Hip 385, named Berning Remarks and produced by leading New York breeders Chester and Mary Broman, sold for a record $3.55 million Tuesday at the Fasig-Tipton Midlantic May sale of 2-year-olds in training in Timonium. Photo courtesy of Sequel Bloodstock.
By Tom Law
The action in the ring matched the tremendous presale buzz for a colt by Bernardini that sold for a record price Tuesday during the second session of the Fasig-Tipton Midlantic May sale of 2-year-olds in training in Timonium, Md.
Offered as Hip 385, the son of a champion and classic winner produced by Chester and Mary Broman’s New York-based breeding operation got Tuesday’s session off to a spectacular start when he sold for $3.55 million. Bred by the Bromans, consigned by Becky Thomas’ Sequel Bloodstock and named Berning Remarks, the colt was purchased by bloodstock agent Gary Young on behalf of Amr Zedan’s Zedan Racing.
The $3.55 million marked a record for the Midlantic sale, the most expensive Thoroughbred sold at public auction in Maryland and the sire’s highest-priced offspring sold at auction worldwide.
Foaled at the Broman’s Chestertown Farm in Chestertown, the late April foal is out of the winning Medaglia d’Oro mare G Note, who is out of Grade 2 winner and $392,830-earner Seeking the Ante. G Note is a half-sister to New York-bred stakes winner Mineralogist and stakes-placed New York-bred Risk a Chance, the dam of 2022 Rebel Stakes winner Un Ojo.
Berning Remarks, who breezed an eighth in :9.4 during the May 18 presale workout show, is a half-brother to two winners from as many foals to race out of G Note. The winners were also bred by the Bromans – Bank Note (by Central Banker) and Passing Notes (by Friend Or Foe).
