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Spangled Banner Offered at Keeneland November Sale

The 15-year-old Tiz Wonderful mare is listed at the Keeneland November Breeding Stock Sale, with a recent update citing a Champagne Stakes winner from her connections.

Updated on Nov. 7, 2026 in Equestrian

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Spangled Banner, a 15-year-old Tiz Wonderful daughter, is offered at the Keeneland November Breeding Stock Sale on Nov. 7 after a Champagne Stakes update. AI Illustration. Upload story photo >

Spangled Banner, a 15-year-old daughter of Tiz Wonderful, is offered at the Keeneland November Breeding Stock Sale on Nov. 7. Her entry was updated to cite U. S. S. Valor's Champagne Stakes win, a son of War of Will.

Why it matters

The sale places a veteran broodmare with five winners from six starters before buyers at one of the sport's major auction venues. The update ties her offering to a rising Kentucky Derby prospect, drawing attention to her pedigree connections.

Spangled Banner has five winners from six starters, and her 2022 sale price was $225,000 at the Fasig-Tipton August Digital Sale. U. S. S. Valor won the Champagne Stakes by 6 1/2 lengths, but the outcome of the Keeneland offering remains unknown.

The players

Keeneland

Keeneland is a Lexington, Kentucky racecourse and thoroughbred auction house known for its prominent breeding stock sales.

Team Valor International

Team Valor International is a major thoroughbred racing and breeding operation that owns and races U. S. S. Valor.

The details

Spangled Banner is offered as Hip 1912 from the Bluewater Sales consignment and is in foal to Tiz the Law. Her offering follows an update citing U. S. S. Valor's Champagne Stakes win at Belmont Park on Oct. 3, where he rallied five wide into the stretch.

Timeline

  1. 2015: Spangled Banner's racing career concluded.

  2. 2022: Spangled Banner sold for $225,000 at the Fasig-Tipton August Digital Sale.

  3. Sept. 5: U. S. S. Valor won a maiden special weight race at Saratoga Race Course by 13 1/4 lengths.

  4. Oct. 3: U. S. S. Valor won the Champagne Stakes at Belmont Park.

  5. Nov. 7: Spangled Banner is offered at the Keeneland November Breeding Stock Sale.

Season Trajectory

U. S. S. Valor's Champagne Stakes win and his skipping of the Breeders' Cup Juvenile set him on a path toward the 2027 spring classics. His position in the first Kentucky Derby Future Wager at 6-1 places him among the early favorites for that race.

Buyers at the Keeneland November sale can evaluate Spangled Banner's five winners from six starters as a breeding prospect. Fans tracking the Kentucky Derby picture can follow U. S. S. Valor's spring campaign toward 2027.

The takeaway

Pedigree and race results both shape how breeding stock is valued at auction, and a Champagne Stakes winner in the family can raise interest in a dam's offspring. Readers following the sale can compare catalog pedigrees against published race records before the bidding opens.

What happens next

Connections plan a path toward the 2027 Kentucky Derby for U. S. S. Valor, with the spring classics as the next major target.

Further reading

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Source note: This article includes information reported by Blood Horse Interactive.