Following a record edition of its Saratoga selected yearling sale, Fasig-Tipton now turns its sights to its New York-bred preferred yearling sale, set for Sunday, Aug. 13, and Monday, Aug. 14. There are 364 entries in the catalog, compared to 283 last year.
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Buyers expect to find “collector's items” among the yearlings carefully chosen for the Fasig-Tipton Saratoga selected yearling sale, and that was exactly what Aron Wellman of Eclipse Thoroughbreds said he found in the $1.5 million Into Mischief colt he purchased for the partnership this week.
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The impeccably-bred son of Hall of Famers Curlin and Beholder sold for $4 million to Amr Zedan, ranking among the Fasig-Tipton Saratoga selected yearling sale's top prices of all-time, as the sale, remarkably, improved upon its record figures established last year.
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A share in prominent young sire Not This Time was purchased for $2 million by by a partnership headed by Leonard Green’s D. J. Stable in a sale conducted by Fasig-Tipton on Tuesday evening.
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Yearlings by American classic sires Curlin and Quality Road sold to operations that race both domestically and internationally as the Fasig-Tipton Saratoga selected yearling sale opened on Monday night with relatively steady activity.
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That allure makes the Fasig-Tipton Saratoga selected yearling sale, set for Aug. 7-8, an attractive destination for buyers. In our annual special edition, presented by Stonestreet, preview this year's Fasig-Tipton Saratoga yearling sales and more.
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Honest Mischief immediately served notice he was going to be a force in his adopted home state of New York. The Juddmonte Farm homebred covered 127 mares at Sequel Stallions in his initial season in 2021, making him the busiest stallion overall in the state.
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It takes a special horse to succeed in Fasig-Tipton's Humphrey S. Finney Sale Pavilion in Saratoga Springs, N.Y., with the yearlings fetching the highest prices at one of the nation's elite sales possessing a blend of sparking pedigree, physical athleticism, and intangible attributes that attract top-dollar buyers.
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While Kentucky is the epicenter of North American breeding activity and produces more than half the registered Thoroughbred foal crop annually, it's a common refrain that a good horse can come from anywhere. Perhaps no regional program better exemplifies that than New York – and New York-breds can win anywhere, too.
Before the yearlings for the Fasig-Tipton Saratoga selected yearling sale arrive on the grounds the first week of August for their conformation and athleticism to be analyzed, here is a short list of those who, on paper, bring the most sparkling pedigrees.
