Vekoma filly, Honest Mischief colt top OBS finale
[1]Hip 1017, a filly by Grade 1-winning freshman sire Vekoma bred by Hidden Brook, sold for $330,000 during the OBS June finale. Photo courtesy of Hidden Brook.
A filly from the first crop of Grade 1 winner Vekoka landed a $330,000 to highlight the final session of the OBS June 2-year-olds in training sale Friday in Ocala.
Swinbank Stables purchased Hip 1017[2], the second foal out of the stakes-winning Rockport Harbor mare Grace’s Treasure. Bred by DiRico R&B, LLC, foaled at River Valley Farm in Gansevoort and consigned by Hidden Brook, agent, the filly originally sold for $160,000 at last year’s Fasig-Tipton Saratoga New York-bred yearling sale.
The $330,000 price not only was the highest amount paid for a New York-bred during Friday’s session, but the most expensive for the sale.
Grace’s Treasure won four of 13 starts, including the 2017 Open Mind Stakes at Churchill Downs, and earned $133,924. She was purchased in foal to Bolt d’Oro by Joseph DiRico for $100,000 at the 2020 Keeneland January horses of all ages sale. She produced a filly by Bolt d’Oro, later named Catchphrase. A $200,000 purchased by Maverick Racing/Siena Farm at the 2021 Fasig-Tipton Saratoga New York-bred yearling sale, Catchphrase is in training at WinStar Farm’s training center in Kentucky.
Grace’s Treasure is also the dam of a yearling colt by Gun Runner and a filly by Candy Ride born March 13, both bred by DiRico.
The Vekoma filly was one of two six-figure New York-breds sold during the session, along with Hip 906[3], a colt by New York-based freshman sire Honest Mischief who brought $110,000. Purchased by High Point Bloodstock, agent for Richard Greely, the colt is out of the Include mare Memories of Mom.
Bred by Robert Harris, foaled at Saratoga Glen Farm in Schuylerville and consigned by Harris Training Center LLC, agent, the colt is the fourth foal out of Memories of Mom. Her first three foals are by three-time leading New York sire Central Banker and two – the 5-year-old gelding Walk the Bank and 4-year-old gelding Saratoga Banker – are winners.
OBS reported sales on 18 of the 30 New York-breds offered during the final session for $653,400, an average price of $36,300. Overall, 61 New York-breds were sold for $1,850,600, an average price of $30,338.
- [Image]: https://www.nytbreeders.org/news/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/1017p.jpg
- Hip 1017: https://obssales.com/catalog/#/137/hip/1017?refSize=20&refUrl=results&session=3
- Hip 906: https://obssales.com/catalog/#/137/hip/906?refSize=20&refUrl=results&session=3
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