Uncle Mo Filly Brings $1 Million at F-T Sale
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Hip 490 brings $1 million
An Uncle Mo filly who had one of the fastest pre-sale workouts was purchased May 24 by trainer Linda Rice for $1 million to become the first horse to reach the seven-figure mark at the Fasig-Tipton Midlantic 2-year-olds in training sale.
Consigned by Pike Racing, the filly who had breezed a co-fastest quarter-mile time of :21 2/5 during the under tack show, was purchased on behalf of Chester Broman.
“She is an Uncle Mo and worked brilliantly and galloped out well,” Rice said. “We knew she was going to be expensive."
Consigned as Hip 490, the Uncle Mo filly is a half sister to grade II-placed Lassofthemohicans and was produced from a half sister to three stakes winners, including two-time champion sprinter Housebuster.
Bred in Kentucky by Tom VanMeter, Gaines-Gentry Thoroughbreds, and Fox Strauss, she was a Keeneland September buy-back on a final bid of $80,000. Al Pike privately purchased her for client Danny Saloom.