Hip 340, a filly by Higher Power bred by Everythings Cricket Racing, sold for $110,000 Tuesday at the OBS June sale. Photo courtesy of Hernandez Stables Inc.
Fillies by New York-based sires Honest Mischief and Solomini were among the leading New York-breds sold during the opening session of the OBS June sale of 2-year-olds in training Tuesday in Ocala, Florida.
Roddy Valente purchased the Honest Mischief filly, Hip 180, for $40,000.
Bred by Sequel Stallions NY LLC and Scott Miller, foaled at Meadow View Thoroughbreds in Canajoharie and consigned by Crystal Eclipse Stable, the filly is the third foal out of the winning Any Given Saturday mare Blue Hen Madness.
Honest Mischief, New York’s leading freshman sire in 2024 who stands for $7,500 at Sequel Stallions New York in Hudson. A 9-year-old son of Into Mischief out of the Grade 1-winning Seattle Slew mare Honest Lady, Honest Mischief currently ranks fourth on the New York general sire list and in the top 20 of all second-crop sires in North America.
Trainer Bruce Brown, agent, went to $35,000 to purchase Hip 159, a daughter of Solomini out of the stakes-placed Bellamy Road mare Bella’s Flair.
Hip 159, a filly by Solomini bred by McMahon of Saratoga Thoroughbreds and partners, sold for $35,000 Tuesday at OBS June. Photo courtesy of McMahon of Saratoga Thoroughbreds.
Bred by McMahon of Saratoga Thoroughbreds LLC, Windswept Stable and partners, foaled at McMahon of Saratoga Thoroughbreds in Saratoga Springs and consigned by McMahon of Saratoga Thoroughbreds, agent, the filly is a half-sister to three winners including the five-time winner and $205,107-earning New York-bred Awesome Alana.
Solomini, a 10-year-old son of Curlin out of the Storm Cat mare Surf Song, stands for $7,500 at McMahon of Saratoga Thoroughbreds in Saratoga Springs. Currently ranked third on the New York general sire list, Solomini topped the Empire State’s freshman sire list in 2023.
Hip 340, a filly from the second crop of Higher Power, commanded the session’s top price for a New York-bred at $110,000 from Good Ole Boy Investments.
Bred by Everythings Cricket Racing, foaled at Stonegate Stables in Fort Edward and consigned by Hernandez Stables Inc., agent, the filly is the 11th foal out of the unraced Lemon Drop Kid mare Gold Anklet. She’s the dam of four winners, including stakes-placed Little Daddy, and the unraced Uncle Mo mare Mo Joy, the dam of graded stakes-winning New York-bred Mo Plex.
OBS reported sales on 17 of the 24 New York-breds offered Tuesday for a total of $441,000, an average price of $25,941 and median of $20,000.
The sale concludes with the final session, which includes a horses of racing age section, at 10 a.m. Wednesday.
