Colt by Nyquist topped the Fasig-Tipton Midlantic Fall Yearling sale
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- October 4, 2023
- By Staff Writers
TIMONIUM, Md.--A colt by Nyquist (Hip 160) topped the second session and the sale, selling for $205,000 at the Fasig-Tipton Midlantic Fall Yearlings sale on Tuesday evening, Oct. 3 at the Maryland State Fairgrounds in Timonium.
The colt by Nyquist sold for $205,000 to Thorostock LLC & Seth Morris Thoroughbreds from the consignment of Becky Davis Inc., agent.
Out of the winning Not For Love mare How My Heart Works, the dark bay or brown colt is a half-brother to graded stakes placed Monday Morning QB, winner of last year’s Maryland Million Classic, and a full sibling to Asawer, second runner up in this year’s G3 U.A.E. Oaks and was bred in Maryland by Bowman & Higgins Stable.
Over the course of two days, 289 yearlings sold for $7,078,000, good for an average of $24,491.
The median was $12,000, and the RNA (reserve not attained) rate was 21.4%.
"Could it have been a better sale, yes," said Marshall Silverman of New Freedom, Pa., who sold a number of yearlings as agent, including the second highest price colt in the opening session. "But the way things are going it was not too bad."
"It wasn't as crowded as usual, but a lot of the right people were there," he said."A lot of people want only Kentucky sired horses."
Siverman said the Timonium being sandwiched between the Keeneland sale of thousands of yearling and the Keeneland sale of 12,000 horses meant that some buyers didn't bother to go to Maryland.