Hip 638, a filly by Volatile bred by The New Hill Farm, sold for $150,000 Tuesday at the Fasig-Tipton Kentucky October yearling sale. Photo provided by Paramount Sales.

A filly from the first crop of Volatile matched the top price paid for a New York-bred thus far at the Fasig-Tipton Kentucky October yearling sale Tuesday in Lexington.

Trainer Ken McPeek, agent, went to $150,000 to purchase Hip 638, a gray or roan filly out of the stakes-placed Jump Start mare Ignite. Bred by and foaled at The New Hill Farm in Hoosick Falls and consigned by Paramount Sales, agent, the filly is the second foal out of Ignite and originally sold for $90,000 at last year’s Fasig-Tipton Saratoga fall mixed sale.

The $150,000 price matched the bid of Gary Anderson for Hip 223, a colt by Liam’s Map out of the unraced Honor Code mare Celtic Honor, during Monday’s opening session.

Hip 781, a filly by Audible bred by Beals Racing Stable and Saratoga Glen Farm, sold for $82,000 Wednesday. Photo provided by Paramount Sales.

Hip 781, a filly by 2018 New York-bred champion 3-year-old male Audible, sold for $82,000 during Wednesday’s session. Legion Bloodstock, agent for JCE Racing, purchased the filly out of the unraced Uncle Mo mare Little Bullet.

The Audible filly was bred by Beals Racing Stable LLC and Saratoga Glen Farm LLC and foaled at Saratoga Glen Farm in Schuylerville. Consigned by Paramount Sales, agent, she originally sold as a weanling for $33,000 at last year’s Fasig-Tipton Saratoga fall mixed sale. Little Bullet is also the dam of the unraced 2-year-old New York-bred gelding Sox for Daughters and a New York-bred weanling filly by Tacitus that sold for $30,000 at the recent Saratoga fall mixed sale.

Fasig-Tipton reported sales on 26 of the 36 New York-breds offered during Tuesday’s session for a total of $802,500, an average price of $30,865 and median of $25,000. Overall, 47 of the 65 New York-breds through the ring have sold for $1,253,000, an average. price of $26,660 and median of $15,000.

The sale continued with the third of four sessions at 10 a.m. Wednesday.

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.

Hip 251, a colt by Good Magic bred by Fortune Farm, sold for a record $230,000 at Tuesday’s Fasig-Tipton Saratoga fall mixed sale. Fasig-Tipton Photo.

A colt by champion Good Magic sold for $230,000 and a trio of mares in foal to New York-based stallion Honest Mischief commanded six-figure bids Tuesday to highlight the Fasig-Tipton Saratoga fall mixed sale.

CF Farm purchased the sales-record colt, offered as Hip 251 out of the Vinery Sales consignment. Bred by Richard Nicolai’s Fortune Farm and foaled at Mill Creek Farm in Stillwater, the colt is the fifth foal out of the winning Medaglia d’Oro mare Popstar. The dam of an Ontario-bred yearling by Instagrand that sold for $29,517 at the recent CTHS Ontario Division Canadian-bred yearling sale, Popstar is also the dam of three winners led by the stakes-placed 2-year-old Catholic Boy filly Lady d’Oro.

“We didn’t expect that,” Nicolai said. “I thought he would sell well, he was a nice colt and well respected, but you just don’t understand the market sometimes. When people make up their minds and they want a horse, things like that can happen. You just never know. … But at the sale he did everything right.”

Nicolai purchased Popstar, carrying the Good Magic colt in utero, for $29,000 at this year’s Keeneland January horses of all ages sale.

“We got lucky with one. Took a shot, bought that mare in foal,” Nicolai said. “She had a couple young horses on the ground – a 2-year-old, a 3-year-old and a yearling – and I thought, if any one of these hits I might have a home run here. It turned out the 2-year-old this year (Lady d’Oro) broke her maiden and has some stakes-placing. That helped the mare a lot. He was a really good individual and I was in the right place at the right time. And I’d also like to give credit to Mill Creek Farm. They do a great job and I appreciate all their hard work”

The sale of the record colt helped the overall market post similar returns to the 2022 sale. Fasig-Tipton reported sales on 156 of the 243 horses offered for $4,522,200, down 1.7 percent from last year’s $4,599,700 for 142 sold. The sale’s average price of $28,988 dropped 10.5 percent from $32,392, while median slipped from $20,000 in 2022 to $19,000 this year.

Bahama Banks, Sweet Jubilee and Bellacolla were the trio of six-figure mares offered by Juddmonte through the Sequel New York consignment and in foal to Honest Mischief.

Glen Hill Farm went to $170,000 to purchase Hip 25, Bahama Banks, a 4-year-old daughter of Arrogate in foal to Honest Mischief. Fasig-Tipton Photo.

Glen Hill Farm purchased the highest-priced of the three, going to $170,000 to land Bahama Banks, a 4-year-old daughter of Arrogate offered as Hip 25. Unraced, Bahama Banks is out of the unraced War Front mare Bandana and is a half-sister to the Grade 2-placed Curlin filly Millefeuille.

“Bahamian Banks has a fantastic pedigree,” said Glen Hill Farm’s Craig Bernick. “We haven’t owned a filly from the family before and it’s always been one that we have respected. She didn’t run but is a very good-looking mare, and I hope Arrogate will be a good broodmare sire.”

Honest Mischief, a Juddmonte homebred son of Into Mischief out of the Grade 1-winning Seattle Slew mare Honest Lady, stood the 2023 season for $6,500 at Sequel Stallions New York in Hudson. Honest Mischief’s first crop of yearlings hit the market in 2023 and 24 sold for an average of $46,438.

“Honest Mischief actually comes from the same pedigree so the foal will be inbred to Honest Lady, which will be interesting and hopefully works,” Bernick said.

Hip 300, Uncle Mo’s 3-year-old daughter Sweet Jubilee, sold for $140,000 to Shepherd Equine Advisors, agent for Larry Hirsch. Unplaced in one start, Sweet Jubilee is out of the multiple graded stakes-winning Ghostzapper mare Wine Princess. Out of Hall of Famer Azeri, Wine Princess is the dam of 2023 stakes winner Smokin’ T and three other winners.

McMahon & Hill Bloodstock, agent, purchased Hip 27, the 5-year-old placed Munnings mare Bellacolla, for $130,000. A half-sister to three winners from the family of Grade and Group 1 winners Sightseek, Tates Creek and Special Duty, Bellacolla is out of the winning Galileo mare Ventoux.

Reeves Thoroughbred Racing paid the highest price for a weanling by a New York-based sire when it went to $80,000 to purchase Hip 81, a filly by Galilean. Bred by Franklin Ave. Equine LLC, Michael DiDonato and Charles Esau and foaled at McMahon of Saratoga Thoroughbreds in Saratoga Springs, the filly is the third foal out of the winning The Factor mare Dawn Lightning. The filly was consigned by McMahon of Saratoga Thoroughbreds, agent.

Galilean, a 7-year-old son of Uncle Mo, stood the 2023 season for $3,500 at Hidden Lake Farm in Stillwater.

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.