Hip 602, a filly from the first crop of Authentic bred by Pine Ridge Stables Ltd., sold for $78,000 Tuesday at Fasig-Tipton Kentucky. Photo courtesy of Taylor Made Sales Agency.
A filly by Horse of the Year and multiple Grade 1-winning freshman sire Authentic commanded a final bid of $78,000 to highlight the second session of the Fasig-Tipton Kentucky October yearling sale Tuesday in Lexington.
Grassroots Training & Sales purchased the day’s top-priced New York-bred, Hip 602, who is out of the stakes-placed Brethren mare Onebrethatatime. Bred by Pine Ridge Stables Ltd., foaled at Waldorf Farm in North Chatham and consigned by Taylor Made Sales Agency, agent, the filly is the fourth foal out of $133,283-earner Onebrethatatime.
A $97,000 RNA at this year’s Fasig-Tipton Saratoga New York-bred yearling sale, the filly sold as a weanling for $140,000 to Castleton Way at last year’s Keeneland November breeding stock sale. Pine Ridge Stables, through Morris Bloodstock Services, purchased Onebrethatatime in foal to Audible for $150,000 at the 2020 Keeneland November sale.
Hip 730, a son of Flatter out of the unraced Yes It’s True mare Real Clever Trick, brought the day’s top price for a New York colt on a bid of $60,000 from English Range Farm.
Hip 730, a colt by Flatter bred by Hidden Lake Farm and 3C Stables, sold for $60,000 Tuesday. Photo courtesy of Mulholland Springs.
Bred by Hidden Lake Farm LLC and 3C Stables LLC, foaled at Hidden Lake Farm in Stillwater and consigned by Mulholland Springs, agent for Hidden Lake Farm et al, the colt is the 14th foal out of Real Clever Trick. She’s the dam of eight winners, including Grade 2 winner and $195,260-earner Vexor and stakes-placed New York-bred and $66,800-earner Ball Don’t Lie.
Fasig-Tipton reported sales on 19 of the 25 New York-breds offered Tuesday for a total of $431,000, an average price of $22,684 and median of $17,000. Overall, 42 of the 50 New York-breds through the ring have sold for $1,733,500, an average price of $41,274 and median of $17,500.
Hip 656, a daughter of Hidden Lake Farm stallion Galilean, brought the top price for a New York-bred by a New York-based sire through the midway point of the sale. JCE Racing, agent for Legion Bloodstock, went to $40,000 to purchase the filly out of the Vinery Sales consignment.
Bred by and foaled at Hidden Lake Farm in Stillwater, the filly is out of the winning Talkin Man mare Plinking. She’s the dam of eight winners from 11 foals to race, including stakes-placed New York-breds Jung Man Scott, Deciphering Dreams and Amazing Anne – all by multiple leading New York sire Freud. She also the dam of another winning daughter of Freud, Scribbling Sarah, who produced Grade 1 winner and $497,090-earner Speech.
Galilean, an 8-year-old son of Uncle Mo out of the El Prado mare Fresia, stood the 2024 season for $3,500 at Hidden Lake Farm in Stillwater. His first foals are yearlings.
The sale continues with the third of four sessions at 10 a.m. Wednesday.
