Fasig-Tipton Yearling Sale Preview

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MANY PLUM CAL-BRED YEARLINGS RIPE FOR THE PICKING

BY TRACY GANTZ

Heading into its second year, Fasig-Tipton’s California fall yearling sale already has graduates that have earned black type. Two at Del Mar got of to a quick start: Positivity and Exchange Vows.

Positivity, in less than a year after he sold for $20,000 at the Fasig-Tipton sale, captured the $100,500 Graduation Stakes at Del Mar Aug. 2. Allen Farm bred the son of Paynter—Sam’s Sunny City, by City Zip, in California, and Fleming Toroughbred Farm sold the youngster to John Brocklebank at the Fasig-Tipton sale. Te Graduation was Positivity’s second win in as many starts.

Exchange Vows cost $6,000 at last year’s sale. A winner in her frst outing, at Los Alamitos, she then fnished third in the $150,500 Sorrento Stakes (G2) at Del Mar Aug. 7. Bar C Racing Stables. bred Exchange Vows (Tapiture—Champagne Exchange, by Exchange Rate) in California and sold her to Tricar Stables.

Te second edition of the sale is slated for Oct. 19 at Los Alamitos in Cypress. Both Fleming and Bar C are returning with consignments, as are many other major California breeders, farms, and agents. More than 90% of the yearlings cataloged were bred or foaled in California.

“We have a quality catalog with 298 entries, which is up slightly over our inaugural yearling sale in California last year,” said Boyd Browning, president of Fasig-Tipton. “Tis is an important sale for the California marketplace, and we are very appreciative of Dr. (Ed) Allred and Los Alamitos for accommodating us when it became clear we could not hold the sale in Pomona.”

Some of California’s newest sire prospects will be well represented at the sale. Danzing Candy and Stanford are two stallions whose frst foals are yearlings of 2020.

A three-time graded winner and earner of $700,930, Danzing Candy has 15 cataloged in the sale. Several are in the consignment of Adrian Gonzalez’ Check

mate Toroughbreds. Gonzalez put together the syndicate to stand Danzing Candy at Rancho San Miguel. Liberty Road Stables is also ofering several by Danzing Candy through Havens Bloodstock Agency Inc.

Stanford won four stakes and earned $1,385,510 during his career. He stands at Tommy Town Toroughbreds and has 12 from his frst crop in the catalog.

Tom’s Tribute also stands at Rancho San Miguel, and he has 13 yearlings cataloged. A four-time stakes winner, Tom’s Tribute earned $634,880.

Stay Tirsty’s frst Cal-breds are yearlings, and he has 18 in the catalog. An earner of $1,936,000, Stay Tirsty won four stakes, including the 2011 Travers Stakes (G1). Te stallion stands at Terry Lovingier’s Lovacres Ranch, and most of his yearlings being ofered are in the Lovacres consignment. Mr. Big is another California stallion well represented in the catalog. He has 15, many consigned by Havens Bloodstock Agency. Mr. Big, whose runners include 2020 Echo Eddie Stakes and Fleet Treat Stakes winner Big Sweep, stands at Rancho Temescal. Many of California’s leading sires will be represented in the sale, including Square Eddie, Smiling Tiger, and Clubhouse Ride. All of Square Eddie’s six yearlings are in the McCarthy Bloodstock consignment. Ofspring of the recently pensioned stallion continue to perform well and this year include Make Happy, a stakes winner in Japan. Smiling Tiger, who stands at John Harris’ Harris Farms, has seven cataloged. His runners this year include stakes winners El Tigre Terrible, Tiger Dad, Grinning Tiger, and Smiling Shirlee.

Clubhouse Ride stands at Pete and Evelyn Parrella’s Legacy Ranch and has three in the sale. His daughter Warren’s Showtime has already won three stakes this year, and she most recently fnished third in the Del Mar Oaks (G1T).

Cal-bred superstar California Chrome has one yearling in the sale. Te colt is in the Bar C consignment. California Chrome’s frst runners are 2-year-olds.