Drain the Clock colt tops California winter mixed sale
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Stop the Clock, a 2-year-old colt by Grade 1 winner Drain the Clock, was listed as sold for $40,000 at Tuesday’s winter mixed sale at Fairplex in Pomona, Calif. He was the most expensive hip of a one-day sale with lower business figures than the corresponding auctions in recent years.
Overall on Tuesday, 114 horses sold for $739,200. The average price was $6,484 and the median was $4,000, according to figures published by the California Thoroughbred Breeders Association, which conducted the sale. There were 28 horses withdrawn and 61 listed as bought back.
The 2025 auction grossed $1,228,200 for 83 horses sold, an average of $14,780. The median price was $8,000. In 2024, 111 horses sold for $1,063,800, an average of $8,568. The median was $6,500 at the 2024 sale.
The 2025 sale was highlighted by a dispersal of racing and breeding stock owned by prominent California owner-breeder Don Valpredo. There was no such dispersal at Tuesday’s sale.
Stop the Clock was purchased by prominent trainer Mark Glatt as agent. The colt was consigned by Milky Way Farm.
Stop the Clock, who was bred by Norman Tavares, is out of Bella Moon, a four-time winner in 38 starts who ended her career in a $4,000 claiming race at Delta Downs in 2021. Bella Moon is out of Coco Belle, a three-time stakes winner who earned $469,113 in a four-year career from 2006 to 2009.
Drain the Clock won multiple graded stakes, including the Grade 1 Woody Stephens at Belmont Park in 2021. His oldest foals are 2-year-olds this year.
At Tuesday’s sale, five hips sold for $25,000 or more, all 2-year-old colts.
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