zenyatta at Santa Anita, her final prep for the Breeders’ Cup. Last
Saturday, she breezed a bullet seven-furlong workout at Santa Anita in her final
tune-up for the Zenyatta.

Hall of Famer Mandella, not known for his superlatives, tagged Beholder with
perhaps the ultimate tribute, saying, “I’ve been lucky enough to have many good
mares in my years of training, but this mare might have to be the best of all.”

Beholder’s current career earnings of $3,188,300 place her 11th among all
North American-based female Thoroughbreds. By two-time Eclipse finalist Henny
Hughes, she hails from the multiple Grade 1-producing Tricky Creek mare Leslie’s
Lady, and is a half-sister to emerging top sire Into Mischief. Earlier this
month, Beholder’s half-sister by Curlin sold for $1.1 million, second highest
price for any yearling on opening day of the
Keeneland September
Sale.

Victorious from 5 1/2 furlongs to 1 1/8 miles, Beholder posted a 108 Beyer as
a two-year-old — highest by any juvenile over the past four years — and a 110
BRIS
Speed figure. She later topped that when notching a 112 BRIS Speed rating in the
Distaff. She currently boasts a record of nine wins and three seconds from 14
starts.

For more information about Beholder, please contact Toffey at (859) 294-0030,
or visit
SpendthriftFarm.com.

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