Hip 1852, a colt by Liam’s Map, sold for $150,000 during Saturday’s session at the Keeneland November sale. Photo courtesy of Lane’s End.

Weanling colts by Liam’s Map and Tom’s d’Etat commanded six-figure bids to lead the way for New York during Book 4 of the Keeneland November breeding stock sale in Lexington.

Both colts, now part of a group of 10 who have brought $100,000 or more since the sale began Nov. 7, sold during Saturday’s sixth session.

Hip 1852, a son of Liam’s Map out of the stakes-placed Lemon Drop Kid mare, sold for $150,000 to Reeves Thoroughbred Racing.

Bred by Chesapeake Farm and W. S. Farish, foaled at Waldorf Farm in North Chatham and consigned by Lane’s End, agent, the gray or roan colt is a half-brother to five winners. Bitter Lemon is also the dam of the 2-year-old Army Mule filly Lemon Bomb, who has placed in her two starts this fall.

Hip 2163, a colt by Tom’s d’Etat, contributed to the six-figure haul at Keeneland when he sold for $130,000 Saturday. Photo courtesy of Taylor Made Sales Agency.

Hip 2163, a colt from the first crop of Grade 1 winner Tom’s d’Etat out of the winning Maclean’s Music mare Starry Rose, sold for $130,000 to Always Dreaming.

Bred by Pine Ridge Stables LTD, foaled at Rockridge Stud in Hudson and consigned by Taylor Made Sales Agency, agent, the colt is the second foal out of the mare and a half-brother to the 2-year-old Malibu Moon filly Moon Rose who has started twice and is in training at Gulfstream Park.

The sale continues with the start of Book 5 at 10 a.m. Monday and runs through Wednesday.

Pandamom, who won or placed in six of her 10 starts and earned more than $100,000 on the NYRA circuit, sold for $200,000 Thursday at Keeneland November. Coglianese Photo.

Pandamom, a New York-bred winning daughter of Uncle Mo, landed a bid of $200,000 Thursday to highlight Book 3 of the Keeneland November breeding stock sale.

Hunter Valley Farm purchased the 5-year-old mare, selling as Hip 1271 out of the Winter Quarter Farm consignment.

Bred and raced by Oak Bluff Stables and out of the Langfuhr mare Akilina, Pandamom went 1-3-2 in 10 starts and earned $100,294 for trainer Christophe Clement on the NYRA circuit. Pandamom sold in foal to Liam’s Map.

Hip 1304, a colt by Liam’s Map and half-brother to New York-bred stakes winner Cause We Are Loyal, sold for $190,000 to Buccaneer Stables during Thursday’s session.

Bred by The New Hill Farm and W.S. Farish and consigned by Lane’s End, agent, the colt is out of the unraced Not For Love mare Rock ‘n Wolin. Cause We Are Loyal, one of four winners produced by the mare, won the 2017 Seeking the Ante Stakes at Saratoga, placed in another stakes and earned $200,251 during her career.

The November sale continued with the start of Book 4 Saturday and runs through Wednesday, with sessions starting at 10 a.m. ET.

Demand for New York-breds continues to be strong at the Keeneland November breeding stock sale in Lexington. Keeneland Photo.

By Tom Law

A colt by Candy Ride sold for $250,000 during Wednesday’s third session of the Keeneland November breeding stock sale, the highest price for any New York-bred weanling through the first two books of the auction.

Cavalier Bloodstock purchased Hip 953, a colt foaled in New York and out of the unraced Any Given Saturday mare Sweet Love. Bred by Joe Fafone and consigned by Eaton Sales, agent, the colt is the fourth foal out of the full sister to graded stakes winner and $661,130-earner Adventist and half-sister to stakes winners Dijeerr, Isn’t He Clever and Sharp Writer.

Sweet Love is the dam of two New York-bred winners from three foals to race – the 4-year-old Brody’s Cause gelding B C Glory Days and the 3-year-old Candy Ride colt Tin Pan Alley, who cost $295,000 at the Fasig-Tipton Select Yearling Showcase in 2020. She is also the dam of the 2-year-old Malibu Moon filly Luna Loca, who cost $60,000 at this year’s OBS April sale.

The Candy Ride colt is the fourth six-figure New York-bred weanling to sell thus far at the November sale. The group also includes Hip 101, a filly by Munnings out of the Into Mischief mare Magic Mischief that sold for $230,000 during Monday’s opening session. Bolter Bloodstock purchased the filly, who was bred by Pine Ridge Stables LTD, foaled at Waldorf Farm in North Chatham and consigned by Taylor Made Sales Agency, agent.

Hip 657, Banksamillion, a 3-year-old daughter of Central Banker in foal to Horse of the Year Authentic, also sold Wednesday for $110,000 to Windylea Farm-New York LLC. Bred by Peter Moore, Adrian Regan and Fergus Galvin and out of the winning Yes It’s True mare Shopit, Banksamillion was consigned by Paramount Sales, agent.

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

The Grade 1-placed Arch mare Summer Solo sold for $400,000 in foal to Essential Quality Tuesday at Keeneland. Photo courtesy of Stone Farm.

By Tom Law

Summer Solo, a Grade 1-placed New York-bred mare who produced stakes winner Maedean and two other winners, sold for $400,000 during the first day of Book 2 at the Keeneland November breeding stock sale Tuesday in Lexington.

China Horse Club Inc. purchased the 11-year-old daughter of Arch, who was sold in foal to two-time champion and classic winner Essential Quality as Hip 566. Bred and campaigned by Sarah Leigh and out of the Caerleon mare Summer Solstice, Summer Solo won three of four starts with a third in the Grade 1 Belmont Oaks Invitational in 2014.

Consigned by Stone Farm, agent for Payson Stud, Summer Solo is the dam of winners Georgia Clay, Maedean and Gone Rogue, along with recent starters Smooth Sailing and Solo Album. Maedean, a daughter of Tapit, won the 2019 Tempted Stakes and finished second in the Grade 2 Demoiselle at Aqueduct. She sold in foal to Nyquist for $500,000 at last year’s Keeneland November sale.

Irish Constitution, a multiple stakes-placed daughter of Constitution, also brought six figures Tuesday when she went to Newgate Farm and SF Bloodstock for $310,000. Offered as Hip 403 out of the Mill Ridge Sales consignment, the 4-year-old out of the D’Wildcat mare D’Wild Ride was 2-2-1 in 10 starts with $142,575 in earnings. She finished second in the 2020 Joseph A. Gimma Stakes at Belmont Park and 2021 Union Avenue Handicap at Saratoga Race Course.

Bred by SF Bloodstock, foaled at Sugar Maple Farm in Poughquag and a $165,000 purchase at the 2019 Keeneland September yearling sale, Irish Constitution was sold in foal to Candy Ride.

Hip 534, a colt from the first crop of War of Will bred by Berkshire Stud, sold for $140,000 Tuesday at Keeneland. Photo courtesy of Mill Ridge Sales.

Hip 534, a colt from the first crop of Preakness winner War of Will, brought the day’s highest price for a New York-bred weanling.

Big Bear Bloodstock went to $140,000 to purchase the colt out of the unraced Quiet American mare Sheboygan. Bred by Berkshire Stud and foaled at River Valley Farm in Gansevoort, the colt was consigned by Greenfields Farm, agent for Berkshire Stud.

Sheboygan is the dam of five New York-bred winners, including the stakes-placed Dreaming of Cara, the $210,189-earner Pecatonica and 10-time winner Born in Brooklyn.

Stakes-placed Risky Mischief sold for $475,000 Monday, the highest price for a New York-bred on Day 1 of the Keeneland November sale. Photo courtesy of Paramount Sales.

By Tom Law

Stakes-placed Risky Mischief sold for $475,000 and graded stakes winner Robin Sparkles brought $450,000 to highlight the first day of the Keeneland November breeding stock sale Monday in Lexington.

The two mares were sold back-to-back, with Risky Mischief going first as Hip 145 to Breeze Easy LLC. Consigned by Paramount Sales, Risky Mischief is a 5-year-old daughter of Into Mischief out of stakes winner Risky Rachel from the family of multiple New York-bred stakes winners Dancin Renee and Say Florida Sandy. She was sold in foal to Charlatan.

Bred by Sanford Bacon and foaled at Birsh Family Farm in Amsterdam, Risky Rachel originally sold for $350,000 at the 2018 Fasig-Tipton Saratoga New York-bred yearling sale. She won four of 10 starts for owner Jeff Drown and trainer Jeremiah Englehart, earning $233,100 during a career highlighted by a debut victory at Saratoga Race Course in 2019 and a third in the Autumn Days Stakes at Aqueduct in 2020.

Hip 146, Robin Sparkles sold next to Candy Meadows LLC as a racing or broodmare prospect out of the Denali Stud consignment.

Robin Sparkles, winner of the Grade 3 Caress this summer at Saratoga, sold for $450,000 Monday at Keeneland. Susie Raisher/NYRA Photo.

Bred by Hibiscus Stables and foaled at Waldorf Farm in North Chatham, the 5-year-old daughter of Elusive Quality won nine of 18 starts and earned $531,793 for owner Michael Schraeder and trainer Bruce Brown.

Robin Sparkles scored her biggest victory this summer at Saratoga, defeating a field that included eventual Breeders’ Cup Turf Sprint winner Caravel in the Grade 3 Caress Stakes going 5 1/2 furlongs on the turf. Robin Sparkles won two other stakes during her career – the 2021 Mount Vernon at Belmont Park and the 2022 Politely at Monmouth Park.

Bolter Bloodstock purchased the most expensive New York-bred weanling during Monday’s session, going to $230,000 for Hip 101, a filly by Munnings.

Hip 101, a filly by Munnings bred by Pine Ridge Stables LTD, sold for $130,000 Monday at Keeneland. Photo courtesy of Taylor Made Sales Agency.

Bred by Pine Ridge Stables LTD, foaled at Waldorf Farm in North Chatham and consigned by Taylor Made Sales Agency, agent, the filly is out of the Into Mischief mare Magic Mischief, a half-sister to graded stakes winner Temple City.

Keeneland reported sales on three New York-bred racing or broodmare prospects, or broodmares for $1,155,000, an average price of $385,000. Three New York-bred weanlings also sold during the opening session for $450,000, an average price of $150,000.

The Keeneland November sale continued at 10 a.m. Tuesday with the first session of the two-day Book 2.

Varda, a New York-bred daughter of Distorted Humor who won the Grade 1 Starlet in 2020, sells for $1.15 million Sunday at the Night of the Stars. Fasig-Tipton Photo.

By Tom Law

Grade 1 winner Varda and New York-bred champion and multiple stakes winner Make Mischief were two of the plethora of seven-figure broodmares and broodmare prospects that sold during Sunday’s Fasig-Tipton Kentucky November mixed sales’ blockbuster Night of the Stars in Lexington.

Varda, selling as Hip 251 out of the Hill ‘n’ Dale at Xalapa consignment, commanded the highest price for a New York-bred on a bid of $1.15 million from Spendthrift Farm.

The 4-year-old daughter of Distorted Humor sold as a racing or broodmare prospect. Varda is out of the winning Sky Mesa mare She’ll Be Right, the dam of four other winners including the stakes-placed duo of Big Family and Getouttamyway.

Bred by Masters 2013 and Distorted Humor Syndicate and foaled at Song Hill Thoroughbreds in Mechanicville, Varda sold for $100,000 at the 2019 Fasig-Tipton Saratoga New York-bred yearling sale and $700,000 at the 2020 OBS April sale of 2-year-olds in training sale.

Varda went through the ring Sunday with a record of 2-1-3 in six starts, including a win in the Grade 1 Starlet Stakes in 2020 at Los Alamitos. She also placed in this year’s Grade 1 Beholder, Grade 2 Santa Margarita and Grade 2 Santa Maria at Santa Anita Park.

New York-bred champion and multiple stakes winner Make Mischief also sold for seven-figures, bringing $1 million from Stonestreet at the Night of the Stars. Fasig-Tipton Photo.

Make Mischief, a stakes winner on dirt and turf who most recently won the Yaddo Handicap this summer on Saratoga Showcase Day, sold for $1 million to Stonestreet. Offered as Hip 203 from the Bluewater Sales consignment, the 4-year-old daughter of Into Mischief raced for owner Gary Barber and trainer Mark Casse. She was sold as a broodmare prospect after a record of 7-4-4 in 21 starts and $753,650 in earnings.

Multiple graded stakes-placed at 2, Make Mischief won the Maddie May Stakes at Aqueduct and finished third in the Grade 1 Acorn at Belmont Park and Grade 2 Eight Belles at Churchill Downs at 3. She also finished second in the Fleet Indian at Saratoga and third in the Empire Distaff at Belmont to earn champion New York-bred 3-year-old filly honors in 2021.

Make Mischief won three of six starts in 2022, including the Critical Eye Handicap on dirt at Belmont and the Yaddo on turf at Saratoga.

Bred by Avanti Stable and foaled at Song Hill Thoroughbreds, Make Mischief is out of the winning Speightstown mare Speightful Lady.

Fasig-Tipton reported sales on 12 of the 16 New York-breds through the ring for a total of $4,007,000, an average price of $333,917 and median of $187,500.

Those figures helped contribute to spectacular returns at the sale, which saw 170 horses sell for $101,289,000 – the second highest gross in history behind only last year’s $103,699,000. The overall average price came in at $595,818 with the median at $250,000.

Hip 181, a colt by Not This Time bred by Windylea Farm – New York LLC, brought the highest price for a New York-bred weanling on a bid of $200,000 from The Shires LLC. Foaled at Old Saratoga Equine Services in Schuylerville and consigned by Warrendale Sales, agent, the colt is out of the Lemon Drop Kid mare She’s a Truckin. Out of the multiple stakes-winning A. P Jet mare Avery Hall, She’s a Truckin is a half-sister to Sheza Smoke Show, the dam of Grade 1 winner Princess Noor.

The fall mixed sales season continues with the opening session of the Keeneland November breeding stock sale at 1 p.m. Monday.