Smiling Tiger Yearling Colt Tops Washington Sale
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The sale-topping Smiling Tiger colt consigned as Hip 57
For the second time in the past four years, a colt by Smiling Tiger topped the Washington Thoroughbred Breeders and Owners Association's annual summer sale, which was held Aug. 18 at the WTBOA sales pavilion located at Emerald Downs in Auburn.
The sale topper, Hip 57, was purchased for $70,000 by Brian Koriner, agent for Samantha Siegel's Jay Em Ess Stable, from the Critter Creek Farm consignment as agent for PT Syndicate #1. The chestnut colt is the second foal out of the stakes-placed Swiss Yodeler mare Grand Yodeler, who earned $172,010.
The 2017 sale topper by Smiling Tiger, Baja Sur, was named Washington's Horse of the Year in 2019. Smiling Tiger, a multiple grade 1 winner and a 2008 WTBOA sale graduate, stands at Harris Farms in Coalinga, Calif. Of the three other Smiling Tiger yearlings consigned to this year's sale, two brought prices of $30,000 and $25,000, and the other was a $39,000 RNA.
Also on behalf of Jay Em Ess, Koriner purchased the second-highest-selling colt, Hip 77, for $50,000. Also sold by agent Critter Creek Farm, this time as agent for Premier Thoroughbreds and Alan Klein, the colt is from the first crop of three-time grade 1 winner Lord Nelson and is out of the Indian Charlie mare Lottawampum.
California trainer and former Washingtonian Mark Glatt, as agent, purchased the third-highest-selling colt, also consigned by Critter Creek Farm. The Monrovia-based conditioner went to $42,000 to acquire Hip 62, a colt from the first crop of grade 2 winner Danzing Candy out of $137,206 earner and stakes winner Ilikecandy, by Malibu Moon .
Two fillies each brought bids of $30,000. The Smiling Tiger—Princess Hillary filly (Halvorson Bloodstock Services, agent for Sale Mahlum) who was noted above, and Hip 91. From the first crop of grade 1 winner Cupid , the filly is the first offspring of $109,265 earner My Palmilla, a daughter of Tribal Rule who hails from the family of Washington champions Rings a Chime and Bella Mia, all of whom were bred and offered through the WTBOA sales program by Griffin Place.
Preliminary results show, after 14 yearlings were withdrawn and 25 were RNAs, the 75 yearlings that were listed as sold averaged $12,652 with a $7,500 median. Sixteen yearlings brought a bid of $20,000 or more.