Yoshida Goes to $2.1M for Grade 1 Winner Kalypso
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Kalypso consigned as Hip 192 in the ring at the F-T November Sale
Starting off the racing/broodmare prospects section of the Nov. 6 Fasig-Tipton November Sale with a bang was Japanese buyer Katsumi Yoshida, who went to $2.1 million for grade 1 winner Kalypso .
The 4-year-old daughter of Brody's Cause consigned by Gainesway as Hip 192 sold for the partnership of David Bernsen, Gainesway Stable, Rockingham Ranch, and Chad Littlefield.
The filly was initially purchased by Cool Breeze Sales for $240,000 from the Four Star Sales consignment to the 2019 Fasig-Tipton Kentucky Select Yearling Sale.
Bred in Kentucky by Spendthrift Farm, the filly saw 15 starts under the tutelage of Hall of Fame trainer Steve Asmussen.
She earned $600,638 from a record of 4-4-3, including wins last year in the La Brea Stakes (G1), Santa Ynez Stakes (G2), and Anoakia Stakes. In 2022, she won the Memorial Day Sprint Stakes and was runner-up in the Seeking the Pearl Stakes.
Agent Shingo Hashimoto signed the ticket for Yoshida.
"She looked very nice, we know that she was racing well," Hashimoto said. "She had an outstanding racing career, so we thought she was a very good mare candidate to bring to Japan.
"We're very excited that we could (buy) her. We're going to breed her for sure. We haven't decided whether to keep her in the U.S. or in Japan."
Shingo Hashimoto at the F-T November Sale
The price of Japanese currency has deflated this year, which makes buying in the American market more difficult, though Hashimoto says it was not unexpected.
"It was tough, we were thinking it was going to be a tough market to buy today. It's very tough in the beginning," Hashimoto said. "We wish it was a little bit easier to buy, but it's not always like that, it's part of the game...It's 30% the exchange rate has been depreciated for Japanese yen."
Kalypso is out of the Malibu Moon mare Malibu Cove, who has three winners from four foals to race. She also has a 2-year-old Mor Spirit colt named Quick Hammer, a yearling Jimmy Creed colt, and a 2022 Authentic colt. She was bred back to Authentic for 2023.