The second session of Fasig-Tipton’s 102nd Saratoga sale Tuesday produced a sale record gross, average and median as yearlings found their buyers in Saratoga Springs, N.Y.
A Curlin colt, hip 165, out of horse of the year Beholder sold for $4 million to Donato Lanni, agent for Zedan Racing, to top the session and the sale. Taylor Made Sales Agency, agent, consigned on behalf of breeder Spendthrift Farm. The colt is the first of Hall of Fame inductee Beholder’s foals to be offered at public auction. Beholder’s most accomplished runner to date is this year’s Senorita Stakes (G3) winner Teena Ella, by War Front.
By Curlin, sire of three Eclipse Award champions in 2022, and out of the incomparable race mare Beholder, the colt hails from the immediate family of four-time leading sire Into Mischief, broodmare of the year Leslie’s Lady, and Grade 1 winner and sire Mendelssohn. The price reflected the rarity of the offering, matching the third-highest price ever realized at the Saratoga sale and the most expensive since 2000.
In addition to the sale topper, seven other yearlings sold for seven figures during Tuesday’s session.
Hip 228, a colt by Into Mischief, sold for $3.2 million to Donato Lanni, agent for Zedan Racing, from the consignment of Indian Creek, agent.
Hip 135, a colt by Into Mischief, sold for $1.5 million to Eclipse Thoroughbred Partners from the consignment of Taylor Made Sales Agency, agent for Stonestreet Bred & Raised.
Hip 129, a colt by Tapit, sold for $1.2 million to Whisper Hill Farm from the consignment of Taylor Made Sales Agency, agent.
Hip 123, a Tapit colt, sold for $1.1 million to Mike Ryan, agent, from the consignment of Gainesway, agent.
Hip 140, a colt by Twirling Candy, sold for $1 million to Chuck Sonson & West Point, L.E.B., agent, from the consignment of Lane’s End, agent.
Hip 194, a filly by Gun Runner, sold for $1 million to Randy Gullat, agent for Jack Pot Farm, Whispering Oaks and Rick Ortyl from the consignment of Hill 'n' Dale at Xalapa, agent.
Hip 208, an Into Mischief colt, sold for $1 million to CHC Inc., Siena Farm and Maverick Racing from the consignment of St George Sales, agent.
