Hip 337, a colt by Charlatan bred by Emcee Stable LLC and Richard Nicolai’s Fortune Farm, topped Monday’s Fasig-Tipton Kentucky winter mixed sale. Photo courtesy of Taylor Made Sales Agency.
A short yearling colt from the second crop of Charlatan and the placed broodmare prospect Beautiful Mo commanded six-figure bids to highlight the New York-bred offerings at Monday’s Fasig-Tipton Kentucky winter mixed sale in Lexington.
Hip 337, a son of Charlatan out of the Kitten’s Joy mare Interrogation, landed the top price on a final bid of $175,000 from Peter Pugh.
Bred by Emcee Stable LLC and Richard Nicolai’s Fortune Farm, foaled at Mill Creek Farm in Stillwater and consigned by Taylor Made Sales Agency, agent, the colt is the fourth foal out of the half-sister to three stakes winners and the Grade 1-placed Center Divider.
Interrogation is the dam of the 4-year-old English Channel colt English Chunnel, who finished third in a 1 1/16-mile maiden special weight January 24 at Fair Grounds. She’s also the dam of a New York-bred 2-year-old filly by Candy Ride that sold for $11,000 at last year’s Keeneland January horses of all ages sale.
Beautiful Mo, offered as Hip 215 by Straight Line Equine Sales, brought the top price for a broodmare or broodmare prospect on a bid of $110,000 from Speariamo 3.
Bred by Sheila Rosenblum’s Lady Sheila Stable LLC and foaled at Edition Farm in Hyde Park, the 3-year-old daughter of Uncle Mo finished second in her lone start in early November for owners Twin Oaks Bloodstock, Swinbank Stables LLC and Steve Adkisson and trainer George Weaver.
Beautiful Mo is out of 2015 champion New York-bred 3-year-old filly and Grade 3 winner Hot City Girl, a daughter of City Zip and half-sister to Eclipse Award winner, multiple New York-bred champion and $1,563,200-earner La Verdad.
Hip 197, a daughter of Grade 1 winner Golden Pal, brought the highest price for a New York-bred yearling filly on a bid of $80,000 from Horsin Around.
Bred by Edmund C. Young, foaled at Irish Hill Century Farm in Stillwater and consigned by Vinery Sales, agent, the filly is out of the unraced Orb mare Angelic Spirit. She’s also the dam of the 2-year-old Mo Town filly Indy Mo and the winning 3-year-old Mo Town colt Steel Curtain.
Fasig-Tipton reported sales on 43 of the 57 New York-breds offered for a total of $1,187,500, an average price of $27,616 and median of $20,000.
