Shingo Hashimoto

Even a cursory glance through the pages of the catalogue for the JRHA Select Sale in Japan each year would give an instant impression that there is almost no corner of the globe which is unexplored by Katsumi Yoshida in recruiting mares for his Northern Farm. Mind you, it's not simply readymade breeding prospects with top-class form on the shopping list. Over the last few years, Yoshida's name has appeared on the buyers' list at foals sales in Europe, and Northern Farm's representative Shingo Hashimoto was in action again at...

by Jessica Martini & Christina Bossinakis OCALA, FL-The Ocala Breeders' Sales Company's March 2-Year-Olds in Training Sale, which had four million-dollar juveniles a year ago, has matched that mark with another day to go as a colt by Good Magic topped Tuesday's trade with a sale co-record final price of $2 million. Bob Baffert, sitting in the press box alongside Donato Lanni while on the phone with Amr Zedan, made the winning bid, which matched the $2-million price tag of Chestertown (Tapit), who sold at the auction in 2019. "It...

A colt by Arrogate (hip 489), who is a full-brother to multiple Grade I winner Cave Rock, will be heading to Japan after selling for $1.05 million to the bid of bloodstock agent Shingo Hashimoto of Northern Farm. The juvenile was consigned by Tom McCrocklin, who purchased him for a sale-topping $700,000 on behalf of Michael Sucher's Champion Equine at last summer's Fasig-Tipton New York-bred Yearling sale just days after Cave Rock's TDN Rising Star-worthy debut at Del Mar. Just minutes after the seven-figure sale, McCrocklin was already looking ahead...