The North American yearling sales season kicked off Tuesday, July 11 with The July Sale, held at Fasig-Tipton’s Newtown Paddocks in Lexington, Kentucky.
A filly from the first crop of Horse of the Year Authentic topped the sale when sold for $475,000 to Alex and JoAnn Lieblong. Consigned as Hip 174 by Taylor Made Sales Agency, agent for Spendthrift Farm, the bay filly is a half-sister to two winners out of the winning Rock Hard Ten mare Scent of Summer. That mare is a half-sister to multiple Grade 1 winner Paradise Woods and stakes winner Forest Chatter. The immediate family includes champion Street Sense and Grade 1 winners Mona de Momma and Vekoma.
The third highest price of the sale was the $330,000 bid by Wesley Ward for an Ontario-bred colt by Good Magic from Bola de Cristal (Ire) by Galileo, bred by Christine and Jay Hayden’s Saintsbury Farm, near Lucan ON. Bernard McCormack’s Cara Bloodstock consigned the colt who hails from the immediate family of Group 1 winners Crystal Music, State Crystal, and Zelzal (FR).
McCormack sold five yearlings for the Haydens for a total of $542,000.
The July sale was coming off a record-breaking 2022 sale and numbers declined a bit this year. The gross, average and median all dropped while the RNA total increased.
Yr / No. Sold / Gross / Average / RNA / Median
2023 – 207 – $20,507,000 – $99,068 -97 – $77,000
2022 – 189 – $21,763,500 -$115,151 59 – $90,000
“I thought we had a very solid start to the 2023 yearling marketplace,” said Fasig-Tipton president Boyd Browning. “There (was) plenty of money for a lot of horses.”
RESULTS: CANADIAN-BREDS ENTERED IN THE JULY 11 FASIG-TIPTON KENTUCKY YEARLING SALE
13 Not Sold ($42,000)
GAME WINNER-NEVER FORGET HER, CH F
SUMMERFIELD (FRANCIS & BARBARA VANLANGENDONCK) AGENT
43 Not Sold ($42,000)
YORKTON-SPORT’N FORTY, CH C
SUSAN Y. FOREMAN AGENT
53 $12,000 Canuck Racing Club
MAXIMUM SECURITY-TOCCO, CH C
CARA BLOODSTOCK (BERNARD MCCORMACK) AGENT
82 Not Sold ($47,000)
CARACARO-DANCE PLAY, B C
SUSAN Y. FOREMAN AGENT
103 (Not Sold $75,000)
INSTAGRAND-JESTERS JAZZ, CH C
SUSAN Y. FOREMAN AGENT
180 $80,000 Dew Sweepers
VIOLENCE-SEEK A STAR, CH C
CARA BLOODSTOCK AGENT FOR SAINTSBURY FARMS (JAY & CHRISTINE HAYDEN)
241 $75,000 D J Stable
MUNNINGS-WINNING SCOOP, DKB C TAYLOR MADE SALES AGENCY AGENT LXXXIV
260 $50,000 Fernhill
MACLEAN’S MUSIC-BANGA RIDGE, B F CARA BLOODSTOCK AGENT FOR SAINTSBURY FARMS (JAY & CHRISTINE HAYDEN)
269 $70,000 X-Men Racing
GOOD MAGIC-BITTERSWEET RIDE, CH F
CARA BLOODSTOCK AGENT FOR SAINTSBURY FARMS (JAY & CHRISTINE HAYDEN)
276 $330,000 Wesley Ward
GOOD MAGIC-BOLA DE CRISTAL (IRE), B C
CARA BLOODSTOCK AGENT FOR SAINTSBURY FARMS (JAY & CHRISTINE HAYDEN)
333 (Not Sold $32,000)
CLASSIC EMPIRE-GOLDSTRYKE GLORY, B F
SUSAN Y. FOREMAN AGENT
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