Agent Pedro Lanz did not give up as the price for Hip 54, a colt by Flightline out of grade 1 winner Bar of Gold, soared into seven-figure territory, quickly climbing to his final bid of $2.1 million.
This year's sale presents a new challenge to buyers and sellers, with no timed workouts and restricted crop use. Fasig-Tipton did not publish any timed workouts, and consignors could work their horses at a breeze or a gallop.
Sequel Bloodstock brings a premium slate of offerings to the Fasig-Tipton Midlantic May 2-Year-Olds in Training Sale cultivated by Chester and the late Mary Broman—a testament to the couple's decades of dedication to the New York program.
For everything that jockey Paco Lopez has accomplished during his nearly 20 years of dominance at Monmouth Park, there's still one major achievement that has eluded him: The Haskell Stakes.