Fasig-Tipton July sale catalogs 300
Fasig-Tipton has cataloged 300 horses for its Kentucky July yearling sale, which kicks off the North American yearling sale season on July 11 in Lexington, Ky.
Nicole RussoJun 06, 2017
Fasig-Tipton has cataloged 300 horses for its Kentucky July yearling sale, which kicks off the North American yearling sale season on July 11 in Lexington, Ky.
Bloodstock agent Dennis O'Neill was among the first and biggest believers in Uncle Mo when his freshman crop was coming to the sales, and now he is offering high praise for Orb after purchasing a son of the Kentucky Derby winner for $710,000 on Tuesday.
There won’t be many more opportunities to purchase a son or daughter of perennial leading sire Smart Strike.
Without Forefathers, there might have been no American Pharoah.
Into Mischief, last year’s leading juvenile sire, put three horses among the top 10 prices at the Fasig-Tipton Midlantic sale of 2-year-olds in training, more than any other stallion.
For the third year in a row, the Fasig-Tipton Midlantic sale of 2-year-olds in training was led by a seven-figure offering – this time a sales-record-priced $1.5-million Curlin colt – as it posted across-the-board gains.
Trainer Mark Casse picked up a hot prospect by purchasing a horse by young classic sire Curlin for a Fasig-Tipton Midlantic record $1.5 million on behalf of John Oxley and Breeze Easy LLC on Tuesday. The previous record price at this sale, $1.25 million, was set by a filly by Curlin's sire, the late Smart Strike, two years ago.
The opening session of the Fasig-Tipton Midlantic sale of 2-year-olds in training set the pace with across-the-board gains, led by a $525,000 Smart Strike filly, at the Maryland State Fairgrounds.
The evolution of the Fasig-Tipton Midlantic 2-year-olds in training sale from a largely regional affair to a legitimate venue for seven-figure horses is a fairly recent development, but hardly an overnight success.
Some of the Hips to watch at the Fasig-Tipton Midlantic sale of 2-year-olds in training.