The 2025 Fasig-Tipton Saratoga Fall Mixed sale, held Oct. 14 in Saratoga Springs, N.Y., established new records across the board. This year's renewal set historical high-water marks for gross, average, median, and top price.
The gross for 133 sold was $6,177,500. The average was $46,447, up 74.2% from 2024's average of $26,663, while the median was $22,000, up 46.7% from the previous year. Two offerings eclipsed the previous sale record of $230,000, and one tied the previous top price.
Showmethemagic (hip 98) sold for $260,000 to Thorndale Farm to top the single-session sale. She was offered in foal to Cogburn by consignor Garrencasey Sales, agent. A stakes placed winner by Power Broker, Showmethemagic is represented by one foal of racing age, a 2-year-old of this year. Believe in Magic (Not This Time ) is a stakes-placed winner at 2 with earnings of $45,180 to date. She carries a foal from the first crop of Cogburn on the same cross as her winning offspring. She has a yearling filly by Epicenter and a weanling colt by Golden Pal .
Twenty New York-bred weanlings sold for six figures or more, with four sold in excess of $200,000. Eight weanlings sold at or above that price point in 2024. Leading this year's high-priced weanlings were:
- A colt by Yaupon (hip 62), sold for $240,000 to Mahmud Mouni from the consignment of Sequel New York, agent. The bay colt is out of the winning Ghostzapper mare Owl Moon, dam of four winners to date, including stakes-placed Blue Strike (Smart Strike). Hip 62 was bred in New York by Sequel Thoroughbreds & Milan Bloodstock.
- A colt by champion freshman sire and leading second-crop sire Vekoma (hip 4), sold for $230,000 to En Fuego Stables from the consignment of Rhapsody Farm. The chestnut colt is out of the Trappe Shot mare Kathryn's Sky, herself a half sister to group stakes winner Hakam and a full sister to grade 1 placed My Man Sam. Hip 4 was bred in New York by Rhapsody Farm.
- A colt from the second crop of dual Breeders' Cup winner Golden Pal (hip 99), sold for $210,000 to Cherry Knoll Farm from the consignment of Garrencasey Sales, agent. The chestnut colt is out of the sales-topping Power Broker mare Showmethemagic and is a half brother to Believe In Magic, a stakes-placed winner at two this year. Hip 99 was bred in New York by Ahlschwede Family & Dr. Scott Pierce.
- A filly by Vekoma (hip 170) sold for $210,000 to MWG from the consignment of Gracie Bloodstock, agent. The chestnut filly is the second foal out of the 7-time winning Midshipman mare Bella Figura, herself a half sister to multiple stakes winner Crimson Cat. Hip 170 was bred in New York by Highclere.
Full results are available online.
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