MGISW Scottish Lassie Withdrawn From Breeders’ Cup, To Sell At Fasig-Tipton

Fasig-Tipton announced Thursday that multiple Grade I winner Scottish Lassie (McKinzie) has been withdrawn from the GI Longines Breeders’ Cup Distaff and will instead be offered at the “Night of the Stars” sale on Nov. 3 as Hip 226.

Trainer Jorge Abreu cited health concerns as the reason for the scratch. “I was not 100% satisfied with the way Scottish Lassie was moving this morning, so out of an abundance of caution we’ve decided to scratch her from the race,” Abreu said. “This filly has a ton of heart, but in fairness to her, we didn’t want to ask her to compete this weekend against the world’s highest level of competition unless she was absolutely 100%.”

The dark bay filly made an immediate impact in her brief racing career.

In just her second career start, Scottish Lassie broke her maiden in the GI Frizette Stakes at Belmont At The Big A by nine lengths — one of the widest margins in the race’s 80-year history.

At age 3, she added the GI Coaching Club American Oaks to her resume, dominating the field by 15 1/2 lengths, the race’s largest margin of victory in nearly five decades. In that performance, she defeated MGISW and champion Immersive (Nyquist) while earning a 99 Beyer Speed Figure and 7 Ragozin, establishing her as one of the fastest two-turn, dirt fillies of her generation.

Scottish Lassie represents the first crop of young stallion McKinzie. Her dam, Bodebabe, is a winning half-sister to stakes winner Windmill and to the dam of Crown the Buckeye (Yaupon), a multiple stakes winner at 2 in 2025.

Her female family includes Grade I winners Visionaire (Grand Slam) and Tara’s Tango (Unbridled’s Song).

Bred in Kentucky by Winchester Farm, Scottish Lassie has earned $735,760 for owners Sportsmen Stable, Parkland Thoroughbreds, Photos Finish LLC, Corms Racing Stable and Jorge Abreu.

Taylor Made Sales Agency will consign the filly as a racing/broodmare prospect during the Fasig-Tipton sale.