The last yearlings bred by legendary Canadian farm Sam-Son sold at the recently completed Fasig-Tipton October sale.
A colt by Street Sense sold for a sale record $925,000 to West Bloodstock, agent for Repole Stable and St. Elias Stable. The price matched that paid for a Storm Cat filly at the 1999 edition of the sale and set a new highwater mark for a colt in the sale’s history. Offered as Hip 1107 by Sam-Son, the bay colt is out of the winning A.P. Indy mare Dance With Doves, whose four winners to date including Grade 2 winner Dance Again (Awesome Again) and graded stakes placed Swoop and Strike (Smart Strike). The colt’s second dam is champion three-year-old filly Dancethruthedawn, a Grade 1 winner in the United States and winner of the prestigious Queen’s Plate S. in Canada. His third dam is 2003 Hall of Fame inductee Dance Smartly, whose list of accomplishments include: Sovereign Horse of the Year, Sovereign Champion Three-Year-Old Filly, Eclipse Champion Three-Year-Old Filly, Sovereign Champion Two-Year-Old Filly, Breeders’ Cup Distaff (G1) Champion, and Canadian Broodmare of the Year. This exceptional family includes two-time Leading Sire Smart Strike, champion Say the Word, and Grade 1 winners Moreno and Full of Wonder.
“Honestly, the sales topper’s a little bittersweet,” said Fasig-Tipton president Boyd Browning. “(Sam-Son has) had a wonderful program. They’ve (brought) wonderful horses to us here in October. Tom Zweisler and Dave Whitford are true professionals in every sense of the word… It was a great tribute to them and to the Samuel family to set the record here in October.”