Hip 277, a son of Into Mischief out of New York-bred champion and Grade 1 winner Artemis Agrotera, sold for $1 million Tuesday at the OBS March sale. Photo courtesy of Sequel Bloodstock.
By Tom Law
A colt by leading sire Into Mischief out of New York-bred champion and Grade 1 winner Artemis Agrotera sold for $1 million during Tuesday’s opening session of the OBS March sale of 2-year-olds in training in Ocala.
The colt, a half-brother to stakes winner and fellow seven-figure seller Chestertown, commanded the second most expensive price during the session on a bid from Spendthrift, Brad Weisbord and Liz Crow’s BSW/Crow and Colt Group. Bred by Chester and Mary Broman, who will stay in for an ownership interest, the colt sold as Hip 277 out of Becky Thomas’ Sequel Bloodstock consignment. He breezed an eighth in :10.1 during presale workouts.
The colt is the fifth foal out of Artemis Agrotera, a second generation Broman homebred who won the Grade 1 Frizette Stakes at Belmont Park as a 2-year-old in 2013 and the Grade 1 Ballerina Stakes at Saratoga Race Course and Grade 2 Gallant Bloom Handicap at Belmont as a 3-year-old in 2014.
Artemis Agrotera earned three New York-bred championships during her career – 2-year-old filly in 2013 and 3-year-old filly and female sprinter in 2014. She won five of nine starts and earned $943,800.
Chestertown, a New York-bred son of Tapit and Artemis Agrotera’s first foal, sold for $2 million at the 2019 OBS March sale. He remains in training and won his most recent start, an allowance-optional Feb. 3 at Aqueduct, and has compiled a record of 5-4-4 from 19 starts with $372,625. Chestertown won the 2020 Albany Stakes at Saratoga and has placed in two other stakes.
Artemis Agrotera’s second foal, the two-time winning New York-bred Uncle Mo filly Teetotaler, sold for $500,000 to Peter Brant’s White Birch Farm at the 2019 Fasig-Tipton Saratoga sale of selected yearlings. The mare’s third foal, the 3-year-old New York-bred Arrogate filly Adversity, is also a winner after selling for $335,000 at last year’s OBS April sale of 2-year-olds in training.
The Bromans and Sequel also sold the second most expensive New York-bred during the opening session.
Mr. Buff’s half brother, selling as Hip 144, sold for $200,000 Tuesday at OBS March. Photo courtesy of Sequel Bloodstock.
Hip 144, a half-brother to multiple stakes winner and millionaire Mr. Buff, sold for $200,000 to Mike Ryan, agent. The colt by champion and Breeders’ Cup Classic winner Accelerate is the sixth foal out of the Grade 3-placed Speightstown mare Speightful Affair.
Speightful Affair’s four foals to race are winners, led by two-time New York-bred champion older dirt male Mr. Buff. He won 17 of 48 starts, with 13 placings, and earned $1,403,536 over six seasons for the Bromans. Speightful Affair is also the dam of stakes-placed winner Organic Gemini.
OBS reported sales on 16 of the 18 New York-breds offered during Tuesday’s session for a total of $1,946,000 and an average of $121,625.
The sale continues with the final session at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday.
