Fasig-Tipton has catalogued 690 entries for its December Digital Sale, which opened for bidding Thursday. The sale will close in two phases, with hips 1-349 concluding Tuesday, Dec. 9 at 12 p.m., and hips 350-690 finishing Wednesday, Dec. 10.
The auction represents the largest digital Thoroughbred sale ever conducted, featuring over 150 horses of racing age, 320 broodmares in foal to 113 different stallions, 10 offerings from the Estate of Larry Johnson (selling without reserve), 60 weanlings, 50 yearlings, and four stallion seasons.
“This catalogue features more than 150 horses of racing age—eligible for a wide range of conditions—as well as over 320 broodmares in foal to an impressive 113 different sires,” said Leif Aaron, Fasig-Tipton Director of Digital Sales. “It’s the final opportunity for buyers to enhance their racing or breeding programs in 2025.”
Notable offerings include Wild Bout Hilary (Midnight Lute) (hip 6), a 4-year-old winner of this year’s GIII Bayakoa Stakes at Oaklawn with nearly $400,000 in earnings. She is consigned as a racing/broodmare prospect by Taylor Made Sales Agency, agent.
Catmint (Kitten’s Joy) (hip 10) stands out as a multiple winner and half-sister to two recent Grade I winners from Del Mar: Salamis (Speightstown), winner of the GI Hollywood Derby, and Segesta (Ghostzapper), winner of the GI Matriarch Stakes.
Purchased by R. Townsend Sparks for $40,000 at Keeneland November in 2023 before either of her half-siblings had broken their maidens, the 5-year-old Catmint raced 19 times with three wins. She is bred from Grade I-winning First Defence mare Antonoe.
“We could not have asked for better timing,” said Keith Crupper, who consigns Catmint through his Crupper Bloodstock. “She was ready to move on [to her next career] and [owner] Townsend likes to race.”
Crupper expressed confidence in the mare’s prospects after her siblings’ Grade I victories.
“We’re beyond optimistic,” he said. “We’ve not found anyone that can confirm if there’s ever been a mare to have two Grade I siblings on back-to-back days. She’s got a nice pedigree and, if she doesn’t [sell well], someone will need to bring me some oxygen!”
Sparks, who will join Crupper in Lexington Tuesday, described himself as “like a kid in a candy shop” about the situation.
“Racing is up and down but the last three weeks have been incredible,” said Sparks, who is based in southeast Missouri. “She was a nice looking mare with a good-looking pedigree when I bought her. Nothing like she’s got now!”
Liberal Arts (Arrogate) (hip 22), a 4-year-old graded stakes winner with nearly $600,000 in earnings, is also featured. One of only two graded stakes winning juvenile colts ever sired by Arrogate, he comes from the immediate family of Grade I winner and sire City of Light.
Additional standouts include:
– Treadstone (Tapit) (hip 34): 2-year-old colt who won his debut at Aqueduct on November 23
– Musical Rhapsody (Ire) (Holy Roman Emperor {Ire}) (hip 35): Stakes-winning and graded stakes placed 6-year-old
– Ready to Dial (Dialed In) (hip 40): Undefeated 2-year-old filly who won the Blue Mountain Stakes at Penn National
– Vehemente (Vekoma) (hip 41): 3-year-old Fleet Indian Stakes winner at Saratoga
– Tour Player (American Pharoh) (hip 42): Undefeated 4-year-old with three wins this year
The broodmare section includes A Must See (Catholic Boy) (hip 352), a 4-year-old half-sister to multiple Grade I-winning millionaire Miss Temple City, offered carrying her first foal by champion Forte. Also notable is Rock On Layla (More Than Ready) (hip 645), a 4-year-old half-sister to Magnitude, winner of last weekend’s GII Clark Stakes.
Four stallion seasons benefiting the Kansas Thoroughbred Association are also available, including seasons to Dialed In, Flameaway, Flat Out, and Rich Strike. The Kansas Thoroughbred Association recently announced that Thoroughbred racing will return to the state in 2026.
