Mill Ridge Sales

Grade I-Producing Mare Strong Incentive Brings $2.75M at Fasig-Tipton November

Moments after she was led out of the ring unsold, Grade-I producing Strong Incentive (Warrior's Reward--G G's Dolly, by Comic Strip) sold to M.V. Magnier and White Birch Farm for $2.75 million at Fasig-Tipton November Monday evening. The 12-year-old mare is already responsible for Grade I winners Ways and Means (Practical Joke) and Surge Capacity (Flintshire {GB}), who brought $3.6 million Monday. Offered as Hip 196, the stakes-winning mare was consigned by Mill Ridge Sales, agent.

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Summer Heats Up at Fasig-Tipton Saratoga Sale

If the weather in Saratoga Springs of late is any indication of what's to come at the Humphrey S. Finney Pavilion Monday and Tuesday evenings, the Fasig-Tipton Saratoga Sale is poised for a volcanic renewal. In 2023, a total of 154 yearlings sold for $75,055,000, averaging $487,370 with a median of 375,000. The gross jumped from $66,955,000 generated for 143 sold in 2022. "The vibe feels good here," confirmed Taylor Made's Frank Taylor. "Everybody you would want to see in the courtyard, you would have seen walk in. The horses...

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Stars Set to Shine at Fasig-Tipton November Sale

LEXINGTON, KY- The Fasig-Tipton November Sale, which has surpassed $100-million in gross the last two years, returns with another typically glitzy renewal Tuesday at Newtown Paddocks. Bidding on the first of 271 catalogued offerings begins at 2 p.m. "We are very excited about the overall quality of the catalogue," said Fasig-Tipton President Boyd Browning. "I think our in-foal mares are definitely stronger than they've been in the past and we have some exceptional younger horses that are going to be offered. It's a tremendous group of young racing and broodmare...

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Two Entries Added to Fasig-Tipton May Digital Sale

A pair of entries consigned by Mill Ridge Sales, as agent for George Strawbridge's Augustin Stable, have been added to the Fasig-Tipton May Digital Sale. Bidding is currently open for the auction, which will conclude May 16 at 2 p.m. Joy Huntress (Kitten's Joy) (hip 59) is an unraced 3-year-old broodmare prospect out of Money Huntress (Mineshaft), who is a daughter of Grade I winner Favorite Funtime (Seeking the Gold). Joy Huntress is a full-sister to graded stakes winner Noble Beauty and to multiple stakes winner and multiple stakes producer...

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