Hip 687, a half-sister to stakes winner Caldwell Luvs Gold, sold for $125,000 at the OBS October yearling sale. Photo courtesy of Afleet Equine Services.
A filly from the first crop of Grade 1 winner Vekoma – and half-sister to stakes winner Caldwell Luvs Gold – sold for $125,000 and finished as one of the top sellers at the two-day Ocala Breeders’ Sales Co.’s October yearling sale that wrapped up Wednesday.
Bred by Jeremiah Desmond and Drumkenny Farm LLC, foaled at Desmond Farm in Center Moriches and offered as Hip 687, the filly was purchased by de Meric Sales, agent. A $50,000 weanling purchase at last year’s Keeneland November breeding stock sale, the filly out of the Quality Road mare Snow was also reported sold for $60,000 at this year’s Fasig-Tipton Saratoga New York-bred yearling sale.
The filly – the second highest-priced filly at the sale and fifth most expensive yearling overall – is the third foal out of Snow. She was consigned by Afleet Equine Services, agent.
She’s the dam of the 4-year-old New York-bred Cupid gelding Eminency, a winner and earner of $98,413; and the 2-year-old New York-bred Goldencents filly Caldwell Luvs Gold.
Also bred by Desmond and Drumkenny and a $73,000 purchase at the 2022 Fasig-Tipton Saratoga New York-bred sale, Caldwell Luvs Gold won her debut July 27 at Saratoga and followed that with a victory there in the Seeking the Ante Stakes on Saratoga Showcase Day. Caldwell Luvs Gold finished second last time out in the Sept. 24 Joseph A. Gimma Stakes at the Belmont at the Big A meet.
The second most expensive New York-bred at the sale was also a filly, Hip 425, a daughter of Mendelssohn named Tralee Girl, who brought $50,000 from Ryston Stables. Bred by David and Christine Stack, the filly is the first foal out of the Pioneerof the Nile mare Kerry Girl. Foaled at Mill Creek Farm in Stillwater, she was consigned by Lisa McGreevy’s Abbie Road Farm, agent.
The sale also featured a pair of $30,000 yearlings by New York-based sires Solomini and Honest Mischief.
Hip 115, a daughter of Solomini out of the unraced Awesome Again mare Awesome Aurora, sold for $30,000 to McMahon and Hill Bloodstock, agent. Bred by America’s Pastime Stable, Jeff Gardella and Spruce Lane Farm and foaled at McMahon of Saratoga Thoroughbreds in Saratoga Springs, the filly sold as a weanling for $6,500 at this year’s Keeneland January horses of all ages sale. She was consigned at OBS by Sweet River Thoroughbreds. Solomini, an 8-year-old son of Curlin, stands at McMahon of Saratoga Thoroughbreds.
Hip 528, a colt by Honest Mischief out of the winning Wildcat Heir mare Mochima, sold for $30,000 to Advanced Thoroughbreds LLC. Bred by Larry F. Botting and foaled at Countryside Stables in Martville, the colt sold as a weanling for $15,000 at last year’s Fasig-Tipton Saratoga fall mixed sale. He was consigned by Jose Munoz. Honest Mischief, a 7-year-old son of Into Mischief, stands at Sequel Stallions New York in Hudson.
OBS reported sales on 66 of the 103 New York-breds offered during the two sessions for a total of $805,800, an average price of $12,209.
