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The July Digital Sale closed Tuesday evening with 161 horses sold for $4,296,200. The catalogue featured two-year-olds, horses of racing age, breeding stock, which included mares with foals-at-foot, weanlings, yearlings, and a stallion prospect.
Nadette (FR) (hip 39), offered as a racing/broodmare prospect, sold for $420,000 to Stepaside Farm LLC from the consignment of Team Valor International. The five-year-old daughter of Outstrip (GB) sold from her stall at Colonial Downs, where she won the Beverly D. Preview S. by 4 3/4 lengths on July 13. She is nominated to the Beverly D. S. (G2), a Breeders' Cup "Win and You're In" qualifier, on August 10. Nadette, a listed stakes winner in her native France, has raced exclusively in stakes company since coming stateside for Team Valor, and won the Wilshire S. (G3) at Santa Anita two starts back on April 4. Read More...
From the BloodHorse 7/20/24:
"It is her second graded win since being bought at February Fasig-Tipton digital sale.
Resolute Racing's Pounce, under a perfect ride from Saratoga Springs, N.Y., native Dylan Davis, came running in the lane to win the $175,000 Lake George Stakes (G3T) by three-quarters of a length July 20 at Saratoga Race Course. Read More...
From the Thoroughbred Daily News 7/19/2024
Mensa (Complexity), who fetched a then-record $740,000 on the Fasig-Tipton Digital platform from John Stewart's Resolute Racing 13 days after an impressive debut victory in the colors of D J Stable over the Gulfstream Tapeta Apr. 12, atoned for a down-the-field effort when well-backed in the Kentucky Juvenile Stakes last time with a dominating score in Friday's Victoria Stakes at Woodbine. Read More...
The Cloudy Dancer (GB) Flash Sale ended Friday afternoon with a bang as a bidding war stopped the clock at 2:04 pm with the mare sold for $430,000 to David Hutson.
On June 20 of this year, Cloudy Dancer's second foal – Shareholder (Not This Time) – captured the Norfolk S. (G2) for two-year-olds at prestigious Royal Ascot to remain undefeated. His victory was the third fastest time in the last 40 years of the race’s history.
Cloudy Dancer’s connections opted to offer her on Fasig-Tipton Digital, and just five days after Shareholder won the Norfolk, bidding opened for the eight-year-old daughter of Invincible Spirit (IRE) in a one-horse "flash sale". Drawing 2,432 viewers over the next four days, the young broodmare found a new home with Hutson for the final price of $430,000. Read More...
The June Digital Sale closed early Tuesday evening with 60 horses sold for $2,247,200. The catalogue featured two-year-olds, horses of racing age, breeding stock, and yearlings.
Graded stakes winner Cairo Consort (Hip 26) topped the sale and established a new Digital Sale record when sold for $820,000 to Town and Country Racing from the consignment of Highgate Sales, agent. A 4-year-old daughter of Cairo Prince, Cairo Consort is a stakes winner at 2, 3, and 4. At 2, she won the Catch A Glimpse S. and placed in the both the Natalma S. (G1) and the Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf (G1) on her way to Sovereign Award Champion 2-Year-Old Filly honors. Read More...
The May Digital Sale closed early Tuesday evening with 75 horses sold for $3,252,100. The catalogue featured two-year-olds, horses of racing age, breeding stock, and yearlings.
Forbidden Kingdom (Hip 21), offered as a racing/stallion prospect, sold for $310,000 to Legacy Ranch from the consignment of Taylor Made Sales Agency, agent for MyRacehorse and Spendthrift Farm. At 3, the son of American Pharoah won the San Vicente S. (G2) and San Felipe S. (G2) and finished second in the Malibu S. (G1) on the dirt at Santa Anita. At 4, he made a successful switch to turf, winning the Joe Hernandez S. (G2) at Santa Anita in December. Read More...
Two-year-old colt Mensa sold for $740,000 on April 29 in the one-horse Mensa Flash Sale, setting a record for the Fasig-Tipton Digital platform. Offered by Taylor Made Sales Agency, agent for D.J. Stables LLC Graduate, Mensa was the subject of a nine-minute protracted bidding war, with John Stewart's Resolute Bloodstock eventually emerging as the winner.
An easy gate-to-wire winner of his debut on April 12 at Gulfstream Park for trainer Mark Casse, Mensa is entered in Thursday's Kentucky Juvenile S. at Churchill Downs, where he has been installed as the second choice in the morning line odds. Read More...
Pounce lived up to her name as she stole the $200,000 Herecomesthebride Stakes (G3T) in the final strides March 2 at Gulfstream Park.
Breaking the widest of eight, Javier Castellano was content with letting the field go forward while he angled the 3-year-old daughter of Lookin At Lucky toward the rail, entering the clubhouse turn just two paths from the inside… Read More...
The Lothenbach Dispersal of Horses of Racing Age, conducted from January 29 through February 2 on Fasig-Tipton Digital, closed with 66 horses sold for $4,840,000. In total, The average was $73,333 and a median was $41,000. Sixteen (16) horses sold for $100,000 or more. Taylor Made Sales Agency, agent for Lothenbach Stables Inc. Complete Dispersal, consigned.
Minnesota Ready (Hip 1) topped the dispersal when sold for $380,000 to Richard C. Colton Jr. Offered as a racing prospect, the five-year-old son of More Than Ready was just a half-length third in the Duncan F. Kenner S. at Fair Grounds on January 20 in his most recent start. A three-time winner and stakes placed in his two most recent starts, Minnesota Ready has earned $298,312 to date under the tutelage of trainer Neil Pessin. He was bred in Kentucky by Mr. Lothenbach. Read More...
Jason Hall, purchaser of CELIA’S SONG in the 2023 October Digital Sale, found instant success with his new broodmare purchase as she became the dam of a Grade 3 winner just 25 days after acquiring her.
CELIA’S SONG sold for $34,000 to Hall in the Fasig-Tipton October Digital Sale from the consignment of Greenfield Farms, agent. CELIA’S SONG is a daughter of top broodmare sire Distorted Humor and is out of the Grade 2 winning and Grade 1 placed Unbridled’s Song mare, Warbling.
When CELIA’S SONG was sold on the digital sales platform, her 2-year old, TWO GHOSTS, had just a maiden special weight win under his belt. Read More..
The Fasig-Tipton October Digital Sale closed on October 10, 2023 with 100 horses selling for a total of $1,820,000, one of them being WITWATERSRAND. Consigned by Taylor Made Sales Agency, agent for DJ Stable LLC Graduate, WITWATERSRAND commanded $230,000 from Gary Barber, topping the sale.
WITWATERSRAND, a 2-year-old daughter of Connect, was entered in the October Digital Sale with a maiden special weight win on her resume for owners DJ Stable LLC and Quintessential Racing Florida LLC and trainer Mark Casse.
“The online sales provide the free market the opportunity to buy ‘ready-made horses.” said Jon Green of DJ Stable, previous owner of WITWATERSRAND. “Since we never have to interrupt their training, the new owners have a chance to earn an immediate return on investment.” Read More...
KATE’S KINGDOM, who was sold on the digital platform in November of 2022 in the Kate’s Kingdom Digital Flash Sale, is a Grade 3 stakes winning daughter of Animal Kingdom out of Don’tgetmadalexis. Consigned by Stephen Screnci, KATE’S KINGDOM was sold as a racing/broodmare prospect to Ready Made Racing for $400,000.
Living up to her new ownership group’s name, ready-made racehorse KATE’S KINGDOM went on to win the My Charmer S. at Turfway Park on December 11, 2022 for trainer Will Walden and the Ready Made Racing team, defeating stakes winners GRAND AVE GIRL, CANDY RAID, HEAVENLY HELLOS, and BURNING AMBITION. As the favorite in the My Charmer S., KATE’S KINGDOM explosively rallied down the stretch to score her third stakes win of the year Read More...