Daredevil Colt to Reddam Racing for $245,000

June 12 was a good day for WinStar Farm freshman sire Daredevil . 

After picking up his first winner when his son Better the Devil scored on debut in a five-furlong maiden race at Hamilton Park in England, across the pond another son was picked up by Reddam Racing for $245,000 at the Ocala Breeders' Sales June 2-Year-Olds and Horses of Racing Age Sale. 

Consigned as Hip 100 by Wavertree Stables, the colt was the first juvenile to surpass the $200,000 mark during the first session of the central Florida sale. The final price was the second-highest ever paid for a foal from the first crop of Daredevil, only $5,000 less than the price tag commanded by another 2-year-old colt at the Fasig-Tipton Midlantic 2-Year-Olds in Training Sale. That colt, out of the Indian Charlie mare Seattle Charlie, was bought by bloodstock agent Steve Young from the consignment of Richardson Bloodstock, agent. 

"We thought he was the outstanding physical of the sale," said Steven Venosa, who signed Wednesday's ticket on Reddam's behalf. "He worked well on the racetrack, showed well, and did everything right." 

Bred in Kentucky by B.P. Walden Jr., Hip 100 is out of the U S Ranger mare Bible and is from the family of Metropolitan Handicap (G1) winner Corinthian. He was purchased as a yearling by the Redwings pinhooking partnership, of which Reddam is a member, for $72,000 from South Point Sales Agency's consignment to The July Sale, Fasig-Tipton's select yearling sale in Lexington, Ky. 

During the under tack show, the colt was one of three individuals to breeze a bullet quarter-mile in :20 3/5. 

"We buy horses with Mr. Reddam every year to pinhook, of which there is always a number we're happy to race," said Ciaran Dunne of Wavertree Stables. "We didn't kind of get to that number, so Paul (Reddam) will take him and run him in California. We would have been happier if we'd sold him, but we're just as happy to race him."

"The horse came here, showed up, and did what he needed to do," Venosa said. "There are good horsemen here looking and evaluating horses. They can separate the bad ones from the good ones, so we'll find out. Time will tell if this was a good one." 

"It seems like the market is pretty strong up there," Dunne said. "It's the usual story. If they are deemed to be the right ones, it seems like there is no end of money for them. I think he was a little unfortunate in terms of where he sat in the sale. I think if he'd been later on, he might have garnered more attention. There might have been a little more 'oomph' to get it going. We're very proud of him. He's always demonstrated to us that he could run, so we will find out."