{"id":1544,"date":"2016-05-24T13:03:13","date_gmt":"2016-05-24T13:03:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.linda-rice.com\/?p=1544"},"modified":"2016-07-09T13:06:10","modified_gmt":"2016-07-09T13:06:10","slug":"million-dollar-baby-paces-f-t-finale","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/lindarice.com\/index.php\/million-dollar-baby-paces-f-t-finale\/","title":{"rendered":"Million-Dollar Baby Paces F-T Finale"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Hip 490 | Lydia Williams<\/p><\/div>\n

Original Article –\u00a0http:\/\/www.thoroughbreddailynews.com\/million-dollar-baby-paces-f-t-finale\/<\/a><\/p>\n

By Jessica Martini<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

TIMONIUM, Md \u2013 The Fasig-Tipton Midlantic 2-Year-Olds in Training Sale produced the second seven-figure transaction in its history, as well as a record gross, but the two-day auction concluded Tuesday in Timonium with declines in average and median.<\/p>\n

During the two-day sale, 337 juveniles grossed $23,136,400, compared to 255 head grossing $22,659,000 in 2015. The average fell 22.7% from last year\u2019s record-setting figure of $88,859, while the median dropped 28.9% to $32,000.<\/p>\n

\u201cLast year\u2019s gross was huge, but to exceed that this year was quite a statement,\u201d said Fasig-Tipton Midlantic Director of Sales Paget Bennett. \u201cToday was strong.\u201d<\/p>\n

With 598 horses catalogued, 455 head went through the sales ring and 118 were reported not sold for a buy-back rate of 25.9%. It was 21.5% last year. A year ago, the $1.25-million topper was one of 18 to bring $300,000 or more. That figure was 12 in 2016.<\/p>\n

Trainer Linda Rice, bidding on behalf of Chester Broman, saw off a determined Sam Herzberg of Sterling Racing, to securehip 490<\/u><\/a> for a sale-topping $1 million. By last year\u2019s leading freshman sire Uncle Mo, the juvenile is out of Dream Street (Tale of the Cat) and was consigned by Al and Sally Pike\u2019s Pike Racing.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was so rewarding to see another million-dollar horse because it means people can bring that type of horse to this marketplace and feel confident that there will be people bidding on them,\u201d Bennett continued.<\/p>\n

A colt by Maryland stallion Friesan Fire attracted the sale\u2019s second highest price when selling for $825,000 to Crupi\u2019s New Castle Farm.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe $825,000 Friesan Fire, which is a local stallion for us, that is huge,\u201d Bennett commented. \u201cWe need things to keep building in Maryland and having that happen was just a huge shot in the arm for this area.\u201d<\/p>\n

Bennett concluded, \u201cOverall, I\u2019m thrilled with the results. Next year will hopefully we another strong catalogue.\u201d<\/p>\n

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COOL MILLION FOR UNCLE MO FILLY<\/strong><\/p>\n

Trainer Linda Rice, bidding on behalf of New York breeder Chester Broman, went to $1-million to secure a filly by Uncle Mo during Tuesday\u2019s second session of the Midlantic sale, giving the auction the second seven-figure transaction in its history.<\/p>\n

Hip 490<\/u><\/a>, consigned by Pike Racing, is out of the unraced Dream Street (Tale of the Cat) and is a half to graded stakes placed Lassofthemohicans (Indian Charlie). The filly worked a quarter in a bullet :21 2\/5<\/u><\/a> during last week\u2019s under-tack preview.<\/p>\n

\u201cShe is an Uncle Mo,\u201d Rice said of the filly\u2019s appeal. \u201cAnd she worked brilliantly and she galloped out well. We were looking for a good filly and we\u2019re excited about having her.\u201d<\/p>\n

There was one thing Rice didn\u2019t like about the filly.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe didn\u2019t like the price,\u201d she laughed. \u201cWe knew she was going to be expensive, but sometimes they make it hard.\u201d<\/p>\n

Broman\u2019s recent graded stakes winners include 2014 GI Ballerina S. winner Artemis Agrotera (Roman Ruler).<\/p>\n

The Midlantic sales ring produced its first seven-figure juvenile last year when a filly by Smart Strike topped the sale at $1.25 million.<\/p>\n

The sale marked the first million-dollar sale for Al and Sally Pike\u2019s Pike Racing. Pike purchased the filly privately after she RNA\u2019d for $80,000 at last year\u2019s Keeneland September sale and the partnership on the youngster included his client Danny Saloom, as well as the filly\u2019s breeder Tom VanMeter.<\/p>\n

\u201cShe was a million-dollar filly at our barn all winter,\u201d Pike said while being inundated with congratulations from his fellow consignors. \u201cWe thought she was special and she\u2019s been my favorite, maybe of all time, since we broke her.\u201d<\/p>\n

Asked what attracted him to the yearling last fall, Pike explained, \u201cI had her half-brother [Cadeyrn {Malibu Moon}] the year before and he was gorgeous. And I thought she was gorgeous. She had a few little flaws that I hoped that she would outgrow and she did. She got better every day and she got prettier every day.\u201d<\/p>\n

Of his first seven-figure sale, Pike said, \u201cIt was thrilling. You never expect it to get that high. My reserve was $299,000. It was a realistic reserve and we were hoping the market would take it wherever it was going to take her.\u201d<\/p>\n

Bred by VanMeter, Gaines-Gentry Thoroughbreds and Fox Strauss, the million-dollar baby has a yearling half-sister by Super Saver who sold to Hunter Valley Farm for $90,000 at last year\u2019s Keeneland November sale. Dream Street, in foal to Tiznow, sold for $110,000 to Olin Gentry at that same sale.<\/p>\n

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NIFTY PROFIT FOR MOULTON<\/strong><\/p>\n

Susan Moulton went into this year\u2019s Fasig-Tipton Florida 2-Year-Olds in Training Sale as a seller, but she left as a buyer when she bid $110,000 to secure a filly by Into Mischief. The impulse buy from early March turned into mid-May profit when she resold the gray to trainer Linda Rice for $450,000 in Timonium Tuesday.<\/p>\n

\u201cSusan had a filly in the sale in Miami,\u201d explained consignor Nick De Meric. \u201cShe bought this filly with the intention of racing her, but she ended up buying her own filly back and she told me she didn\u2019t need two fillies to race, so she asked if I could get this horse in the sale for her. I did and she came into the sale perfectly and we\u2019re proud of her and her filly.\u201d<\/p>\n

The juvenile, who worked a furlong in :10 2\/5<\/u><\/a> at Gulfstream, turned in a bullet quarter-mile work of :21 2\/5<\/u><\/a> in Timonium last week.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think she has matured both mentally and physically in the time between the two sales,\u201d De Meric said of the filly. \u201cAnd possibly we are in a more dynamic market here, that might be part of the equation, but I think most of all, people realize there aren\u2019t too many horses out there that can do what she did in the breeze show and she sold accordingly.\u201d<\/p>\n

Hip 527<\/u><\/a> is out of Firey Glow (Smoke Glacken), a half-sister to graded stakes placed Crossing Point (Allen\u2019s Prospect) and stakes winners Love Happy (Not For Love) and My Boy Kyle (Pembroke).<\/p>\n

A lifelong horsewoman, Moulton also does business under the name of the Texas-based Safari Bloodstock.<\/p>\n

\u201cSusan Moulton takes the credit for picking this filly out,\u201d De Meric said. \u201cShe is an impulsive lady, but she\u2019s also a shrewd lady and I think her judgement has been vindicated today.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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