Bidding Opens for Fasig-Tipton August Digital Sale

Fasig-Tipton has cataloged 213 entries for its August Digital Sale, which may be viewed at digital.fasigtipton.com. Bidding is now open and will close on Aug. 27, beginning at 12 p.m. ET. "Fasig-Tipton Digital continues to gain impressive momentum, evidenced by the size of this catalog," 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 catalog features 70 horses of racing age, led by School Dance (Hip 2), a grade 1-placed racing/broodmare prospect. Other horses of racing age of interest include: 3-year-old filly Shuangxi (IRE) (Hip 3), second in the Blue Sparkler Stakes July 13; Something Wicked (Hip 5), a 3-year-old daughter of Gun Runner and full sister to multiple graded stakes winner Wicked Halo who won a maiden special weight July 18; and Tapit Shoes (Hip 6), a 4-year-old half brother to grade 1 winner and sire Cyberknife who was second in an allowance at Ellis Park 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 2019 champion 2-year-old filly 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 catalog 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, 2-year-olds, and a stallion prospect are also cataloged.