Snow Face Princess (hip 39). (Fasig-Tipton photo)
August Digital Sale
Fasig-Tipton Release
LEXINGTON, Ky.—The August Digital Sale closed Tuesday afternoon with 154 horses sold for $4,886,500. The sale averaged $31,730 with a clearance rate of 81%. The catalogue offered horses of racing age, racing/broodmare prospects, breeding stock (including broodmares with foals at foot), yearlings, and a stallion prospect.
Snow Face Princess (hip 39), determined winner of the Bolton Landing S. at Saratoga on August 17, sold for $775,000 to Winchell Thoroughbreds to the top the sale. The two-year-old Midshipman filly was offered as a racing/broodmare prospect by Claiborne Farm, agent. Snow Face Princess has a record of 2 wins from 3 starts to date with earnings of $142,600.
Ascot Walk (hip 1), in foal to Horse of the Year Cody’s Wish, sold for $550,000 to Erdenheim Farm Thoroughbreds from the consignment of Turning Point Bloodstock, agent. Ascot Walk is the dam of three foals of racing age, all of whom are winners and stakes performers. Most notably, she is the dam of 2025 Kentucky Oaks (G1) runner up Drexel Hill, who won this year’s Busher S. Her first foal, Regaled, is four-times stakes placed, including in last year’s Delaware Oaks (G3). Ascot Walk received a timely update on August 22 when her current two-year-old, Grazie, finished third in the Seeking the Ante S. at Saratoga in her stakes debut.
Crevalle d’Oro (hip 6), a four-year-old racing/broodmare prospect, sold for $220,000 to Brandon Bowen from the consignment of Taylor Made Sales Agency, agent. The daughter of Constitution is a multiple winner who is also graded stakes placed. She has earned $183,724 to date.
“We are very grateful to the buyers for supporting the sale, and the sellers for entrusting us with their horses,” said Leif Aaron, Fasig-Tipton Director of Digital Sales. “The sale today was fantastic and a great way for us to end the summer digital sales season. The outlook for the fall digital sales is already very strong and we are gearing up for a big October and December. Demand this week was strong from the top of the market all the way down. What a great day for Bill Johnson and his team capitalizing on multiple big updates with their super mare Ascot Walk. Also thankful to Claiborne for consigning the very exciting Snow Face Princess to the sale.”
Full results are available online.
The next digital sale will be the October Digital Sale, to be held October 2-7. Entries close September 22.
