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Record-breaking Midlantic Two-Year-Olds in Training sale concluded on Tuesday
A record-breaking renewal of the Fasig-Tipton Midlantic Two-Year-Olds In Training sale concluded in Maryland on Tuesday, with new benchmarks established for gross, average, and median. For the seventh consecutive year, the sale topper sold for seven figures, and more than 30 per cent of the juveniles sold realised US$100,000 or more.
A Florida-bred filly by three-time leading sire Tapit (Pulpit) topped the second and final session when sold for US$625,000 to Xtreme Racing Stables from the consignment of De Meric Sales, agent.
Offered as Lot 492, the filly is the second foal out of Alcibiades Stakes (Gr 1, 8.5f) winner Gomo (Uncle Mo). The filly breezed in a time of 10.1 seconds and was bred by Bridlewood Farm, who purchased Gomo for US$1,500,000 at the Fasig-Tipton November Sale in 2017.
The session's highest priced colt was Lot 417, a colt from the first crop of multiple Grade 1 winner Gormley (Malibu Moon), which sold for US$490,000 to Spendthrift Farm from the consignment of Niall Brennan Stables, agent.
Overall, 357 juveniles sold for a Midlantic Two-Year-Olds in Training sale record of US$33,692,000, eclipsing the previous high mark of US$29,374,000 set in 2019. The average was US$94,375, surpassing the record of US$90,104 set in 2019, while the median of US$50,000 median also set a sale record, replacing the benchmark set at US$45,000 in 2015.
A total of 108 two-year-olds sold for at least six figures, representing more than 30 per cent of those sold. The US$1,500,000 sale topper tied the record for a colt at this auction, set in 2017 by subsequent multiple stakes winner Curlin's Honor (Curlin). The RNA rate fell to 16.2 per cent, the third lowest buyback rate in sale history.
