Fasig-Tipton's December Digital Sale closed Dec. 10 with gross sales of $10,607,900 for 421 horses sold. The sale opened Dec. 4, and closed over two sessions Dec. 9-10. The sale gross is believed to establish a new top gross for an online Thoroughbred auction held worldwide, exceeding last year’s December Digital Sale’s gross of $10,258,700.
Offerings included horses of racing age, racing/broodmare prospects, racing/stallion prospects, broodmares, yearlings, weanlings, and stallion seasons.
Treadstone (Hip 34), a debut-winning son of Tapit , sold for $470,000 to Greg Compton, agent, to top the sale. Gainesway, agent, consigned the 2-year-old colt as a horse of racing age. Treadstone broke his maiden on debut Nov. 23 at Aqueduct Racetrack. Out of the winning Empire Maker mare Bayou Tortuga, Treadstone is a half brother to UAE Oaks (G3) winners Down On Da Bayou and Polar River.
Other top prices included:
• Tour Player (Hip 42), sold for $350,000 to Legion Bloodstock, agent for Graham Grace Stables, from the consignment of Bob Baffert, agent for Natalie J. Baffert. The 4-year-old American Pharoah colt was offered as a horse of racing age. He is undefeated in three starts this year and entered the sale off three consecutive 90+ Beyer Speed Figures.
• Empress Eleanor (Hip 368), sold for $280,000 to Ashview Farm from the consignment of Bluegrass Thoroughbred Services, agent for Merriebelle Stables. An 8-year-old winning daughter of Bernardini, Empress Eleanor was offered in foal to Tiz the Law . Her first foal, Channel the Music, is a stakes-placed winner at 2 this year.
• Wild Bout Hilary (Hip 6), sold for $250,000 to Bourbon Boys from the consignment of Taylor Made Sales Agency, agent. A 4-year-old racing/broodmare prospect by Midnight Lute, Wild Bout Hilary counts this year’s Bayakoa Stakes (G3) among her six wins from ages 2-4.
• Rock On Layla (Hip 645), sold for $230,000 to Fiddleleaf Bloodstock from the consignment of Harris Farms. Offered as a broodmare, the 4-year-old daughter of More Than Ready is a half sister to this year’s Clark Stakes (G2) winner Magnitude.
• Zapple (Hip 351), sold for $220,000 to Reverie Farm from the consignment of Kingswood Farm, agent. A winning daughter of Ghostzapper, Zapple is a half sister to graded stakes winner Nootka Sound and to the dam of multiple graded stakes winner Instant Coffee, and was offered carrying her first foal by Girvin .
“This is the highest grossing digital sale ever,” said Leif Aaron, Fasig-Tipton's director of digital sales. “We’re thrilled with how it went. We’ve sold over 1,600 horses this year and grossed over $50,000,000 in digital sales. I never thought we’d be where we are now when we launched the platform nearly four years ago.”
Aaron continued: “The growth of Fasig Digital is all thanks to our buyers and sellers from across the globe. We had over 1,500 registered bidders for the December sale alone—so many that it crashed Jesse and Frank’s broadcast on Day 1. I’m thrilled with where we’re going, and we cannot wait for 2026.”
Overall, 421 horses sold for $10,607,900, believed to be the highest gross ever for an online Thoroughbred auction worldwide. Twenty-two (22) offerings sold for $100,000 or more. Horses were sold to buyers from eight different countries and three continents.
Full results are available online.
This press release has been edited for content and style by BloodHorse Staff.
