Sons of Giant’s Causeway and Tapit each brought final bids of $1.6 million
within minutes of each other at Tuesday’s Ocala Breeders’ Sales Company’s 2014
March Two-Year-Olds in Training Sale.
The first through the ring, a February 29 colt by Giant’s Causeway, was
gaveled down to Stonestreet Stables. From the consignment of Northwest Stud, the
Kentucky-bred sported Hip No. 343.
Produced by the Grade 2-placed stakes winner Rebridled Dreams (Unbridled’s
Song), the colt is a half-brother to 2010 Breeders’ Futurity (G1) winner J. B.’s
Thunder (Thunder Gulch) and the multiple English stakes winner and multiple
Group 3-placed Doncaster Rover (War Chant).
The juvenile, who previously sold for $550,000 as a Keeneland September
yearling, worked one-furlong in :10 1/5 at the under tack show.
The co-sale topper, a Tapit colt, was obtained by Al Shaqab Racing from Eddie
Woods, agent. The April 16 Kentucky-bred toured the ring as Hip 350.
Produced by the winning Rhumb Line (Mr. Greeley), the colt is a full brother
to multiple Grade 1 queen Zazu and the Grade 2-winning Flashback. His
half-siblings include stakes winner Corinthian’s Jewel (Corinthian) and the
Group 2-placed Art Princess (Officer).
The juvenile worked one furlong in :10 2/5 at the under tack show.
Demi O’Byrne, representing Coolmore, was the final bidder at $1.3 million for
Hip 230, a Malibu Moon colt consigned by Bobby Dodd, agent.
The April 17 Kentucky-bred, produced by the unraced Layreebelle (Tale of the
Cat), is a half-brother to a pair of 2014 stakes winners. The four-year-old
filly Spellbound (Bernardini) captured the La Canada S. (G2) at Santa Anita by a
neck on January 19, while the three-year-old colt Kid Cruz (Lemon Drop Kid) was
a convincing four-length winner of the $100,000 Private Terms S. at Laurel on
March 8.
The juvenile, whose second dam is Grade 3 winner Voodoo Lily (Baldski),
worked one furlong in :10 at the under tack show. He previously brought $200,000
at the Fasig-Tipton Saratoga Yearling Sale.
Business was up across the board at the conclusion of trading Tuesday, as 198
two-year-olds sold for $37,817,500, an increase of 31.3 percent over last year
when 185 juveniles grossed $28,794,000. The average was up 22.7 percent, from
$155,643 to $190,997, while the median rose 10 percent, from $125,000 to
$137,500.
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