Mr. Greeley colt brings $525,000

Mr. Greeley colt brings $525,000

A chestnut colt by Mr. Greeley fetched the highest price at Tuesday's session

of the Fasig-Tipton Midlantic Two-Year-Olds in Training Sale in Timonium,

Maryland, selling for $525,000 to William Badgett, Jr. Consigned by Niall

Brennan Stables, agent, as Hip No. 631, the March 16 juvenile is out of the

winning mare Victorious Vice (Vice Regent) and is a half-brother to stakes

winner Forest Princess (Hansel). He comes from the same female family as recent

Churchill Downs H. (G2) hero Trickey Trevor (Demaloot Demashoot) as well as 1982

Irish champion three-year-old filly Swiftfoot (Run the Gantlet).

The Kentucky-bred traveled a quarter-mile in :22 2/5 at last Thursday's under

tack show. He brought $110,000 at the 2005 Fasig-Tipton Kentucky July Yearling

Sale.

Hip 542, a filly by Two Punch, brought the second-highest price of $380,000 from Zayat

Stables. Consigned by Eldon Farm Equine, Randy Miles, agent, the

chestnut lass is out of stakes-placed Smart Erin (Smarten), a half-sister to

multiple stakes winner and $356,309-earner Fit Performer (Fit to Fight).

The Maryland-bred worked a quarter-mile

in :21 4/5. She previously sold for $140,000 at the 2005 Fasig-Tipton July

Yearling Sale.

Mike Ryan, agent, paid $370,000 for Hip 567, a colt by Tiznow. Consigned by

Diamond C Bloodstock, the bay is a half-brother to stakes winner Drill Hall

(Saint Ballado) and is out of the stakes-placed Stephanie's Road (Strawberry Road [Aus]).

The Kentucky-bred also worked a quarter-mile in :21 4/5.

The sale topper was Hip 246, a chestnut colt by Johannesburg, who passed

through the ring in Monday's opening session. The juvenile Florida-bred, named Zounds,

sold for a Midlantic Two-Year-Olds in Training Sale record $625,000 to Joe Brocklebank

as agent for Jeff Singer.

For the session, 187 horses sold for $11,409,500, up 15.6 percent from last

year's corresponding session when 191 horses brought $9,872,000. The average

increased 16.9 percent, from $51,686 to $61,013, while median declined 6.3

percent, from $32,000 to $30,000.

Overall, 370 head were acquired for $21,236,500, up 12.3 percent from 2005

when 385 juveniles sold for $18,907,500. The average for the two-day sale

increased by 16.9 percent, from $49,110 to $57,396, while median decreased by

6.3 percent, from $32,000 to $30,000.