The very last New York-bred to pass through the OBS March auction ring during the sale’s two-day run this Tuesday and Wednesday turned out to be the most successful, when Hip 610, a colt by Sidney’s Candy, who leads freshman sires by 2-year-old in training sales average, sold to L. E. B. for $560,000. Empire-breds fared well at the sale overall, with four of the 22 who changed hands bringing at least $270,000 and 16 individuals commanding six-figures.
Hip 610, who turned in an eighth of a mile breeze in :10 1/5 in the under tack show, was consigned by Hartley / DeRenzo Thoroughbreds, LLC, agent, who purchased him for $160,000 at last summer’s Fasig-Tipton preferred New York-bred sale in Saratoga. He sold previously as a weanling to Gino Antonio for $140,000 at the 2013 Keeneland November Sale.
Bred by SF Racing, LLC, and foaled on March 10 2013 at Vinery NY at Sugar Maple in Poughquag, the chestnut colt is the second foal out of Broadway Hennessey (Hennessy), a Kentucky-bred juvenile stakes winner of nearly $100,000 and new track record setter for 4 1/2 furlongs at Golden Gate Fields (51.70). Purchased by SF Bloodstock for $70,000 at the 2010 Keeneland November sale, the mare is also a half sister to graded stakes placed stakes winner Courageous Act. Broadway Hennessey’s first foal is a registered New York-bred 3-year-old gelding by Super Saver, named Super Show, who has not started.
Also well received on Wednesday was Hip 496, a gray or roan colt by Bellamy Road purchased by Little Red Feather Racing for $415,000 after working an eighth in :10 1/5 for Becky Thomas and Justin Casse’s consignment. The colt RNA’d for Sequel Stallions for $95,000 at last year’s Fasig-Tipton sale of selected yearlings in Saratoga.
Bred by Sequel Thoroughbreds / JMJ Racing and foaled at Sequel Stallions New York in Hudson, the Bellamy Road colt is out of Throbbin’ Heart, a stakes winner by Smoke Glacken who has produced three winners from three foals to start, including multiple stakes placed juvenile Roaming by Quality Road. Throbbin’ Heart was purchased with the sale colt in utero by Wrangler Stable for $82,000 at the 2012 Keeneland November sale.
The top filly in sale, and top New York-bred in Tuesday’s first session was a juvenile by Majestic Warrior bred by Sequel Thoroughbreds / Twin Creeks Racing (Hip 225) who drew a winning bid of $300,000. Read more.
A pair of successful New York-bred OBS sellers sired by current or former New York stallions are also worth noting. Hip 509, a bay March 20, 2013 colt by former New York sire Noonmark (now relocated to the Philippines) went to J C Company Ltd for $270,000 after having garnered considerable pre-sale attention by turning in a bullet quarter-mile breeze in :20 2/5.
Bred by Sequel Thoroughbreds, Hidden Lake Farm, and Elena Ahlschwede, foaled at River Valley Farm in Germantown and consigned by Eddie Woods, the Noonmark colt, who is named Bernie’s Prize, is the first foal out of the unraced Friends Lake mare Truss. His dam is a half sister to New York-bred graded winner Khancord Kid and he issues from the family of champion Shared Belief, Grade 2 winner and sire Half Ours and stakes-placed sire Yankee Gentleman. Previously the colt brought $60,000 at the 2014 Fasig-Tipton Midlantic fall yearling sale.
The top-selling OBS New York-bred by a current New York sire was Hip 607. The bay filly from the first crop of Courageous Cat turned in a sharp furlong breeze for consignor Jimmy Miranda in :9 4/5 and ended up going to Michael Dubb for $150,000. The filly sold previously for $30,000 as a weanling to Very Unstable at the Fasig-Tipton New York fall mixed sale last October.
Bred by W.S. Farish, Inwood Stable & BCWT, LTD., the January 29, 2013 filly is the second foal out of Bridesmaid, a Texas-bred juvenile stakes winner and half sister to Grade 2 Peter Pan winner Postponed. The sale filly’s second dam is multiple graded winner Chapel of Dreams. Her sire Courageous Cat stands at Questroyal North near Stillwater, where she was foaled, and will have his first runners in 2015.
The cumulative numbers for New York-breds at the sale were very good. Of 31 juveniles offered, 22 sold for an average of $161,682, not far off the cumulative average for the general population of the sale, which was $170,804. The New York-bred median price of $132,500 well outperformed the sale median of $105,000.
