Into Mischief Lights Up Bid Board With $2.4M Colt

Hip 183, a colt by multiple leading sire Into Mischief, became the second-highest-priced yearling sold during Fasig-Tipton's The Saratoga Sale Aug. 6, going to agent Marette Farrell on behalf of Speedway Stable for $2.4 million. Bred by Marty and Pam Wygod and consigned by Lane's End on behalf of the Wygod family, the colt nearly exited the ring for $2 million, but buyers re-engaged and carried the price much higher. The colt was tough to let go as a foal out of stakes-placed winner Sweet Sting (Awesome Again), who is out of multiple grade 1 winner and 2000 champion grass mare Perfect Sting. "We were on our absolute last bid a couple of times," said Farrell, who signed the ticket for the bay colt. Farrell said partner Zoe Cadman elbowed her to bid again as the bidding war came near an end. "We absolutely loved this colt, I felt he commanded the room, as they say," she said. "We love all the connections, and we love to honor Marty Wygod. He was such a big supporter of our Thoroughbred business and so successful." Martin Wygod, who died April 12, was a well-known breeder and owner. He and his wife, Pam, bred many stakes winners, including 2004 Eclipse 2-year-old champion Sweet Catomine and multiple grade 1 winner Life Is Sweet, both out of their homebred mare Sweet Life. "We bought the mare at the beginning of Covid and my dad picked her out, and he liked the pedigree. We were all house bound," said Emily Bushnell, daughter of Marty Wygod. "She's still kind of new to our broodmare band, we have a 2-year-old that we love, it's a full brother, so hopefully this one will be just as nice." Lane's End sold both of its offerings tonight for seven figures. They also sold Hip 146, a colt by Gun Runner, for $1.9 million to M.V. Magnier and Peter Brant's White Birch Farm. "It's been a super healthy market for us," said Allaire Ryan of Lane's End. "We try to bring quality individuals here across the spectrum. We want nice individuals that are going to show themselves well and be good representations for the breeder and for us, and we've been really well rewarded for it." Farrell said: "I cannot thank Peter (Fluor) and K.C. (Weiner) enough, I'm still shaking because I loved this horse, but I really had hoped I wouldn't have to go to this amount of money, and they knew that we loved the horse. I hope he's a lucky horse, I hope he's a good horse. They deserve this, and so does the horse. "He's a stallion in the making and I really think he's a fabulous horse."