Hip 118, a colt by Good Magic bred by Fortune Farm, sold for $425,000 Monday at the Fasig-Tipton Saratoga sale. Susie Raisher Photo.
By Alec DiConza
Monday’s strong opening session of the Fasig-Tipton Saratoga sale of selected yearlings featured a pair of New York-breds that sold for $425,000 and $175,000.
Hip 118, a colt by Good Magic bred by Richard Nicolai’s Fortune Farm and foaled at Mill Creek Farm in Stillwater, sold for $425,000 to trainer Mike Maker.
Consigned by Eaton Sales, agent, the colt is the fifth foal out of the winning Medaglia d’Oro mare Popstar. The bay colt is a half-brother to Lady d’Oro, a daughter of Catholic Boy who finished second in the 2023 Colleen Stakes at Monmouth. Popstar is also the dam of Doctor Nash, a Medaglia d’Oro mare with earnings of $193,583.
Saratoga Special purchased the other New York-bred that sold Monday, picking up Hip 34 for $175,000. Bred by Amsterdam Two Farm LLC, the colt by Medaglia d’Oro is out of the War Front mare Earth Shaking.
Earth Shaking has produced five winners from five to race, including the 7-year-old Hat Trick gelding and eight-time winner Souper Energizer.
Four more New York-breds are cataloged for the sale’s final session, which starts at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday.
