Ifurhappynuknowit with her 2025 Vino Rosso colt and back in foal to two-time Eclipse Champion Elite Power. (Fasig-Tipton Photo)
Full Sister to Dam of Kentucky Derby Winner Sovereignty Tops May Digital Sale
Wednesday’s Midlantic May Under Tack Show session began at 9 am; Monday, May 19 sale session will start at 1 PM
Thursday’s Midlantic May Under Tack Show session will now begin at 9 AM
Fasig-Tipton Release
UPDATED 5/14/2025 5:23 PM
LEXINGTON, Ky.—The May Digital Sale closed Tuesday afternoon with 98 horses sold for $3,786,000. The sale averaged $38,632 with a clearance rate of 83%. The catalogue offered horses of racing age, racing/broodmare prospects, two-year-olds in training, broodmares (including mares with foals at foot), and yearlings.
Ifurhappynuknowit (hip 30) topped the sale when sold for $280,000 to Denali Stud, agent, from the consignment of Knowles Farm. A daughter of Bernardini out of Grade 1 winning millionaire Mushka, Ifurhappynuknowit is a full sister to the dam of this year’s Kentucky Derby (G1) winner Sovereignty. The mare was offered with her 2025 Vino Rosso colt and back in foal to two-time Eclipse Champion Elite Power.
Top hips sold also included:
- Lionel (hip 122), a three-year-old colt by Authentic, sold for $260,000 to BBA Ireland/KAS Stables from the consignment of ELiTE, agent. Lionel broke his maiden on debut on May 4, winning a maiden special weight by 9+ lengths. He was offered as a horse of racing age.
- Stonetacular (hip 14), offered with her 2025 Vekoma filly, sold for $250,000 to Greg Tramontin from the consignment of Bluegrass Thoroughbred Services, agent for A Major Reduction of Merriebelle Stable. Stonetacular was offered back in foal to Grade 1 winner Muth.
- A yearling colt by Yaupon (hip 51), sold for $200,000 to Red Devil Bloodstock from the consignment of Hill ‘n’ Dale at Xalapa, agent. The bay colt is out of the Union Rags mare Dance Costume, from the immediate family of multiple Grade 2 winning millionaire Fluffy Socks.
- Rapture (hip 26), a three-year-old colt by Uncle Mo, sold for $190,000 to D. Farrington from the consignment of Evergreen Equine, agent. Rapture broke his maiden in January by 6 ½ lengths at Oaklawn Park. He was offered as a horse of racing age.
“It was a great sale, strong across the board,” said Director of Digital Sales Leif Aaron. “We sold six-figure horses in every segment of the market. The clearance rate was fantastic and there was good trade all around. Horses of racing age continue to be in high demand. It was very exciting to offer a horse like Ifurhappynuknow it fresh off a huge update. Timing is everything.”
Full results are available online.
The next digital sale will be the June Digital Sale, to be held May 29 through June 3. Entries close May 19.
Wednesday’s Midlantic May Under Tack Show session began at 9 am; Monday, May 19 sale session will start at 1 PM
The opening under tack show session for the Fasig-Tipton Midlantic May Two-Year-Olds in Training sale was to begin at 9 am today, a one-hour delay from its originally scheduled start time of 8 am. The one-hour delay will provide the track maintenance staff additional time to prepare the racetrack following rains that have affected the area since late Monday night.
The under tack show will take place over three sessions – tomorrow, Thursday, and Friday (May 14-16).
The sale sessions will be conducted this coming Monday and Tuesday, May 19-20, at the Maryland State Fairgrounds in Timonium, Maryland.
Monday’s opening sale session will now begin at 1 PM, a two-hour delay from the originally scheduled 11 am start. The Tuesday session will still begin at 11 am.
Thursday’s Midlantic May Under Tack Show session will now begin at 9 AM
The second session (Thursday, May 15) of the under tack show for the Fasig-Tipton Midlantic May Two-Year-Olds in Training sale will now begin at 9 AM, a one-hour delay from its originally scheduled start time of 8 AM. The one-hour delay will provide the track maintenance staff additional time to prepare the racetrack as damp weather persists in Timonium, Maryland.
Tomorrow’s session is the second of three under tack show sessions, with the third session to be held on Friday, May 16.
The sale sessions will be conducted this coming Monday and Tuesday, May 19-20, at the Maryland State Fairgrounds in Timonium, Maryland.
Monday’s opening sale session will now begin at 1 PM, a two-hour delay from the originally scheduled 11 AM start. The Tuesday session will still begin at 11 AM.
