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Bidding Now Open for Fasig-Tipton March Digital Sale

Fasig-Tipton has catalogued 36 entries for its March Digital Sale, which may now be viewed at digital.fasigtipton.com. Bidding is now open and closes Tuesday, Mar. 7 at 2 p.m. ET.

The catalogue features horses of racing age, breeding stock, 2-year-olds, and yearlings. There are offerings located throughout the United States, including California, Florida, Kentucky, Louisiana, New York, Ohio, and West Virginia. Additional offerings are located in Canada and Puerto Rico.

“Our first monthly digital sale of 2023 has come together very well,” said Leif Aaron, Fasig-Tipton Director of Digital Sales. “We are featuring some very nice in-form racehorses, as well as quality breeding stock, including Ek Haseena, the dam of last week's impressive Saudi Derby winner Commissioner King.”

Entries include:

LADY FLURRY (Lord Nelson) (Hip 2): Three-year-old stakes-placed racing/broodmare prospect was a nine-length winner on debut last year at Louisiana Downs, streaking under the wire just three-hundreds of a second off track-record time. In her second start, the Louisiana-bred placed in the Louisiana Cup Juvenile Fillies S.

TERRIER (Into Mischief) (Hip 6): Three-year-old Into Mischief colt broke his maiden on debut at Santa Anita Feb. 10.

WARRANTY (Artie Schiller) (Hip 8): Young stakes-placed half-sister to multiple graded stakes winner Imprimis, offered in foal to Eclipse Champion 2YO Male Game Winner.

EK HASEENA (Songandaprayer) (Hip 10): Multiple stakes-placed mare is the dam of four winners to date, including recent G3 Saudi Derby winner Commissioner King (Commissioner), offered in foal to Jimmy Creed.

The catalogue also includes mares in foal to Maclean's Music, Known Agenda, Tiz the Law, and Independence Hall.

To create an account or register to bid, prospective buyers should visit digital.fasigtipton.com.

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Breeders’ Cup Champion Fire At Will Offered As Stallion Prospect On Fasig-Tipton Digital

Bidding is now open for the “Fire At Will Flash Sale,” a one-horse auction on Fasig-Tipton Digital of GI Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf winner Fire At Will (Declaration of War–Flirt, by Kitten's Joy). The 5-year-old is consigned as a stallion prospect by Bluewater Sales, agent. Bidding will close this coming Wednesday, Jan. 11 at 2 PM ET.

“This is, perhaps, the most powerful stallion family in the world today,” said noted pedigree expert Alan Porter.

The Kentucky-bred is out of the unraced Flirt, a half-sister to Grade I winner Decorated Invader (Declaration of War). This represents the family of Stormy Atlantic (Storm Cat).

Victorious in his second start at two in Saratoga's With Anticipation S., the dark bay added a score in the GII Pilgrim S. and followed up with a win at the world championships. At three, he finished off the board in the GII Fasig-Tipton Fountain of Youth S., and subsequently came home third in the GIII Transylvania S. To date, he has earned $675,932 on the track.

Added Leif Aaron, Fasig-Tipton Director of Digital Sales, “Fire At Will has the credentials to be a successful sire in the United States or abroad. He's a Breeders' Cup winning juvenile from an elite sire line and from one of the top sire-producing female families in the stud book. On top of all that, he is an outstanding individual physically. Stud farms from around the globe should give him a serious look.”

Fire At Will is available for viewing beginning this Saturday, Jan. 7 at Bluewater Farm in Lexington, Kentucky. To learn more, visit the auction page.

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Moyo Honey Tops Fasig-Tipton December Digital Sale

Fasig-Tipton's December Digital Selected Sale–the company's largest digital sale to date–closed Tuesday, Dec. 13, with 97 horses of all ages grossing better than $1.9 million. A total of 358 bidders registered for the sale, with a total of 2,535 bids placed on the 129 horses on offer. The digital platform hosted better than 30,000 between Dec. 8 and 13.

Elicia Rankin signed for the sale's top offering, the 10-year-old Moyo Honey (Mizzen Mast), who sold for $340,000 in foal to leading sire Gun Runner. Moyo Honey was making her third trip through a Fasig-Tipton 'ring', having improved into a $70,000 graduate of the 2014 Midlantic 2-Year-Olds in Training Sale after making $25,000 at the October Yearling Sale the fall prior. Third in the 2016 GII Bayakoa H., the mare hails from the female family of Grade I winners Greenwood Lake, Success Express and Whitmore's Conn. Paramount Sales consigned Moyo Honey.

Rankin credits her daughter, owner Gayla Rankin, with encouraging her to get into Thoroughbred ownership and for introducing her to Fasig-Tipton Digital.

“It was very easy to use,” Rankin said of the platform. “I'm extremely pleased with my purchase.”

The sale's most active buyer as MWG LLC, who signed for 14 lots for a total of $202,500, while Town & Country Farms and Gary Broad were busy acquiring mares for new Walmac sire Pinehurst, who was also purchased out of a Fasig-Tipton Digital Sale.

Shannon Potter of Town & Country said, “We were very happy to be able to find some quality mares on Fasig Digital to support our new stallion Pinehurst. I think [Fasig-Tipton Director of Digital Sales] Leif [Aaron] and the Fasig-Tipton team did a wonderful job recruiting some quality product for availability to purchase this time of year.”

Leading consignor Carrie Brogden is another top consignor who is committed to this type of bidding and selling platform.

“Mark my words, I will try to sell all of our reasonably priced pregnant mares in digital sales,” she said. “The difference in stress and risk to pregnancy is astonishing and I am already thrilled with the pricing.”

Others to fetch in excess of six figures were Taylor Made's Kerry's Ring (Kitten's Joy), who sold for $150,000 to Kittiwake Equine in foal to Horse of the Year Authentic; a weanling colt by Omaha Beach that attracted $130,000 from WKY Thoroughbreds from the Taylor Made consignment; and the $100,000 Pinehurst Stallion Mares paid for Ryan's Rocket (Street Sense), also from Taylor Made and sold in foal to the late Flatter.”

Aaron pronounced himself extremely pleased with the performance of Fasig-Tipton Digital in its first year.

“The December Digital Selected Sale was our largest digital catalogue to date, and it marked the close of an incredibly successful year for the Digital platform,” he said. “Buyers and sellers have been very supportive of Fasig-Tipton Digital, we've sold 279 horses in our first year to the tune of around $10 million. We still have work to do but this first year has shown us that there is a need for this segment of the horse business and we look forward to expanding upon that success in 2023. This is just the beginning for Fasig-Tipton Digital.”

Entries are now open or the March Digital Sale to be held Mar. 2-7, 2023. The 2023 digital sales calendar may be viewed here.

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Bidding Now Open for Fasig-Tipton December Digital Selected Sale

Fasig-Tipton has catalogued 143 entries for its December Digital Selected Sale, which may now be viewed at digital.fasigtipton.com. Bidding is open as of Thursday, Dec. 8 at 12 p.m. ET and closes Tuesday, Dec. 13 at 2 p.m. ET.

The catalogue features selected horses of racing age, breeding stock, weanlings, and yearlings. There are offerings located throughout the United States, including California, Florida, Kentucky, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, and Virginia.

“We have put together a very exciting catalogue for this inaugural December Digital auction,” said Leif Aaron, Fasig-Tipton's Director of Digital Sales. “The interest from sellers has been tremendous and resulted in our largest digital auction to date. With quality offerings that fit breeding and racing programs throughout the country, buyers from coast-to-coast will enjoy working through this catalogue.”

Aaron added: “This is the last chance to buy at a major auction in 2022, and especially good timing for those that to need to buy before the end of the year for tax purposes. Finish your holiday shopping with us on Fasig-Tipton Digital.”

Entries include:

Mares in foal to more than 40 different sires, including Gun Runner, Authentic, Echo Town, Girvin, Mitole, Omaha Beach, Street Sense and Vino Rosso.

Half-sisters to Grade I winners Swiss Skydiver (Daredevil) and Stephanie's Kitten (Kitten's Joy), and to graded stakes winners Terra Promessa (Curlin), Totally Boss (Street Boss), and Super Steed (Super Saver).

Stakes performing racing and/or broodmare prospects.

In-form horses of racing age.

Reduction of Sheltowee Farm.

Fasig-Tipton's Lexington, Kentucky sales grounds will be available to consignors to present their horses to buyers on Monday and Tuesday, Dec. 12 and 13.

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