Fasig-Tipton Digital

Bill Casner's Rafter C Ranch went to $260,000 to acquire Alisal (Uncle Mo), a 3-year-old stakes-placed filly, from Tuesday's Fasig-Tipton January Digital Sale. The priciest filly or mare sold Tuesday, Alisal raced exclusively at Remington Park for trainer H. Ray Ashford, Jr., breaking her maiden in her second start Oct. 9 and adding an allowance win next out Nov. 15 before capping off her season with a runner-up effort in the Toby Keith Stakes Dec. 20. Consigned by Warrendale Sales as a racing or broodmare prospect, Casner seems fit to...

Springboard Mile Stakes victor Express Kid (Bodexpress), a California-bred with 10 points on the Road to the Kentucky Derby, brought down the gavel for $800,000 on the Fasig-Tipton Digital platform Friday. The freshly minted 3-year-old sold to Brad Kleven and was consigned by Paramount Sales, agent. "We live for results like this one," said Paddy Campion of Paramount Sales. "A good horse really can come from anywhere and it's made all the more rewarding when you have connections like owner Steve Haahr and trainer Wade Rarick who, from the little...

Bidding is now open for the flash sale of recent Springboard Mile Stakes victor Express Kid (Bodexpress), announced Fasig-Tipton Digital Monday via press release. Consigned by Paramount Sales as agent, the California-bred son of Bodexpress was most recently seen winning the aforementioned Remington Park marquee and collecting 10 points toward the Road to the Kentucky Derby series. The 6 1/4-length win earned him a career-best Beyer figure of 85. Express Kid has been on the board in four of five lifetime starts and claims earnings of $236,902 with one of...

New York-bred 2-year-old filly Iron Orchard (Authentic), who ran her record to a perfect three-for-three with a victory in the GI Frizette Stakes at Aqueduct on Oct. 4, was sold to Larry and Karen Doyle's KatieRich Farms for $2.5 million as part of the Fasig-Tipton Digital Fall Flash Sale, according to release from the company late Thursday evening. Bidding opened on Oct. 10. A romping debut winner in a restricted Saratoga maiden on July 3, the dark bay--whose most recent trip through a sales ring saw her bring $500,000 at...

The Major Reduction of Harris Farms closed Tuesday afternoon with 75 horses sold for $1,045,000. The sale offered horses of racing age and broodmares, including those with foals at foot. Nu Pi Lambda (hip 50), in foal to Liam's Map, sold for $200,000 to Hinkle Farms to top the session. The winning City Zip mare is a half-sister to multiple Grade 1 winner and course record setter Deterministic (Liam's Map). She was offered carrying her first foal on that proven cross. The sale led off on a high note, with...

Fasig-Tipton will offer 90 horses as part of a major reduction of Harris Farms, the Thoroughbred operation of leading California breeder and owner John C. Harris, who passed away in July at the age of 81. The auction will be conducted as a standalone sale on its digital platform from  Aug. 14 through 19. "John Harris was a pillar of racing, both in California and nationally," said Leif Aaron, Fasig-Tipton Director of Digital Sales.  "We are honored to be entrusted with the reduction of Mr. Harris's breeding and racing stock,...

The gray 2-year-old filly Spectacular Grey (Not This Time), who was named a 'TDN Rising Star' on debut at Monmouth Park July 12, topped Fasig-Tipton's July Digital Sale Tuesday afternoon when she sold for $625,000 to Epic Horses, LLC. Sold as hip 30, Spectacular Grey won her unveiling by 7 3/4 lengths in a sharp time of :58.33 for the five furlongs. She was offered at the July Digital Sale as a horse of racing age by Taylor Made Sales Agency, agent. "We are thrilled to have bought Spectacular Grey,"...

Strada Del Sogno (Street Boss), who topped the Fasig-Tipton June Digital Sale Tuesday on a final bid of $150,000, will ship north to join the Elkin Family Racing string in Kentucky racing for trainer Genevieve Londono. Consigned by Taylor Made Sales, the filly, from the family of 3-year-old champion filly Questing (GB) (Hard Spun), debuted running third in the Royal Palm Juvenile Fillies at Gulfstream Park May 10 behind Royal Ascot-bound Lennilu (Leinster). "We just got to see her race that one time," said Dwayne Elkin, who operates Elkin Family...

Ifurhappynuknowit (Bernardini--Mushka, by Empire Maker), an unraced full-sister to Godolphin's late Crowned, dam of last week's GI Kentucky Derby winner Sovereignty (Into Mischief), topped the Fasig-Tipton May Digital Sale, which closed late Tuesday afternoon. Consigned by Knowles Farm as hip 30, Ifurhappynuknowit sold for $280,000 to Denali Stud, agent. She was sold with her Feb. 18-foaled colt by Vino Rosso at her side and is back in foal to two-time champion Elite Power. "It was very exciting to offer a horse like Ifurhappynuknowit fresh off a huge update," said Fasig-Tipton...

A total of 122 horses of all ages have been catalogued for the Fasig-Tipton Digital March Sale, which opened for bidding Mar. 13 and will close Tuesday, Mar. 18 at 2 p.m. ET. The catalogue offers horses of racing age, breeding stock - including mares with foals at foot, two-year-olds in training, yearlings, and a no-guarantee season to Nyquist, who was represented by his eighth Grade I winner when Cavalieri remained perfect in five starts in the Mar. 8 Beholder Mile. "We have great quality in this March sale, including...

Reigning Eclipse Champion Female Sprinter Soul of an Angel (Atreides--Factor One, by The Factor) set a new record price for the Fasig-Tipton Digital platform Tuesday, selling to Australia's Chatsworth Stud for $2.6 million in a one-horse flash sale. Winner of the GI Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Sprint in November, Soul of an Angel was consigned by Taylor Made Sales Agency, agent. Throughout the sale, Soul of an Angel remained at her current base of Gulfstream Park in Florida. "Soul of an Angel took us to the pinnacle of horse...

In the flourishing digital age, people can buy pretty much anything they want online. And while offering 2-year-olds online is nothing new for the Fasig-Tipton team, selling a juvenile in training on a digital platform accompanied by many of the traditional resources seen at bricks-and-mortar sales is. Case in point: at the conclusion of the February Digital sale Tuesday evening, a 2-year-old colt by Yaupon out of MSW Frosty Margarita (Frost Giant) realized a session-topping $250,000 from Dennis O'Neill, bidding on behalf of Shane Yeager. Consigned by De Meric Sales,...