Spectacular Grey Tops F-T July Digital Sale at $625k

The Fasig-Tipton July Digital Sale closed July 22 with 137 horses sold for $4,808,500. The sale averaged $35,098, with a median of $15,000. The clearance rate was 81%. The catalog offered horses of racing age, racing/broodmare prospects, 2-year-olds in training, breeding stock (including broodmares with foals at foot), and yearlings.

Spectacular Grey  (Hip 30), a 7 3/4-length debut winner July 12  at Monmouth Park, sold for $625,000 to Epic Horses, to top the sale. The 2-year-old daughter of Not This Time   was offered as a horse of racing age by Taylor Made Sales Agency, agent.

“We are thrilled to have bought Spectacular Grey,” said Shannon Potter, Thoroughbred Advisor to Epic Horses. “The way she won her debut was so impressive, and she’s by Not This Time, who has quickly proven himself to be one of the top sires in the world. Being by Not This Time, she should get better with age and more distance.”

“I love buying off the Fasig-Tipton digital platform,” continued Potter. “Fasig-Tipton Digital brings you exciting offerings like Spectacular Grey on a year-round basis. The platform is so easy to use. You have access to all the buying resources you could ever want with just a couple clicks of the mouse.”

Top hips sold also included:

• Malarchuk  (Hip 32), a 4-year-old son of Nyquist  , sold for $525,000 to Reddam Racing and ERJ Racing. Offered as a horse of racing age by Chad C. Brown, agent, the colt entered the sale off a back-to-back wins at Saratoga Race Course.
• Fancy Love (Hip 6), a broodmare in foal to Arcangelo, sold for $260,000 to Mahmud Mouni from the consignment of Hartwell Farm, agent. The Not For Love mare sold with her 2025 Oscar Performance   filly at foot. Fancy Love is the dam of stakes record-setting Bashford Manor Stakes winner Romeo , who recently sold for a record $1.7 million at the July Selected Horses of Racing Age sale.
• Ivy League (Hip 8), a broodmare in foal to Arabian Knight  , sold for $200,000 to Milam Farm, from the consignment of Hill ‘n’ Dale at Xalapa, agent. A stakes-placed daughter of Medaglia d'Oro  , Ivy League was offered carrying her first foal.

"Nearly 1,000 registered bidders and a wave of new prospective buyers underscored the continued strength of demand for racehorses,” said Leif Aaron, director of digital sales. “The breeding stock market performed exceptionally well for this time of year, generating nearly $1.5 million in gross sales and averaging close to $30,000 per horse. This was a truly international marketplace, with multiple purchases destined for overseas buyers.”

Full results are available online.

The next digital sale will be the August Digital Sale, to be held Aug. 21-26. Entries close Aug. 11.