November New York-bred demand holds up

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Bidding for New York-breds started strong at Fasig-Tipton’s sale and continued throughout the November sales season. Fasig-Tipton Photo.

By Tom Law

Strong demand and realistic expectations helped spark strong sales of New York-breds at two of the world’s top mixed sales that wrapped up this month in Kentucky.

Riding the wave of momentum that started with a small and select sample at the Fasig-Tipton Kentucky November mixed sale, New York-breds continued to sell well at the Keeneland November breeding stock sale. Keeneland reported sales on 98 of the 104 New York-breds offered at its November sale for a total of $5,720,700, an average price of $58,374 and median of $25,000.

The sale of New York-bred weanlings played a significant role in those returns, as all 32 that went through the ring were sold for a total of $2,255,700, an average price of $70,491 and median of $47,500.

In addition to those lofty returns, other highlights of the November sales season included:

• Grade 1 winner Simply Ravishing, last year’s champion New York-bred 2-year-old filly, sold for $1.7 million to Katsumi Yoshida at the Fasig-Tipton November sale;
• March X Press, a stakes winner in open company at 2 at Saratoga, sold for $560,000 in foal to Quality Road at Keeneland November;
• 11 weanlings sold for $100,000 or more at the two sales, including nine at Keeneland;
• Seven of the eight New York-breds offered at the Fasig-Tipton sale brought $2,787,000, an average price of $398,143 and median of $220,000;
• Overall, 105 of the 112 offered at the two sales brought $8,507,000, an average price of $81,026.

“The final numbers at the Fasig-Tipton and Keeneland November Sales reflect the value and strength of the New York-bred program,” said Najja Thompson, Executive Director of the New York Thoroughbred Breeders Inc. “Coming off a year in which the entire industry was impacted, these results are a credit to our state’s breeders in addition to consignors and buyers who continue to capitalize on the lucrative opportunities to owning a New York-bred with the goal of investing to compete on the best circuit in the nation and beyond.”

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Simply Ravishing brought the highest price for a New York-bred in November, selling for $1.7 million. Photo courtesy of Gainesway.

Simply Ravishing, the Grade 1-winning 3-year-old daughter of former Sequel New York resident Laoban, sold as Hip 233[3] at Fasig-Tipton and led the way in November. She was one of 26 broodmares, broodmare prospects or racing prospects that sold for $1 million or more during the Fasig-Tipton sale. Consigned by Gainesway, agent, Simply Ravishing is out of the More Than Ready mare Four Wishes.

Bred by Meg Levy and foaled at Stonegate Stables in Fort Edward, Simply Ravishing was a $50,000 purchase by trainer Kenny McPeek for Harold Lerner at the 2019 Fasig-Tipton Kentucky October yearling sale. She went on to win more than eight times that amount, starting with back-to-back victories in a turf maiden and the off-the-turf P.G. Johnson Stakes at Saratoga in her first two starts at 2. Simply Ravishing added the Grade 1 Darley Alcibiades Stakes at Keeneland in her next start, before a fourth in the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies.

March X Press, winner of a New York-bred maiden and the open-company Bolton Landing Stakes over a 14-day stretch in August 2017, commanded the highest price for a New York-bred at the Keeneland sale. Offered as Hip 540[4] and in foal to Quality Road, the 6-year-old daughter of Shanghai Bobby sold for $560,000 to Parks Investment Group. Lane’s End consigned March X Press, who did not produce a foal in 2021 and is the dam of a yearling colt by Tapit.

Bred by Pine Ridge Stables and foaled at Waldorf Farm in North Chatham, March X Press is out of the stakes-placed Indian Charlie mare Indian Rush and is a half-sister to stakes winner Harlan’s Honor.

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Hip 263, a daughter of Munnings bred by Dr. Jerry Bilinski, sold for $300,000 to lead the way in November. Photo courtesy of Stuart Morris.

The Keeneland sale’s most expensive weanling, a filly by Munnings sold as Hip 263[6], went for $300,000 to Brookstone Farm during the second session. Bred by Dr. Jerry Bilinski, foaled at his Waldorf Farm in North Chatham and consigned by Stuart Morris, agent for Waldorf Farm, the filly is out of the Tiznow mare Storm Crossing.

Waldorf Farm purchased Storm Crossing, carrying in the Munnings filly in utero, for $200,000 at last year’s Keeneland November sale. She’s the dam of five other Kentucky-bred foals, including a colt that sold for $125,000 at the Fasig-Tipton Kentucky October yearling sale, the 2-year-old Into Mischief colt that brought $750,000 at last year’s Keeneland September yearling sale and the multiple stakes-placed $268,499-earning 4-year-old Constitution filly Kansas Kis.

Scott and Evan Dilworth purchased the co-most expensive New York-bred weanling at the two sales, going to $185,000 for a colt by Liam’s Map that sold as Hip 1774[7]. Bred by Pepin Breeders, foaled at Stone Bridge Farm in Gansevoort, consigned by Indian Creek, the colt is the first foal out of the winning Malibu Moon mare Malibu Rainbow.

A winner in maiden special weight company in 2019 at Gulfstream Park, Malibu Rainbow was purchased in foal to Liam’s Map by Beech-Grove Farm for $85,000 at last year’s Keeneland November sale. She sold immediately after her 2021 Liam’s Map colt, again in foal to that sire, to Kaizen Sales, agent, for $170,000.

The $185,000 price matched that paid by D K W Racing for Hip 806[8], a colt from the first crop of Omaha Beach that sold during Keeneland’s third session. Bred by and foaled at Old Tavern Farm in Saratoga Springs and consigned by Summerfield, agent for Old Tavern Farm, the colt is out of the winning Empire Maker mare Comme Chez Soi.

A $325,000 yearling out of the Grade 1-winning Storm and a Half mare Downthedustyroad, Comme Chez Soi was purchased by Old Tavern’s Walt Borisenok in foal to Lemon Drop Kid for $210,000 at the 2015 Keeneland November sale. The subsequent foal, the Kentucky-bred gelding Tom Management, was a $100,000 yearling and two-time winner for GMB Racing and trainer Al Stall Jr. Comme Chez Soi is also the dam of the New York-bred 4-year-old Malibu Moon filly Malibu Too and an unnamed 2-year-old New York-bred filly by Malibu Moon.

Fenway, a 3-year-old winning son of Into Mischief, landed the most expensive price for a New York-bred during the horses in training segment that wrapped up the final session. Sold as Hip 3744[9] by ELiTE, agent, Fenway was purchased by GMP Stables LLC for $100,000. Bred by and foaled at Sequel Stallions New York LLC in Hudson, Fenway is 1-1-1 in seven starts with $68,810 in earnings. He’s one of two winners out of the Songandaprayer mare Keysong.

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New York-breds play key role at Keeneland November sale

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Hip 1774, weanling colt by Liam’s Map foaled in New York, sold for $185,000 Sunday at the Keeneland November breeding stock sale. Photo courtesy of Indian Creek.

By Tom Law

The Keeneland November breeding stock sale hit the halfway mark Sunday, already surpassing last year’s mark for total receipts with New York-breds playing a role through a steady stream of six-figure horses.

Three six-figure horses with New York ties went through the ring Sunday, including a weanling colt by Liam’s Map who commanded a final bid of $185,000 from Scott and Evan Dilworth. Bred by Pepin Breeders, foaled at Stone Bridge Farm in Gansevoort, consigned by Indian Creek and offered as Hip 1774[2], the colt is the first foal out of the winning Malibu Moon mare Malibu Rainbow.

A winner in maiden special weight company in 2019 at Gulfstream Park, Malibu Rainbow was purchased in foal to Liam’s Map by Beech-Grove Farm for $85,000 at last year’s Keeneland November sale. She sold immediately after her 2021 Liam’s Map colt, again in foal to that sire, to Kaizen Sales, agent, for $170,000.

The $185,000 price matched that paid by D K W Racing for Hip 806[3], a colt from the first crop of Omaha Beach that sold during the third session Friday. Bred by and foaled at Old Tavern Farm in Saratoga Springs and consigned by Summerfield, agent for Old Tavern Farm, the colt is out of the winning Empire Maker mare Comme Chez Soi.

A $325,000 yearling out of the Grade 1-winning Storm and a Half mare Downthedustyroad, Comme Chez Soi was purchased by Old Tavern’s Walt Borisenok in foal to Lemon Drop Kid for $210,000 at the 2015 Keeneland November sale. The subsequent foal, the Kentucky-bred gelding Tom Management, was a $100,000 yearling and two-time winner for GMB Racing and trainer Al Stall Jr. Comme Chez Soi is also the dam of the New York-bred 4-year-old Malibu Moon filly Malibu Too and an unnamed 2-year-old New York-bred filly by Malibu Moon.

Keeneland reported gross sales of $166,206,000 from 1,120 horses sold through Sunday’s session, a total that surpassed last year’s final tally of $151,017,300 for 10 sessions. The November sale’s average price so far is $148,398, up 13.2 percent from a year ago to this point, while median is up 26.7 percent to $95,000.

Keeneland also reported a low buy-back rate of 15.3 percent, which falls in line with an even better number for New York-breds through the ring. Thirty of the 32 New York-breds offered during the third, fourth and fifth sessions have sold, a 94 percent clearance rate.

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Harlan’s Honor, winner of the 2013 Colleen Stakes at Monmouth and a half sister to March X Press, sold for $200,000 at Keeneland November. Photo courtesy of Gainesway.

The most expensive New York-bred during that run was Harlan’s Honor, a 9-year-old stakes-winning daughter of Harlan’s Holiday and half-sister to stakes winner March X Press. Consigned by Gainesway, agent, and offered as Hip 891[5] in foal to McKinzie, Harlan’s Honor was purchased by Jackpot for $200,000.

Bred by Marty Zaretsky, foaled at Waldorf Farm in North Chatham and a $165,000 purchase at the 2014 OBS April sale of 2-year-olds in training, Harlan’s Honor went 2-1-3 in 10 starts with $110,350 in earnings. She won her debut at Monmouth Park about two months after selling as a 2-year-old then the Colleen Stakes there in early August.

Harlan’s Honor, who also placed in two stakes as a 3-year-old, sold in foal to Liam’s Map for $300,000 at the 2016 Keeneland November sale. The subsequent foal, the filly Song River, is multiple stakes placed and the winner of a Saratoga allowance Sept. 5 and a Churchill Downs allowance-optional Saturday. She’s also the dam of the American Pharoah 3-year-old filly Credence Star, who sold as a yearling for $170,000 at the 2019 Keeneland September sale and then for $521,659 at the 2020 Tattersalls Craven breeze-up sale.

March X Press, winner of a New York-bred maiden and the open-company Bolton Landing Stakes over a 14-day stretch in August 2017, sold during the second session of the November sale for $560,000 to Parks Investment Group. Consigned by Lane’s End and offered as Hip 540[6] and in foal to Quality Road, the 6-year-old daughter of Shanghai Bobby is the most expensive New York-bred sold so far at the November sale.

The Keeneland November sale runs through Friday with sessions starting at 10 a.m. ET.

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March X Press sells for $560,000 at Keeneland

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March X Press, winner over open company in the 2017 Bolton Landing at Saratoga, sold for $560,000 Thursday at Keeneland. Susie Raisher/NYRA Photo.

By Tom Law

March X Press, winner of a New York-bred maiden and the open-company Bolton Landing Stakes over a 14-day stretch in August 2017, made her fourth pass through the Keeneland sales ring since 2016 Thursday and brought the highest bid of any of the trips.

Offered as Hip 540[2] and in foal to Quality Road, the 6-year-old daughter of Shanghai Bobby sold for $560,000 to Parks Investment Group. Lane’s End consigned March X Press, who did not produce a foal in 2021 and is the dam of a yearling colt by Tapit.

Bred by Pine Ridge Stables and foaled at Waldorf Farm in North Chatham, March X Press is out of the stakes-placed Indian Charlie mare Indian Rush and is a half-sister to stakes winner Harlan’s Honor. She sold to Golconda Stables for $90,000 at the 2016 Keeneland September yearling sale.

March X Press won two of nine starts for Golconda and placed in two other stakes with a pair of four-place finishes in graded stakes for trainer Todd Pletcher. She sold for $275,000 to Jackpot Farm at the 2018 Keeneland November sale then brought $330,000 from Newgate Farm while in foal to Tapit at the 2019 Keeneland November sale. The subsequent Kentucky-bred Tapit colt sold for $700,000 at the recent Fasig-Tipton Kentucky October yearling sale.

March X Press wound up one of five six-figure New York-breds that sold during Thursday’s session that opened Book 2.

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Hip 263, a daughter of Munnings bred by Dr. Jerry Bilinski, sold for $300,000 Thursday at Keeneland. Photo courtesy of Stuart Morris.

Brookstone Farm paid the second most expensive price of the session, going to $300,000 for Hip 263[4], a weanling filly Munnings foaled in New York. Bred by Dr. Jerry Bilinski, foaled at his Waldorf Farm in North Chatham and consigned by Stuart Morris, agent for Waldorf Farm, the filly is out of the Tiznow mare Storm Crossing.

Waldorf Farm purchased Storm Crossing, carrying in the Munnings filly in utero, for $200,000 at last year’s Keeneland November sale. She’s the dam of five other Kentucky-bred foals, including a colt that sold for $125,000 at the Fasig-Tipton Kentucky October yearling sale, the 2-year-old Into Mischief colt that brought $750,000 at last year’s Keeneland September yearling sale and the multiple stakes-placed $268,499-earning 4-year-old Constitution filly Kansas Kis.

Gaelic Gold, a half-sister to multiple New York-bred stakes winner Sea Foam, sold for $275,000 to Dixiana Farms during Thursday’s session. Bred and owned by Waterville Lake Stables and consigned by Winter Quarter Farm, agent, the 4-year-old daughter of Giant’s Causeway was sold as Hip 454[5] in foal to Twirling Candy.

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Mrs. Orb won the La Verdad Stakes to start her 2021 season. She sold for $185,000 Wednesday at Keeneland. NYRA Photo.

Multiple stakes winner and Grade 3-placed Mrs. Orb sold for $185,000 during opening Book 1 session of the sale Wednesday. Offered as Hip 185[7] as a racing or broodmare prospect, the 6-year-old daughter of Orb was purchased by SF – Newgate.

Campaigned by Ruggeri Stable, Richard Coburn, Script R Farm and Mike Micele and trained by Mike Miceli, Mrs. Orb was consigned by Taylor Made Sales Agency, agent. Mrs. Orb is 7-8-5 in 28 starts with $556,280 in earnings. A finalist for New York-bred champion older dirt female in 2020, Mrs. Orb won the La Verdad Stakes in January at Aqueduct and the Caesar’s Wish Stakes in July at Pimlico, along with two other stakes placings this year.

The November sale continues with the third of 10 sessions starting at 10 a.m. Friday.

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Simply Ravishing sells for $1.7 million at Fasig-Tipton November sale

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Simply Ravishing was among the seven-figure purchases Tuesday at the Fasig-Tipton Kentucky November sale when she brought $1.7 million. Photo courtesy of Gainesway.

By Tom Law

Simply Ravishing, last year’s champion New York-bred 2-year-old filly, helped contribute to the stellar returns at Tuesday’s Fasig-Tipton Kentucky November mixed sale on a seven-figure bid late in the proceedings at the Newtown Paddocks in Lexington.

The Grade 1-winning 3-year-old daughter of former Sequel New York resident Laoban, selling as Hip 233[2], sold for $1.7 million to Katsumi Yoshida to be among the 26 broodmares, broodmare prospects or racing prospects that sold for $1 million or more during the sale. Consigned by Gainesway, agent, Simply Ravishing is out of the More Than Ready mare Four Wishes.

Bred by Meg Levy and foaled at Stonegate Stables in Fort Edward, Simply Ravishing was a $50,000 purchase by trainer Kenny McPeek for Harold Lerner at the 2019 Fasig-Tipton Kentucky October yearling sale. She went on to win more than eight times that amount, starting with back-to-back victories in a turf maiden and the off-the-turf P.G. Johnson Stakes at Saratoga in her first two starts at 2.

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Simply Ravishing won the Grade 1 Darley Alcibiades last fall. Keeneland Photo.

Simply Ravishing burst on the national scene in her third start, taking the Grade 1 Darley Alcibiades Stakes at Keeneland to punch her ticket to the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies there a month later.

Simply Ravishing’s story gained notoriety in the late summer and fall, after word passed through the industry how her dam, Four Wishes, was purchased by Levy on her birthday for $500 after being abandoned at a boarding facility. She finished fourth in the Juvenile Fillies and then fourth again in the Grade 2 Golden Rod Stakes at Churchill Downs to end her 2-year-old season.

(Read more about Simply Ravishing in the 2020 NYTB Awards Program, Page 12[4])

Yoshida purchased two other high-priced mares during Tuesday’s sale, going to $2.9 million for Princess Noor, $1.6 million for Duopoly, $1.05 million for Mongolian Changa and $775,000 to Heavenhasmynikki.

Espresso Shot, a three-time finalist for New York-bred championship honors, sold for the next highest price for a New York-bred at $300,000. Spendthrift Farm LLC purchased the 5-year-old mare by Sequel’s active stallion Mission Impazible. Consigned by Ballysax Bloodstock, agent for Final Furlong Racing, Espresso Shot was sold as Hip 163[5] as a racing or broodmare prospect.

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Espresso Shot, winner here in the 2020 Staten Island division of the NYSS, sold for $300,000 Tuesday at the November sale. Susie Raisher/NYRA Photo.

Bred by Twin Creeks Farm, Espresso Shot was a $69,000 purchase by Final Furlong Racing at the 2017 Fasig-Tipton Saratoga New York-bred yearling sale. NY Final Furlong campaigned her with partners Maspeth Stables and Parkland Thoroughbreds and Espresso Shot compiled a record of 5-3-4 from 24 starts with $516,625 in earnings.

Trained by Jorge Abreu, Espresso Shot was a stakes winner at 2, 3, 4 and 5. She earned finalist honors in the New York-bred 2-year-old filly division after winning the East View Stakes at Aqueduct. She returned as a finalist at 3, a season that saw her win the Busher Stakes at Aqueduct and finish second in the New York Oaks at Finger Lakes.

Espresso Shot was also a finalist for champion female sprinter as a 4-year-old in 2020, after winning the Staten Island division of the New York Stallion Series. She won or placed in four of seven starts in 2021, including a victory in the Biogio’s Rose in March at Aqueduct and a third in the Iroquois Stakes on Empire Showcase Day at Belmont Park in late October.

Espresso Shot was one of five other six-figure New York-bred purchases Tuesday, along with a pair of weanling fillies that sold on back-to-back trips through the ring for $220,000.

Hip 46[7], a filly from the first crop of multiple Grade 1 winner Omaha Beach and half-sister to Espresso Shot, sold first to Sewanne Investments.

Bred by Final Furlong Racing and Maspeth Stable, foaled at Schuylerville Thoroughbred Farm in Fort Edward and consigned by Ballysax Bloodstock, agent, the filly is out of the winning Medaglia d’Oro mare Glory Gold. In addition to Espresso Shot, Glory Gold is the dam of recent Maid of the Mist Stakes winner Venti Valentine and New York-bred winners Goldtown and Hokulea.

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Hip 47, a daughter of Practical Joke and half sister to stakes winner More Mischief, sold for $220,000 at Tuesday’s Fasig-Tipton November sale. Photo courtesy of Bluewater Sales.

Hip 47[9], a daughter of freshman sire Practical Joke and half-sister to multiple stakes winner More Mischief, sold to Scott and Evan Dilworth LLC.

Bred by Anlyn Farms, foaled at Irish Hill Century Farm in Stillwater and consigned by Bluewater Sales, agent, the filly is out of the Mr. Greeley mare Gracilia. More Mischief, winner of the 2020 Biogio’s Rose at Aqueduct and second in the 2018 Joseph A. Gimma Stakes at Belmont, was also bred by Anlyn Farms and sold as a 2-year-old for $350,000. Gracilia is also the dam of stakes-placed Myawaya and fellow New York-bred winners Decorator Jenn, Killala Bay, and Scalpeen.

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