Hip 894, a daughter of two-time NY-bred Horse of the Year Tiz the Law, sold for $85,000 Wednesday at the Fasig-Tipton Kentucky October sale. Photo provided by Hunter Valley Farm.
A filly from the first crop of two-time New York-bred Horse of the Year Tiz the Law commanded a final bid of $85,000 to highlight the third session of the Fasig-Tipton Kentucky October yearling sale Wednesday in Lexington.
Alistar Fyfe Racing purchased the filly, Hip 894, out of the Hunter Valley Farm consignment. Bred by Fergus Galvin, Spruce Lane Farm, Copper Beach Stables, E. Hart, et al, and foaled at Old Saratoga Equine Services in Schuylerville, the filly is out of the winning Arch mare Miss Nancy.
Miss Nancy is the dam of the winning New York-bred 3-year-old colt Forward Move, a $225,000 purchase at the 2021 Keeneland September yearling sale; and the New York-bred 2-year-old Laoban filly Miss Lao, a $100,000 purchase at the 2022 Fasig-Tipton Saratoga New York-bred yearling sale. She is also the dam of a weanling filly by Beau Liam foaled March 27 in New York.
Hip 996, a colt by multiple Grade 1 winner McKinzie, sold for $80,000 Wednesday at Fasig-Tipton Kentucky. Photo provided by Vinery Sales.
Hip 996, a colt from the first crop of multiple Grade 1 winner McKinzie, landed the second highest price of the session for a New York-bred on an $80,000 bid from trainer Ken McPeek, agent. Bred by Spruce Lane Farm, Built Wright Stables, Lynn Farm, Will Robbins and others, foaled at McMahon of Saratoga Thoroughbreds in Saratoga Springs and consigned by Vinery Sales, agent, the colt is out of the winning Henny Hughes mare One Look.
One Look is the dam of two New York-bred winners – the 4-year-old Laoban gelding Uno and 3-year-old Street Sense filly First Impression – and the placed 2-year-old New York-bred Yoshida colt Financial District. The McKinzie colt originally sold for $40,000 at this year’s Keeneland January horses of all ages sale.
Fasig-Tipton reported sales on 20 of the 23 New York-breds during Wednesday’s session for a total of $454,000, an average price of $22,700 and median of $5,500. Overall, 68 of the 88 New York-breds offered have sold for $1,718,000, an average price of $25,265 and median of $14,500.
The sale concludes with the final session at 10 a.m. Thursday.
