Million dollar baby ending
“Susan had a filly in the sale in Miami,” explained consignor Nick De Meric. The impulse buy from early March turned into mid-May profit when she resold the gray to trainer Linda Rice for $450,000 in Timonium Tuesday. Susan Moulton went into this year’s Fasig-Tipton Florida 2-Year-Olds in Training Sale as a seller, but she left as a buyer when she bid $110,000 to secure a filly by Into Mischief. Dream Street, in foal to Tiznow, sold for $110,000 to Olin Gentry at that same sale. It was a realistic reserve and we were hoping the market would take it wherever it was going to take her.”īred by VanMeter, Gaines-Gentry Thoroughbreds and Fox Strauss, the million-dollar baby has a yearling half-sister by Super Saver who sold to Hunter Valley Farm for $90,000 at last year’s Keeneland November sale. Of his first seven-figure sale, Pike said, “It was thrilling. She got better every day and she got prettier every day.” She had a few little flaws that I hoped that she would outgrow and she did. “We thought she was special and she’s been my favorite, maybe of all time, since we broke her.”Īsked what attracted him to the yearling last fall, Pike explained, “I had her half-brother the year before and he was gorgeous. “She was a million-dollar filly at our barn all winter,” Pike said while being inundated with congratulations from his fellow consignors. Pike purchased the filly privately after she RNA’d for $80,000 at last year’s Keeneland September sale and the partnership on the youngster included his client Danny Saloom, as well as the filly’s breeder Tom VanMeter. The sale marked the first million-dollar sale for Al and Sally Pike’s Pike Racing.
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The Midlantic sales ring produced its first seven-figure juvenile last year when a filly by Smart Strike topped the sale at $1.25 million. “We knew she was going to be expensive, but sometimes they make it hard.”īroman’s recent graded stakes winners include 2014 GI Ballerina S. There was one thing Rice didn’t like about the filly. We were looking for a good filly and we’re excited about having her.”
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“And she worked brilliantly and she galloped out well. “She is an Uncle Mo,” Rice said of the filly’s appeal.
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The filly worked a quarter in a bullet :21 2/5 during last week’s under-tack preview. Hip 490, consigned by Pike Racing, is out of the unraced Dream Street (Tale of the Cat) and is a half to graded stakes placed Lassofthemohicans (Indian Charlie). Trainer Linda Rice, bidding on behalf of New York breeder Chester Broman, went to $1-million to secure a filly by Uncle Mo during Tuesday’s second session of the Midlantic sale, giving the auction the second seven-figure transaction in its history. Next year will hopefully we another strong catalogue.”
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“We need things to keep building in Maryland and having that happen was just a huge shot in the arm for this area.”īennett concluded, “Overall, I’m thrilled with the results. “The $825,000 Friesan Fire, which is a local stallion for us, that is huge,” Bennett commented. “It was so rewarding to see another million-dollar horse because it means people can bring that type of horse to this marketplace and feel confident that there will be people bidding on them,” Bennett continued.Ī colt by Maryland stallion Friesan Fire attracted the sale’s second highest price when selling for $825,000 to Crupi’s New Castle Farm. By last year’s leading freshman sire Uncle Mo, the juvenile is out of Dream Street (Tale of the Cat) and was consigned by Al and Sally Pike’s Pike Racing. Trainer Linda Rice, bidding on behalf of Chester Broman, saw off a determined Sam Herzberg of Sterling Racing, to secure hip 490 for a sale-topping $1 million. A year ago, the $1.25-million topper was one of 18 to bring $300,000 or more. With 598 horses catalogued, 455 head went through the sales ring and 118 were reported not sold for a buy-back rate of 25.9%. “Last year’s gross was huge, but to exceed that this year was quite a statement,” said Fasig-Tipton Midlantic Director of Sales Paget Bennett. The average fell 22.7% from last year’s record-setting figure of $88,859, while the median dropped 28.9% to $32,000. TIMONIUM, Md – The Fasig-Tipton Midlantic 2-Year-Olds in Training Sale produced the second seven-figure transaction in its history, as well as a record gross, but the two-day auction concluded Tuesday in Timonium with declines in average and median.ĭuring the two-day sale, 337 juveniles grossed $23,136,400, compared to 255 head grossing $22,659,000 in 2015.