On Saturday night, Hip 302, a first-crop I Want Revenge filly entered the ring and hammered for $14,000. Moments later, the session was canceled when the storms that plagued the area became too severe to safely carry on. It was announced that the catalog would start from the beginning on Sunday, with Hips 301 and 302 being re-offered after bringing a final hammer price in the ring.
After severe weather forced the first session of the Fasig-Tipton New York-bred yearling sale to be canceled on Saturday night, the full catalog was offered as a single session on Sunday. Although led by a $450,000 Uncle Mo colt who was a record for this sale, the auction failed to keep up with previous renewals, finishing with declines.
The opening session of the Fasig-Tipton New York-bred sale was canceled on Saturday evening due to severe weather in the Saratoga Springs, N.Y., area creating hazardous conditions for participants and technical difficulties inside the sales pavilion.
Among the horses generating the most buzz during the Fasig-Tipton Saratoga select yearling sale was a Ghostzapper filly under the Hill ‘n' Dale Sales Agency shedrow, who seemingly spent as much time on the walk as she did in her stall.
Three years ago, the Northern California sale of yearlings and horses of racing age had a catalog of 117 horses. At Tuesday’s event at the Alameda county fairgrounds in Pleasanton, the sale will be more than double that size.
New York-breds have won at least one Grade/Group 1 race every year since 2010, and the program has been represented by Eclipse Award champions in consecutive years with Dayatthespa and La Verdad. The program is having another strong year, with graded stakes wins by Effinex, Upstart, Fish Trappe Road, and Ancient Secret in the first seven months of 2016. Likewise, sales of New York-bred prospects are on the upswing. The Fasig-Tipton New York-bred sale of preferred yearlings has posted gains in five consecutive years heading into this year's edition, which is set for Saturday and Sunday.
The Colorado Thoroughbred Breeders Association Silver Cup yearling sale saw across-the-board declines on Saturday and a significantly higher buyback rate, with an $18,000 Crafty Shaw gelding finishing as the day’s most expensive horse.
The nascent partnership between Barbara Banke's Stonestreet Farm and the Magnier family's international Coolmore operation continued to make waves at the Fasig-Tipton Saratoga sale, striking for the boutique auction's second and third highest-priced horses.
First-year yearling sires Orb and Shanghai Bobby were at the top of the leaderboard in their category, with fillies sold for $450,000 and $380,000, respectively.
A steadier marketplace on Tuesday produced positive momentum compared to the previous day’s session of the Fasig-Tipton Saratoga select yearling sale, but overall figures still saw moderate year-to-year declines, as the boutique auction concluded with a $1.45-million Medaglia d’Oro filly leading the way.
