Shackleford Colt Tops F-T Saratoga Fall Sale Amid Declines

Fasig-Tipton wrapped up its two-day Saratoga Fall Sale yesterday with overall declines in average and median compared to last year’s one-day sale. Tuesday’s session, which featured weanlings and yearlings, saw 124 head sell for a gross of $2,303,600, good for an average of $18,577 and median of $14,500. The RNA rate was 48.3%. Monday’s focus was broodmare/broodmare prospects and horses of racing age. Cumulatively for the sale, 193 horses brought $3,206,100. The average of $16,612 declined 11.6% from last year’s mark of $18,791, while the median dropped by 9.1% from $11,000 in 2013 to $10,000. The cumulative RNA rate was 41.7% vs. 23.17% a year ago. 

The top weanling during yesterday’s session and overall sale topper was hip 409, a colt from the first crop of GI Preakness S., GI Metropolitan H. and GI Clark H. hero Shackleford (Forestry) who brought $150,000 from Palermo Farm. Rhapsody Farm LLC/Hidden Lake Farm LLC, agents consigned the chestnut. Elaine Peck’s Rhapsody Farm and Chris Bernhard’s Hidden Lake Farm paid $30,000 for Spanish Post (Flatter), a daughter of MSW Spanish Play (Great Gladiator), carrying hip 409–her first foal–at last year’s Keeneland November Sale. Spanish Post RNA’d for $14,700 Monday in foal to The Lumber Guy. 

The Fall Sale also included yearlings for the first time this year, and the highest price paid for one yesterday was $62,000 for hip 166, a colt from the first crop of GISW Girolamo (A.P. Indy) out of a half-sister to speedy GSW and “TDN Rising Star” Eightyfiveinafifty (Forest Camp). Dan Hayden purchased the bay from the consignment of Shamrock Hill Farm (Cheryl Prudhomme), agent. 

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