Central Banker filly highlights Midlantic yearling sale
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Hip 230, a filly by three-time leading New York sire Central Banker, sold for $82,000 to highlight the New York-bred offerings at the Eastern fall yearling sale. Photo courtesy of Scott Mallory, agent.
A filly by multiple leading New York sire Central Banker sold for $82,000 to top the New York-bred offerings at Tuesday’s Fasig-Tipton Midlantic Eastern fall yearling sale in Timonium, Maryland.
Matthew T. Groff purchased the filly, sold as Hip 230[2] by Scott Mallory, agent. Bred by BHMFR, LLC, the filly is out of the winning Spring At Last mare Calidez.
Calidez is the dam of two winners – the 2-year-old Caravaggio filly Mascara who won her debut in July at Saratoga Race Course and the 3-year-old Sky Mesa filly For Love and Honor, a winner in late August at Kentucky Downs and earner of $118,220. The winner of four of 17 starts and $47,201, she’s also the dam of a weanling New York-bred filly by Central Banker born April 28.
Central Banker, a 14-year-old son of Speightstown, stands for $7,500 at McMahon of Saratoga. He topped the New York general sire list the last three seasons and currently ranks second and just behind fellow McMahon of Saratoga stallion Bucchero.
Scott Mallory also consigned one of the co-top-selling colts, Hip 117[3], a son of Beau Liam that brought a final bid of $65,000 from Kieran Norris.
Bred by Scott Pierce, the colt is out of the winning Into Mischief mare Okbyecya. A full-sister to stakes-placed Into Oblivion and half-sister to stakes winner Balmaran, Okbyecya is the dam of the 4-year-old Classic Empire filly Classic Farewell, who sold for $100,000 at the 2022 Fasig-Tipton Midlantic May sale; and the 2-year-old Honor A.P. colt Skull Honor who recently made his debut.
Hip 13[4], a colt by Volatile from the family of graded stakes winners Cutting Humor, Irish You Well and Zensational, also sold for $65,000 to Sallusto & Kimmel, agent.
Bred by Harry L. Landry and consigned by Harry L. Landry Bloodstock LLC, agent, the colt is out of the winning Political Force mare Farce. She’s the dam of three-time winner Class Riot and a 2-year-old filly by Enticed.
Landry purchased Farce, in foal to Volatile, for $16,000 out of the 2022 Keeneland November breeding stock sale.
Fasig-Tipton reported sales on 23 of the 34 New York-breds offered Tuesday for a total of $593,700, an average price of $25,813 and median of $20,000.
Endnotes:- [Image]: https://www.nytbreeders.org/news/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Hip230-MidlanticFall-2024.jpg
- Hip 230: https://www.fasigtipton.com/catalogs/2024/1001/230.pdf
- Hip 117: https://www.fasigtipton.com/catalogs/2024/1001/117.pdf
- Hip 13: https://www.fasigtipton.com/catalogs/2024/1001/13.pdf
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Big Brown retired to Old Friends in Kentucky
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Champion, dual classic winner and former leading New York sire Big Brown arrived at Old Friends for retirement last week. Susie Raisher Photo.
Champion, dual classic winner and pensioned former leading New York sire Big Brown arrived at Old Friends in Georgetown, Kentucky, last week for his retirement.
The 19-year-old son of Boundary arrived at the Thoroughbred retirement operation Friday courtesy of Andy Cohen, managing partner of the Big Brown syndicate. Big Brown, who most recently stood at Irish Hill & Dutchess Views Stallions in Stillwater, becomes the fifth Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes winner to retire to Old Friends. He joins Silver Charm, War Emblem, Charismatic and I’ll Have Another.
“We are excited beyond measure to welcome Big Brown as an honored member of the Old Friends family,” said John Nicholson, president and chief executive officer of Old Friends. “We are deeply grateful to Andy Cohen and all of Big Brown’s connections for choosing to share this great horse with racing fans everywhere. I know his legions of fans will love having the chance to visit him throughout the year. Big Brown will be an awesome ambassador, not only for Old Friends, but for the sport of Thoroughbred Racing.”
Campaigned by a partnership that included Cohen, IEAH Stables and the late Paul Pompa Jr., Big Brown won seven of eight starts including the 2008 Kentucky Derby and Preakness. He also won the Grade 1 Haskell Invitational and Grade 1 Florida Derby for trainer Rick Dutrow Jr. He retired in late 2008 with earnings of $3,614,500 and earned the Eclipse Award for champion 3-year-old male.
“It doesn’t seem that long ago when we would visit Big Brown in the middle of the night and just hang out with him,” Cohen said. “He was like a puppy and especially loved it when the young children would come over to pet him. As sweet as he was, when he got on the racetrack he knew it was time to go to work. I remember after his race at Gulfstream Park, Kent Desormeaux said ‘he is the fastest horse I’ve ever ridden and the rest is history.’
“After visiting Old Friends and getting to know John Nicholson and Michael Blowen, I couldn’t be more comfortable knowing Big Brown will get the love and care he deserves at Old Friends where the horse is the boss.”
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Big Brown settles in at Old Friends in Georgetown, Kentucky. Photo courtesy of Old Friends.
Big Brown started his stallion career in 2009 at Three Chimneys Farm in Midway, Kentucky. He stood there, along with Southern Hemisphere seasons in Australia from 2010 to 2014, until 2015. Cohen’s Sunrise Stables and Gary Tolchin’s Golden Goose Enterprises obtained a majority interest in Big Brown in 2015 and announced he would relocate to New York for the 2015 season.
Big Brown started his New York stud career at Dutchess Views Farm in Pine Plains before relocating to Irish Hill & Dutchess Views for the 2018 season.
Big Brown topped the New York general sire list with more than $2.7 million in progeny earnings in 2020. He finished second on the same list – with more than $3.2 million in progeny earnings – in 2021 and ranked among the top 10 stallions in the Empire State until he was pensioned in 2024.
Big Brown currently ranks seventh on the New York sire list, with progeny earnings of more than $1 million, including $246,900 earned by the late stakes winner The Big Torpedo. Big Brown also sired Grade 1 winner and $1,987,505-earner Dortmund, Grade 2 winners Somelikeithotbrown, Kiss to Remember and Coach Inge and Grade 3 winners Send It In, Nancy, Darwin, Dawnie Perfect and Big Wildcat. He’s the sire of 13 crops, including 19 current 2-year-olds and 18 yearlings, 30 blacktype winners and the earners of more than $37.4 million.
Old Friends will host “Big Brown’s Barn Bash” Friday, October 18. The event will feature fun activities and a chance to meet Big Brown. Additional information will be provided soon.
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