Record sale in Maryland as Bernardini colt sells for over $3.5 million
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- May 25, 2022
- By Staff Writers
TIMONIUM, Md--A new record price for a thoroughbred sold in Maryland was set at the Fasig-Tipton two-year-olds in training sale at Timonium when a Bernardini colt sold for $3,550,000.
Hip 385This was almost double the previous highest sale in the state.
The 2022 Midlantic Two-Year-Olds in Training sale ended Tuesday in Timonium with an exciting day of sales, featuring early fireworks and robust trade throughout.
But like all sales of late, there seems to be no price too high for the top of the market, but there is little or no interest in the lower part.
"Everyone was there for the big gun horses," said Marshall Silverman, an agent. "There were a lot of nice horses in the sale.But a lot of horses should have sold for more than they did. Overall, it was a good sale, but a lot of people didn't have a good sale.
"I had eight horses at the sale, and I sold one through the ring. Two others I sold after the sale. A couple of the owners race horses, so they kept theirs to race.
"Bernardini was just crazy money," said Silverman. "When you get two people on a horse they just get into a bidding match. Baffert was at the sale, and a lot of out of town trainers. But there were a lot of trainers that I thought would be there that weren't. But it was overall a good sale. People were pumped."
The two-day auction was originally scheduled to take place on Monday and Tuesday, Feb.7 and 8, but will now be held on Tuesday and Wednesday, Feb.8 and 9.
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"It was a great sale," said Marshall Silverman of New Freedom, Pa.,, who,, as agent, sold six. "Fasig-Tipton did a great job. There was plenty of money there. It was a super, super sale. There was a low RNA.
