City of Light Filly Tops Steady Renewal of Midlantic Fall Yearlings Sale

Tuesday, October 1, 2024
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Steady trade marked the 2024 Fasig-Tipton Midlantic Fall Yearlings sale, held Tuesday in Timonium, Maryland. A Maryland-bred filly by City of Light topped the single-session sale, which posted a median of $15,000, tied for the third highest in sale history.

A filly by City of Light (Hip 49) fetched the highest price of the day when purchased for $165,000 by LC Racing from the consignment of Becky Davis, agent (video). The bay filly is out of the winning Not For Love mare How My Heart Works, making her a half-sister to three winners, including graded stakes placed multiple stakes winner Monday Morning QB (Imagining) and graded stakes placed Asawer (Nyquist). How My Heart Works – who was also responsible for last year’s sale-topper – is a half-sister to Awesome Flower, the graded stakes placed stakes winning mare who produced multiple Grade 1 winner and track record setter Cyberknife. The immediate family further includes Grade/Group 1 winners Well Armed, American Patriot, and Played Hard. The sale-topper was bred in Maryland by Bowman & Higgins Stable.

Rounding out the top five prices were:

  • Hip 206, a colt by Nyquist sold for $150,000 to Scanlon Training & Sales from the consignment of Becky Davis, agent. Out of the Midnight Lute mare Alottalute, the bay colt is a half-brother to three winners from as many to race, including multiple stakes winners Street Lute (Street Magician) and Alottahope (Editorial). Hip 206 was bred in Maryland by Bowman & Higgins Stable.
  • Hip 87, a colt by Vekoma sold for $125,000 to Gatsas Stables from the consignment of Marshall W. Silverman, agent. Out of the winning First Samurai mare Mamasan, the chestnut colt is a half-sibling to four winners and hails from the immediate family of track record setting Grade 1 winner Richter Scale. Hip 87 was bred in Kentucky by C. Kidder, N. Cole, B. Kidder & Estate of N. Strong.
  • Hip 105, a McKinzie filly sold for $120,000 to Gatsas Stables from the consignment of Becky Davis, agent. The dark bay or brown filly is out of the stakes performing Jump Start mare Moon Virginia, a half-sister to multiple stakes winner Luna Belle. Hip 105 was bred in Maryland by Bowman & Higgins.
  • Hip 165, a filly from the first crop of Engage sold for $115,000 to Cash Is King from the consignment of Northview Stallion Station (David Wade), agent. The first foal out of the stakes performing Great Notion mare Stickingtogether, the dark bay or brown filly’s second dam is multiple graded stakes winner Who Did It and Run, who produced four stakes horses and the dams of seven stakes performers. Hip 165 was bred in Maryland by Sycamore Hall Thoroughbreds.


Overall, 180 yearlings sold for $4,267,700, good for an average of $23,709. The median was $15,000, tied for the third highest in sale history.

Full results are available online.