Paramount Sales is bringing championship blood to the Fasig-Tipton Kentucky October Yearlings Sale Oct. 19-22, offering three yearlings with direct family ties to Breeders' Cup contenders.
The flashiest pedigree page comes from Hip 92, a filly by 2024 champion turf male Up to the Mark (Not This Time ). Hip 92 was bred in Kentucky by Payson Stud out of the grade 1-winning mare Rutherienne, who earned over $1 million during her career under the tutelage of Christophe Clement. The daughter of Up to the Mark is a half sister to Sweetbaby (Candy Ride ), the dam of top Breeders' Cup Distaff (G1) contender Fully Subscribed.
Fully Subscribed, a 4-year-old daughter of Tiz the Law , closed out her sophomore campaign with back-to-back graded stakes victories before launching a dominant summer and fall tear. The filly hit peak form with three consecutive graded stakes scores, highlighted by wins in the Personal Ensign (G1) and Spinster Stakes (G1).
"She is what you love to see," Paddy Campion of Paramount Sales said of Hip 92. "She's already got the built in residual value and Fully Subscribed will probably be the second choice in the Breeders' Cup Distaff. That's very exciting.
"She's by a nice first-crop yearling sire in Up to the Mark who has been very well-received so far at the sales."
Progeny of Up to the Mark were in high demand at last month's Keeneland September Yearling Sale with a $1.65 million purchase by AMO Racing USA leading the charge.
"I think he's fairly stamping his stock across the board," Campion said of the Lane's End stallion. "They're very good looking.
"Hip 92 is a lovely, dark bay filly; well balanced, correct, there's plenty to like about her."
Paramount is also offering half siblings of Breeders' Cup hopefuls—Hip 210 and Hip 495.
Hip 210 is a colt by Mandaloun that is a half brother to impressive Oak Leaf Stakes (G2) winner Domain Expansion. Domain Expansion, a daughter of Speaker's Corner , earned an automatic berth into the Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies (G1) Oct. 30 at Keeneland with her 7-length win in the Oak Leaf.
The Mandaloun colt is out of the Medaglia d'Oro mare Special You, who is a full sister to multiple graded stakes winner Mrs McDougal.
Hip 495 is a daughter of American Pharoah out of the stakes-winning No Nay Never mare Yesterdayoncemore. The filly's page received a timely update when her half sister Mel Went Home (Life Is Good ) was a game third in the Jessamine Stakes (G2T) at Keeneland Oct. 2. The Life Is Good filly, who is trained by Robert Medina, is a contender for the Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf (G1T).
"She's by American Pharoah, who's having a good year, especially for fillies," Campion said. She's another one with a built in residual. She's a nice physical."
Hip 92 and Hip 210 will sell during the first session Oct. 19 and Hip 495 will head to the ring Oct. 20. All four sessions begin each day at 10:00 a.m. ET.
