Hip 223, a colt by Liam’s Map bred by Fred Hertrich III, sold for $150,000 Monday at the Fasig-Tipton Kentucky October yearling sale. Photo provided by Taylor Made Sales Agency.
A New York-bred colt by Liam’s Map commanded a bid of $150,000 to help spark the opening session of the Fasig-Tipton Kentucky October yearling sale Monday in Lexington.
Gary Anderson purchased the colt, offered as Hip 223 out of the Taylor Made Sales Agency consignment. Bred by Fred Hertrich III and foaled at Waldorf Farm in North Chatham, the colt is the second foal out of the unraced Honor Code mare Celtic Honor.
Celtic Honor is a half-sister to Grade 3 winner Royal Mo and stakes winner Tara From the Cape from the family of legendary New York-bred graded stakes winner and $1,220,180-earner Irish Linnet.
Monday’s opening session also featured the sale of Hip 252, a daughter of leading New York sire Central Banker, to Cash Is King LLC for $42,000.
Bred by Cedar Meadow Inc., foaled at McMahon of Saratoga Thoroughbreds in Saratoga Springs and out of the winning War Front mare Cimbria, the filly was consigned by ELiTE, agent. Cimbria, who is out of the stakes-winning Two Punch mare Brig, is the dam of four winners including the New York-bred 3-year-old Jess’s Dream gelding Baron’s Legacy. She is also the dam of the New York-bred 2-year-old Solomini colt Jimbo Bailey.
Central Banker, a 13-year-old son of Speightstown, stands for $7,500 at McMahon of Saratoga Thoroughbreds in Saratoga Springs. He topped the New York sire list in 2021 and 2022 and is well clear on the 2023 list with progeny earnings of more than $3.3 million through Monday.
Fasig-Tipton reported sales on 19 of the 29 New York-breds offered during Monday’s opening session for a total of $434,500, an average price of $22,868 and median of $10,000.
The sale continued with the second of four sessions starting at 10 a.m. Tuesday.
