Speedway Stables doled out $1.3 million for two horses, including $800,000 for the sales topper May 22 on Day 1 of the Fasig-Tipton Midlantic May 2-Year-Olds in Training Sale in Timonium, Md.
The Mendelssohn filly consigned as Hip 245 impressed buyers as the bidding was vigorous until the hammer fell. Even after she breezed an eighth mile in :10 1/5 at the under tack show, consignor Paul Sharp, agent, was surprised she commanded the day’s top bid.
“We’re extremely happy. That’s just one of the things that you hope for; you can get everything right and stars line up and present a good horse,” he said.
He said the filly was part of a pinhooking partnership he has with Liz Crow. The hope was to “make a little money” rather than “knock home runs out of the park.”
Out of the Hansen mare Lady Hansen, the gray or roan filly was bred by Dr. Kendall Hansen of M.D. Racing in Kentucky. The filly was purchased by CSV for $125,000 out of the Pope McLean consignment at the 2022 Keeneland September Yearling Sale.
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Her grandsire Hansen is by Tapit .
“I think mostly the Tapit line in her dam’s family, but the pedigree was secondary to her physical attributes,” Sharp said of the filly’s appeal. “Very, very beautiful horse. A very good mover. She presented herself well at the barn and on the track.”
Earlier Monday, Speedway spent $500,000 for a Not This Time colt out of the Unbridled’s Song mare Goodness Unbridled.
Consigned as Hip 198, the gray or roan colt is out of the Pick View consignment.
The Not This Time colt consigned as Hip 198 in the ring at the Fasig-Tipton Midlantic Sale
Pick View bought the colt for $260,000 at the Keeneland September Sale from the Jim and Pam Robinson’s Brandywine Farm consignment. The Robinsons bred the colt.
“It’s a step up for us, getting outside of our comfort zone a little bit,” said Pick View’s Joe Pickerrell. “When you find a horse that looks like him with that pedigree you just go for it. Fortunately, there are some amazing partners on this horse who are close friends and family members, so it makes it a little more special.”
Pickerrell wasn’t sure how the colt would be received in the sales ring after he breezed an eighth mile in :10 3/5. But he was confident that when potential buyers saw him up close, they would fall in love.
“Tuesday was not the best day of his life, and the good part is we have been doing this long enough that we have some people that trust our word and people who saw him at the farm and progress through the winter,” he said. “We all knew there was a lot better in him, He’s a young 2-year-old, and they are allowed to have a bad day. One bad day did not negate from September until now of every single day being good.”