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The July Digital Sale closed Tuesday afternoon with 137 horses sold for $4,808,500. The sale averaged $35,098 with a clearance rate of 81%. The catalogue offered horses of racing age, racing/broodmare prospects, two-year-olds in training, breeding stock (including broodmares with foals at foot), and yearlings.

Spectacular Grey (hip 30), a 7 ¾-length debut winner at Monmouth Park on July 12, sold for $625,000 to Epic Horses, LLC, to top the sale. Offered as a horse of racing age by Taylor Made Sales Agency, agent, the two-year-old daughter of Not This Time’s eye-catching debut earned her ‘TDN Rising Star’ honors.

“We are thrilled to have bought Spectacular Grey,” said Shannon Potter, Thoroughbred Advisor to Epic Horses, LLC. “The way she won her debut was so impressive, and she’s by Not This Time, who has quickly proven himself to be one of the top sires in the world. Being by Not This Time, she should get better with age and more distance.” Read More...

The June Digital Sale closed Tuesday afternoon with 53 horses sold for $1,401,500. The sale averaged $24,587 with a clearance rate of 78%. The catalogue offered horses of racing age, racing/broodmare prospects, two-year-olds in training, broodmares (including mares with foals at foot), and yearlings.

Stakes placed two-year-old Strada Del Sogno (hip 2) topped the sale when sold for $150,000 to Elkin Family Racing from the consignment of Taylor Made Sales Agency, agent. The daughter of Street Boss was offered as a horse of racing age from her location at Gulfstream Park, where she debuted with a third place finish in the Royal Palm Juvenile Fillies S. on May 10. The first foal out of Line Up, a Violence half-sister to graded stakes placed Cover Version, Strada Del Sogno hails from the immediate family of Champion filly Questing (GB). Read More...

The May Digital Sale closed Tuesday afternoon with 98 horses sold for $3,786,000. The sale averaged $38,632  with a clearance rate of 83%. The catalogue offered horses of racing age, racing/broodmare prospects, two-year-olds in training, broodmares (including mares with foals at foot), and yearlings.

Ifurhappynuknowit (hip 30) topped the sale when sold for $280,000 to Denali Stud, agent, from the consignment of Knowles Farm. A daughter of Bernardini out of Grade 1 winning millionaire Mushka, Ifurhappynuknowit is a full sister to the dam of this year’s Kentucky Derby (G1) winner Sovereignty. The mare was offered with her 2025 Vino Rosso colt and back in foal to two-time Eclipse Champion Elite Power. Read More...

The April Digital Sale closed Wednesday afternoon with 64 horses sold for $1,822,500. The sale averaged $28,476 with a clearance rate of 74.4%. The catalogue offered horses of racing age, racing/broodmare prospects, two-year-olds in training, broodmares (including mares with foals at foot), and short yearlings. Read More...

The March Digital Sale closed Tuesday afternoon with 85 horses sold for $3,095,000. The sale averaged $36,411 with a clearance rate of 85%. The median was $15,000. The catalogue offered horses of racing age, racing/broodmare prospects, two-year-olds in training, broodmares (including mares with foals at foot), and short yearlings. Read More...

The February Digital Sale closed Tuesday evening with 157 horses sold for $4,965,400. The sale averaged $31,626 with a clearance rate of nearly 80 percent. The catalogue offered horses of racing age, racing/broodmare prospects, two-year-olds in training, broodmares (including mares with foals at foot), and short yearlings. More than 1,000 prospective buyers registered to bid. Read More...

The January Digital Sale closed Tuesday evening with 107 horses sold for $3,003,900. The sale averaged $28,073 with a clearance rate of 79 percent. The catalogue offered horses of racing age, racing/broodmare prospects, broodmares, and short yearlings. Read More...

The December Digital Sale closed Wednesday evening with 401 horses sold for a record $10,031,000. The gross is believed to be a world record for a Thoroughbred auction conducted exclusively online. More than 1200 bidders were registered to bid.

The Digital platform has now grossed more than $45,500,000 in 2024. With 1417 sold from 1789 offered, the platform has a 79% clearance rate this year. Read More...

Session 1 of the December Digital Sale closed Tuesday evening with 187 horses sold for $4,423,500. The first session of the catalogue offered horses of racing age, racing/broodmare prospects, broodmare prospects, yearlings, and weanlings. The session averaged $23,655 with a clearance rate of 76%.

Millie Girl (hip 11), last year’s Sovereign Award-winning Champion Older Female, sold for $450,000 to Resolute Bloodstock to top the session. The six-year-old daughter of Hard Spun was offered as a racing/broodmare prospect by Taylor Made Sales Agency, agent, from her base at Woodbine Racetrack. Millie Girl is a multiple graded stakes winner with earnings of more than $450,000 to date.

“We are really excited about purchasing Canadian champion Millie Girl,” said John Stewart of Resolute Bloodstock. “She fits right into our breeding program. We will evaluate her future racing career, but we purchased her to eventually breed. It’s exciting to have a sale like this on the digital platform this time of year with so many horses over two days.” Read More...

The October Digital Sale closed Wednesday evening with 224 horses sold for $3,466,300.  Bidding opened on October 3 and began to close Tuesday, October 8. After a technical issue suspended selling mid-afternoon on Tuesday, selling resumed October 9. The catalogue featured horses of racing age, breeding stock, which included mares with foals-at-foot, weanlings, and yearlings. The sale drew more than 830 registered bidders. Read More...

The August Digital Sale closed Tuesday evening with 181 horses sold for $3,659,700. The catalogue featured horses of racing age, breeding stock, which included mares with foals-at-foot, weanlings, yearlings, two-year-olds, and a stallion prospect. The sale drew more than 825 registered bidders, a record on the platform. The clearance rate was 79% with an average of $25,592.

Something Wicked (Hip 5), offered as a racing/broodmare prospect, topped the sale when sold for $260,000 to HX3 Incorporated from the consignment of Northview Stallion Station, agent. Something Wicked entered the sale off a win in maiden special weight company on July 18 at Delaware Park.

“This sale demonstrates that Fasig-Tipton Digital is here for all levels and segments," said Fasig-Tipton Director of Digital Sales Leif Aaron. "We continue to provide the same top-level service for our buyers and sellers that we provide in a traditional sale. We had 830 registered bidders for this sale, which averages to four bidders on every horse offered. We are reaching a whole new buying bench as well as continuing to serve our traditional buyers. Our clearance rate reflects that." Read More...

From the Thoroughbred Daily News 8/17/24:

In her first start since a 33% share of her sold for $330,000 at the Fasig-Tipton Midsummer Flash Sale, Agave Racing Iscreamuscream (Twirling Candy) extended her record to a perfect four-for-four with a confident victory in Saturday's GI Del Mar Oaks.

Breaking from Post 1, the 3-1 second choice went to the fore with the leading group, carving out an opening quarter in sensible :24.20. Umberto Rispoli aboard recent Christiana Stakes winner Whiskey Decision (Into Mischief) decided the early pace was far too slow and rushed to the front, opening a slight advantage through a :48.10 half mile. Passing the 3/8ths pole, however, Hector Berrios drew his mount off the rail, taking her outside of the favorite and reemerging as the leader turning for home. confidently ridden from there, Iscreamuscream was challenged briefly by GIII Providencia Stakes winner Medoro (Honor Code), but had more than enough left in the tank to collect her first Grade I victory by 1 1/2 lengths. Zona Verde (Ire) (Calyx {GB}) rounded out the trifecta. Read More...