Speedway Stables spent $1.3 million on two horses, including $800,000 on head of sales May 22 on Fasig-Tipton Midlantic 2-year-old May Day 1 in the Discount Program Coaching prices in Timonium, Md.
The Mendelssohn full deposit as the Hip 245 impressed buyers as the bidding went on hot until the hammer fell. Even after she walked one-eighth of a mile at 10/5 at the show under her belt, shipper Paul Sharp, the agent, was surprised when she offered the highest price in the world. day.
“We’re extremely happy. It’s just one of those things that you hope for; you get everything right and the stars line up and recommend a good horse,” he said.
He says that this dirty girl is part of a good partnership he has with Liz Crow. The hope is “earn a little money” not “go home from the park”.
Among the Hansen mares, Lady Hansen, a gray or ruffled mare was bred by Dr. Kendall Hansen of MD Racing in Kentucky. This filth was purchased by CSV for $125,000 from Pope McLean’s shipment at Keeneland’s September 2022 Annual Sale.
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“I think it was mainly the Tapit line in her mother’s family, but the pedigree was secondary to her physical features,” Sharp said of the little girl’s appeal. “The horse is very, very beautiful. It moves very well. It performs very well in the barn and on the track.”
Early Monday, Speedway spent $500,000 on a Not this time colt out of the Unbridled’s Song mare Goodness Unbridled.
Consigned as Hip 198, gray or roan ponies are out of the Pick View shipment.
The Not This Time pony was consigned as Hip 198 in the ring at the Fasig-Tipton Midlantic Sale
Pick View purchased the foal for $260,000 at the Keeneland September Sale from Jim and Pam Robinson’s Brandywine Ranch shipment. The Robinsons raise ponies.
Pick View’s Joe Pickerrell said: “It’s been a step for us, stepping outside of our comfort zone a little bit. “When you find a stallion with that pedigree, you just pick it up. Luckily, there are some great partners on this horse who are close friends and family members, so it’s good for you. makes it a little more special.”
Pickerrell wasn’t sure how the pony would be received in the sales round after he made it past the eighth mile in: 10 3/5. But he’s confident that when potential buyers see him up close, they’ll fall in love.
“Tuesday wasn’t the greatest day of his life, and the good thing is we’ve been doing this long enough that we have some people who believe in our word and who have seen it. he’s on the farm and makes progress during the winter,” he said. “We all know there’s a lot better to him. He’s a 2-year-old and they’re allowed to have a bad day. A bad day undeniably bad from September so far everyone Good day.”
