More closely resembling an entry in the yearling sale that preceded it, the Fasig-Tipton summer selected horses of racing age sale in Lexington, Ky., entered Monday with plenty of potential, but no back class.
The second-highest-priced horse of Monday evening’s inaugural Fasig-Tipton summer selected horses of racing age sale was Eastwood, a 3-year-old Speightstown colt who has won twice at Belmont Park.
Young horses flashing raw talent early in their careers were a hot commodity Monday at the inaugural Fasig-Tipton Kentucky selected horses of racing age sale. The 2-year-old filly Spring Along was among those to capitalize, selling for $370,000 to Off The Hook LLC, as agent, off of her debut win.
A daughter of first-crop sire Desert Party benefitted from some upper-market confidence Monday when she topped Fasig-Tipton’s bellwether Kentucky July select yearling sale on a $460,000 bid from Nat Rea’s Regis Farm. The price easily outpaced last season’s July sale-topping price of $375,000 on a day that kicked off the select yearling auction season with significant gains in average and median prices.
Grade 1-placed Holiday Soiree brought the first big price of the Fasig-Tipton Kentucky summer horses of racing age sale, selling to Phase II Thoroughbreds for $370,000.
Horses to watch at Fasig-Tipton July's horses of racing age sale.
A Bellamy Road colt became the second highest-priced horse through the first six hours of the Fasig-Tipton July yearling sale Monday at the Newtown Paddocks in Lexington, Ky., as Mandy Pope of Whisper Hill Farm signed the ticket at $420,000.
A colt by popular commercial sire Tapit sold for $375,000 to owner Chip McEwen’s Wounded Warrior Stables on Monday at the Fasig-Tipton July yearling sale.
Harlan’s Holiday enjoyed a solid run on Monday afternoon at the Fasig-Tipton July yearling sale in Lexington, as he was represented by a pair of six-figure yearlings in quick succession, including a $270,000 filly purchased by Ernie D. Semersky.
