At the end of the first day's trade, 176 horses had changed hands for gross receipts of $26,410,500, including private sales. The average was a healthy $150,060, with a median of $75,000.
Legion Bloodstock and Gracie Bloodstock joined forces during the first session of the Fasig-Tipton Midlantic May 2-Year-Olds in Training Sale, May 18, to land the highest-priced filly of the day—Hip 79, a daughter of Jackie's Warrior, for $750,000.
On the May 18 episode of BloodHorse Monday: Preakness Stakes (G1) winners Napoleon Solo, Chad Summers, Al Gold, and Paco Lopez join the show and share their thoughts on the race.
BloodHorse magazine, BloodHorse Daily, and Keeneland Magazine were honored with a combined six first-place awards during the Equine Media Association's annual media awards competition.
Just a few hips into the first session of the Fasig-Tipton Midlantic May Sale, Clovis Crane of Crane Thoroughbred Services and his family were overjoyed when their lucrative pinhook—Hip 13, a colt by Volatile—fetched $650,000 from Zedan Racing.
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.