By Sarah Mace
Hip 99, a dark bay or brown filly by Temple City bred by Spendthrift Farm LLC, emerged as the top-selling New York-bred juvenile in Tuesday’s opening session of the Ocala Breeders’ Sales Co. June sale when purchased by Brandon Rice on behalf of Kenneth Hackel, for $50,000.
The April filly, who breezed a snappy :21 2/5 quarter mile in the under tack show for consignor de Meric Sales, is the first foal out of Catinatree, a stakes placed, Kentucky-bred Forestry mare who is a half sister to two other stakes performers. The sale filly’s third dam is multiple Grade 2-placed runner Cedar Knolls. The filly sold as yearling for a mere $6,500 at the Fasig-Tipton New York fall mixed sale.
The top-selling New York-bred colt to change hands in the first session of the four-day sale was Hip 228, a chestnut by Lookin At Lucky foaled on May 18, 2014, who sold to Dream Community from the consignment of Eversole Thoroughbreds, Agent for $45,000.
Bred by Cheryl A. Prudhomme and Dr. Michael T. Gallivan, the colt is out of Double Doubleville (Mt. Livermore), a stakes-placed mare who has produced 11 winners from 13 foals to start. The colt was offered previously at last year’s Fasig-Tipton’s fall mixed sale in Saratoga, but failed to meet his reserve when bid up to $29,000. He clocked a:10 2/5 breeze in the under tack show.
In all, of 27 New York-breds offered in the session, 15 sold (including two private sales) for a 44.4 % buyback rate. The New York-bred average was $20,893, compared to the $25,385 average of the general population of the sale. The New York-bred median of $15,000 was identical to the session median.
The June Sale continues Wednesday at 10:30 a.m. (Hips 301-600) and the auction is being streamed live at the OBS website, BloodHorse.com, and DRF.com.
