Below are the yearlings that were either Virginia-bred, owned or consigned at the Fasig-Tipton select sales at Saratoga. Congratulations to all the Virginians involved.
Hip #11 – Louisa Lenehan’s Curlin colt out of Dress The Part sold for $240,000 to Lothenbach Stables, Inc.
Hip #38 Louisa Lenehan’s filly by Animal Kingdom out of Garden District was a $45,000 rna.
Hip #53 – Virginia-bred Paynter colt out of Hottie Dancer sold to Saratoga Seven Racing Partners for $255,000.
Hip #63 – Louisa Lenehan’s Uncle Mo colt out of Jody Slew sold to Crupi’s New Castle, agent for $550,000.
Hip #170 – Smitten Farm’s First Samurai out of Talent sold to Quarter Pole Enterprises, LLC for $105,000
Hip #202 – Andrew Motion consigned this Ghostzapper filly out of Amber Grace for Chapel Hill LLC. She was sold to Steven Carr DVM for $285,000 and will be broken by Paula Parsons in Middleburg.
Hip #204 – Smitten Farm’s Bodemeister filly out of Art Show was purchased by Mike Ryan, agent for $90,000.
Hip 235 – Sold to It’s All About The Girls for $105,000, this Virginia-bred Congrats filly out of Chemise was bred by The Corner Farm and John Behrendt
Two other fillies with Virginia connections were sold at the Saratoga Select sales. Susie and Pug Hart bred Hip #96, an Eskendereya filly out of Miz United States that was purchased for $225,000 by Frankie Brothers agent for Starlight.
Their NY bred filly by The Factor out of Head Strong Beauty (below) was sold to Patricia Schuler for $230,000 and will return to Virginia where she will be broken at Braeburn Training Center.
Congratulations to everyone involved.