Stakes-placed broodmare prospect Elliptic sold for $270,000 to lead all New York-breds at the Fasig-Tipton Kentucky winter mixed sale. Photo courtesy of Grovendale Sales.
Stakes-placed broodmare prospect Elliptic and a short yearling colt by Gunite led a haul of six-figure sellers during Monday’s Fasig-Tipton Kentucky winter mixed sale in Lexington.
Tropical Racing LLC secured Elliptic, a 6-year-old daughter of Arrogate offered as Hip 407, for $270,000. Consigned by Grovendale Sales, agent, Elliptic is out of the winning Big Brown mare Redheads Rule.
Elliptic went 5-0-4 in 15 starts with earnings of $231,356. She made four starts for owner Lucky Hat Racing LLC and trainer Amelia Green in 2025, including a victory in a $78,000 allowance-optional at Aqueduct and a third in the $139,500 Top Flight Stakes at Aqueduct.
Bred by Stable 63 LLC and foaled at Irish Hill Century Farm in Stillwater, Elliptic originally sold for $17,000 at the 2021 Fasig-Tipton Kentucky October yearling sale, then brought $130,000 from Tiago Bloodstock at the 2025 Keeneland November breeding stock sale. She’s one of two winners out of Redheads Rule, a half-sister to Grade 1 winner and $3,543,392-earner Little Mike, multiple stakes winner Little Nick, stakes winner Little Jewel and five other winners.
Hip 272, a son of multiple Grade 1 winner Gunite out of the Tapit mare Light the Sky, brought the top price of the day for a New York-bred short yearling at $230,000 from Elizabeth Morey, agent for Gulliver Racing.
Hip 272, a colt by Grade 1 winner Gunite bred by Saratoga Glen Farm and Kenneth Ackerman, sold for $230,000 Monday at Fasig-Tipton Kentucky. Photo courtesy of Mulholland Springs.
Bred by Saratoga Glen Farm LLC and Kenneth Ackerman, foaled at Saratoga Glen Farm in Schuylerville and consigned by Mulholland Springs, agent, the colt is the seventh foal out of the Light the Sky and a half-brother to a pair of winners led by $253,079-earner Icarus. Light the Sky is also the dam of a 2-year-old colt by Early Voting.
Hip 90, a daughter of Grade 1 winner Drain the Clock, brought the top price for a New York-bred short yearling filly at $125,000 from Will Stein Bloodstock.
Bred by Dr. and Mrs. John McDermott, foaled at Seldom Still Farm in Granville and consigned by Vinery Sales, agent, the filly is the seventh foal out of the winning Tiznow mare Tiz Josselyn. She’s the dam of winners Prince of Fenton, Bayou Chrome and Corked, and the 2-year-old New York-bred Keepmeinmind colt Tiz the Moment.
The single-session auction also saw the sale of Hip 345, a colt from the first crop of New York-based sire Americanrevolution that brought $80,000.
Bred by Americanrevolution Syndicate and Jamie Pisculli, foaled at Topal Farm in Ghent and consigned by Vinery Sales, agent, the colt is the second foal out of the winning Sharp Humor mare Pride of Paris. She’s also the dam of five-time winner and $111,908-earner Calvin’s Ride.
Grade 1 winner Americanrevolution, New York-bred Horse of the Year in 2021 and a multiple divisional New York-bred champion, stands for $10,000 at Rockridge Stud in Hudson. He sired six yearlings at the winter mixed sale that sold for an average of $24,833.
Overall, Fasig-Tipton reported sales on 23 of the 30 New York-breds offered at the sale for $1,429,000, an average price of $62,130 and median of $32,000.
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