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.
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.
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.
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.