LEXINGTON, Ky.--The December Digital Sale conducted by Fasig-Tipton sold 401 horses for a record $10,031,000.
Allez Marie (Photo courtesy of Fasig-Tipton)
The gross is believed to be a world record for a Thoroughbred auction conducted exclusively online.
The best thing about digital sales is that with such a sale there is no cost of shipping the horse to the sale and no cost of keeping the horse at the sale for two or three days before the sale while paying an agent to show the horse, who then also gets a percentage of the sale price.
That greatly reduces the cost of selling a horse.
But the advantage of selling at a regional sale like Timonium in Maryland is that most of the bidders there are also from Maryland and may race the hose in Maryland, so the breeder gets state breeder's awards.
In a digital sale, bidders come from all over.
More than 1200 bidders were registered to bid at the Fasig-Tipton sale.
The Digital platform has now grossed more than $45,500,000 in 2024.
With 1417 sold from 1789 offered, the platform has a 79% clearance rate this year.
Allez Marie (hip 337) topped the session and the sale when sold for $750,000, and Three Chimneys Farm signed the ticket.
A DAUGHTER of successful broodmare sire Unbridled’s Song out of the G1 Kentucky Oaks winner Summerly, Allez Marie has already produced four black type stakes horses, including stakes winners Workaholic and Legalize.
Her current 2-year-old by Gun Runner, Running Away, was a five length maiden winner at Churchill Downs on Dec.1.
Allez Marie was offered in foal to two-time G1 Breeders’ Cup Sprint winner Elite Power.
“We’re ecstatic over the results of the December Digital Sale, and over 2024 overall,” said Fasig-Tipton Director of Digital Sales Leif Aaron. “We’ve done over $10,000,000 in sales over the last few days, with more than $45,000,000 in gross over the year. We couldn’t be happier that buyers and sellers are putting that level of trust in Fasig-Tipton Digital.”
The top five hips sold Wednesday also included:
Lovely Carina (hip 314), in foal to Nyquist, sold for $510,000 to Three Chimneys Farm.
A daughter of Pioneerof the Nile, Lovely Carina is the dam of this year’s winning 2-year-old Evanescence, by Munnings.
Girls Secret (hip 308), in foal to Constitution, sold for $450,000 to Dream Big Racing LLC.
Girls Secret is a multiple graded stakes producer whose four winners from four starters include graded stakes winner/multiple stakes winner and G1 Kentucky Oaks placed Will’s Secret, by Will Take Charge.
Take Charge Tressa (hip 335), in foal to Tapit, sold for $320,000 to Solis/Litt.
Take Charge Tressa is a half-sister to four winners, including Eclipse Champion 2-Year-Old Filly Take Charge Brandi, multiple G1 winning millionaire and sire Omaha Beach, and G1 placed Courage Under Fire.
The mare is already the dam of four winners, including 2-year-old stakes winner Tapit Jenallie, who is also twice graded stakes placed, and stakes credentialed Take Charge Briana, by Curlin.
Cruz Ramirez (hip 346), a 2-year-old Good Magic filly offered as a racing/broodmare prospect, sold for $260,000 to George Barnes.
Cruz Ramirez, who broke her maiden on debut on Sunday, Dec. 8, is a half-sister to three other winners, including three-time Grade/Group 1 winner and sire Secret Circle.
“The team at Fasig-Tipton made selling Take Charge Tressa and Girls Secret a very streamlined, easy process,” said Case Clay, consignor as Case Clay Thoroughbred Management, agent, who sold his two offerings for $770,000. “It is a very user-friendly platform on which everyone is participating. The sellers were happy with the sales results.”
Bidding for the December Digital Sale opened on Dec. 5 and closed on Dec. 10 and 11.
Offerings included horses of racing age, racing/broodmare prospects, broodmares, broodmare prospects, weanlings, and yearlings.
