Nyquist Colt Tops F-T Midlantic Sale at $370,000

Fasig-Tipton's Midlantic Fall Yearlings Sale got off to a strong start early in the day Sept. 30, when Hip 18, a Maryland-bred colt by Nyquist, sold to Scanlon Training and Sales for $370,000. Becky Davis, agent, consigned the colt, who was bred by Bowman and Higgins Stable, R. Larry Johnson, and RDM Racing Stable. Hip 18 is the first foal of the stakes-placed mare Lookin Dynamic, who is a half sister to multiple graded stakes-placed Another Broad. "I would say no," Scanlon responded when asked if he thought he'd have to go to $370,000 for the colt. "My wife and I were both scouting the catalog early on, and noticed there was another Nyquist colt in there, same breeder, same consignor (as the Nyquist colt they bought last year for $150,000). We were hoping he would be nice. "Once we got here, we saw him, and physically, he was a really nice, big, good-looking scopey colt. Great walk. We knew he'd be expensive. We knew we were going to have to stretch on him." David Scanlon and his wife Blair King purchased a training center formerly owned by Eddie Woods and his wife Angela near Ocala, Fla., this past summer. Scanlon pinhooks and consigns 2-year-olds. Some of his most notable graduates to come out of his program are 2024 champion 3-year-old male Sierra Leone and 2007 Belmont Stakes (G1) winner Rags to Riches. Scanlon said he noticed a lot of new faces on the sales grounds and more pinhookers than he had seen in previous years. "It was definitely up," he said about the market. "I think there was definitely a bit of a rollover effect from Keeneland, with the market being so strong. A lot of people still needed to buy horses, or didn't get as many as they needed to." The top-priced filly of the sale was Hip 202, a filly by Army Mule who sold for $210,000 to LC Racing. She is out of the Tiznow mare Hello Now, who has produced four foals to race, all winners. Hip 202 is a half sister to the multiple stakes-winning Hello Beautiful and stakes winner Hello Hot Rod. She was bred in Maryland by Holly House Farm and Sycamore Hall Thoroughbreds, and consigned by Northview Stallion Station, agent. LC Racing purchased three other yearlings, bringing their total spent to $307,000, the sale's third leading buyer by gross. A total of 161 horses changed hands for $4,978,100, including private sales. The one-day sale established a new record sale average of $30,920, and tied the record $20,000 median set in 2021. The RNA rate was 18.3%, representing the 36 horses who failed to meet their reserve. In 2024, the sale concluded with 180 horses changing hands for a gross of $4,287,700, including private sales. The average price was $23,821, with a median of $15,000. Seventy-one horses failed to meet their reserve, resulting in an RNA rate of 28.3%. Last year's sales-topper—a Maryland-bred colt by City of Light—brought $165,000. Northview Stallion Station was the leading consignor, selling 43 from their draft of 48 for a total of $1,242,500. Scanlon Training and Sales led the buyers with their single purchase of Hip 18 for $370,000.