Tapit colt tops Fasig-Tipton Florida Sale at $1.8 million

Hip 131 topped the Fasig-Tipton Florida Sale at $1.8 million (Photo courtesy of Fasig-Tipton) Hip No. 131, a gray son of Tapit out of a half-sister to Hard Spun, brought $1.8 million to top Wednesday’s Fasig-Tipton’s Florida Sale of two-year-olds in training at Gulfstream Park. Consigned by Old South Farm, agent, the Florida-bred is out of the unraced Bethan (Giant’s Causeway) who, like Grade 1-winning millionaire sire Hard Spun (Danzig), is a daughter of Turkish Tryst (Turkoman). David Ingordo signed the ticket for Lane’s End, Woodford Racing and Bob LaPenta. The sale topper, who previously RNAed as a $1.2 million Keeneland September yearling, went :10 1/5 at the under tack show on Monday. Earlier in the sale, sons of champions Uncle Mo and Curlin, as well as Pioneerof the Nile, each brought bids of $1 million. Hip 5, a Kentucky-bred son of 2010 juvenile colt champion Uncle Mo, was obtained by Stonestreet Stables and M.V. Magnier from the consignment of Cary Frommer, agent. He was reared by the stakes-winning Five Star Dream (Two Punch). The February 19 colt worked one-furlong in :10, co-fastest time at the distance at Monday’s under tack show. He previously sold for $90,000 as a yearling at the Fasig-Tipton Midlantic October sale.

Hip 56, by two-time Horse of the Year Curlin, was gaveled down to Sheikh
Mohammed bin Khalifa al Maktoum. The March 26 Kentucky-bred was offered by
Wavertree Stables (Ciaran Dunne), agent.

Produced by On a Roll (A.P. Indy), a full sister to stakes winners Ender’s
Sister and Ender’s Shadow, the colt counts as his third dam multiple Grade 2
winner Fit for a Queen. On a Roll has already reared the stakes-placed Free
Money (Street Sense).

The Curlin colt worked one furlong in :10 2/5 at the under tack show. Like
the Uncle Mo colt, he was a successful pinhook having brought $430,000 at
Keeneland September.

Jamie McCalmont, agent for M.V. Magnier, secured the Pioneerof the Nile colt,
who was consigned by Hartley/De Renzo Thoroughbreds, agent, and toured the ring
as Hip 94.

The April 3 Kentucky-bred, reared by Faith in Me (Mr. Greeley), counts as his
third dam Peruvian champion La Chaposa (Ups), whose offspring included Grade 1
winners Chaposa Springs (Baldski) and You and I (Kris S.).

The colt worked one furlong in :10 1/5 at the under tack show and had
previously brought $230,000 at Keeneland September.

A total of 66 juveniles sold on Wednesday for $21,590,000, a rise of 7.4
percent over last year when 89 two-year-olds brought $20,095,500. The $327,121
average increased 44.9 percent over the 2015 average of $225,792, while the
$250,000 median rose 92.3 percent over last year’s $130,000 median.