Fasig-Tipton Midlantic's Eastern fall yearling sale produced a star-quality price on Tuesday, the Timonium, Md., sale's second day, when a Silver Deputy colt brought $500,000 from agent Mark Reid.
The $500,000 colt came from the Litz Bloodstock agency's consignment and is out of Dreams of Glory, a Seattle Slew mare who is a full sister to stakes-placed Mackenzie Slew and is the dam of winner Dreamy Song, by Unbridled's Song.
As of 5 p.m. Eastern, that was the two-day auction's highest price.
LEXINGTON, Ky. - Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Hancock III's Stone Farm and Mr. and Mrs. Robert McNair's Stonerside Stable, highly successful partners in the sale ring and on the racetrack, will sell much of the bloodstock they own together, Arthur Hancock confirmed Tuesday. The partners bred 2000 Kentucky Derby winner Fusaichi Pegasus, whom they sold as a yearling for $4 million at Keeneland July in 1998.
The two couples will disperse five mares and five yearlings they own together, starting at the 2004 Keeneland November sale, Hancock said.
LAS VEGAS - Dansili, Banks Hill, Heat Haze, Intercontinental, and now Cacique. From five named foals, Hasili has produced these five major stakes winners, and she is certainly worthy of consideration for Broodmare of the Year honors. All were by the late international sire sensation Danehill (by Danzig), with the exception of Heat Haze, who is by Green Desert (another son of Danzig).
LEXINGTON, Ky. - Ireland's Goffs Orby sale, which concluded Friday in County Kildare, made only moderate gains on its 2003 edition.
The five-day auction saw some high-priced lots, most notably the $806,715 Green Desert-Simaat filly that John Magnier bought from Camas Park Stud. That filly topped the sale, followed by another filly, a $682,605 daughter of Fantastic Light and Sabaah, which Sheikh Mohammed al Maktoum's representative, John Ferguson, bought from the Irish National Stud.
LEXINGTON, Ky. - El Prado already has been the leading sire in the U.S. by total progeny earnings, and he is the most successful son of the great stallion Sadler's Wells at stud in America or anywhere else. This year, three of the four best 3-year-old turf horses are by El Prado, with only Prince Arch (by Arch) by another sire.
Two New York-bred 3-year-olds were head-turning winners at Belmont Park in the last 10 days.
On Sept. 24, Commentator, a son of Distorted Humor, remained undefeated in three starts after winning a second-level allowance for New York-breds by 9 3/4 lengths. He set a track-record time of 1:27.44 for the rarely run distance of 7 1/2 furlongs at Belmont. The combined margin of victory for Commentator's three wins is 27 1/4 lengths.
ARCADIA, Calif. - Last year, the Barretts October preferred yearling sale posted impressive increases in gross, average, and median figures.
In July, the sale was back in the news when Sterling Cat, who topped the 2003 sale for $160,000, won the $125,000 California Thoroughbred Breeders' Association Stakes at Del Mar.
With only two months left in the Ontario Thoroughbred season, Sovereign Awards are on the line for the country's best racehorses, and one filly who rates a great deal of respect is the exciting Blonde Executive.
A Bruno Brothers Farm homebred, the 3-year-old Blonde Executive has only lost once in six starts in 2004 and became the first graded stakes winner for her owners, John and Don Bruno, in the Aug. 21 Duchess Stakes, a Grade 3, seven-furlong main-track event.
The Fasig-Tipton Midlantic Eastern fall yearling sale on Monday and Tuesday starts the second-biggest week of the year on Maryland's Thoroughbred calendar, behind only Preakness Week.
First, the dedication and hard work of Maryland breeders is on display at the sale, then comes the 19th annual Maryland Million Day, for Maryland-sired runners, on Oct. 9.
