Three Amigos Secures Early Voting Filly for $850K

Three Amigos struck for a speedy filly by first-crop sire Early Voting during the final day of the Ocala Breeders' Sales Spring 2-Year-Olds in Training Sale April 17. Donato Lanni, bidding on behalf of Three Amigos—Michael Pegram, Karl Watson, and Paul Weitman—went to $850,000 for Hip 1037. "We're very happy to get her. She's beautiful," Lanni said. "She did everything right all week. Bob (Baffert) loved her." She breezed a co-fastest quarter-mile in :20 2/5 during the under-tack show for consignor Jesse Hoppel. "She was one that we really wanted," he said. "Her work was phenomenal. She ran against a headwind that day, too. She galloped out good, but she was serious out there. We all loved her. The team loved her." Lanni said the filly will ship to the barn of trainer Bob Baffert. Hip 1037 was bred in Kentucky by Doug and Felicia Branham and Pippa's Hurricane. She is the second foal of the American Pharoah mare, Lipstikliesnlovers, who is out of the graded stakes winner Cherokee Queen. The filly hails from the family of grade 1 winner Domestic Product, who won the 2024 H. Allen Jerkens Memorial Stakes (G1) at Saratoga Race Course. Hoppel purchased the filly for $45,000 at the 2025 Keeneland September Yearling Sale. Three Amigos purchased one other juvenile during the sale, a colt (Hip 133) by Honor A. P. for $725,000 from the consignment of Bryan Ford Training Stable. The colt breezed a furlong in :09 4/5, the co-fastest time of the session. He is out of the Nyquist mare Seeking Mo Jewel, who is a half sister to multiple grade 1 winner Deterministic. Morplay, Marquee, MyRacehorse Team up For Essential Quality Colt After breezing a quarter-mile in :20 4/5 during the under-tack preview, Hip 1027, a colt by Essential Quality, turned a lot of heads, including those of Ramiro Restrepo of Marquee Bloodstock, Cam Dulgar of Morplay Racing, and Joe Moran of MyRacehorse. The trio decided to jump in together and secured the colt for $775,000. Marquee Bloodstock and MyRacehorse purchased the stakes-winning Reputation in 2024, and Morplay and Marquee partnered on a $230,000 Girvin colt on the first day of the OBS Spring sale. Marquee and Morplay Racing also teamed up last month on three juveniles at the OBS March 2-Year-Olds in Training Sale, including a Nyquist colt who breezed a furlong in :09 4/5 for $1.2 million. "He's an exceptional athlete," Moran said of Hip 1027. "We wanted a game-changer colt, and I think it's as simple as that—this was a game-changer colt. "He breezed exceptional. I think Mr. (Jesse) Hoppel had a great breeze show. He always does. But, just the efficiency of this colt, and the way he moved on the track, he seems like a two-turn colt that we're looking for." A trainer has yet to be determined. Restrepo, who bought Tampa Bay Derby (G3) winner and Kentucky Derby (G1) hopeful, The Puma, also by Essential Quality, at this sale last year, has high hopes for the colt. "Hopefully this is the sequel," Restrepo said regarding his luck with Darley's Essential Quality. "It's a pleasure to have guys like Morplay and MyRacehorse involved. They've been so successful on the track, and when you come together with a good group, it's just positive vibes all around." Hip 1027 was bred in Kentucky by JAMS Bloodstock and Godolphin. He is the fourth foal of the Pomeroy mare Let's Parlay, who hails from the immediate family of multiple grade 1 winner Mind Control. Hoppel purchased the colt for $80,000 at the 2025 Keeneland September Yearling Sale. Asagi Stables Goes to $1 Million for Not This Time Filly Roger Tovar's Asagi Stables went to $1 million for Hip 1136, a filly by leading sire Not This Time, who breezed a speedy furlong in :09 4/5. The filly, consigned as Hip 1136 by Wavertree Stables, agent, is the sixth foal of the graded stakes-placed Uncle Mo mare Moana, who hails from the family of grade 1 winner Ceiling Crusher. Bred in Kentucky by WinStar Farm and Larry Taylor, she was purchased as a yearling by Silver Linings for $185,000 at the Keeneland September Sale. Ciaran Dunne's Wavertree Stables finished the day as the second-leading consignor, selling 24 from their draft for a total of $8.62 million.