Mr. Greeley colt brings $525,000
A chestnut colt by Mr. Greeley fetched the highest price at Tuesday’s session
of the Fasig-Tipton Midlantic Two-Year-Olds in Training Sale in Timonium,
Maryland, selling for $525,000 to William Badgett, Jr. Consigned by Niall
Brennan Stables, agent, as Hip No. 631, the March 16 juvenile is out of the
winning mare Victorious Vice (Vice Regent) and is a half-brother to stakes
winner Forest Princess (Hansel). He comes from the same female family as recent
Churchill Downs H. (G2) hero Trickey Trevor (Demaloot Demashoot) as well as 1982
Irish champion three-year-old filly Swiftfoot (Run the Gantlet).
The Kentucky-bred traveled a quarter-mile in :22 2/5 at last Thursday’s under
tack show. He brought $110,000 at the 2005 Fasig-Tipton Kentucky July Yearling
Sale.
Hip 542, a filly by Two Punch, brought the second-highest price of $380,000 from Zayat
Stables. Consigned by Eldon Farm Equine, Randy Miles, agent, the
chestnut lass is out of stakes-placed Smart Erin (Smarten), a half-sister to
multiple stakes winner and $356,309-earner Fit Performer (Fit to Fight).
The Maryland-bred worked a quarter-mile
in :21 4/5. She previously sold for $140,000 at the 2005 Fasig-Tipton July
Yearling Sale.
Mike Ryan, agent, paid $370,000 for Hip 567, a colt by Tiznow. Consigned by
Diamond C Bloodstock, the bay is a half-brother to stakes winner Drill Hall
(Saint Ballado) and is out of the stakes-placed Stephanie’s Road (Strawberry Road [Aus]).
The Kentucky-bred also worked a quarter-mile in :21 4/5.
The sale topper was Hip 246, a chestnut colt by Johannesburg, who passed
through the ring in Monday’s opening session. The juvenile Florida-bred, named Zounds,
sold for a Midlantic Two-Year-Olds in Training Sale record $625,000 to Joe Brocklebank
as agent for Jeff Singer.
For the session, 187 horses sold for $11,409,500, up 15.6 percent from last
year’s corresponding session when 191 horses brought $9,872,000. The average
increased 16.9 percent, from $51,686 to $61,013, while median declined 6.3
percent, from $32,000 to $30,000.
Overall, 370 head were acquired for $21,236,500, up 12.3 percent from 2005
when 385 juveniles sold for $18,907,500. The average for the two-day sale
increased by 16.9 percent, from $49,110 to $57,396, while median decreased by
6.3 percent, from $32,000 to $30,000.