Fall colors were in peak as buyers came out in force Monday for the Fasig-Tipton Saratoga mixed sale. Fasig Tipton Photo.
The first horse in the ring set the tone for a successful renewal of the Fasig-Tipton Saratoga fall mixed sale, which saw nine weanlings bring six-figure prices and significant increases in total receipts, average price and median Monday.
Hip 1, a New York-bred colt by the late More Than Ready bred by Rhapsody Farm and Rebecca Coleman-Provo, sold for $105,000 to GMP Stables to kick things off. Strong trade continued from there, including not long after the sale started when Hip 14, a New York-bred filly by Malibu Moon and a half-sister to Saratoga maiden winner Security Code, sold for $150,000.
Hip 14, a daughter of Malibu Moon and a half-sister to 2022 Saratoga maiden winner Security Code, was one of three $150,000 weanlings Monday. Fasig-Tipton Photo.
Willow Brook Stables, agent, purchased the filly, who is out of the stakes-placed Montbrook mare Stopspendingmaria. Bred by Rockridge Stud LLC, Ascendant Farms LLC and Spendthrift Farm, foaled at Rockridge Stud in Hudson and consigned by Vinery Sales, agent, the filly is also a half-sister to stakes winner and $99,708-earner No Mo’ Spending, stakes-placed winner Blewitt and the winning Analyzeyurspending.
Rockridge Stud purchased Stopspendingmaria in foal to Outwork for $32,000 at the 2019 Keeneland January horses of all ages sale. The subsequent foal, a New York-bred filly named Credit Suspended, sold for $92,000 at the 2019 Fasig-Tipton Saratoga fall mixed sale.
Trainer Christophe Clement went to $150,000 to buy Hip 167, a weanling daughter of Not This Time. Fasig-Tipton Photo.
The Malibu Moon filly was joined atop the list of leading weanlings by Hip 167, a filly by Not This Time that sold for $150,000 to Christophe Clement, agent, and Hip 196, a colt by Vekoma purchased for $150,000 by Dailey Bloodstock, agent, for Glencrest Farm.
Bred by Drumkenny Farm, Springhouse Farm and Magnolia Mares LLC, foaled at Sugar Maple Farm in Poughquag and consigned by Stuart Morris, agent, Hip 167 is the first foal out of Lookin Sharp. Lookin Sharp is a full sister to multiple stakes-placed winner and $224,368-earner Lucky in Malibu and a half sister to stakes winners Malibu Beauty, Steady Warrior and Steady N Love.
Hip 196, a son of Vekoma and the highest-priced colt at the sale, also landed a $150,000 bid Monday. Fasig-Tipton Photo.
Bred by Constance Wickes, Amy Rabanal DVM and Highclere Inc., foaled at Sugar Maple Farm in Poughquag and consigned by Stuart Morris, agent for Highclere & Rabanal and Wickes, the Vekoma colt is the first foal out of the Smiling Tiger mare Nice Smile.
The sale produced sharp gains in all metrics. Fasig-Tipton reported sales on 136 of the 182 horses through the ring for $4,533,200, up 23.9 percent from last year’s total of $3,657,800 for 163 sold. Average price rose 48.5 percent, from $22,440 last year to $33,332 in 2022, while median soared by 100 percent from $10,000 in 2021 to $20,000 this year.
Reeves Thoroughbred Racing purchased the next two most expensive weanlings – going to $140,000 for Hip 96, a filly by Maclean’s Music for $140,000; and $130,000 for Hip 97, a filly from the first crop of New York-based stallion King for a Day.
Bred by Rhapsody Farm LLC and Rebecca Coleman-Provo, foaled at Rhapsody Farm in Plymouth and consigned by RFHF Bloodstock, agent, the Maclean’s Music filly is out of the winning Warrior’s Reward mare Downdraft. A half-sister to multiple graded stakes winner Neck ‘n Neck, Downdraft is the dam of the winning Munnings filly Charlotte Harbor and a yearling filly by Nyquist. Rhapsody Farm purchased Downdraft, carrying the Maclean’s Music filly in utero, for $47,000 at this year’s Keeneland January sale.
Bred by Saratoga Glen Farm LLC and Beals Racing Stable LLC, foaled at Saratoga Glen Farm in Schuylerville and consigned by Saratoga Glen Farm, agent, the King for a Day filly is out of the stakes-producing and winning Sky Mesa mare Downtown Daria.
A half-sister to multiple New York-bred stakes winner and $465,599-earner Dream Bigger and stakes-placed winner Downtown At Noon, the filly is from the first crop of King for a Day. A stakes-winning son of Uncle Mo, King for a Day stands at Irish Hill & Dutchess Views Stallions in Stillwater.
Ventriloquist, a 4-year-old daughter of champion and classic winner Nyquist, brought the highest price for a broodmare on a $90,000 bid from MWG Inc. Sold as Hip 38 and consigned by Stuart Morris, agent, Ventriloquist sold in foal to multiple Grade 1 winner Frosted.
