by Sarah Mace - Five New York-bred yearlings, a racing/broodmare prospect, and one two-year-old sold in the 2010 Fasig-Tipton Kentucky Winter Mixed Sale on Monday.
Two colts and a filly (including the top-priced New York-bred yearling) came from the first yearling crop of Grade 2-winning millionaire Friendly Island, New York-bred champion older male in 2006 and New York-bred champion sprinter in 2006 and 2007. Friendly Island stands at Sugar Maple Farm in Poughquag for $3,500. The other New York-based sire represented in the sale was Grade 1 juvenile performer and multiple graded-placed Patriot Act, also with his first crop of yearlings. Patriot Act, a son of A. P. Indy is owned by Questroyal Stud and stands for $5,000 at Dutchess Views Farm. The five yearlings sold for an average of $4,180 (sale yearling average, $5,947).
Hip 180, four-year-old Waterville Lake Stable homebred More Oats Please (Smart Strike/Miss Yiayia [Gilded Time]), sold for $30,000 to McMahon Bloodstock, LLC (agent). Having raced exclusively in state-bred company, More Oats Please has won sprints on both turf and dirt and her record is 2-2-3 from 9 starts with $83,817 in earnings; she posted a lifetime high Beyer Speed Figure of 79 in her last start. Her black type-placed dam is a half to graded winner Stoneleigh’s Hope (Damascus).
An unnamed two-year old New York-bred filly by Fusaichi Pegasus out of the Devil’s Bag mare Miss Livi (Hip 178) was sold by Paramount Sales (agent) to Viking Stud (agent) for $10,000. She is a half-sister to Balto Star (Glitterman), who was bred and campaigned by Stuart and Anita Subotnick’s Anstu Stable. Balto Star, a twelve-time winner, earned $2,363,780 capturing the Grade 1 United Nations Handicap, five Grade 2 races, including the Arkansas Derby, and a Grade three; he placed seven more times at the graded level and started twice in the Breeders’ Cup (Mile and Turf).
Fasig-Tipton Kentucky 2010 Winter Mixed Sale results for NY-bred yearlings:
Hip 141 $5,500 dkb f, by Friendly Island/Kicken High (High Yield) (Paramount Sales, Agent IV), Geo S. L.
Hip 71 $5,200 ch c, by Friendly Island/Desafinado (Pulpit) (Paramount Sales, Agent IV), Michael Reavis
Hip 1 $5,000 b f, by Patriot Act/Ya Lateefah (Muhtafal) (Crossroads Sales Agency, Agent V), Geo S. L.
Hip 145 $4,000 b c, by Forest Danger/Land on Your Feet (Silver Deputy) (Blake Agency, Agent), A Pas Rodriguez
Hip 288 $1,200 b c, by Friendly Island/Tiz Paula (Tiznow) (Paramount Sales, Agent IV), Mervin & Barbara McNamara
