The May Digital Sale on Fasig-Tipton Digital closed Tuesday afternoon with 34 hips sold for $1,402,700. Offerings consisted of breeding stock, including mares with foals at foot, horses of racing age, and yearlings.
Among the sale’s top results were a quintet of six-figure offerings:
Dontmesswithjoanne (Hip 57), offered with her 2023 filly by Not This Time, sold for $210,000 to Good Luck Farm from the consignment of Simms Bloodstock, agent. Dontmesswithjoanne is a stakes winning daughter of Pioneerof the Nile from the immediate family of Grade 1 winners Stellar Jayne and Starrer.
Karakontie Flyer (Hip 8), offered with her 2023 colt by Upstart, sold for $200,000 to HMA from the consignment of Mullholland Farm, agent. Karakontie Flyer, by Karakontie, is a half-sister to a pair of Grade 1 winners in Pretty City Dancer, dam of this year’s Kentucky Oaks winner Pretty Mischievous, and Lear’s Princess. She was offered bred to Vekoma for 2024.
Cornice Traverse (Hip 58), offered pregnant with her first foal to Good Magic for 2024, sold for $190,000 to Champion Equine LLC from the consignment of River Oak Farm LLC. A four-year-old daughter of Malibu Moon, Cornice Traverse is a half-sister to stakes winner Bear’sway and a full sister to multiple Grade 1 performer Conquest Eclipse, from the immediate family of multiple Grade 1 winner Colonel John.
Spankster (Hip 51), a four-year-old colt by Mastery, sold for $125,000 to Champion Equine LLC from the consignment of Case Clay Thoroughbred Management LLC, agent. A three-time winner at 3 and 4, Spankster has earned more than $255,000 in 15 career starts.
You Gotta Be (Hip 60), a broodmare prospect added to the catalogue on Sunday, sold for $120,000 to Jason Loutsch from the consignment of Mill Ridge Farm, agent. A four-year-old filly by Curlin, You Gotta Be is out of a daughter of Kentucky Oaks winner Keeper Hill, from the immediate family of Grade 1 winner Clabber Girl.
“The May Digital Sale was unbelievably strong,” said Leif Aaron, Director of Digital Sales. “We sold all types of horses and sold them well, averaging more than $40,000. The depth of buyers for the Digital sales continues to grow, with more than 300 users registered to bid this time around.”
In total, 34 offerings sold for $1,402,700, good for an average of $41,255. Nine horses sold for $50,000 or more.
Results are available online.
The next Fasig-Tipton Digital sale will be the August Digital Sale, which opens for bidding on Thursday, August 24, and closes Tuesday, August 28.
For further information:
Leif Aaron
(859)255-1555