Top Ten at Fasig-Tipton March Sale

Hip 149, Big Brown - Cool Ghoul colt, getting his whites scrubbed during a bath on the Wednesday before the breeze show.

Yesterday’s Fasig-Tipton sale of two-year-olds in training yielded a few big prices and was headed by a flashy, well-made colt by first-year sire Big Brown. The gorgeous bay out of Cool Ghoul (by Silver Ghost) is a half-brother to Listed stakes winner Dagnabit; a $220,000 yearling, he blossomed into a $1,300,000 juvenile.

A previous blog post had a photo of him as “a handsome Big Brown colt,” being hand-walked the day before the sale horses breezed in front of prospective buyers on March 23rd. You couldn’t walk by this horse without noticing him!

Click here to see timed results from the workouts and here to see prices for all the horses.

Below are photos of the top ten most expensive horses sold.

The '10 Cool Ghoul on Thursday in the Wavertree Stables consignment of Ciaran Dunne.

And on Friday, blazing an eighth down the track in 10.1 seconds.

His fluent, powerful stride caught the eye of Demi O'Byrne, who signed the ticket for $1,300,000.

Hip 96, a Distorted Humor - Secret Thyme colt consigned by Lynne Boutte and sold to John Ferguson for $1,200,000 after working an eighth in 10.1.

Another six-figure two-year-old: hip 51, a Tapit colt out of Liberty Flag consigned by Stephens Thoroughbreds. He was purchased on behalf of Black Rock LLC for $1,000,000 after working in 10.3.

Hip 40, a Bernardini colt out of Jolie Boutique, was bought for $875,000 by John Ferguson out of the Hartley/De Renzo consignment.

This Hard Spun colt out of Lucky Lavender Gal, catalogued as hip 56, was sold by Eddie Woods to John Ferguson for $870,000.

Another from the barn of Eddie Woods, this son of Street Boss and Varnish, hip 123, attracted a bid of $825,000 from agent Steve Young.

This Pike Racing-consigned colt, by Malibu Moon out of Seek to Soar (hip 51), went to John Ferguson for $725,000.

Hip 67, the Lion Heart colt out of Obligation North who sold for $625,000. He changed hands from the consignment of Eddie Woods to trainer Mark Casse.

Sequel Bloodstock sold the only filly in the top ten, this daughter of Bernardini and Runnin Ute. Todd Pletcher purchased hip 91 for $550,000.

Rounding out the ten highest-priced two-year-olds sold was Niall Brennan's hip 93, a colt by Tale of the Cat out of Saratoga Drive. He was bought for $550,000 by F. Thomas Conway.