BY FASIG-TIPTON PRESS OFFICE
LEXINGTON, KY—The Fasig-Tipton August Digital Sale closed Tuesday evening with 181 horses selling for $3,659,700. The catalogue featured horses of racing age, breeding stock, which included mares with foals-at-foot, weanlings, yearlings, 2-year-olds and a stallion prospect. The sale drew more than 825 registered bidders, a record on the platform. The clearance rate was 79% with an average of $25,592.
Hip 5, Something Wicked, offered as a racing/broodmare prospect, topped the sale when sold for $260,000 to HX3 Incorporated from the consignment of Northview Stallion Station, agent. Something Wicked entered the sale off a win in maiden special weight company on July 18 at Delaware Park.
“This sale demonstrates that Fasig-Tipton Digital is here for all levels and segments,” Fasig-Tipton Director of Digital Sales Leif Aaron said. “We continue to provide the same top-level service for our buyers and sellers that we provide in a traditional sale. We had 830 registered bidders for this sale, which averages to four bidders on every horse offered. We are reaching a whole new buying bench as well as continuing to serve our traditional buyers. Our clearance rate reflects that.”
Rounding out the top five offerings were:
Hip 2, School Dance, a racing/broodmare prospect sold for $150,000 to Pierre and Leslie Amestoy and Mike Abraham from the consignment of Taylor Made Sales Agency, agent. A 5-year-old mare out of a full-sister to Grade 1-winner Al’s Gal, School Dance is already a multiple graded stakes-placed winner, having finished second in the American Oaks (G1) and Royal Heroine (G2) at Santa Anita.
Hip 13, Create Trouble, a horse of racing age sold for $150,000 to Lawrence P. Roman from the consignment of Indian Creek, agent. A 4-year-old son of Into Mischief, Create Trouble entered the sale off two wins from two starts in 2024, including a four-length romp last time out in allowance company at Colonial Downs on Aug. 22.
Hip 6, Tapit Shoes, a horse of racing age sold for $140,000 to Steve Moger from the consignment of ELiTE, agent. The 4-year-old son of Tapit is a stakes-placed half-brother to multiple Grade 1-winner Cyberknife.
Hip 3, Shuangxi (Ire), a racing/broodmare prospect sold for $115,000 to Charles C. Henderson from the consignment of Delacour Stable, agent. A three-year-old daughter of Cotai Glory (GB), Shuangxi is a winner in England and the United States and finished just second in the Blue Sparkler S. at Monmouth Park on July 13 after a trouble start.
Gross sales on Fasig-Tipton Digital have now exceeded $30,000,000 in 2024.
Full results are available online.
