Hip 1086, a NY-bred daughter of champion and classic winner Nyquist, sold for $135,000 Wednesday at the Fasig-Tipton Kentucky October yearling sale. Photo courtesy of Indian Creek.
By Tom Law
Two more New York-bred yearlings commanded six-figure final bids – bringing the overall total to four over three days – during Wednesday’s third session of the Fasig-Tipton Kentucky October sale in Lexington.
Hip 1086, a daughter of champion and second-crop sire Nyquist with a few key updates to her catalog page leading up to the sale, led the way for the Empire State on Day 3 on a bid of $135,000 from Nick Hines, agent for International Equine LLC.
Bred by Wildwood Farm, foaled at Stone Bridge Farm in Gansevoort and consigned by Indian Creek, agent, the bay filly is out of the unraced Speightstown mare Court Dress. A half-sister to multiple Grade 1 winner and $5,179,803-earner Well Armed and Grade 3 winner and stakes producer Witty, Court Dress is the dam of four winners led by the stakes-placed $236,314-earner Estilo Femenino. She’s also the dam of the New York-bred 3-year-old Palace Malice gelding Masked Marauder, who won at the 2021 Saratoga meet; and the 5-year-old Street Sense gelding Runnin’ Ray, who won and placed this past summer at Saratoga along with a runner-up finish in an allowance race at Churchill Downs Oct. 2.
The $135,000 bid for the Nyquist filly makes her the top-selling New York-bred with one session remaining Thursday. She also helped continue strong returns for New York-breds at the sale.
Fasig-Tipton reported sales on 23 of the 25 New York-breds offered Wednesday for $594,000, an average price of $25,826 and median of $13,000. Overall, 62 of the 69 offered have been sold for $1,732,700, an average price of $27,947 and median of $17,000.
Gatsas Stables purchased the second most expensive New York-bred Wednesday – and second highest-priced overall through three sessions – when it went to $130,000 for Hip 1039, a colt by Empire Maker from the family of Grade 1 winner Awesome Humor.
Bred by Pine Ridge Stables LTD, foaled at Waldorf Farm in North Chatham and consigned by Paramount Sales, agent, the colt is the fifth foal out of the Any Given Saturday mare Choice Pearl.
Purchased by Pine Ridge Stables while in foal to Unbridled’s Song for $165,000 at the 2013 Keeneland November breeding stock sale, Choice Pearl is the dam of New York-bred winners Packed House (by Giant’s Causeway) and Becca Takes Charge (by Will Take Charge). She’s also the dam of the unraced New York-bred 2-year-old Candy Ridge colt Wave’s Edge, who sold for $165,000 at last year’s Keeneland September yearling sale; and the 3-year-old New York-bred filly I Love Pearls who brought $325,000 at the 2020 Fasig-Tipton Midlantic 2-year-olds in training sale.
The October sale concludes with the final session starting at 10 a.m. Thursday.
