George Isaacs, general manager of Bridlewood Farm, has high hopes for this thoroughbred colt. Maclean’s Music and he was awarded on July 9 at the Fasig-Tipton July Selected Yearling Horse Auction. The closing price was $500,000 for Hip 170, the highest price of the auction.
“Personally, I think he’s the type of horse that has the potential to be a top-selling horse. I hope we can maintain that level,” Isaacs said. “But needless to say, it’s a great result and we’re delighted.”
John Stewart with Resolute Racing signed the winning ticket. Since 2023, Resolute has spent more than $25 million on public auctions, boldly announcing its presence on the track and in the auction house.
“He (Hip 170) is one of the top five young horses we came here to buy,” said Stewart.
The chestnut colt will be taken to the farm for evaluation until the fall. He will then be taken to WinStar Farm to prepare for racing next year.
Resolute Racing currently has 120 Thoroughbreds on its roster, with a goal of racing 50 to 75 horses each year. In its first auction appearance, Stewart added nine yearlings to its stable on Tuesday—including a colt and a mare for $250,000 each—both of whom were successful early-season stallions. Complexity .
Stewart recently sent the first of the 2-year-olds he bought in September to their trainers. “We’re a little short on foals in our yearling herd, so we’re looking to stock up on foals right now,” he said. Six of his nine purchases have been foals.
(LR): Bloodstock representatives Gavin O’Conner and John Stewart at the FT July Sale
Gainesway sent the Florida-bred colt, born and raised at John Malone’s Bridlewood Farm in Ocala. This is the second foal from the Speightstown mare. Jotown And a half brother Razor blades (Candy spinner ), who won her first fight on June 13 in a special junior welterweight bout at Churchill Downs. This colt is a son of the mare Pioneerof the Nile and was the winner of a graded horse race. Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure .
The average price for the Fasig-Tipton July Selected Yearlings sale increased significantly from 2023, up 14% to $112,461. The average price was $90,000, up from $77,000 the previous year, and the total sale amounted to $17,319,000 from 154 head sold. The buyback rate was 33%.
Two foals sold for $400,000. Hip 135, a Uncle Mo The foal was sent for sale by Funny Farm to Mayberry Farm. Hip 168, a foal by Align Consigned by Gainesway and sold to Golden Star Farm.
A year ago, this sale sold 210 homes, with a total value of $20,732,000, with an average of $98,724. The highest price was $475,000.
“RNA rates are still where they’ve always been in July, a little higher than we would like because people have some options,” said Boyd Browning Jr., president and CEO of Fasig-Tipton.
“They have October, they have some other sales they can attend or maybe even a 2-year-old market.”
Browning said the sale met his highest expectations at the start of the North American yearling sales season.
Boyd Browning
“Saturday mornings are very busy. We came in on Sunday morning, I had to park one row further away than usual. It was really refreshing,” Browning said.
“I felt very happy selling from 8am on Saturday to almost 5am on Tuesday. And a lot of people smiled,” he added.
Although primarily sold to anglers, he said there are a number of active end users on the course, including top instructors Kenny McPeek, Steve Asmussen and Wesley Ward.
“We spent 10 years trying to change the name of this sale from a foal sale to a yearling sale,” he said.
Brian Graves, general manager of Gainesway Farm, echoed Browning’s optimism.
“When we saw him (Hip 170) at the farm, we thought he was that kind of young horse,” Graves said of Hip 170’s $500,000 price tag. “There were always a few nervous moments, but in the end, yeah, we expected something like that.
“We were looking at the horses in our consignment and I turned to Lakota, our assistant, and I said this is the best horse we’ve had so far. It’s perfect. I mean it looks like it’s in a 2-year-old auction, it’s going to be :09 4/5. It’s a big horse, it looks like it can keep its pace,” he added.
The sale heads north to New York for Fasig-Tipton’s premier yearling auction of the summer, The Saratoga Sale, which takes place August 5-6 in Saratoga Springs.
“I can’t wait to get to Saratoga. I can’t wait for Monday night and Tuesday,” Browning said. “We have a great lineup.”
