Hill ‘n’ Dale Farm with Xalapa .’s leader male Curlin joined another elite club after The Saratoga Sale, Fasig-Tipton’s most popular sale on August 8-9, with an average sale in excess of a million dollars.
Smart Strike’s 18-year-old son possessed rare proofs of being the Horse of the Year twice in 2007-08. Now, he’s one of five broodstocks whose progeny hit a seven-figure average of two or more sold at the grocery store in Saratoga Springs, NY.
This year, eight Curlin annuities earned an average of $1,071,875 and generated a median of $950,000. His best seller is Hip 126, winner among AP Indy graded bet winners Americas which West Point Thoroughbreds, Woodford Racing, and 3C Stable jointly purchased for $2 million from a Stone Farm shipment. The shark, bred by celebrity chef Bobby Flay, is the only avid Stone Farm to be put up for sale.
“Just looking at the quality of the pedigrees, I would have thought there were several million-dollar potential horses,” said John Sikura, owner of Hill ‘n’ Dale. n’ Dale, about the Curlin stallions imported during the Saratoga sale. “But you don’t know how they’re going to check, the state of the market — all those variables. Every year, however, he breeds more high-quality mares, so his chances are high. We have a spike in average sales.”
Curlin has been the lead male in the selected Saratoga sale twice before — in 2017 with an average of $716,667 from the year it was sold, and in 2019 with an average of $710,000 from four sold. .
This year’s seven-figure average puts Curlin in Gainesway’s company Tapit and previous prominent stallions were Storm Cat, Unbridled and Seattle Slew. Storm Cat tops the sales charts in Saratoga with a four-figure seven-figure average and has the highest average since 2000. In 2005, two Storm Cats had an average price of $1,725,000. dollars and includes a $3.1 million offering named Black Cat Crossing, who was purchased by international blood dealer Demi O’Byrne.
Tapit has averaged three times as the top Saratoga male and is represented by a seven-figure average in 2014, when the two crosses averaged $1,075,000.
Sikura says the strong record of Curlin’s Saratoga terriers can be attributed to their physical quality and his reputation as a male of classic caliber runners.
“In my opinion, he’s the greatest classic male in America right now, and your best chance of winning an Oaks, winning a Derby or winning a Breeders’ Cup Classic. The proof is that every year he has elite horses competing in these elite races, and this year he can have 3-year-old champions back in a row.”
Curlin is North America’s top sire by career, 3-year-old, 1st grade win at 13, ahead of Tapit with 12 and Spendthrift Farm’s Into Mischief with eight. Curlin’s top 3-year-olds include 2013 Belmont Stakes (G1) winner Palace Malice ; 2016 Preakness Stakes (G1) Winner Magnifier ; Fat 3 year old champion Star wind ; 3 year old 2012 champion and Longines Kentucky Oaks (G1) champion Malathaat ; and the 3-year-old Canadian champion in 2020 Curlin’s Voyage . He also picked the champion for the 2 year old pony Good magic , who won a Share of Toyota Blue Grass (G1) and finished second in the Kentucky Derby presented by Woodford Reserve (G1); and Nest who most recently won the American Oaks Coaching Club (G1) and finished second in the Belmont Stakes and Kentucky Oaks.
In addition to being the top sire, Curlin is among the 10 best brooders on average and represented by a million dollar Into Mischief among graded multi-stakes winners. Curlin’s Approval , which Gainesway sold to Charlotte Weber’s Live Oak Plantation. Curlin’s average as a male brood is $687,500 from two pups sold.
“It’s too early in his breeding career to know the results, but he has daughters that produce shares,” Sikura said. “With Smart Strike, Mr. Prosecutor, and the Undersecretary in his pedigree, it shows that he also has the potential to be a top parent crossbreed. He has a lot of antique fillings. level 1, so their abilities could give him a very good chance of becoming a successful mare.He’s a classic sire, so hopefully that’s a classic. can be added to its profile.”
Saratoga Sale’s $2.3 Million Seller Was Selected by Gunman , Three Chimneys Farm’s Horse of the Year 2017, the leading freshman stallion in 2021 and the leading sophomore stallion today. Coolmore’s MV Magnier and Peter Brant’s Birch Farm teamed up to buy a pony (Hip 202) that won a level 1 prize Heavenly love from Gainesway shipments. Magnier also purchased a Gun Runner (Hip 186) pony during Giant’s Causeway Daughter’s Flag Day for $1.4 million from Denali Stud. Gun Runner ended up being the third Saratoga stallion with an average of $704,375 from eight sold.
Lane’s End’s Quality Sugar was the second male with an average of $763,750 from four sold. His best seller is Hip 213, a no deposit winner Ithinkisawapudycat Who is the beating of the 1st class winner Sweet Loretta (Tapit). Donato Lanni, a Bloodstock employee, bought it from a Lane’s End shipment.
As for the overall strength of the Saratoga market, Sikura said large gains in total, median and median are positive signs for the upcoming Keeneland Sale of 2019.
“You never know the quality of the top horses until they gather at the place of sale and the judges see them, but the pedigree of the horses matches the physicality of the horses,” he said. in a strong market. “There’s an insatiable demand for quality stock in a quality sale. In the Saratoga racing environment you have elite trainers and elite owners who want to win elite races. tu, so it all comes together.”
