TIMONIUM, MD – A stable version of the Fasig-Tipton Midlantic Fall Yearlings Sale – which featured heavy rain from weekend previews through both sessions – ends Tuesday in Timonium in reduced numbers compared to the previous week. with last year’s lively auction.
Fasig-Tipton Midlantic Sales Manager Paget Bennett said: “The weather was pretty bleak, but it was a pretty active sale. “Both days the booth was very busy. We had a great crowd both days. Today, I saw people that I didn’t meet yesterday. People keep coming and they come to buy horses.”
Over two sessions, the 386 heads raised $10,266,400. The median of $26,597 is down 10% from a year ago, while the median is down 25% to $15,000. With 79 annuities reported as unsold, the buyback rate is 17%. In 2021 it is 16.4%.
“Last year was good,” Bennett said of the comparison between the two sales. “I think this year is still very solid. Overall, we did well. Finally someone here. When we hit the sidebar, there were sparks flying into it as well.”
The auction’s highest price came during the first session of Monday when Legion Bloodstock bought one Uncle Mo for $320,000. The Legion is back in action on Tuesday, buy one More than ready for $200,000. That price was matched a few times later in the session when Summer Street went to $200,000 to buy a pony with Munnings.
In total, 23 crested birds were sold for six figures this year. There were 16 people who reached that milestone last year.
Salesman Becky Davis, who sold his son, topped Tuesday’s session Munningssaid she saw a strong market in Timonium this week.
“I think it’s pretty strong,” Davis said. “When I looked at the numbers yesterday, I was pleased to see more horses selling for $20,000 to $50,000 that we’ve been missing here for a while. There’s been some uncertainty in the Maryland area with racing in general, I think that might affect us a little bit. I think a lot of the money here is from the outside. But that’s good. We’ve got a really strong portfolio. Fasig-Tipton has done a great job and has a lot of really strong horses here and gives him some stronger buyers. “
Clovis Crane was active during the two-day auction, acquiring broodstock with the goal of reselling the following spring. The horseman noticed a persistent polarization in the marketplace.
“The market is very heavy,” he said. “If you have the right stallion, they will pay you a lot. There are some really hot stallions – Bolt d’ Oros, Not this times – if they want them, they will pay a little more for them. But then you have other stallions, if they’re not on them, they’re not on them at all. It’s more similar, but I think it’s even more polarizing than ever. There are a lot of people who will be working here on a racing level, the catch is that they are not being received better. “
Crane admits that he needs to buy at the right polarity to be successful next year.
“We are looking for individuals that we can resell, so when you resell, it’s male power that you have to have because if that’s what they want, that’s what you want. have to provide them,” he said. “It is very difficult to buy desirable horses. It’s more similar. There are many useful horses that can be purchased properly. If you don’t want to resell, there are many horses that can enter the race and will be nice racehorses. “
Legion Bloodstock is back in action
After buying the highest priced product in the first trading session on Monday, Kristian Villante of Legion Bloodstock was back in action in Timonium on Tuesday, going up to $200,000 for a small kick More than ready (hip 287). Like the daughter of Monday’s top sales Uncle Mohip 287 was deposited by Scott Mallory on behalf of Matt Dorman Identified Research.
“She is very similar to yesterday,” Villante said. “She comes from a great family and grew up in a great place. She stands out only for her looks and pedigree. She’s just a very elegant and straightforward girl, just like yesterday. So we got lucky again.”
Both aspirational fillings were purchased for the same partner.
When asked about the partner’s game plan, Villante said, “We only take individual sales. They breed, so they like fillings that have some pedigree and they’ve had some luck with some grass horses lately, so her pedigree appeals to them.”
The Maryland hybrid dog from Fluffhead (Animal Kingdom), is half-sister to the winner of GI Breeders’ Cup F/M Turf Shared Account (Perfect Fun). Dorman purchased the mare for $165,000 in a January 2021 sale at Keeneland.
Dorman credited the mare selection to trainer Phil Schoenthal, who admitted he was a big fan of the aspiration.
“Matt is an ordinary salesman. It’s a business. And she came to sell, but I loved that filth and I begged him to keep her,” Schoenthal said. “I tried to buy her myself and had to stop because of the risk my wife would throw me out of the house. If I was going to swing for one person, she would be the one. But it’s a business and we’re trying to make money from it. Better to sell and regret than not to sell and regret. She’s a lovely girl and I’m glad those people have her – my end users, my friends. Everyone is happy, but me. “
The 7-year-old Fluffhead has been bred again Gift box This year.
“She was a big, beautiful mare and she had that family behind her,” Schoenthal said of the mare’s appeal at the 2021 auction. “We were the low bidders. more for the Shared Account during that Stars Night sale, we’re huge fans of her and that whole family.”
Davis Yearlings in need
Annuals from Becky Davis’ consignment took two of the top three spots on the results board for Tuesday’s Fasig-Tipton Midlantic sale, led by a pony of Munnings (hip 294) who sold for $200,000 to Summer Street. The longing has come out of the Frost Fire (Medaglia d’Oro) and Davis deposited him on behalf of his rancher, Jon Marshall. Davis admitted Marshall had mixed feelings about Tuesday’s results.
“The owner had three horses that he sent us, and after they arrived, he asked me for my opinion on them,” Davis said. “I said I like Munnings the best and he was surprised because wherever he was before, they told him he was a bit crooked and he hadn’t really grown. But I said I didn’t think it would bother him.”
Davis continued, “I think our expectations are probably $75,000 to $100,000, so we’re very pleased. The owner bordered on joy and disappointment because he was so excited about him. He had a heart scan and I told him how he was growing and sent him pictures. He was too shaken for him, when it came time to go through the ring, he was ready to race against him on his own.”
Marshall, head of sales in Midlantic in 2020 selling a son of Gunman for $270,000, also sold simply by Sightstown (hip 271) for $125,000 for David and Lori Hughes’ Mens Grille Racing through Tuesday’s Davis shipment.
On behalf of breeders Bowman and Higgins Stable, Davis sold an Arrogate foal (hip 346) for $180,000 for Chuck Zacney’s Cash is King and LC Racing. The longing no longer comes from How My Heart Works (Not For Love), a half-brother to GI winner Haskell S. Cyberknife (Gunman). He’s the half-brother of the Monday Morning QB winner and rated QB (Imagination) who was purchased by Zacney for $25,000 during the 2018 Midlantic sale.
“Honestly, my expectations have been a little better for him with the improvement in his pedigree with Cyberknife and Arrogate and he’s a handsome horse,” Davis said. “I thought we were going to bid more for him. He actually had a bit of a problem with his X-rays, and when I found out his reaction to the sales and environmental reasons made him cold towards him, I knew maybe they were. I’m troubled from what I think he is. will bring. So I made a modest reserve for him. “
The decision to sell the foal was made easier after the breeders brought home a Bernardini (hip 266) for $170,000 earlier in the session.
“The same owners had the Bernardini that I bought there, but I didn’t sell it,” Davis explains. “So they decided to keep her and race her and turn her into a breeding cock, which was always important to her when she was bred, but they decided to run everything through. buying and selling. When we knew things were cooling off for him, we decided to put a strong reserve on her and when we brought her home, they decided to let him go. Turns out, Chuck Zacney bought him, so he’s going to go see the same person who bought the Monday Morning QB from me. It all went perfectly.”
