ELiTE Sales To Enter Yearling Consignment Business

ELiTE Sales, the Thoroughbred consignment business of Liz Crow and Bradley Weisbord, will begin selling yearlings in 2023, adding to their existing business of breeding and racing stock.

"ELiTE Sales launched in 2017 with the goal of being the number-one consignor of horses of racing age and broodmares/broodmare prospects," said Weisbord. "With six years under our belts, we have experienced a wide range of success, including selling 21 off-the-track broodmare or racing prospects for $1 million or more."

The addition of yearlings to their lineup is the latest news from ELiTE, who sold their first two weanlings at The November Sale at Fasig-Tipton, including a Gun Runner   filly for $675,000. They also were represented with a consignment at Tattersalls December Sale for the first time in 2022.

"Since launching ELiTE, our team has enjoyed building relationships with the most prominent buyers and sellers of bloodstock around the world. We believe that these relationships, along with our boutique model, top client support, and ambitious marketing have led to our success." Weisbord said, "The move into yearlings has been long-planned. Liz and I have some of our own homebreds we will sell, we will sell for our existing clients, and we hope to add some large breeding farms into the mix."

ELiTE has hired Beth Bayer, the former director of sales for Woodford Thoroughbreds, who has 20 years of experience in the industry, to run the day-to-day consignment, leaving Crow free to continue her scrutiny of yearlings on the sales grounds.

"Liz is one of the leading agents purchasing yearlings each year and we feel her knowledge of the market along with her great eye will be a huge asset to our clients. She will be available for farm inspections as we lead into yearling prep and sales time. We also feel that since our team sees every single horse on the sales grounds at every single yearling sale, she will have a great understanding of where yearlings most appropriately fit in each catalog and sale."

Fasig-Tipton July would be the first sale the company will target, followed by The Saratoga Sale at Fasig-Tipton, the September Yearling Sale at Keeneland, and the Kentucky October Yearlings at Fasig-Tipton.

Weisbord said he would continue to handle client and buyer relationships on and off the sales grounds. Katelyn Jackson, Samantha Bussanich, and Jake Memolo will remain with ELiTE, and the company will continue to be run as a boutique consignment operation.

In its six-year history, ELiTE has sold more than $135 million in horses, averaging more than $295,000 per horse. Those sales include Monomoy Girl  for Michael Dubb, Monomoy Stables, The Elkstone Group, and Bethlehem Stables, who brought $9.5 million at The November Sale in 2020 at Fasig-Tipton, and Paris Lights  for WinStar Farm, who topped the 2021 November Breeding Stock Sale at Keeneland at $3.1 million.