The Fasig-Tipton February Digital Sale closed Feb. 20 with 116 horses sold for $4,308,800. The catalog featured horses of racing age, breeding stock, and yearlings. Also featured were breeding stock and yearlings from Phase 1 of the dispersal of Ruis Racing. The 752 registered bidders set a record for a single sale on Fasig-Tipton Digital.
Pounce (Hip 138), a 3-year-old daughter of Lookin At Lucky , topped the sale when sold for $370,000 to Resolute Bloodstock from the consignment of Highgate Sales, agent. Offered as a racing/broodmare prospect, Pounce is a winner at 2 and 3, on dirt and turf, and has earned $96,004 in three career starts. She hails from the immediate family of two-time champion and millionaire Essence Hit Man.
The remainder of the top five sold included:
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Broodmare Salt Lake Candy (Hip 36), in foal to Not This Time , sold for $330,000 to PMP from the consignment of Taylor Made Sales Agency, agent. A young unraced daughter of Candy Ride , Salt Lake Candy is a half sister to the dams of dual Eclipse champion Goodnight Olive and graded stakes winner Mohawk Trail . The foal she carries is bred on the same cross as grade 1 winner Epicenter and grade 2 winner Simplification.
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Baroness Juliette (Hip 40), in foal to Cancun , sold for $270,000 to H. Albina, agent for Newtownanner, from the consignment of Taylor Made Sales Agency, agent. The mare’s second foal is recent Sam Davis Stakes (G3) winner No More Time, ninth on the Road to the Kentucky Derby leaderboard.
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Antares (Hip 17), a 4-year-old son of American Pharoah , sold for $210,000 to Willowbrook Stables, agent for Flying P Stable, from the consignment of Killora Stud. Offered as a horse of racing age, Antares won two of his last three starts and has been on the board in six of nine career starts to date.
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Sister Otoole (Hip 12), a daughter of Amira’s Prince , sold for $190,000 to Willow Park Stud Scone from the consignment of Bluewater Sales, agent. A multiple stakes winner, five times graded stakes placed, Sister Otoole was offered as a broodmare prospect. Her half sister Frosty O Toole provided a timely update with a second in the Nellie Morse Stakes Feb. 17. She is also a half sister to the dam of multiple graded stakes winner Mr. Money from the immediate family of Dubai World Cup (G1) winner Well Armed and recent grade 1 winners Cyberknife and Played Hard.
“The clearance rate (90%) was amazing, with rock solid action from top to bottom,” said Leif Aaron, Fasig-Tipton’s director of digital sales. “We have to thank our buyers and sellers for making this such a successful sale.”
Overall, 116 horses sold for $4,308,800, good for an average of $37,144. With 129 hips offered, the RNA rate was just 10%.
Full results are available online.
The next Fasig-Tipton Digital sale will be the March Digital Sale, which opens for bidding March 7, and closes March 12. Entries close Feb. 28. Please call Leif Aaron at (859) 255-1555 to nominate or email [email protected]. Nominations will also be accepted via the Client Portal.
This press release has been edited for content and style by BloodHorse Staff.
