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Bloodstock agent Reynolds Bell, Jr. was busy last night in Lexington, signing for no fewer than three horses, including a pair of seven-figure ladies led by the $2.15 million My Miss Sophia (Unbridled’s Song). My Miss Sophia won this year’s GII Gazelle S. and was runner-up to pro-tem champion Untapable (Tapit) in the GI Kentucky Oaks. “She...
Supplementary entry Taris (Flatter) (hip 199) ensured the sale closed on a high note when selling to trainer Simon Callaghan for $2.35 million as the second-to-last horse through the ring. The 3-year-old filly has run just five times, but she underscored her talent when running away with the GII Raven Run S. at Keeneland by...
Don Alberto Corp. continued to add to its North American holdings last night at Fasig. The Chilean-owned operation, which recently established roots in the Bluegrass after purchasing the old Vinery farm, landed one of the evening’s choicest lots, the 7-year-old La Cloche (Ghostzapper), for $2.4 million. Darby Dan consigned La Cloche, who sold in foal...
Discreet Marq (Discreet Cat) (hip 185) was second behind Dayatthespa (City Zip) in the Yaddo S. at Saratoga in August, but the 4-year-old filly was able to upstage the GI Breeders’ Cup F/M Turf winner in the sales ring Monday. Selling just one hip after Dayatthespa, last year’s GI Del Mar Oaks winner sold for $2.4...
John Sikura’s Hill ‘n’ Dale Farm sold a pair of broodmares for seven figures during Monday’s Fasig-Tipton November sale. “This sale is all about quality and we brought a couple of beauties over and we were rewarded,” Sikura said. First to hit the million-dollar mark for Hill ‘n’ Dale was last year’s champion juvenile filly She’s...
Sarah Lynx (Ire) (Montjeu {Ire}) threw herself into elite company when besting males by four lengths in the GI Canadian International S. in 2011, and the now 7-year-old mare returned to the limelight last night when selling to Don Alberto Corp for $2.6 million in foal to the recently deceased Street Cry (Ire). Sarah Lynx...
Princess of Sylmar wasn’t the only filly to receive a royal reception at Fasig last night. Wine Princess (Ghostzapper) (hip 161), a graded stakes-winning and Grade I-placed daughter of Horse of the Year Azeri, turned heads when hammered down to DATTT Farm for $3 million. The 5-year-old was yet another expensive purchase in foal to...
About 40 hips before Sweet Lulu (Mr. Greeley) sold, Laura Jane Lyon’s shopping spree was well under way. “I have to go break this to my husband,” laughed Summer Wind Farm’s Laura Jane Lyon after signing the ticket at $2.1 million for Littleprincessemma (Yankee Gentleman). The 6-year-old mare is the dam of standout juvenile American Pharoah (Pioneerof...
Laura Jane Lyon arrived at Fasig-Tipton looking to add “one or two good mares” to her Summer Wind Farm broodmare band, and she left with that goal firmly achieved after signing for GI Test S. winner Sweet Lulu (Mr. Greeley) (hip 148), in foal to War Front, for $3 million. Tabbed a TDN Rising Star after breaking...
Ken and Sarah Ramsey’s Stephanie’s Kitten (Kitten’s Joy), a late-closing second behind wire-to-wire winner Dayatthespa (City Zip) in Saturday’s GI Breeders’ Cup F/M Turf, was one of several high-priced RNA’s during Monday night’s sale. The 5-year-old mare (hip 141) will return to the races under the Ramseys’ colors next year after RNA’ing for $3.95 million. “We’re going...
A month ago, Bonnie Baskin’s Blue Heaven Farm made the decision to enter a weanling Tapit colt into the Fasig-Tipton November Sale as part of the supplemental catalogue. “It was after the [sales] deadline, but Fasig is really accommodating and they made it really easy to get the process rolling,” said Baskin’s son Adam Corndorf,...
Tetsuya Yoshida from Shadai Farm, bidding out back alongside bloodstock agent Patrick Barbe and on the phone with his father Teruya Yoshida, jumped in on the final bid to secure last year’s GI Kentucky Oaks winner Princess of Sylmar (Majestic Warrior) for $3.1 million. Approached by the press after signing the ticket, Yoshida quickly turned things over...