By Sarah Mace
A pair of chestnut fillies from the first crop of Grade 1 winner Dublin topped the New York-bred offerings at the Fasig-Tipton Midlantic Fall yearling sale held on Monday in Timonium, led by Hip 177 who was hammered down to EJ Stable for $65,000.
A January filly bred by James Moloney and Peter Reynolds, Hip 177 is the second foal out of Florida-bred Heaven’s Grace, an unplaced full sister to graded stakes-winning sprinter This One’s for Phil (Untuttable) and a half to 10 other winners, including another stakes winner, Tap Dancer (Sword Dancer). Heaven’s Grace’s first foal, a 2-year-old of 2014 by Munnings named Heaven’s Best, has not yet started.
Abundant black type, including a familiar family of New York-bred stakes winners and stakes performers, appears under the top filly’s third dam, Ontario-bred Finally Found. Finally Found produced New York-bred graded stakes winner Finality and Stolen Beauty, a Kentucky-bred graded stakes winner who is the dam of New York-bred stakes winner Moonlightandbeauty and stakes placed Beautyinthepulpit. Moonlightandbeauty is the dam of New York-bred juvenile champion Giant Moon and stakes winner Moonlight Song.
Darren Kreski, Agent signed a $63,000 ticket for Hip 365, a daughter of Dublin bred by Patrick Heraty, William Duignan & Tranquility Investments Limited. Foaled on February 3, 2013, this filly is out of She’s Mahogany, a placed daughter of Woodman who has produced seven winners of seven foals to start, including Grade 3-placed Au Moon (Malibu Moon). The filly’s second dam is stakes winner Princess Tru by Capote and she issues from the family of star sprinter Bridgetown.
New York-bred yearlings participated in the across-the-board declines at the one-day Fasig-Tipton Midlantic sale. A total of 50 individuals sold of 77 offered, including three private sales, for a 35 percent buyback rate. The New York-bred average price was $13,396 and median was $7,750. The general population of the sale saw a 27.6 percent buyback rate (up from 13.7%), a year-to-year 41.2 percent decline in median from $17,000 to $10,000, and 15.3 percent dip in average from $25,847 to $21,905.
