Liam's Map Son Tops WTBOA Summer Yearling Sale

A son of Liam's Map   out of One Foxy Grey, consigned as Hip 40, topped the 92 offerings on hand at the summer sale session at the Washington Thoroughbred Breeders and Owners Association Sale held at Emerald Downs in Auburn, Wash., Aug. 24. Consigned by Dr. Duane and Susan Hopp's Castlegate Farm, trainer Sandi Gann, as agent, went to $47,000 to secure the yearling named Termsofengagement for major British Columbia horseman Glen Todd and his North American Thoroughbred Horse Company.

Gann also bid $30,000 for a full brother to Oregon champions O B Harbor  and Calypsonoted on Todd's behalf. The Harbor the Gold  colt out of Flying Memo  (Hip 13) was consigned by Bret and Julie Christopherson with Bar C Racing Stables serving as their agent.

Castlegate Farm also offered a colt by first-crop sire Girvin   (Hip 26) out of $472,534 earner and Saratoga Dew Stakes winner Jules N Rome . Named Soldatna, the colt was purchased by Paul and Lori Heist's Grasshopper Racing Stable for $40,000.

Three other colts brought a price of $40,000 or more, including the second-highest offering, another colt by the late Harbor the Gold out of 2015 Washington broodmare of the year Bahati  (Hip 78). Consigned by the partnership of Pam and Neal Christopherson's Bar C Racing Stable and Melodie Bultena and Doak Walker's Desert Rose Racing, the full brother to a trio of Washington champions was purchased by Gerald Schneider's Riverbend Farm for $45,000.

California trainer Andy Mathis purchased the top-selling filly (Hip 52) for $42,000. Consigned by Griffin Place as agent for the family of the late Karl Krieg, the daughter of Atta Boy Roy   is out of Ros's Girl, the winning sister to three-time Washington champion Lady Rosberg . She is named I'm a Risque Girl. In addition, the mare's half sister produced two-time Washington champion Risque's Legacy , by Atta Boy Roy.

A trio of fillies brought the next highest bids for a yearling distaffer. El Dorado Farms consigned a daughter of Coast Guard , out of Ms Moscow Mattie  (Hip 37) a half sister to 2020 co-Washington champion 2-year-old Dutton , which was purchased by Midwest trainer Valorie Lund, who trained the other half of the 2020 juvenile championship Bodenheimer . California trainer Ed Moger went to $30,000 to buy a filly by sprint champion Runhappy   out of $417,415 earner Nuffsaid Nuffsaid  (Hip 38) from the Champion Sales consignment. Emerald Downs' 2019-20 leading owner Chad Christensen bid at the same level to acquire a Harbor the Gold half sister to June 20 Fasig-Tipton Futurity winner Big City Lights . The filly is out of Champagne Exchange and was consigned as Hip 90 by Bar C Racing Stables.

Preliminary results showed after 13 RNAs, 79 yearlings sold for a gross of $1,079,000 (up 12.5% from 2020), a $13,190 average (up 12.8%), and a $10,000 median (up 42.9%).

After 10 outs, Oregon resident Connie Erickson offered the highest broodmare bid, taking home the 9-year-old stakes-placed Grand Yodeler  (Hip 205), bred to Smiling Tiger  , for $3,500. Grand Yodeler's colt by Smiling Tiger topped the 2020 WTBOA Sale at $70,000. The chestnut mare also hails from the Champion Sales consignment.