Curlin colt brings record $1.5 million at Fasig-Tipton Midlantic

Breeze Easy and John Oxley went to $1.5 million, a record for the Fasig-Tipton Midlantic Two-Year-Olds in Training Sale, to secure a Curlin colt on the second and final session of the Timonium, Maryland, auction on Tuesday.

Out of the Stormin Fever mare Franscat, the sale topper is a half-brother to the stakes winners Swinger's Party and Hubba Shake, as well as the Grade 3-placed Powhatan County.

Consigned by Hartley/de Renzo Thoroughbreds, agent, which had acquired the colt for $475,000 as a Fasig-Tipton July yearling, Hip No. 388 is from the female of family of Grade 1 winners Ogygian and Honour and Glory. The February 21 Florida-bred worked one furlong in :10, co-fastest at the distance, at his session of the under tack show.

While fillies dominated the leader board at the first session, colts filled the top three slots on day two. Trainer Simon Callaghan, acting as agent, picked up a son of Distorted Humor for $850,000. Hip 490 was consigned by Eddie Woods, agent.

Out of the stakes-winning Lemon Kiss, a Lemon Drop Kid full sister to multiple Grade 3 winner Kiss the Kid, the April 5 Kentucky bred is a half-brother to Grade 1 winner Lochte and from the family of 1991 Horse of the Year Black Tie Affair.

Previously sold for $350,000 at Fasig-Tipton Saratoga, the juvenile worked one furlong in :10 2/5 at the under tack show.

Hip 516, a colt by Ghostzapper, was acquired by Baoma Corp. for $800,000. Cary Frommer, agent, consigned the February 21 Kentucky-bred, who had worked one furlong in :10 1/5 at the under tack show.

The juvenile is out of Malibu Cougar, a Malibu Moon full sister to multiple Grade 2 winner Kauai Kate and Grade 3 scorer Winding Way. All were reared by the stakes-winning More Than Pretty. The colt previously sold for $200,000 at the Fasig-Tipton October sale.

Business was up for the day and for the both days of the sale. On Tuesday, 168 horses sold for $13,699,500, an increase of 10.3 percent over last year's second session when 180 juveniles sold for $12,420,700. The session average rose 18.2 percent, from $69,004 to $81,545, while the median was up 4.7 percent, from $32,000 to $33,500.

Final figures over two days showed 329 juveniles grossing $25,237,000, a rise of 9.1 percent over last year when 337 sold for $23,136,400. The average was up 11.4 percent, from $68,654 to $76,476, while the median saw a 9.4 percent gain, from $32,000 to $35,000.

Full results can be found at fasigtipton.com.