Fasig-Tipton 2-Year-Old Sale Preview

BY TRACY GANTZ

After a year’s hiatus due to the COVID pandemic, Fasig-Tipton will present its second California 2-year-olds in training sale at Santa Anita. It will be held June 23, immediately after Santa Anita closes its 2020-21 winter race meeting.

Fasig-Tipton conducted its inaugural 2-year-old sale at Santa Anita in 2019, and it has also held a fall yearling sale in 2019 and 2020 in California at Fairplex Park. A total of 105 2-year-olds have been cataloged for the 2-year-old sale, which boasts strong sire power, from both local and national stallions. In addition, Fasig-Tipton is planning to accept a few select supplemental entries. Santa Anita is off ering two $75,000 stakes closing day, June 20, for 2-year-olds at f ve furlongs. T e Fasig-Tipton Futurity is for all 2-year-olds while the Fasig-Tipton Debutante is for 2-year-old f llies. “Some of these horses might be eligible for the Ship & Win program,” said Fasig-Tipton’s California representative Mike Machowsky. “Maybe some will come run in the Santa Anita stakes closing weekend and then sell a few days later. We are so thankful for the support from Santa Anita to help us generate this program.”

T e 2-year-old sale is an integral part of Fasig-Tipton’s sale strategy in California. It dovetails with the fall yearling sale, giving people a place to buy and sell California-breds.

“T e idea is to have a quality 2-year-old sale to come back in after the yearling sale,” said Machowsky. “People who race in California want Cal-breds and want to be able to run in these Cal-bred races. It’s a great program.”

Square Eddie, now pensioned but still a leading California sire, has a colt and a f lly in the catalog. Kim McCarthy’s McCarthy Bloodstock has consigned both of them, the colt out of the Uncle Mo mare Mo Style and the f lly, named Paleo’s Princess, out of the Irish-bred Indian Ridge mare Paleo.

Paul and Zillah Reddam’s Reddam Racing, the leading California breeders of 2020, stood Square Eddie and won the 2016 Kentucky Derby (G1) with Nyquist. Developing into a stellar stallion in Kentucky, Nyquist has two in the catalog. McCarthy has the colt Press On, bred in California by Mr. and Mrs. Don Valpredo from the Elusive Quality mare Elusive Temper. Hartley/De Renzo T oroughbreds has a Nyquist f lly out of the Malibu Moon mare Moon Music.

While this year’s catalog doesn’t have any horses by top California sire Clubhouse Ride, he has already made his mark on the sale. T e stallion’s Cal-bred colt Club Aspen sold at the inaugural sale for $55,000 and won the 2019 King Glorious Stakes. Club Aspen has earned $162,653 through early April.

Other graduates of the 2019 sale include 2020 Gold Fever Stakes winner Liam’s Pride, 2019 Golden Gate Debutante Stakes winner Eclair, and 2019 Capote Stakes winner Raging Whiskey.

Club Aspen, who was bought out of the inaugural Fasig-Tipton sale, went on to win the King Glorious Stakes

Fasig-Tipton Juvenile sale offering, Liam’s Pride, shown breaking his maiden at Oaklawn, scored in the Gold Fever Stakes at Belmont Park

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Champion California Chrome, the all-time leading Cal-bred money earner, has one in the catalog. Al Pike’s Pike Racing has entered a California Chrome colt out of the Scat Daddy mare Never Grow Old. Pike Racing has a flly by another Calbred champion, Tiznow, out of the Empire Maker mare Soot Z. Te consignment also includes the only Into Mischief, a flly out of the Elusive Quality mare Transplendid, as well as a flly by Bal a Bali out of Cal-bred champion Bai and Bai.

Grazen, another leading California sire, has one in the catalog. Named Luna’s Lucky Star, the flly is part of the large consignment from Andy Havens’ Havens Bloodstock Agency. Luis Alberto Mendez bred the flly in California from the Malibu Moon mare Luna Star.

Te Havens group includes sons and daughters of several other California stallions, including Danzing Candy, Mr. Big, Stay Tirsty, and Stanford.

Bruno DeBerdt’s Excel Bloodstock also has a Danzing Candy as well as the two Smiling Tiger Cal-bred fllies in the catalog. Excel has consigned Mysterious Tiger, a Smiling Tiger flly out of the War Front mare Carmen’s Mystery, for Lebherz Racing and Hong Kong Tiger, a Smiling Tiger flly out of the Friends Lake mare Hong Kong Lake, for PT Syndicate #1.

Champion Arrogate, who was based in California during his racing career, only has a couple of crops because he died last year at age 7. He has two colts in the catalog. Raul and Martha Reyes’ Kings Equine has a colt out of the Tale of the Cat mare Luminance, and McKee Bloodstock has My Sun Dance Kid, a colt out of the Congrats mare Flutterby.

Kings Equine has the only Empire Maker in the sale. Te flly is out of the Hard Spun mare Dream Spinner. McKee has the only Curlin, a flly named Good Law, for Steven Kinross. She is out of the Tapit mare Gold Beach.

Te under-tack preview will be held at Santa Anita June 21, beginning at 10 a.m. Te sale will start June 23 at 1 p.m.

MICHELI PHOTOGRAPHY/SHANE SSAR VA Fasig-Tipton alum Eclair, center, scored in the Golden Gate Debutante Stakes

A $500 travel allowance with a minimum purchase of $3,500 is being offered to out of state trainers and trainers from Southern California who attend the upcoming 2021 Northern California Yearling and Horses of Racing Age Sale. Proof of travel is required.

Tuesday at noon on August 10, 2021 at Alameda County Fairgrounds in Pleasanton, CA Contact Sales Coordinator Loretta Veiga: (626) 445-7800 ext. 227 or loretta@ctba.com Christy Chapman: (626) 445-7800 ext. 247 or christy@ctba.com WWW.CTBA.COM