Multiple Grade 1 winner Bast to be offered at Fasig-Tipton November

Three-time Grade 1 winner Bast, in foal to Triple Crown winner Justify, will be offered at this year’s Fasig-Tipton November Sale.

Hill 'n' Dale Sales Agency will consign the three-year-old daughter of Uncle Mo on behalf of owner Charles Chu’s Baoma Corporation.

The only three-time Grade 1 winning filly of her crop in the US, Bast was trained throughout her career by Bob Baffert and established herself as the West Coast’s leading two-year-old filly in 2019.

Following a second-place finish in her career debut at two at Del Mar, she returned to the races three weeks later to break her maiden in the Del Mar Debutante by a wide margin. She added the Grade 1 Chandelier Stakes and finished third in the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies at Santa Anita.

Bast would conclude her two-year-old campaign with a victory in the Grade 1 Starlet Stakes at Los Alamitos and also landed the Grade 2 Santa Ynez Stakes in January.

"Bast’s tremendous ability and gorgeous looks should make her an outstanding broodmare," said Baffert. "I have only seen five yearling fillies at the sales that were a 'must buy' in my life, and she is one them. She is that beautiful."

Purchased by Baffert and agent Donato Lanni on behalf of Baoma Corporation for $500,000 at Fasig-Tipton’s 2018 Saratoga Selected Yearling Sale, Bast is a daughter of Uncle Mo.

Her dam Laffina, by Arch, is a half-sister to graded stakes winner Mananan McLir and is related to numerous other stakes winners.

"Bast was a fantastic racemare," said John Sikura of consignor Hill ‘n’ Dale. "Selected and trained by Hall of Famer Bob Baffert, in foal to Triple crown winner Justify, and by leading sire Uncle Mo. She is without fault and has everything a breeder desires - class, performance, and pedigree at the highest levels."

Fasig-Tipton president Boyd Browning added: "Bast is another tremendous racehorse campaigned by Charles and Susan Chu. Her brilliance on the racetrack and impeccable pedigree make her a broodmare with unlimited potential."

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