Tapit Shoes (rail) was a close second to Red Route One in the 2023 Bath House Row. (Coady Photography)
Bidding Now Open for August Digital Sale
Fasig-Tipton Release
LEXINGTON, Ky.—Fasig-Tipton has catalogued 213 entries for its August Digital Sale, which may be viewed at digital.fasigtipton.com. Bidding is now open and will close on Tuesday, August 27, beginning at 12 PM ET.
“Fasig-Tipton Digital continues to gain impressive momentum, evidenced by the size of this catalogue,” said Leif Aaron, Fasig-Tipton Director of Digital Sales. “We have quality offerings at all price points, including some exciting racehorses and mares in foal on attractive covers.”
The catalogue features 70 horses of racing age, led by School Dance (Hip 2), a Grade 1 placed and multiple graded stakes placed racing/broodmare prospect. Other horses of racing age of interest include: three-year-old filly Shuangxi (IRE) (Hip 3), second in the Blue Sparkler S. on July 13; Something Wicked (Hip 5), a three-year-old daughter of Gun Runner, and a full sister to multiple graded stakes winner Wicked Halo, who won a Maiden Special Weight on July 18; and Tapit Shoes (Hip 6), a four-year-old half-brother to Grade 1 winner and sire Cyberknife who was second in an allowance at Ellis on July 29.
Breeding stock offerings include 90 broodmares or broodmare prospects, many with stakes qualifications. Headlining these offerings are Pantsonfire (IRE) (Hip 1), a graded stakes winner offered in foal to Epicenter; Social Matrix (Hip 4), a half-sister to Champion British Idiom; Thicker Than Water (Hip 8), a Speightstown half-sister to sire Kantharos that sells with her 2024 colt by Complexity; and Grazed My Heart (Hip 15), a stakes winner of more than $200,000 from the family of Grade 1 winner Marquetry and sire Five Star Day.
Covering sires represented include Complexity, Gunite, Maclean’s Music, Mage, McKinzie, Taiba, Thousand Words, Vekoma, and Yaupon.
The catalogue also includes 25 New Mexico-bred yearlings being offered by 2023 New Mexico Breeder of the Year A & A Ranch. These yearlings – which are by leading New Mexico sires Marking, Sporting Chance, as well as American Anthem – are available for inspection by appointment.
Weanlings, two-year-olds, and a stallion prospect are also catalogued.
To create an account or register to bid for the August Digital Sale, prospective buyers should visit digital.fasigtipton.com.
