Good Magic Colt, Bahama Banks Set Records at Saratoga Fall Mixed

A weanling colt by Good Magic led a pair of record offerings at the 2023 Fasig-Tipton Saratoga Fall Mixed sale, held Tuesday, October 17, at the Humphrey S. Finney Pavilion in Saratoga Springs, New York.

The Good Magic colt (Hip 251) sold for $230,000 to C F Farm from the consignment of Vinery Sales, agent, to set a new record for most expensive offering and most expensive weanling sold at the Saratoga Fall Mixed sale, which was first held in 2012 (video). The previous record for a weanling was $195,000. The sale topper is out of the winning Medaglia d'Oro mare Popstar, dam of three winners from three to race, including her current two-year-old Lady d'Oro (Catholic Boy), who was second in the Colleen S. at Monmouth earlier this year. The chestnut colt was bred in New York by Fortune Farm.

Bahama Banks (Hip 25), the session's second highest priced offering, sold for $170,000 to Glen Hill Farm from the consignment of Sequel New York, agent for Juddmonte, to establish a new record price for a broodmare at Saratoga Fall Mixed (video). The previous record for a broodmare was $150,000. Bahama Banks, a four-year-old daughter of Arrogate, sold carrying her second foal by New York sire Honest Mischief. Her first foal is a weanling filly by that sire.

Rounding out the sale's top five prices were:

• Sweet Jubilee (Hip 300), in foal to Honest Mischief, sold for $140,000 to  Shepherd Equine Advisors, agent for Larry Hirsch, from the consignment of Sequel New York, agent for Juddmonte. A daughter of Uncle Mo, Sweet Jubilee is out of the Grade 2 winning Ghostzapper mare Wine Princess, making her a half-sister to this year's Fasig-Tipton Lure S. winner Smokin' T (War Front).
• Ballacolla (Hip 27), in foal to Honest Mischief, sold for $130,000 to McMahon and Hill Bloodstock, agent, from the consignment of Sequel New York, agent for Juddmonte. By Munnings out of Galileo mare, Ballacolla hails from the immediate family of French champion filly Special Duty (GB) and Grade 1 winners Sightseek and Tates Creek.
• A filly by Yaupon (Hip 89), sold for $125,000 to MWG LLC from the consignment of Saratoga Glen Farm, agent. Out of the winning Sky Mesa mare Downtown Daria, the bay filly is a half-sister to two winners, including multiple stakes winner Dream Bigger (Mission Impazible) and stakes placed Downtown At Noon (Noonmark). Hip 89 was bred in New York by Saratoga Glen Farm & Beals Racing Stable.
• A colt by Medaglia d'Oro (Hip 91), sold for $125,000 to Machmer Hall from the consignment of Vinery Sales, agent. The dark bay or brown colt is a half-brother to four winners from as many to race out of the War Front mare Earth Shaking and is closely related to graded stakes winner Talk Veuve to Me. Hip 91 was bred in New York by Amsterdam Two Farm.

Overall, 153 horses sold for $4,465,700, the second highest gross in sale history. The average was $29,188, third highest in sale history. The median was $20,000, tying the record median for the sale set last year.

Full results are available online.