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Hips to watch at Fasig-Tipton Kentucky yearling sale
Nicole Russo

Following are horses to watch during the Fasig-Tipton Kentucky summer selected yearling sale. Horses were selected based primarily on their pedigrees and the racing or commercial results of notable family members. The selections reflect catalog updates and sale outs through Thursday.

This year’s first-crop yearling sires include two-time Horse of the Year California Chrome, winner of the 2014 Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes and 2016 Dubai World Cup. He has five yearlings from his first crop in the Fasig-Tipton July catalog, accounting for outs through July 1. Breeders’ Cup Juvenile winner and Eclipse Award divisional champion Nyquist went on to win the 2016 Kentucky Derby. He has three yearlings cataloged, while multiple Grade 1 winner Exaggerator, who defeated Nyquist to win the 2016 Preakness, has six. Eclipse Award champion sprinter Runhappy has four yearlings cataloged, while European champion juvenile Air Force Blue has a trio.

Classic-placed Frosted, whose multiple Grade 1 victories included a dazzling score in the 2016 Metropolitan Handicap, sported the highest stud fee among incoming North American stallions for 2017 at $50,000. He has five yearlings from his first crop at Fasig-Tipton July. Other standouts from his class with yearlings cataloged include Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf winner Hit It a Bomb (1), Breeders’ Cup Dirt Mile winner Tamarkuz (1), Breeders’ Cup Juvenile winner Texas Red (1), Breeders’ Cup Mile winner Tourist (4), and additional Grade 1 winners Brody’s Cause (7), Mshawish (4), and Outwork (13).


Hip 76, filly by American Pharoah – Tigress Tale, by Tale of the Cat. Consigned by Paramount Sales, agent.

This filly is the only representative in the sale for Triple Crown winner American Pharoah, who already has a French Group 3 winner and an Irish Group 2-placed runner in his first crop. This is the first foal out of an unraced half-sister to Grade 3 winner Stays In Vegas, who is Grade 1-placed on both dirt and turf. Grade 1 winners Dancing Forever, Good Reward, Heavenly Prize, Oh What a Windfall, and Persistently appear on the catalog page.


Hip 108, colt by Ghostzapper – Whisper to Me, by Thunder Gulch. Consigned by Taylor Made Sales, agent.

This is the only yearling in the sale for prominent sire Ghostzapper, and his stakes-winning dam has already produced the multiple graded stakes winner Overheard. This is the extended family of champions Chris Evert, Chief’s Crown, and Winning Colors, as well as of Grade 1 winners Classic Crown and Tap Dance City.

Hip 164, filly by Justin Phillip – Catch My Fancy, by Yes It’s True. Consigned by Paramount Sales, agent.

Stakes winner Catch My Fancy is the dam of stakes winner What a Catch, a full brother to this colt, and stakes-placed Dubini. She also is the second dam of Grade 1 winner Girvin and graded stakes winner Cocked and Loaded.

Hip 211, filly by Uncle Mo – Feathered Diamond, by A.P. Indy. Consigned by Taylor Made Sales, agent.

Uncle Mo produced a classic-winning champion from his first crop and has continued on consistently from there. Feathered Diamond is the dam of six winners from seven starters, led by multiple Grade 3 winner El Areeb.

Hip 243, colt by Bernardini – Honest Gold, by Medaglia d’Oro. Consigned by Warrendale Sales, agent.

The only yearling in the sale by Bernardini, he is a half-brother to stakes winner R Kinsley Doll. The winner Honest Gold is a half-sister to graded stakes winners Feedback and Law Abidin Citizen.

Hip 253, colt by Distorted Humor – Inspeight of Us, by Speightstown. Consigned by Warrendale Sales, agent.

Inspeight of Us is a half-sister to Daddys Lil Darling, a Grade 1 winner on turf and Grade 1 placed on both dirt and synthetic. She sold for $3.5 million as a broodmare prospect last fall. Inspeight of Us also is a half-sister to Breeders’ Cup Turf Sprint winner Mongolian Saturday, stakes winner Victoryasecret, and stakes-placed Four Song Limit.

Hip 314, colt by Curlin – Michelle d’Oro, by Bernardini. Consigned by Bluewater Sales, as agent.

This is the only yearling in the sale by consistent classic sire Curlin. His dam is out of multiple Grade 1 winner Champagne d’Oro, who in turn is a half-sister to Belmont Stakes winner Ruler On Ice. Italian champion Jurado and multiple Grade 1 winner Grand Canyon appear on the catalog page.