New York-Bred OBS April Average Skyrockets in Record-Setting Sale

by Sarah Mace

Even in the context of record-setting results for the 2012 OBS spring two-year-olds in training sale – the largest juvenile sale of the year and first open sale of racing prospects on the calendar – the outcomes for New York-breds were nothing less than spectacular, with the average price up nearly 60% compared to last year.

In keeping with the smaller 2012 OBS April catalogue, the number of New York-breds participating was down by about a quarter. This year 100 New York-bred 2-year-olds were catalogued for the four sessions (131 in 2011), 74 were offered (103 in 2011), and 56 changed hands, including one private sale (78 in 2011). The buyback rate of 24.3% was identical to last year’s.

That being said, the remaining sales indicators for Empire-breds absolutely soared, with even the total sales ($2,904,000) outstripping last year by 14.1%, despite the fewer numbers involved.

The New York-bred average over the four sessions was $51,857, up a whopping 58.9% over last year, and well outstripping the overall sale average ($44,351). The $31,000 median price for a New York-bred at the sale was up 44.9% from a year ago and also outperformed the median for the general sale population ($27,000).

	OBS April 2012 (comparison with 2011)	NY-Breds at OBS April 2012	NY-breds at OBS April 2011
Number catalogued	1,196 (-13.4%)	100 (-26.7%)	131
Number offered	922 (-14.9%)	74 (-28.2)	103
Number sold	760 (-8.4%)	56* (-28.2)	78
% Not Sold	17.6% (23.4% in 2011)	24.3%	24.3%
Total Sales	$33,706,400 (+29.7%)	$2,904,000 (+14.1%)	$2,546,300
Average	$44,351 (+41.7%)	$51,857 (+58.9%)	$32,645
Median	$27,000 (+35.0%)	$31,000 (+44.9%)	$21,500

*Includes one private sale

The eye-popping New York-bred results were bolstered in Thursday’s final session by a trio of six-figure sellers, headlined by the new Empire-bred sale topper and fourth highest seller in the session, Hip 1022, a colt by Harlan’s Holiday who, like the Greeley’s Galaxy filly who sold on Wednesday, crossed the two-hundred thousand dollar threshold, selling for $220,000.

Bred by Saratoga Glen Farm LLC and Kenneth Ackerman, the bay March colt is out of Shoreline (Unbridled), a producer of five winners from six starters, including two stakes horses and six-figure earners Omaha Beach ($203,567) and Water of Life ($123,074). Purchased by Saratoga Glen farm at the 2008 Keeneland November Breeding Stock sale for $58,000, Shoreline is out of stakes winner and Grade 2 performer Seaquay ($768,002). The colt, who drilled a furlong in :10 flat and sold from the consignment of Pick View Sales (Agent II), went to The Three Amigos (Mike Pegram, Paul Weitman, and Karl Watson).

Two other New York-breds commanded six figures in the sale’s final session in Ocala on Thursday, to bring the total to 10 over the four days. A Read the Footnotes colt bred by Sequel Thoroughbreds LLC and A. Lakin & Sons Inc. sold to Klaravich Stables from the consignment of Becky Thomas’ Sequel Bloodstock for $135,000 (Hip 1116). Another Harlan’s Holiday colt, bred by Happy Hill Farm (Hip 1002), went to Jonathan Thomas (agent for Repole Stables) from de Meric Sales for $105,000.

Click here for complete OBS April sales results.

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Greeley’s Galaxy Filly Commands $215K at OBS Day 3, Two 6-Figure Juveniles for Freud

by Sarah Mace

Session 3 of the OBS Spring 2-year-old sale was the most successful so far for New York-breds, with three individuals making the list of top-ten sellers. A speedy filly by Greeley’s Galaxy from a back type-laden family sold for $215,000, while a pair of juveniles by Freud went for $135,000 and $130,000, helping to make him the second leading sire on the day.

The top New York filly (Hip 685), bred by Belvedere Farm Inc. and foaled at Anstu Farm in Millbrook, came to the sale with pedigree to spare. The February foal is out of producer Maggie’s Pearle (Bright Launch), whose dam stakes-placed winning dam Maggie O’Shea (Scout Leader) is a half sister to Champion Sprinter Gallant Bob and three more stakes winners. Maggie O’Shea is also the second dam of Grade 1-winning millionaire Mandy’s Gold (Gilded Time).

The chestnut, who breezed a :10 flat co-bullet in Thursday’s under-tack show, sold for $25,000 to Nick de Meric at last year’s Fasig-Tipton New York-Bred Preferred sale in Saratoga. On Wednesday she was hammered down to XIB (agent) for $215,000 from de Meric’s consignment as the fifth highest-priced seller of the session. Her sire Greeley’s Galaxy stood for four years at Sugar Maple Farm in Poughquag before moving to Louisiana for the 2011 breeding season.

Sequel Stallions New York’s Freud produced a pair of Day 3 standouts, a colt and filly, who finished the day as numbers nine and ten on the list of top sellers. With three offspring selling on Wednesday for an average of $91,333, Freud ranked second on the Session 3 leading sire list.

Repole Stable secured the Freud colt, who also breezed :10 flat on Thursday, for $135,000 (Hip 724). Bred by a partnership of Thomas-Narlinger and Tony Grey and foaled at Keane Stud in Amenia, the bay colt, named Mighty McMason, was consigned by Sequel Bloodstock.

Mighty McMason is out of the winning Good and Tough mare Mighty Good, whose only foal to start to date, Ludo Bagman (Closing Argument), is a winner. Mighty Good is a half sister to New York-bred stakes winner Mighty Eros (Freud) and stakes performer Think I’m Hooked (Hook and Ladder). There is further abundant black type in the family of the third dam Honey League Girl (Honey Jay).

The Freud filly (Hip 714), bred by McMahon of Saratoga Thoroughbreds LLC where she was foaled, went to Pasty Symons for $130,000 after working a co-fastest two furlongs in the under-tack show (:20 3/5 seconds). She is out of winner and multiple producer Maya’s Note (Editor’s Note). Her second dam was a multiple stakes winner and stakes producer. Selling previously to Antigo Farms for only $4,000 at the 2011 OBS Winter Mixed sale, she was consigned at OBS April by Everett Livestock.

Day 3 of the OBS sale saw 18 of the 21 New York-breds offered changed hands for a total of $940,000. With an assist from the three six-figure juveniles, New York-breds averaged $52,222 for the session, with a median of $31,000, again outperforming the session numbers for the general sale population (average: $43,535; median: $30,000).

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Wildcat Heir Colt 7th Best on OBS Day 2, New Yorkers Outperform Sale Average

by Sarah Mace

A colt by Wildcat Heir sold for $170,000 in the second session of the Ocala Breeders’ Sales Company’s April 2-year-old sale – the seventh highest price on the day – while the average price for a New York-bred on Day 2 outperformed the sale average.

With the first half of OBS April sale in the books, a Wildcat Heir colt named Spare No Expense (Hip 488) takes over top New York-bred honors. Bred by Brent and Crystal Fernung and foaled at McMahon of Saratoga Thoroughbreds, the May foal is the first offspring of multiple winner Golden Horseshoe (Belong to Me). His stakes-winning second dam Striking Profile (Strike the Gold) is a half sister to multiple Grade 3-winner Boom Towner ($962,391) and multiple stakes-winner Kryptonic, herself a stakes producer.

Spare No Expense breezed one of the two fastest two-furlong drills in the second day of the under-tack show last Wednesday (:20 4/5 seconds). Sold from the consignment of Journeyman Bloodstock (agent), he was one of two horses purchased on Tuesday by Steven W. Young (agent), who signed the ticket for $170,000. This was the colt’s first appearance in a public auction.

A colt by Read the Footnotes named Unwritten Word (Hip 386), who posted a sharp :10 1/5 seconds breeze in the under-tack show, also commanded six figures in his first appearance in the auction ring on Tuesday, purchased by Nick J. Hines from the consignment of Becky Thomas’ Sequel Bloodstock for $110,000.

Bred by Thomas-Narlinger and A. R. Properties and foaled at Hidden Lake Farm in Otisville, the April foal is out of the unraced Southern Halo mare Eastern Exposure, daughter of Northern Emerald, winner of the Grade 1 Flower Bowl Invitational, owner of multiple graded stakes placings ($435,755) and a multiple stakes producer. Eastern Exposure, acquired by JMJ Racing and Sequel Stallions at the 2006 OBS Fall Mixed sale for $65,000, has already produced two winners.

In Session 2 overall (Hips 301-598), 13 of the 17 New York-breds offered sold, bringing $643,000. The New York-bred average price of $49,462 well outperformed the session average $44,322.

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New York OBS April Opening Session Toppers Reward Pinhookers

by Sarah Mace

A filly by New York Freshman Sire Frost Giant (Vinery New York at Sugar Maple) and a colt by Greeley’s Galaxy each brought six figures – and profits to pinhookers – in Monday’s opening session of the OBS spring sale of two-year-olds in training. The top two New Yorkers numbered among 13 six-figure sellers in the first session of the four-day sale, each bringing $100,000.

Bred by Cedar Ridge Farm LLC, the filly, named Winter Wish (Hip 231), issues from the first crop of Vinery New York’s Frost Giant (Giant’s Causeway), winner of the Grade 1 Suburban H. Her dam Cameo Mio (Belong to Me), also co-bred by Cedar Ridge Farm, is out of a Grade 2-placed daughter of Caro Bambino (IRE) and is a half-sister to New York-bred stakes performers Beau Tie ($403,727) and First Rodeo ($255,240), both by Distinctive Pro. Cameo Mio has already produced three winners from four starters.

Winter Wish, who breezed a furlong in 10 2/5 seconds in the under-tack show, first sold last year to Holly Rice for $22,000 as a Fasig-Tipton Saratoga Preferred New York yearling. Selling for $100,000 from the consignment of Rice’s Woodside Ranch (Agent 1), she was one of three 2-year-olds purchased on Monday by Jim and Susan Hill.

The colt (Hip 143), sired by Greeley’s Galaxy before the stallion moved from New York to Louisiana, proved to be an even more profitable investment for David McKathan. Bred by Better Days Farm and Pat Costello, the April colt is out of the winning Lord Avie mare Avie’s Jill, dam of stakes performer Extra Zip ($269,105) and four other winners. Purchased for $5,000 at last year’s Fasig-Tipton Midlantic Fall sale, he breezed a furlong in 10 1/5 seconds the under-tack show at OBS before selling from McKathan’s M & H Training and Sales consignment for twenty times that amount. Klaravich Stable was the winning bidder.

Thirteen New York-breds sold on Monday for a total of $477,000, averaging $36,692 with a median of $25,000.

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Mr. Greeley Colt Brings $250,000 at Keeneland April

by Sarah Mace

A colt by Mr. Greeley out of Grade 3 winner Cellars Shiraz rounded out the select juvenile sales season by selling for $250,000 yesterday at the Keeneland April two-year-olds in training sale. All three Empire-breds offered on Monday (two outs) changed hands, bucking the 37.9 percent buyback rate for the sale as a whole.

Bred by Gallagher’s Shiraz and foaled at Gallagher’s Stud, the chestnut colt (Hip 117) sold last fall to Nick de Meric for $140,000 at the Keeneland September sale. Last Thursday, he was one of seven who breezed the co-fastest one furlong time (:09.80 seconds) on the Keeneland Polytrack during the pre-sale under-tack show. (Click here for video.)

After the breeze de Meric said, “He’s a standout physical by a world-class stallion. There’s no telling how good of a horse he could be. He had an awesome breeze. And he’s a New York-bred, which is just the icing on the cake. He’s got tons going for him.”

Marette Farrell, acting as agent for Cecil Peacock, signed the ticket for $250,000, making the Mr. Greeley colt the thirteenth-highest seller on the day and a successful pinhook for de Meric.

Keeneland’s top New Yorker is the fifth foal out of Cellars Shiraz, a Florida-bred daughter of Kissin Kris whose dam was also a stakes winner (Cellar’s Best, by Band Practice). Cellars Shiraz won eight stakes races on both dirt and turf, including the Grade 3 Herecomesthebride S. in 2002 ($728,410). The mare was purchased by James Delahooke (agent) at the 2004 Keeneland November breeding stock sale for $415,000, and has already produced two winners from two foals to start. She currently has a yearling colt by Medaglia d’Oro.

Another chestnut colt from the de Meric consignment, Hip 12, commanded six figures on Monday. Purchased by Chad Brown (agent) for $100,000, the Giant’s Causeway colt was bred by Albert Fried, Jr., who also bred and raced his stakes-placed dam Light the Lamp. Foaled at Buttonwood Farm in Rhinebeck, the colt sold for $125,000 last summer to EQB (agent) at the Fasig-Tipton preferred New York-bred sale. He has three winning siblings, including a stakes-winning New York-bred filly Light Tactic, by Tactical Cat ($153,963) and multiple winner Al’s Deputy ($130,602).

Susan Casner got a bargain on Monday, purchasing a New York-bred filly by Harlan’s Holiday from the family of multiple Grade 3 winner Incurable Optimist for $50,000 (Hip 76). Bred by Dr. William B. Wilmot and Dr. Joan M. Taylor and consigned by Flying Fish (agent), the filly is out of multiple winner Tiffany Twisted, a half sister to Incurable Optimist and two stakes-performers; her third dam was Grade 1 winner Class Play (Stage Door Johnny). The filly sold previously to Nelson E. Clemmens for the same price as a Keeneland September yearling.

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Majestic Warrior Filly NY Topper at F-T March; NY Connections for $1.3-million Big Brown Colt

by Sarah Mace

The top-selling New York-bred in Monday’s Fasig-Tipton Florida sale of selected 2-year-olds in training was a filly by Freshman Sire Majestic Warrior, while the $1.3-million sale topper has significant connections to sires currently standing the Empire State.

The top New York seller, a dark bay or brown filly by Freshman Sire Majestic Warrior (Hip 87), was hammered down to EQB Inc. (agent) for $230,000 after breezing a :10.40 furlong in the under tack show. Bred by Seth Gregory and foaled at Juliacres in Garrattsville, the filly was purchased by consignor Pike Racing (agent) last summer at the Fasig-Tipton Preferred New York-Bred sale for $95,000.

The February filly is out of stakes-winner and stakes-producer Road to Mandalay, a daughter of Sea of Secrets who earned $98,788 at two and three and was purchased at the 2005 Keeneland November Breeding Stock Sale by Gold and Roses for $25,000. She has produced two New York-bred stakes horses from two starters.

Road to Mandalay’s first foal, La Concerto (Aptitude), won the Arctic Queen H. at Finger Lakes in July 2010 and earned $248,056 from eight victories over the course of three seasons. The mare’s second foal, Game Token (Gold Token), is a stakes-placed 5-year-old gelding, who has won seven times (including once this year) and earned $249,468. Barren in 2008, Road to Mandalay has a 3-year-old colt by A. P. Warrior who has not yet started. There is also a yearling full brother to the sale filly.

The $1.3-million colt by freshman sire Big Brown who topped the sale (Hip 149) has multiple connections to New York. He is a half to Dagnabit, a multiple New York-bred stakes-winner by New York sire Freud (Sequel New York). The colt’s dam, the winning Silver Ghost mare Cool Ghoul, is a half-sister to Grade 2 winning New York sire Comeonmom (Reading Farm). The colt was purchased by Demi O’Byrne on behalf of John Magnier, Michael Tabor, and Derrick Smith.

Those expecting blockbuster results for the Empire-bred population at the Florida Sale had to be content with solid numbers after an inordinate number of sale outs (10 of the 17 New York-breds catalogued) and at least one high-profile RNA (J’ray’s much-touted first foal who RNA’d at $240,000).

Four New York-breds sold on Monday for an average of $167,500 and median of $165,000. The overall sale average ($320,250) and median ($227,500) were driven in part by a trio of seven-figure purchases.

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NY-Bred Median up 50% at OBS March, $475K Read the Footnotes Colt to Japan

by Sarah Mace

While a $475,000 colt by former New York Sire Read the Footnotes (Hip 298) stole the New York headline for Session 2 of the 2012 OBS March Sale of Selected 2-Year-Olds in Training, the remainder of the New York-bred population performed extremely well, posting a 50 percent increase in the median price from last year.

A simple comparison of the New York-bred results for OBS March in 2011 and 2012 masks just how well New York-breds performed this year. The 2011 sale included an “off-the-charts” result, namely the sale-topper Brigand (Flatter/Silence Please), who was purchased by trainer Bob Baffert on behalf of Kaleem Shah for $925,000, which inflated the numbers for both gross and average.

Despite the eccentricity of last year’s numbers, the New York-bred average at OBS March 2012 still increased 3.9% over last year to $140,923. The median – which in this context becomes the most significant number – was up a very impressive 50% over 2011 to $80,000. The smaller number of New York-breds catalogued was in keeping with the reduced scale of the sale overall, and the clearance rate (which includes one private sale) was outstanding, with only one of the lots failing to sell, which reflects the well-publicized demand for Empire-breds in the marketplace.

	OBS March 2012 2YO Sale Overall	NY-Breds at OBS March 2012	NY-breds at OBS 2011*
Number catalogued	362 9 (-25.7%)	20	35
Number offered	240	14	22
Number sold	181	13**	17**
% Not Sold	24.58% (25.9% in 2011)	7.1%	22.7%
Total Sales	$24,819,500	$1,832,000	$2,306,000
Average	$138,656 (+33.0%)	$140,923 (+3.9)	$135,647
Median	$105,000 (+50.0%)	$120,000 (+50%)	$80,000

*Includes $925,000 sale-topper Brigand
**Includes private sales

Consignor Greg Dodd with hip 298 (Photo: Lucas Marquardt, courtesy TDN)

The New York-bred OBS headliner – the $475,000 Read the Footnotes colt (Hip 298) – was purchased by Toyomitsu Hirai’s Eishin Farm and will go to Japan. He was the fourth highest-priced colt in Session 2 and sixth top-seller overall.

Bred by Shirl Penney and foaled at Waldorf Farm in North Chatham, the chestnut colt is out of Dixie Talent, an unraced daughter of Dixie Union, who has produced one winner from two foals to start. She is a half-sister to graded winner No Giveaway and to multiple stakes-winner and multiple stakes-producer Youcan’ttakeme. Greg and Karen Dodd’s Southern Chase Farm consigned the April colt after buying him as a short yearling at the OBS Winter Mixed sale in January 2011 for $27,000. He put up the co-fastest quarter-mile of the two under-tack shows (20.8).

Before the colt went through the ring, consignor Greg Dodd said, “He’s a nice horse. He’s really good physically and he’s fast. We thought he would work very well. If everything went 110%, he might work 20 and four [fifths], and he did. Everything went perfect. He’s the kind of horse that anybody would like. He’s a real smart horse.”

Post-sale Karen Dodd said, “All the right people were on the horse, and he was just a real nice horse, He was a nice, natural horse when we bought him and he’s only gotten better. He got bigger and prettier. He’s a real good doer. He’s got a great mind.”

The filly’s sire Read the Footnotes stood in New York for Sequel Stallions from 2006 to 2011 before relocating to Oklahoma for the 2012 breeding season.

The top New York-bred filly in the sale (Hip 297) changed hands for $220,000 and was the co-second highest-priced Empire-bred (with the Ready’s Image colt who sold in Session 1). A daughter of Freshman Sire Majestic Warrior named Musical Soulmate, the filly was bred by Eaton & Thorne, Inc. – who also bred of the top two New York-bred sellers in Session 1 (read more).

Consigned by Becky Thomas’ Sequel Bloodstock (agent), the Majestic Warrior filly sold to Klaravich Stables. Her placed dam Dixie Lyrics (Dixie Union) is a half-sister to multiple stakes-winner Leo’s Last Hurrahy. Thomas said after the filly’s one-furlong breeze (:10 2/5), She’s a great mover. She’s been very popular and has the New York program going for her.” Thomas purchased the filly at the 2011 Fasig-Tipton Saratoga New York sale for $75,000.

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Empire-Breds Rock Solid in Opening Session of OBS March

by Sarah Mace

The Ocala Breeders’ Sales Company’s 2012 March Sale of Selected 2-Year-Olds in Training got off to a solid start for New York-breds in the first session on Tuesday, with seven of the eight colts and fillies offered changing hands for an average price of $92,857.

Trainer Todd Pletcher signed as agent for the top two New York lots, both bred by Eaton & Thorne, Inc. and foaled at Thorndale Farm in Millbrook. The top Empire-bred, a colt by Ready’s Image (Hip 91), went for $220,000. Purchased as a yearling at the Fasig-Tipton New York Preferred sale in Saratoga for $150,000 by Nick de Meric (agent), the colt is out of an unraced daughter of Storm Creek, Queen of Valentine, who has produced two winners and is a half-sister to multiple Grade 3-winner and Grade 1-performer Feline Story (Tale of the Cat).

The Ready’s Image colt is one of fourteen horses who worked eighths in: 10 flat at the first session of the OBS March Under Tack Show last Thursday. Consignor Nick de Meric said before the sale, “He’s a crackerjack looking colt. He’s a super individual.”

Todd Pletcher also paid $150,000 for Hip 18, a chestnut filly from the first crop of New York Freshman Sire Bustin Stones. Her unraced dam Land on Your Feet has produced three winners and is a half sister to stakes-winner Reflect the Music (A.P. Indy).

This filly, too, sold last summer at the Fasig-Tipton New York-bred sale in Saratoga, going to Inlander Stable for $87,000. Consignor Niall Brennan of Niall Brennan Stables (agent) said, “She’s a New York-bred by a New York stallion, so obviously that gives her tremendous added value. She’s a popular filly, and she can run. She’s a real two-year-old.”

The filly’s sire Bustin Stones, who stands at Waldorf Farm in North Chatham, was a Grade 1-winning sprinter who went unbeaten in six starts and retired with $480,150. Winner of the 2008 editions of the Grade 1 Carter Handicap and Grade 2 General George Handicap, Bustin Stones was voted 2008 New York Champion Male Sprinter.

Finally, a Kentucky-bred son of Vinery New York’s Bluegrass Cat (Hip 44) hit a home run in Session 1. He was purchased by Bob Baffert (agent) as his “pick of the day” for $300,000 as the seventh highest priced 2-year-old in the session.

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NY-Foaled 2YO Commands $280,000 at Barretts

by Sarah Mace

Though not a registered New York-bred, the first New York-foaled 2-year-old to go under the hammer at public auction in 2012 – a bay colt by Broken Vow out of the Touch Gold mare Gold Muff – sold for $280,000 at the Barretts March sale of selected 2-year-olds in training on Monday at Fairplex Park in Pomona, California.

Bred by Dr. Frank Ariosta and purchased by Brett Lindenbaum (agent) from the consignment of SGV Thoroughbreds (Steve Venosa, agent), Hip 89 worked a furlong in 10 seconds flat in the training preview. (Click here for a link to the preview video). First sold to Roundhouse Farm as a short yearling at the 2011 Keeneland January sale for $11,000, the colt was purchased later in the year by SGV Thoroughbreds for $27,000 at last year’s OBS August sale. Monday’s $280,000 price tag made him the fifth highest-seller of the evening.

Ariosta’s Skytop farm and Peter Kirwin purchased the colt’s unplaced dam Gold Muff at the 2009 Keeneland November sale for $30,000. Gold Muff, producer of two winners from four starters, is out of French Muff (Roberto), a sister to stakes-winner and graded-performer Cryptic and to Kiva, a multiple graded-stakes producer.

Barretts March, which in prior years followed the Florida 2-year-old sales, was scheduled this year to precede the Florida sales and to coincide with Saturday’s running of the Santa Anita Handicap. The sale showed improvement from last year in most major indicators, including an increase of in the average price to $109,429 (from $100,709). According to the Barretts website, SGV Thoroughbreds (agent) was the leading individual consignor, selling four horses for $665,000.

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Phase III of Flying Zee Dispersal to be Held at Highcliff on 1/21/2012

(Edited Press Release)

Highcliff Farm announced today that it will be holding the third and final phase of the Flying Zee Dispersal at the farm in Delanson on Saturday, January 21 beginning at 12:00 PM. Included in the dispersal are the remaining broodmares, racehorses and weanlings from the estate of the late Carl Lizza.

A perennial leading owner in New York, Lizza’s Flying Zee Stable completed two phases of their dispersal in 2011 with Fasig-Tipton. Seth Gregory will be the auctioneer for the sale of 65 to 70 head in the Highcliff portion of the sale.

Gregory commented on the sale, “There are some very attractive offerings, including broodmares by War Chant, Lion Heart, Ghostzapper, Johannesburg, Point Given, Gulch, Wild Again and Elusive Quality.”

Highcliff Farm general manager and resident veterinarian, C. Lynwood O’Cain pointed out, “We have foals of 2011 by Freud, First Samurai, Nobiz Like Showbiz. Highcliff stallions Cosmonaut, Stonesider and Western Expression are also covering sires, in addition to recent Grade 1 sire Congaree, sire of Hollywood Starlet winner Killer Graces and Grade 2 winner Jeranimo.” O’Cain added, “Mr. Lizza was an avid pedigree student and worked very hard building up these families. We feel breeders will be pleased with the offerings.”

Catalogs and directions will be available at www.highcliff.com.

To request a catalog or for more information, please contact Auctioneer Seth Gregory (518) 893-1572 or email flyingzeesale@gmail.com.

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