Into Mischief filly highlights Day 2 at Saratoga

By Alec DiConza

The Fasig-Tipton Saratoga sale of selected yearlings wrapped up Tuesday and featured the selling of two more New York-breds – one for $400,000 and another for $350,000.

Hip 162, a bay filly by Into Mischief consigned by Sequel New York, agent for Chester and Mary Broman, was purchased for $400,000 by Hall of Fame trainer Mark Casse for Live Oak Plantation.

The filly is out of the unraced Bernardini mare Solar Surge, who has produced four winners including stakes winner Surge of Pride and multiple stakes-placed Donegal Surges. The latter, a son of Candy Ride bred in New York by the Bromans, is the morning-line favorite for Friday’s Evan Shipman Handicap at Saratoga Race Course.

Casse is excited about the filly and hopes to continue his success with runners by Into Mischief.

“She’s a real pretty filly and I liked her pedigree,” he said. “New York-bred. We’ve had luck buying off of the Bromans. …She’s beautiful. I’ve trained a couple of really good Into Mischiefs, a champion actually: Wonder Wheel.”

Hip 193, a bay daughter of Quality Road bred by 3C Stables LLC, sold for $350,000 to Ciaran Dunne on behalf of Havertz Stables. Consigned by Mulholland Springs, agent, the filly is out of the stakes-winning Congrats mare Toasting. An earner of $534,850 and placed in three graded stakes, Toasting is the dam of four-time winner Robber Baron.

“She’s just a really good physical by obviously a top stallion,” Dunne said of the filly. “Hopefully, she’s going to be a good filly wherever she runs. We’ll sell her as a 2-year-old, so we’ll see what happens.”

Overall, five of the seven New York-breds offered during the two-day sale brought $1.6 million, an average price of $320,000 and median of $350,000.

The Saratoga sales season continues Sunday and Monday with the New York-bred yearling sale. Sunday’s sessions starts at 7 p.m. with Monday set for noon. The Saratoga New York-bred catalog features 300 yearlings.

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Good Magic colt fares well at Saratoga opener

By Alec DiConza

Monday’s strong opening session of the Fasig-Tipton Saratoga sale of selected yearlings featured a pair of New York-breds that sold for $425,000 and $175,000.

Hip 118[2], a colt by Good Magic bred by Richard Nicolai’s Fortune Farm and foaled at Mill Creek Farm in Stillwater, sold for $425,000 to trainer Mike Maker.

Consigned by Eaton Sales, agent, the colt is the fifth foal out of the winning Medaglia d’Oro mare Popstar. The bay colt is a half-brother to Lady d’Oro, a daughter of Catholic Boy who finished second in the 2023 Colleen Stakes at Monmouth. Popstar is also the dam of Doctor Nash, a Medaglia d’Oro mare with earnings of $193,583.

Saratoga Special purchased the other New York-bred that sold Monday, picking up Hip 34[3] for $175,000. Bred by Amsterdam Two Farm LLC, the colt by Medaglia d’Oro is out of the War Front mare Earth Shaking.

Earth Shaking has produced five winners from five to race, including the 7-year-old Hat Trick gelding and eight-time winner Souper Energizer.

Four more New York-breds are cataloged for the sale’s final session, which starts at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday.

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