2024 Saratoga Select Sale

[KatieK101]

Catalog is out: https://www.fasigtipton.com/2024/The-Saratoga-Sale#/

PDF version: https://www.fasigtipton.com/catalogs/2024/0805/web.pdf

I just started going through the entrants and already found a half-brother to recent MGSW Power Squeeze (hip 3, Liam's Map x Callmethesqueeze) and a half-brother to Preakness winner Rombauer (hip 6, Constitution x Cashmere).

[Slewfan2]

It’s strange that Honor A.P. didn’t have any in the recent sale, and none in this

[KatieK101]

It’s strange that Honor A.P. didn’t have any in the recent sale, and none in this

I don't expect that Honor A.P. got many top mares in his first few books, at least not compared to what is entered in this sale. I'm sure he'll have several in the September Sale!

EDITED TO ADD: There is a colts from Honor A.P. and Max Player's half-sisters entered!

[Slewfan2]

It’s strange that Honor A.P. didn’t have any in the recent sale, and none in this

I don't expect that Honor A.P. got many top mares in his first few books, at least not compared to what is entered in this sale. I'm sure he'll have several in the September Sale!

I agree, and I’ve thought that LE has not done well my him at all - I don’t even think they supported him with some of their own mares. Any success he has - and he’s off to a very fine start - is all due to him

Good point! His babies sold well this year, both pre and post-performances…He’s going to be a sire that has to earn his way, and that’s fine…

I think September is better for him. There will be more info on him as a sire, and the yearlings will be a little more mature

[stelladaniella]

Few interesting ones I recognized at a glance.

6 c. Constitution x Cashmere (half to Rombauer)
61 c. Nyquist x Holiday Music (dam is half to Justify)
66 f. Into Mischief x I'm a Chatterbox (dam is a G1W)
104 c. War Front x New Money Honey (dam is a G1W)
111 f. Gun Runner x Oleksandra (AUS) (dam is a G1W)
171 f. Uncle Mo x Stopshoppingmaria (dam is a GSW)
199 c. Into Mischief x Unrivaled Belle (dam is a G1W)
204 f. Gun Runner x Venetian Harbor (dam is a G2W)
205 c. Quality Road x Vertical Oak (dam is a MGSW)
226 f. Gun Runner x Baffling (dam is 1/2 to Constitution)

[KatieK101]

A lot of really, really well-bred yearlings here obviously. These are the ones whose pages that immediately stood out to me, mostly by virtue of a sibling or first dam.

hip 3 - C - Liam's Map x Callmethesqueeze - half to MGSW Power Squeeze

hip 6 - C- Constitution x Cashmere - half to to Preakness winner Rombauer

hip 9 - F - Twirling Candy x Celestial Woods - half to G1W Bobby's Kitten, MGSW Camelot Kitten

hip 11 - F - Not This Time x Charged Cotten - half to GSWs Ova Charged, Manama Gold

hip 14 - C - Into Mischief x Civil Union - dam is G1W

hip 17 - F - War Front x Complicated - half to MGSW Honor D Lady, SW Churchtown

hip 18 - C - Twirling Candy x Concinnous - half to G1W Iotapa, SW Saintly Joan (dam of MSW Behemah Star)

hip 28 - C - Charlatan x Diamond Ore - dam is half to Arrogate

hip 33 - C - Uncle Mo x Do You Remember (SAF) - full to SW Burning Ambition, dam is SAF G1W

hip 35 - F - Gun Runner x East India - half to GSW Ete Indian

hip 36 - Into Mischief x Elfin Queen - dam is half to G1W Cupid, GSWs Heart Ashley, Ashley's Kitten, SW Indianapolis

hip 37 - F - Curlin x Elle Sueno - half to GSW Dream Lith

hip 41 - C - Quality Road x Evocative - dam is half to GSWs Chance City, Justwhistledixie (dam of G1W New Years Day, GSWs Mohaymen, Enforceable, Kingly)

hip 46 - F - Into Mischief x Flourish - half to MGSW Fulsome, dam is half to MG1Ws Sightseek, Tate's Creek

hip 48 - C - Violence x Forbidden Frolic - dam is half to GSWs Mokat, Frolic's Dream (dam of SW Bode's Dream), SW Frolicing

hip 49 - C - Twirling Candy x Frank's Folly - dam is half to G1W Max Player, GSW Seahenge

hip 50 - C - Authenthic x Front Range - half to SP American Monarch, 2nd dam is MG1W Lakeway

hip 52 - F - Nyquist x Garter Belt - half to SWs Shivaree, Garter and Tie, Twotwentyfive A

Hip 55 - C - Into Mischief x Golden Award - dam is MGSW and half to I'll Have Another, Gloria S (dam of G1W Harvey's Lil Goil)

hip 57 - C - Charlatan x Goldfield - half to G1W Complexity, GSW Valadorna

hip 58 - C - Uncle Mo x Gold Medal Dancer - dam is GSW

hip 61 - C - Nyquist x Holiday Music - dam is half to Justify, GSW The Lieutenant, SW Stage Raider

hip 62 - F - Nyquist x Holiday Soiree - half to G1W Vahva, dam is SW

hip 64 - F - Charlatan x Hot Water - half to GSWs Scalding, Hot and Sultry, SWs Hot Beach, Tracksmith

hip 66 - F - Into Mischief x I'm a Chatterbox - dam is MG1W

hip 68 - C - Into Mischief x Indy Punch - half to MGSWs United, Harlan Punch, SW Texas Punch

hip 72 - Not This Time x Kayce Ace - half to GSW Comical, dam is half to MG1W Colonel John

hip 74 - C - Quality Road x Lady Esme - half to GSW Lord Miles, dam is half to champion Caledonia Road, MGSW Officiating

hip 75 - C - Gun Runner x Lady Godiva - half to G1W Leofric, family of MG1W National Treasure

hip 84 - C - Quality Road x Constantina - dam is half to GSW Raging Sea, 4th dam is Weekend Surprise

hip 85 - F - Curlin x Matera - dam is MSW, half to G1W Liam's Map, GSW Not This Time, SW Taylor S. 2nd dam Miss Macy Sue is GSW

hip 91 - C - Charlatan x Miss Hollywoo - dam is SW, half to G1W Honor A.P., 2nd dam is MG1W Hollywood Story

hip 96 - F - Candy Ride x Moonlit Garden - dam is MSW, half to GSW Title Contender. 2nd dam Winter Garden is MGSW

hip 97 - C - Tapit x Mopotism - dam is GSW

hip 98 - F - Tapit x Carolyn's Cat - full to GSW Mufajaah, dam is MGSW

hip 100 - F - Justify x Mumtaazah - dam is half to Canadian champion Ginger Brew (dam of SW Shaman's Girl), MGSW Bourbon Bay, SW Booyah

hip 101 - C - Blame x My Own Story - half to GSW Real Story, SW My Afleet

hip 104 - C - War Front - New Money Honey - dam is MG1W

hip 106 - F - Justify x Nina Fever - half to G1W Nickname

hip 111 - F - Gun Runner x Oleksandra (AUS) - dam is G1W

hip 117 - F - Curlin x Pomeroys Pistol - half to MGSW Thousand Words, Sweet Pistol (dam of G1W Faiza). Dam is MGSW

hip 120 - F - Constitution x Pretty d'Oro - dam is full to SW Indianapolis, half to G1W Cupid, GSWs Heart Ashley, Ashley's Kitten

hip 121 - C - Street Sense x Princesinha Julia - dam is SW, 2nd dam is MG1W Love and Pride

hip 122 - F - Medaglia d’Oro x Princess Julia - 2nd dam is champion Folklore. Family of champions Contrail, Essential Quality

hip 123 - F - Gun Runner x Pure Clan - half to SW Princesa Carolina, dam is MG1W

hip 124 - F - Good Magic x Pure Poison - dam is half to GSW Florida Won. 3rd dam is Oatsee, family of G1Ws Shackleford, Lady Joanne (@ Slewfan, the dam is a daughter of Honor Code)

hip 125 - C - Not This Time x Queen Bee to You - dam is MGSW

hip 129 - C - Uncle Mo x Requested - dam is half to MG1W Pomeroy, Gold Vault (dam of MG1W Contested, SW Mosler)

hip 131 - C - Speightstown x Rigoletta - half to G1W Battle of Midway, MSW Moretti. Dam is G1W

hip 134 - C - Into Mischief x Road to Victory - half to SW Corporate Power, dam is GSW. (Fun fact: the first of only two horses to beat one of my all-time faves, Monomoy Girl (not counting her DQ in the Cotillion))

hip 135 - F - Tapit x Rosalind - dam is G1W

hip 136 - C - Uncle Mo x Roughing - full to GSW Mo Mosa. Dam is half to G1W Diplomat Lady, GSW Dream Play (dam of GSW Zulu Land)

hip 138 - C - Bolt d'Oro x Sail On - 4th dam is champion My Flag

hip 140 - c - Curlin x Sass and Class - half to MGSW Royal Charlotte

hip 142 - C - Candy Ride x Sauvecito - dam is full to GSW Dean Martini. Family of champion Echo Zulu, G1W Echo Town, GSW J Boys Echo

hip 144 - C - Uncle Mo x Secret - dam is half to SWs Inspired (dam of SW Carmel Road), Silver City, Elope, Initiation, also Treasure (dam of MG1W National Treasure)

hip 146 - C - Gun Runner x Secret Sigh - dam is half to G1W Mozu Ascot, SW Kareena. 2nd dam is MGSW India. Family of G1Ws To Honor and Serve, Angela Renee

hip 148 - F - Into Mischief x Separationofpowers - dam is MG1W, half to SW Empire of War

hip 149 - F - American Pharoah x Shadow Play - dam is half to G1W Hootenanny, SW Ryder Ryder Ryder

hip 150 - F - Justify x Shannon Faith - 2nd dam is half to MG1W Take Charge Lady

Alright, that's all I've got time for right now!

[Miss Woodford]

211 (1/2 to Casa Creed) and 229 (out of MG1W Belle Gallantey) are also standouts.

[Izvestia]

It’s strange that Honor A.P. didn’t have any in the recent sale, and none in this

I don't expect that Honor A.P. got many top mares in his first few books, at least not compared to what is entered in this sale. I'm sure he'll have several in the September Sale!

I agree, and I’ve thought that LE has not done well my him at all - I don’t even think they supported him with some of their own mares. Any success he has - and he’s off to a very fine start - is all due to him

Good point! His babies sold well this year, both pre and post-performances…He’s going to be a sire that has to earn his way, and that’s fine…

I think September is better for him. There will be more info on him as a sire, and the yearlings will be a little more mature

Do they always support their stallions standing there? Maybe he’s there as a favour to the owner?

[Slewfan2]

I don't expect that Honor A.P. got many top mares in his first few books, at least not compared to what is entered in this sale. I'm sure he'll have several in the September Sale!

I agree, and I’ve thought that LE has not done well my him at all - I don’t even think they supported him with some of their own mares. Any success he has - and he’s off to a very fine start - is all due to him

Good point! His babies sold well this year, both pre and post-performances…He’s going to be a sire that has to earn his way, and that’s fine…

I think September is better for him. There will be more info on him as a sire, and the yearlings will be a little more mature

Do they always support their stallions standing there? Maybe he’s there as a favour to the owner?

I just assumed they would, and not just HAP, of course - I thought that would be par for the course

No, I don’t think that’s it. The Searings (HAP’s owners) always wanted to stand him at LE, I think because of Indy. They actually changed his name from Hollywood Hero to HAP to honor Indy.

This is from June 2020. Of course this was 4 years ago, so while Honor Code had gone cold, it wasn’t as bad as it became. TBF to LE, even if they’d supported him with a few mares, they couldn’t make up for the lack of interest by breeders. Yes, maybe breeders saw HAP as unsound, but HC was an albatross to him by last year (33 mares bred!)



“He’s a horse that we have had an eye on since David Ingordo bought him as a yearling for Lee and Susan Searing’s CRK Stable,” said Bill Farish. “He was a standout at Saratoga and at $850,000 ended up being the highest priced yearling in Honor Code’s first crop. April Mayberry was quietly touting him while being broken and John Shirreffs has been high on him since he arrived at Santa Anita. We are very excited to secure another prospect from the A.P. Indy line. As is the case with most of our stallions, having a strong syndicate behind them is very important to their success. We are emboldened by the quality of the syndicate that has come together to support him. His looks, pedigree and his growing resume as a top racehorse gives him a great chance to be a successful sire.”

[BaroqueAgain1]

Bumping this informative thread.

[Flanders]

hip 57 - C - Charlatan x Goldfield - half to G1W Complexity, GSW Valadorna

I think that hip 57 is going to be the sales topper. Charlatan is very popular with the breeders and he got an exceptional first book of mares. His first yearlings should sell well. Goldfield has produced G1SW Complexity, who looks at this point to be a special stallion. We know buyers come looking for "future stallion prospects" at these sales, seems the logical sales topper to me.

[ForTheThrill]

Half to Ova Charged first million dollar horse. Hammered at $1,075,000.

[Summer Bird]

Half to Ova Charged first million dollar horse. Hammered at $1,075,000.

Unfortunately an RNA

[ForTheThrill]

Hip #24 looks like a pony. Super cute face.

[ForTheThrill]

Half to Ova Charged first million dollar horse. Hammered at $1,075,000.

Unfortunately an RNA

I wonder what her reserve was.

[mariasmon]

I bet they were less inclined to sell her after Ova Charged's untimely demise.

[ForTheThrill]

I bet they were less inclined to sell her after Ova Charged's untimely demise.

That's my guess, too.

[ForTheThrill]

Charlatan half to Complexity flew right by $1 million...hammers at $1.5 million.

[Squeaky]

hip 57 - C - Charlatan x Goldfield - half to G1W Complexity, GSW Valadorna

I think that hip 57 is going to be the sales topper. Charlatan is very popular with the breeders and he got an exceptional first book of mares. His first yearlings should sell well. Goldfield has produced G1SW Complexity, who looks at this point to be a special stallion. We know buyers come looking for "future stallion prospects" at these sales, seems the logical sales topper to me.

I bet you are correct -1.5 M

[HB1994]

I wonder if the big drop in the Dow today will have a chilling effect on prices?