Tashop attracts record $850,000 bid at Timonium

TASHOP (Tapit) brought a sale-record $850,000 bid from Steven W. Young,

agent, at Monday's opening session of the 2009 Fasig-Tipton Midlantic

Two-Year-Olds in Training Sale in Timonium, Maryland. Offered as part of the

late Jack J. Dreyfus' Hobeau Farm Dispersal, and consigned by Cary Frommer,

agent, the Florida-bred chestnut colt toured the ring as Hip No. 24.

Out of the winning Shopping (Private Account), Tashop is a half-sibling to

Grade 1 winner Miss Shop (Deputy Minister), stakes winners Bought in Dixie

(Dixieland Band) and Shop Again (Wild Again), as well as the Grade 2-placed

Bulling (Holy Bull). This is also the immediate family of the Grade 2-placed

stakes winner Fifth Avenue (Monarchos). Further back, this female family was

also responsible for Grade 1-winning sprinter Mining (Mr. Prospector) as well as

the multiple Grade 1 winner and noted sire Wavering Monarch (Majestic Light).

Tashop, whose birthdate was February 18, recorded a one-furlong time of :10

1/5, the co-fastest time at the distance, at last Wednesday's Under Tack Show.

The previous sale record was for Zounds (Johannesburg), who was purchased by

J. Brocklebank, agent Jeff Singer, for $625,000 in 2006.

A Yonaguska half-brother to Canadian champion juvenile and Kentucky Derby

(G1) winner Mine That Bird (Birdstone) attracted a final bid of $485,000 from

Dogwood Stable. The colt, who was supplemented to the sale following Mine That

Bird's Kentucky Derby score on May 2, was offered as Hip 107 and, like the

session topper, was from the consignment of Cary Frommer, agent.

Mine That Bird, who finished second in Saturday's Preakness S. (G1) at nearby

Pimlico, is the first foal out of the unraced Mining My Own (Smart Strike), a

half-sister to the stakes-winning Golden Sunray (Crafty Prospector).

Both mares were produced from the 1993 Canadian Oaks runner-up Aspenelle (Vice

Regent).

The dark bay juvenile, the second foal from his dam, was an April 29 foal and

galloped at the Under Tack Show. The colt was making his third auction

appearance, having brought $72,000 as a Keeneland September yearling and

$100,000 at OBS this March.

The session's most expensive filly was Hip 25, a daughter of Hennessy out

of Shoreline (Unbridled). Consigned by Leprechaun Racing, agent, the Virginia-bred

was purchased by Thoroughbred Futures for $170,000.

A half-sister to the multiple stakes-placed Boston Brahmin (Boston Harbor)

and the stakes-placed Steal the Show (Cat Thief), the

filly counts as her second dam the multiple stakes-winning Seaquay (Fire

Dancer). This is the family of Grade 2 queen Silvered (Halo) and Grade 3 winner

Fire King (Fast Play).

The chestnut filly, who has a February 27 birthdate, completed one furlong in

:10 2/5 at the Under Tack Show.

On Monday, 113 horses sold for $5,364,900. This represented a decline of 25.6

percent from the comparable session a year ago when $7,213,300 was realized from

the sale of 158 head. The average, however, increased 4 percent, from $45,654

to $47,477, while the median dropped 18.5 percent, from $27,000 to $22,000.

The sale concludes Tuesday with a session beginning at 10 a.m. (EDT). For

more information, visit fasigtipton.com.