Harris Rewarded with $1.05 Million Nyquist Colt

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The Nyquist colt consigned as Hip 378 in the ring at the OBS Spring Sale

Robbie Harris of Harris Training Center was rewarded early into the second session of the Ocala Breeders' Sales Spring 2-Year-Olds in Training Sale April 16 when the gavel dropped at $1.05 million for Hip 378, a colt by Nyquist  , to Kerri Radcliffe, agent for Memo Racing.

The Stonestreet Thoroughbred Holdings-bred colt was bought as a yearling for $135,000 at the 2024 Fasig-Tipton October Yearling Sale by HTC Voric Stables. By 2015 champion 2-year-old colt and 2016 Kentucky Derby (G1) winner Nyquist, Hip 378 is the fourth foal of the Distorted Humor  mare Saucy Dame . He breezed an eighth of a mile in :10 during the second day of the under tack show April 7.


Nyquist added another graded stakes winner to his list last weekend when Gosger  took the Lexington Stakes (G3) at Keeneland for Harvey A. Clarke Racing Stables and trainer Brendan Walsh.

"He was just gorgeous," Radcliffe said. "Pure class by a great stallion in Nyquist, out of a Distorted Humor mare, bred by Stonestreet, which doesn't get much better than that. As they say, he ticked all the boxes."

The colt was bought for Memo Racing, a partnership that is American-based, although they do have a filly in the United Kingdom. A trainer has not yet been decided. Radcliffe said they will look to add more to their stable, and plan on attending the Fasig-Tipton Midlantic May 2-Year-Olds in Training Sale and Arqana Breeze Up Sale in France.

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Hip 378 is the highest-priced 2-year-old Harris has ever sold.

"I sold one for $1 million back when Calder had 2-year-old sales," Harris said. "I topped the sale here (2012 OBS March 2-Year-Olds in Training Sale) for Claiborne (Farm)—I break all of Claiborne's babies—that was maybe 10 years ago for $800,000, a War Front colt.

"He (Hip 378) was just a man amongst boys at my farm. I break over 100 head every year, and you knew where he was at any time on the track. I'm wishing them the best of luck, and I'll be the biggest fan. People were telling me, there's a lot of chatter about him, he's one of the top-end colts. I'm so glad it worked out."