Hip 951, a filly by Tiz the Law bred by 3C Stables, sold for $110,000 during Wednesday’s final session of the Keeneland January sale. Photo courtesy of Mulholland Springs.

A short yearling filly by two-time New York-bred Horse of the Year and classic winner Tiz the Law sold for $110,000 to lead all New York-breds in the final session of the Keeneland January horses of all ages sale Wednesday in Lexington.

Dixiana Farm purchased Hip 951, who is out of the winning Empire Maker mare Assured. Bred by 3C Stables LLC, foaled at Hidden Lake Farm in Stillwater and consigned by Mulholland Springs, agent, the filly is a half-sister to stakes winner and $262,893-earner Offaly Cool, winner Spunforfun and placed runners Sebastianthe First and Lets Fight.

The daughter of Tiz the Law, winner of the 2020 Belmont Stakes and Travers Stakes, finished a strong run for short yearlings bred in the Empire State at the January sale. Five sold for $110,000 or more over the three days, including four during Monday’s opening session.

Keeneland reported sales on 40 of the 48 New York-bred yearlings offered for a total of $1,896,000, an average price of $47,400 and median of $32,500. Those sales helped contribute to what Keeneland officials called a sale marked by “steady trade that produced solid results and signaled continued demand for quality individuals and confidence in the yearling market.”

The breeder-consignor tandem of 3C Stables and Mulholland Springs also sold the second highest-priced yearling during the final session – Hip 942, a filly from the first crop of Grade 1 winner Golden Pal that brought $90,000 from Rag’s Bloodstock.

The filly, also foaled at Hidden Lake Farm, is the third foal out of the winning Declaration of War mare Andarta, who is the dam of the New York-bred winning 4-year-old Mendelssohn filly Sinead and a 2-year-old New York-bred colt by Justify.

The final session also featured the most expensive New York-bred broodmare or broodmare prospect – Hip 1020, the stakes-placed Dufresne who sold for $72,000.

Offered in foal to Gunite by Glendalough at Dromoland, agent, the 6-year-old Uncaptured mare was purchased by Mulholland Springs LLC. Bred by Newtownanner Stud Farm, foaled at Jack’s Farm on the Hill in Millbrook and out of the Pioneerof the Nile mare Rapids, Dufresne won two of 20 starts with four thirds and earned $185,483. She placed in three stakes during her career, including against open company in the 2021 Woodbine Care Stakes.

Overall, 51 of the 70 New York-breds through the ring sold for $2,226,500, an average price of $43,657 and median of $30,000.

Hip 810, a short yearling daughter of Violence bred by Rockridge Stud, Chesapeake Farm, Matthew Nestor and Three Times A Charm, sold for $90,000 Tuesday at Keeneland. Photo courtesy of Vinery Sales.

A short yearling filly by Violence from the family of multiple graded stakes winner, millionaire and potential Pegasus World Cup contender Newgrange sold for $90,000 to lead all New York-bred offerings during the second session of the Keeneland January horses of all ages sale Tuesday in Lexington.

DR Investments purchased the filly, sold as Hip 810 out of the Vinery Sales consignment. Bred by Rockridge Stud LLC, Chesapeake Farm, Matthew Nestor and Three Times A Charm and foaled at Rockridge Stud in Hudson, the filly is the second foal out of the winning More Than Ready mare Rockin Ready.

A half-sister to the 6-year-old Violence gelding Newgrange, Rockin Ready is also the dam of a 2-year-old colt by Violence.

Hip 826, a son of Ghostzapper, brought the top price for a New York-bred yearling colt Tuesday on a bid of $80,000 from Boyd Racing. Bred by Nathan McCauley, William Minton and Steve Rohrlick, foaled at Sequel Stallions New York in Hudson and consigned by Warrendale Sales, agent, the colt is the first foal out of the Maclean’s Music mare Senate Dance.

Keeneland reported sales on all 11 New York-bred short yearlings through the ring Tuesday for a total of $367,000, an average price of $33,364 and median of $22,000. Overall, 22 of the 26 short yearlings have sold for $1,223,500, an average price of $55,614 and median of $45,000.

Tuesday’s other top sellers included the unraced Ready for the Ball for $60,000 and stakes-winning Central Banker mare Dream Central for $45,000.

Dream Central, winning the 2022 Cupecoy’s Joy division of the NYSS, sold for $45,000 Tuesday at Keeneland. Coglianese Photo/Chelsea Durand.

Chad Frederick purchased Dream Central, offered as Hip 623 as a racing or broodmare prospect out of the Brookdale consignment. A 6-year-old out of the stakes-placed Deputy Wild Cat mare Dreamed to Dream, Dream Central went through the ring with two wins in 19 starts and $209,577 in earnings.

Bred by and foaled at John Jayko’s Fedwell Farm in Saratoga Springs, Dream Central won the Cupecoy’s Joy division of the New York Stallion Series Stakes at Belmont Park and inaugural running of the Suzie O’Cain Stakes at Saratoga Race Course for owner Eddie Fazzone’s Eddie F’s Racing and trainer Gary Sciacca in 2022.

Foundation Bloodstock purchased Hip 876, the 5-year-old More Than Ready mare Ready for the Ball. Offered as a broodmare prospect out of the Taylor Made Sales Agency consignment, the half-sister to multiple graded stakes winner Horologist is out of the Stephen Got Even mare Cinderella Time.

Bred by GMP Stable, Dutchess Views Farm and C. Robert Valeri and foaled at Irish Hill Century Farm in Stillwater, Ready for the Ball originally sold for $260,000 at the 2022 Fasig-Tipton Saratoga New York-bred yearling sale before being purchased by Town & Country Racing LLC for $380,000 at the 2023 OBS April sale.

Ready for the Ball is the fourth foal produced by Cinderella Time. Horologist won nine of 27 starts, including the Grade 2 Beldame Stakes and Grade 3 Molly Pitcher Stakes in 2020 and the Grade 3 Monmouth Oaks in 2019, and earned $962,939. Horologist sold for $800,000 to Katsumi Yoshida at the 2021 Keeneland November breeding stock sale.

The Keeneland January sale concludes with the final session at 10 a.m. Wednesday.

Hip 21, a colt by Vekoma bred by Sequel New York, sold for $180,000 to spark Monday’s opening session of the Keeneland January horses of all ages sale. Photo courtesy of Burleson Farms.

Four New York-bred short yearling colts commanded six-figure bids to highlight Monday’s opening session of the Keeneland January horses of all ages sale in Lexington.

Hip 21, a colt from the second crop of multiple Grade 1 winner Vekoma, landed a $180,000 bid from Cherry Knoll Farm Inc. to lead the quartet. Bred by Sequel New York LLC, foaled at Sequel Stallions New York in Hudson and consigned by Burleson Farms, agent, the colt is out of the winning Yes It’s True mare True History. The winner of seven races and $224,025, True History is the dam of five-time winner and $50,914-earner True Destiny.

Cherry Knoll Farm purchased one of the other six-figure colts, going to $125,000 for Hip 38, a son of Yaupon out of the Shanghai Bobby mare Winnipeg Wonder. Bred by America’s Pastime Stable LLC, foaled at McMahon of Saratoga Thoroughbreds in Saratoga Springs and consigned by Hunter Valley Farm, agent, the colt is a half-brother to an unnamed 2-year-old New York-bred colt by West Coast.

Redly Bloodstock bought the second highest-priced New York-bred of the day, going to $145,000 for Hip 228, a colt by champion sprinter Jackie’s Warrior. Bred by Fortune Farm and Emcee Stables, foaled at Mill Creek Farm in Stillwater and consigned by Taylor Made Sales Agency, agent, the colt is out of the stakes-winning Harlan’s Holiday mare Hi Holiday.

Hi Holiday is the dam of Quiet Confidence, a daughter of Nyquist with a win and two placings from five starts and earnings of $75,148, the 3-year-old War of Will filly Feisty Mama and a 2-year-old colt by Maxfield. Emcee Stable purchased Hi Holiday, carrying the Jackie’s Warrior colt in utero, for $50,000 at the 2023 Keeneland November breeding stock sale.

Valiant 24 Bloodstock landed the other six-figure colt on a bid of $110,000 for Hip 186, a colt by Practical Joke. Bred by Keithshire Farm, foaled at Stone Bridge Farm in Gansevoort and consigned by Indian Creek, agent, the colt is the second foal out of the unraced Unified mare Fancy Bluff. Her first foal, also a colt by Practical Joke, sold for $160,000 at last year’s Fasig-Tipton Saratoga New York-bred yearling sale.

Keeneland reported sales on 11 of the 15 New York-bred yearlings through the ring Monday for $856,500, an average price of $77,864 and median of $85,000. Monday’s opening session also featured the sale of She Is All Business, a 4-year-old daughter of Oscar Performance for $20,000 as a broodmare prospect.

The January sale continues with the second of three sessions at 10 a.m. Tuesday.

Three-time stakes winner Betsy Blue, a 6-year-old daughter of Tonalist offered in foal to Nyquist, sold for $375,000 to lead all New York-breds at the Keeneland November sale. Photo courtesy of Ballysax Bloodstock.

The Keeneland November breeding stock sale wrapped up its nine-day run Thursday with across-the-board increases, including a record median, with contributions from a large group of New York-breds.

Eleven New York-bred broodmares, broodmare prospects or racing prospects sold for $100,000, along with five weanlings that brought six-figure bids. Keeneland reported 2,050 horses sold at the sale for more than $187.5 million, an increase of 6.2 percent from last year’s total when 2,128 sold for more than $176.5 million. The sale’s average came in at $91,491, up 10.3 percent from last year, while the record median of $40,000 outpaced last year’s figure by 25 percent.

Keeneland reported sales on 39 of the 48 New York-bred broodmares, broodmare prospects or racing prospects over the course of the sale for $3,113,500, an average price of $79,833 and median of $30,000.

The top-priced New York-bred overall, three-time stakes winner Betsy Blue, sold for $375,000 to James Harron Bloodstock during the sale’s second session last Wednesday. Sold as Hip 505 by Ballysax Bloodstock, agent for Forever Spring Farm LLC, the 6-year-old Tonalist mare was sold in foal to champion and classic winner Nyquist.

Bred by Blue Devil Racing Stable LLC and foaled at Sugar Maple Farm in Poughquag, Betsy Blue won 10 of 24 starts with eight seconds and three thirds for $702,010 in earnings.

Campaigned by Cloud Nine Stable and trainer Linda Rice, Betsy Blue won the 2021 Bouwerie Stakes at Belmont Park, 2022 Garland of Roses Stakes at Aqueduct and 2023 Interborough Stakes at Aqueduct. She also finished third in the Grade 3 Go for Wand Stakes late in her 4-year-old campaign in 2022. Betsy Blue was a finalist for champion New York-bred older dirt female honors in 2022.

Betsy Blue, who is out of the winning Yonaguska mare Honest to Betsy, previously sold for $110,000 to Foundation Bloodstock at the 2023 Keeneland November sale.

Grade 3-placed stakes winner Funny How sold for $300,000 during the opening session, the second-highest price for a New York-bred at the sale. Locust Road purchased the 5-year-old daughter of Overanalyze, sold as Hip 185 by Denali Stud, agent. Funny How, who made her final start in early April, was sold in foal to top sire Constitution.

Bred by Hibiscus Stable and foaled at Waldorf Farm in North Chatham, Funny How is one of nine winners from nine foals to race and one of three stakes winners out of the stakes-winning Distorted Humor mare Heavenly Humor. She’s a half-sister to multiple stakes winner and $638,645-earner Funny Guy, stakes winner Super Humor, stakes-placed $342,170-earner Three Jokers and five other winners.

A $120,000 purchase at the 2020 Fasig-Tipton Midlantic Eastern fall yearling sale, Funny How raced for Adelphi Racing Club and Cutair Racing and trainer Ray Handal. She won five of 11 starts, including the 2023 Broadway Stakes at Aqueduct during a run of five straight victories, and earned $302,405. She also finished second in the Grade 3 Distaff Handicap at Aqueduct.

Hip 16, a colt by Charlatan bred by Town & Country Farms and a half-brother to Grade 2 winner Baby Yoda, sold for $190,000 to lead all New York-bred weanlings at Keeneland November. Photo courtesy of Taylor Made Sales Agency.

Five New York-bred weanlings sold for $135,000 or more, including Hip 16, a colt by Charlatan that brought $190,000 from Brookstone Farm during the opening session.

A half-brother to Grade 2 winner Baby Yoda out of the placed More Than Ready mare More Than Speed, the colt was bred by Town & Country Farms LLC and foaled at Mahony Eden Manor in Saratoga Springs.

Consigned by Taylor Made Sales Agency, agent, the colt is a half-brother to three winners led by Baby Yoda, winner of this year’s Grade 2 True North Stakes at Saratoga Race Course and runner-up to Flightline in the Grade 1 Malibu Stakes in 2021 at Santa Anita Park.

The top-priced New York-bred weanling filly, Hip 652, a daughter of Grade 1 winner Yaupon, sold during Book 2.

Final Furlong Racing went to $150,000 for the filly out of the unraced Violence mare Lesson Learned. Bred by and foaled at H&H Farms Inc. in Fort Edward, the filly was consigned by Vinery Sales, agent.

Keeneland reported sales on 33 of the 43 New York-bred weanlings through the ring for a total of $1,892,000, an average price of $57,333 and median of $40,000.

Hip 3164, a weanling colt by Speaker’s Corner from the family of champion Pleasant Stage and Grade 1 winner Changeintheweather, brought the top price for Book 5 on a bid of $135,000 from Hyde Park Racing.

Bred by and foaled at McMahon of Saratoga Thoroughbreds in Saratoga Springs and consigned by Hunter Valley Farm, agent, the colt is the second foal out of the winning Tale of the Cat mare Science Fiction. A half-sister to stakes-placed Munny Grab out of the stakes-winning Another World, Science Fiction is the dam of the placed Central Banker 2-year-old New York-bred gelding One Vision.

The next stop on the Kentucky fall sales calendar comes with the Keeneland horses of racing age sale at noon Thursday.

Deep Space, an 8-year-old Curlin mare in foal to Maxfield, sold for $115,000 to highlight Book 4 of the Keeneland November sale. Photo courtesy of Vinery Sales.

Deep Space, a winning daughter of Curlin in foal to Maxfield, sold for $115,000 and a weanling colt by Mystic Guide brought $72,000 to lead the New York-bred offerings in Book 4 of the Keeneland November breeding stock sale.

Sean S. Perl Bloodstock purchased Deep Space, Hip 2191, out of the Vinery Sales consignment. Bred by Newtown Anner Stud and foaled at Jack’s Farm on the Hill in Millbrook, 8-year-old Deep Space is out of the winning Bluegrass Cat mare Purple Cat.

Deep Space, who went 1-2-1 in eight starts and earned $24,130, is a half-sister to multiple New York-bred stakes winner and $423,910-earner Maker’s Candy, winning Mizzen Mast gelding Catapult Jack, 2-year-old New York-bred Speightster colt Dream Alliance and a weanling colt by War Dancer born March 17 in New York.

Keeneland reported Monday that total receipts of $181.4 million through the first seven of nine sessions of the November sale had already surpassed last year’s total of $176.5 million. New York-breds contributed to that haul, led by the sale of 15 horses sold for $100,000 or more.

Keeneland reported sales on 20 of the 29 New York-breds offered during Book 4 for a total of $702,000, an average price of $35,100 and median of $31,000. Overall, 54 of the 69 New York-breds through the ring have brought $4,613,000, an average price of $85,426 and median of $60,000.

The group of New York-breds also includes 26 weanlings that have sold for $1,666,000, an average price of $64,077 and median of $45,000. Two of those weanlings brought prices higher than the average during the Book 4 sessions – Hip 2225 and Hip 1991.

Hip 2225, a colt by Mystic Guide bred by Saratoga Glen Farm, sold for $72,000 Sunday at Keeneland. Photo courtesy of Vinery Sales.

Hip 2225, a colt from the first crop of Grade 1 winner Mystic Guide, brought the top price for a New York-bred weanling in Book 4. Owl Stable purchased the colt, who was bred by and foaled at Saratoga Glen Farm LLC in Schuylerville and is out of the Grade 2-placed Tiznow mare Fantasy of Flight.

Consigned by Vinery Sales, agent, the Mystic Guide colt is a half-brother to stakes-placed winner Oxford Blues, five-time winner $150,364-earner My Romeo Lima and another winner. Fantasy of Flight, purchased out of the 2023 Keeneland November sale for $9,000 by Saratoga Glen Farm, is also the dam of a yearling filly by Maxfield.

Hip 1991, a daughter of Maclean’s Music, landed the high price for a weanling filly on a bid of $70,000 from Dam The River Bloodstock.

Bred by Waterville Lake Stables LLC and consigned by Winter Quarter Farm, agent, the filly is the first foal out of the unraced Flatter mare Puffin Island. She’s out of the four-time stakes winner, Grade 2-placed and $759,200-earner Quezon, a daughter of Tiz Wonderful who sold in foal to Gun Runner for $700,000 at the 2018 Fasig-Tipton Kentucky November sale.

The sale continues with the first of two concluding Book 5 sessions at 10 a.m. Tuesday.

Souffle, bred by Waterville Lake Stable and a half sister to this year’s Saratoga NY-bred topper and stakes winner Derrynane, sold for $160,000 Friday at Keeneland. Photo courtesy of Winter Quarter Farm.

Souffle, a 4-year-old half-sister to stakes winner Derrynane and this year’s topper at the Fasig-Tipton Saratoga New York-bred yearling sale, sold for $160,000 to lead all New York-breds that sold during the Book 3 sessions of the Keeneland November breeding stock sale in Lexington.

SF Bloodstock LLC purchased Souffle, offered as Hip 1206 by Winter Quarter Farm, agent, during Friday’s session. Bred and raced by Waterville Lake Stables and foaled at Stonewall Farm in Granite Springs, Souffle was sold in foal to Practical Joke.

Souffle is the second foal out of the Grade 3-placed stakes-winning Hard Spun mare Portmagee. She’s the dam of Derrynane, winner of the 2021 Woodbine Cares Stakes and fourth in the 2021 Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf Sprint at Del Mar. Her yearling colt, by Quality Road, sold for $370,000 to Seth Klarman’s Klaravich Stable Inc. to top the Saratoga New York-bred yearling sale.

Souffle’s other two foals – the unraced 2-year-old More Than Ready colt Rossbeigh, a $200,000 RNA at the 2023 Saratoga New York-bred sale; and a weanling filly by Medaglia d’Oro – were also bred by Waterville Lake Stable.

Book 3’s highest-priced weanling also sold Friday. The day after stakes winner Curly Girl $280,000, her half-brother to 2022 Belmont Stakes winner Mo Donegal sold for $150,000.

Hip 1398, a colt by Mo Donegal and half-brother to stakes winners Curly and Bostontonian, sold for $150,000 Friday at Keeneland. Photo courtesy of St George Sales.

Norevale Farm purchased Hip 1398, who is out of the winning Forest Wildcat mare Falconess. She’s the dam of five winners led by Curly Girl, the winner of four of 18 starts and $172,764. Curly Girl won two of four starts at 2, including the Lady Finger Stakes at Finger Lakes, and also placed in the New York Oaks at 3 and Arctic Queen Stakes at 4. Falconess is also the dam of the unbeaten 2-year-old Bernardini gelding Bostontonian, winner of the Aspirant Stakes at Finger Lakes in September.

Denlea Park LTD, which bred Curly Girl and Bostontonian, also bred the Mo Donegal colt. He was consigned by St George Sales, agent.

Friday’s session also saw the sale of the unraced 3-year-old Ghostzapper filly Mary Jane’s Veil for $140,000. Mandy Pope’s Whisper Hill Farm LLC purchased Hip 1087, a half-sister to seven winners led by 2018 New York-bred champion older dirt female, Grade 3 winner and $662,775-earner Holiday Disguise and 2018 New York-bred champion 3-year-old filly, multiple stakes winner and $449,960-earner Midnight Disguise.

Bred by Spruce Lane, Stepwise, Robbins, Copper Beach, Lynn, Manlius and Thorne and foaled at Gallagher’s Stud in Ghent, Mary Jane’s Veil was offered as a racing or broodmare prospect and consigned by Winter Quarter Farm, agent. She’s out of the winning Yes It’s True mare Thin Disguise, a half-sister to 2007 New York-bred Horse of the Year and champion 4-year-old and up male Naughty New Yorker among other leading runners produced by Dr. Bill Wilmot and Dr. Joan Taylor’s Stepwise Farm breeding program.

Keeneland reported sales on 16 of the 19 New York-breds offered during the Book 3 sessions for total receipts of $1,246,000, an average price of $77,875 and median of $86,000.

Six of the seven New York-bred weanlings through the ring in Book 3 sold for $389,000, an average price of $64,833 and median of $60,000. Overall, 15 of the 17 New York-bred weanlings offered have sold for $1,304,000, an average price of $86,933 and median of $80,000.

The sale continues with the first of two Book 4 sessions at 10 a.m. Sunday.

Three-time stakes winner Betsy Blue, a 6-year-old daughter of Tonalist offered in foal to Nyquist, sold for $375,000 Wednesday at the Keeneland November sale. Photo courtesy of Ballysax Bloodstock.

Three-time stakes winner Betsy Blue sold for $375,000 to lead the New York-bred offerings during Book 2 at the Keeneland November breeding stock sale Wednesday and Thursday in Lexington.

James Harron Bloodstock purchased Betsy Blue, sold as Hip 505 by Ballysax Bloodstock, agent for Forever Spring Farm LLC. The 6-year-old Tonalist mare was sold in foal to champion and classic winner Nyquist.

Bred by Blue Devil Racing Stable LLC and foaled at Sugar Maple Farm in Poughquag, Betsy Blue won 10 of 24 starts with eight seconds and three thirds for $702,010 in earnings.

Campaigned by Cloud Nine Stable and trainer Linda Rice, Betsy Blue won the 2021 Bouwerie Stakes at Belmont Park, 2022 Garland of Roses Stakes at Aqueduct and 2023 Interborough Stakes at Aqueduct. She also finished third in the Grade 3 Go for Wand Stakes late in her 4-year-old campaign in 2022. Betsy Blue was a finalist for champion New York-bred older dirt female honors in 2022.

Betsy Blue, who is out of the winning Yonaguska mare Honest to Betsy, previously sold for $110,000 to Foundation Bloodstock at the 2023 Keeneland November sale.

Book 2 also saw the sale of stakes winner Curly Girl, a 5-year-old daughter of Nyquist who brought $280,000 from Frederick & May Construction. Sold as Hip 951 by Taylor Made Sales Agency, agent, Curly Girl was in foal to two-time champion sprinter Elite Power.

Bred by Denlea Park LTD, foaled at Rockridge Stud in Hudson, Curly Girl is the fifth foal out of the winning Forest Wildcat mare Falconess. She won four of 18 starts and earned $172,764 for owner Henry Steadman and trainer Paul Barrow. Curly Girl won two of four starts at 2, including the Lady Finger Stakes at Finger Lakes, and also placed in the New York Oaks at 3 and Arctic Queen Stakes at 4.

Hip 410, a colt by Olympiad bred by Sequel Thoroughbreds LLC, Robert Cromartie and Tuscany Bloodstock, sold for $175,000 during Book 2 at Keeneland November. Photo courtesy of Sequel New York.

Hip 410, a colt from the first crop of Grade 1 winner Olympiad, brought the highest price for a New York-bred weanling in Book 2 on a $175,000 bid from Teddy Town.

Bred by Sequel Thoroughbreds LLC, Robert Cromartie and Tuscany Bloodstock, foaled at Sequel Stallions New York in Hudson and consigned by Sequel New York, the colt is the fourth foal out of the Grade 3-winning New York-bred Rock Hard Ten mare Summersault. A winner of seven of 34 starts, including the Grade 3 Orchid Stakes in 2017 at Gulfstream Park, Summersault earned $503,443 for owner White Fox Farm and trainer Mark Hennig.

Summersault, carrying the Olympiad colt in utero, sold for $170,000 to Wildridge, agent, at last year’s Keeneland November sale.

Hip 652, a daughter of Grade 1 winner Yaupon, landed the top price for a New York-bred weanling filly on a bid of $150,000 from Final Furlong Racing. Bred by and foaled at H&H Farms Inc. in Fort Edward and consigned by Vinery Sales, the filly is the second foal out of the unraced Violence mare Lesson Learned.

Keeneland reported sales on 13 of the 15 New York-breds offered during Book 2 for total receipts of $1,685,000, an average price of $129,615 and median of $80,000. Overall through the first two books and three sessions, 18 of 21 New York-breds through the ring have sold for $2,665,000, an average price of $148,056 and median of $120,000.

Through the first three sessions, nine of 10 New York-bred weanlings have sold for $915,000, an average price of $101,667 and median of $80,000.

The sale continues with the first of two Book 3 sessions at 10 a.m. Friday.

Stakes winner Funny How, offered in foal to Constitution, sold for $300,000 during Book 1 at the Keeneland November sale. Photo courtesy of Denali Stud.

Grade 3-placed stakes winner Funny How commanded a bid of $300,000 to lead the New York-bred offerings during Book 1 of the Keeneland November breeding stock sale Tuesday in Lexington.

Locust Road purchased the 5-year-old daughter of Overanalyze, sold as Hip 185 by Denali Stud, agent. Funny How, who made her final start in early April, was sold in foal to top sire Constitution.

Bred by Hibiscus Stable and foaled at Waldorf Farm in North Chatham, Funny How is one of nine winners from nine foals to race and one of three stakes winners out of the stakes-winning Distorted Humor mare Heavenly Humor. She’s a half-sister to multiple stakes winner and $638,645-earner Funny Guy, stakes winner Super Humor, stakes-placed $342,170-earner Three Jokers and five other winners.

A $120,000 purchase at the 2020 Fasig-Tipton Midlantic Eastern fall yearling sale, Funny How raced for Adelphi Racing Club and Cutair Racing and trainer Ray Handal. She won five of 11 starts, including the 2023 Broadway Stakes at Aqueduct during a run of five straight victories, and earned $302,405. She also finished second in the Grade 3 Distaff Handicap at Aqueduct.

Hibiscus Stables purchased Heavenly Humor in foal to Big Brown for $25,000 at the 2015 Fasig-Tipton Saratoga October mixed sale. The resulting foal was Funny Guy, a five-time stakes winner who finished second in the Grade 2 Vosburgh Stakes in 2020. Hibiscus also bred Three Jokers and a New York-bred colt by The Factor born in June 2022 from the mare.

Tuesday’s opening session also saw the sale of the lone New York-bred weanling in Book 1 – Hip 16, a colt by Charlatan and half-brother to Grade 2 winner Baby Yoda – that sold for $190,000 to Brookstone Farm.

Bred by Town & Country Farms LLC, foaled at Mahony Eden Manor in Saratoga Springs and consigned by Taylor Made Sales Agency, agent, the colt is out of the placed More Than Ready mare More Than Speed. She’s the dam of three winners led by Baby Yoda, winner of this year’s Grade 2 True North Stakes at Saratoga Race Course and runner-up to Flightline in the Grade 1 Malibu Stakes in 2021 at Santa Anita Park.

Keeneland reported sales on four of the four New York-bred broodmares, broodmare prospects or racing prospects for $790,000, an average price of $197,500.

The sale continues with the first of two Book 2 sessions at 10 a.m. Wednesday.

Stakes winner Downtown Mischief, offered in foal to leading sire Gun Runner, sold for $800,000 Tuesday at the Fasig-Tipton Kentucky November sale. Photo courtesy of Bedouin Bloodstock.

Stakes winner Downtown Mischief sold for $800,000 and four weanling fillies brought six-figure bids apiece to highlight the New York-bred offerings at Tuesday’s Fasig-Tipton Kentucky November mixed sale in Lexington.

Freyer Bloodstock purchased Downtown Mischief, a 4-year-old daughter of Into Mischief offered in foal to leading sire Gun Runner as Hip 242 out of the Bedouin Bloodstock consignment.

Bred and campaigned by Sheila Rosenblum’s Lady Sheila Stable and foaled at Edition Farm in Hyde Park, Downtown Mischief won four of eight starts with two placings and earned $237,730. She clicked off three straight victories to start her career for trainer Linda Rice, including a win over open company in the Cicada Stakes in March 2023 at Aqueduct. Downtown Mischief also won the Bouwerie Stakes at Belmont Park as a 3-year-old in addition to a runner-up finish in the Memories Of Silver Stakes at Aqueduct.

Downtown Mischief is the first foal out of the three-time winning Speightstown mare Downtown Mama, who was purchased by Rice on behalf of Lady Sheila for $440,000 at the 2016 OBS April 2-year-olds in training sale. Downtown Mama is also the dam of the placed Miss Welch, a filly by Maclean’s Music who sold for $190,000 at the 2024 Fasig-Tipton Midlantic May 2-year-old sale.

Fasig-Tipton’s “Night of the Stars Sale,” which posted total sales of more than $93 million and an average of more than $546,000, also saw four New York-bred weanling fillies sell for $120,000 or more.

Hip 152, a daughter of Jackie’s Warrior bred by Emcee Stable and Fortune Farm, brought top price for New York-bred weanling Tuesday at Fasig-Tipton Kentucky. Photo courtesy of Legacy Bloodstock.

Hip 152, a daughter of champion sprinter Jackie’s Warrior and half-sister to stakes winner Dirty, brought the top price for a New York-bred weanling on a bid of $200,000 from Susan Naylor. Bred by Emcee Stable and Fortune Farm and foaled at Mill Creek Farm in Stillwater, the filly is out of the winning Yes It’s True mare Martini.

Consigned by Legacy Bloodstock, the top filly is a half to three winners and an unnamed unraced 2-year-old colt by Volatile. Dirty won four of 20 starts with seven placings, including a victory in the 2019 King T. Leatherbury Stakes at Laurel Park, and earned $245,815. Martini is also the dam of four-time winner and $145,669-earner Vodkatini and the five-time winner and $128,336-earner Nine Martinis.

Hip 128, a daughter of Grade 1 winner and fourth-crop sire Practical Joke, sold for $155,000 to Rexy Bloodstock. Bred by Lambholm South, foaled at Mill Creek Farm in Stillwater and consigned by Frankfort Park Farm, agent, the filly is the first foal out of the winning Kitten’s Joy mare Joyous Times.

Joyous Times, who posted a record of 2-4-1 in 11 starts with $86,830 in earnings, is out of the stakes-winning English Channel mare La Malaguena. She was purchased by Lambholm, agent, for $20,000 at last year’s Keeneland January horses of all ages sale.

Hip 109, a filly from the first crop of Grade 1 winner and $1,825,131-earner Golden Pal, landed a final bid of $130,000 from Wildridge Bloodstock. Bred by Final Furlong Racing Stable, foaled at River Valley Farm in Gansevoort and consigned by Ballysax Bloodstock, agent, the filly is the sixth foal out of the stakes-placed Freud mare Fenwick Hall.

Fenwick Hall, a full sister to multiple stakes winner Miss Narcissist, is the dam of winners Inspector, Freud Sense and Prince Orb, along with the 2-year-old New York-bred Outwork filly Undergrad and a New York-bred yearling colt by Street Boss. Final Furlong bred all of Fenwick Hall’s foals.

Seismic Activity, a filly from the first crop of 2022 champion 3-year-old and Travers Stakes winner Epicenter, brought $120,000 from First Finds. Bred by Flatbird Stable, foaled at Rockridge Stud in Hudson and offered as Hip 22 out of the Vinery Sales consignment, the filly is the first foal out of the Kitten’s Joy mare Soft Shoe Kitten. Flatbird Stable bought the mare in foal to Epicenter for $60,000 at this year’s Fasig-Tipton Digital February sale.

Soft Shoe Kitten is a full sister to stakes-placed Kitten’s Dancer, the dam of stakes-placed winner Beach Waltz; and a half-sister to Grade 1 winner and $1,661,635-earner Bigger Picture and stakes winner and $340,038-earner Gung Ho.

Fasig-Tipton reported sales on five of the eight New York-bred weanlings through the ring for a total of $685,000, an average price of $137,000. Overall and including broodmares and broodmare prospects, nine of 14 New York-breds sold for $2,085,000, an average price of $231,667.

The fall mixed sales slate moves across town with the start of the nine-day Keeneland November breeding stock sale at 1 p.m. Tuesday.

Hip 1430, a colt by Yaupon bred by Danzel Brendemuehl and Colleen Smith, sold for $300,000 during Thursday’s final session of the Fasig-Tipton Kentucky October yearling sale. Photo courtesy of Hunter Valley Farm.

Three New York-bred yearlings sold for six figures – led by a colt by Yaupon that brought $300,000 – during the final session of the Fasig-Tipton Kentucky October yearling sale Thursday in Lexington. That trio brought the overall haul of six-figure New York-breds sold to 10 over the four sessions.

Winchell Thoroughbreds purchased the Yaupon colt, named Whiskey Point and offered as Hip 1430. Bred by Danzel Brendemuehl and Colleen Smith and foaled at The New Hill Farm in Hoosick Falls, Whiskey Point is the first foal out of the winning Bernardini mare Capable.

Whiskey Point, originally sold as weanling for $80,000 to Rexy Bloodstock at last year’s Keeneland November breeding stock sale, was consigned at Fasig-Tipton Kentucky by Hunter Valley Farm, agent.

Capable, the winner of three of 22 starts and $52,839, is out of the Grade 1-placed stakes-winning City Zip mare Achiever’s Legacy and is a half-sister to stakes winner Tone It Up.

Fasig-Tipton reported sales on 18 of the 21 New York-breds in the final session for $897,000, an average price of $49,833 and median of $20,000. Overall, 88 New York-breds sold for $3,818,000, an average price of $43,386 and median of $17,500.

Hip 1345, a colt by Vekoma bred by Annemarie Toomey, sold for $145,000 Thursday at Fasig-Tipton. Photo courtesy of Fort Christopher’s Thoroughbreds.

White Oak Stable purchased the final session’s second highest-priced New York-bred yearling, going to $145,000 for Hip 1345, a colt by Vekoma out of the winning Big Drama mare Big Thrill.

Bred by Annemarie Toomey and consigned by Fort Christopher’s Thoroughbreds LLC, agent, the colt is the fifth foal out of Big Thrill. She’s the dam of three New York-bred winners – Capital Gal, Thethrillofvictory and Big Prankster – and the 2-year-old Vino Rosso filly Aperitif that sold for $62,000 at last year’s Fasig-Tipton Saratoga New York-bred yearling sale.

Rich Schulhoff landed the session’s final six-figure New York-bred, going to $130,000 for Hip 1451, a filly by Tiz the Law from the family of Hall of Famer Azeri.

Bred by Winter Creek Farm and consigned by Indian Creek, agent, the filly is the first foal out of the Uncle Mo mare Celestia. She’s out of the Grade 2-placed Giant’s Causeway mare Arienza, a daughter of Horse of the Year, multiple Eclipse Award winner and $4,079,820-earner Azeri.

The Tiz the Law filly was a $27,000 RNA at this year’s Fasig-Tipton Saratoga New York-bred yearling sale. Celestia is also the dam of a weanling filly by Charlatan born March 8 in New York.

The final session also saw the sale of the most expensive New York-bred by a New York-based sire. Pedro Cevano went to $60,000 to purchase Hip 1272, a colt by Honest Mischief out of the winning More Than Ready mare Ascent.

Bred by Cypress Creek Equine LLC and consigned by C & S Thoroughbreds, the colt is a half-brother to three winners.

Honest Mischief, an 8-year-old son of Into Mischief out of the Grade 1-winning Seattle Slew mare Honest Lady, stood the 2024 season for $6,500 at Sequel Stallions New York in Hudson. Honest Mischief leads the New York freshman sire list with four winners and progeny earnings of more than $412,000 through Thursday.