The first yearling sale of the year produces first-rate results for buyers and sellers. With a focus on mature, athletic yearlings, last year’s sale produced a $100,000+ AVERAGE and cotied the sale’s record all-time median.
On the racetrack, the sale produced two Breeders’ Cup champions in 2025 in SHISOSPICY and SPLENDORA.
Top prices in last 5 YEARS include…
$800,000 INTO MISCHIEF F .
$600,000 CURLIN C
$500,000 MACLEAN’S MUSIC C
$475,000 AUTHENTIC F
$430,000 GUN RUNNER C .
$345,000
VEKOMA – SUNDAR F
Buyer: Kenneth McPeek, agent
Consignor: Shawhan Place, agent
Breeder: Shawhan Place LLC
$250,000
PRACTICAL JOKE-HOOKAH LADY F.
Buyer: Mahmud Mouni
$250,000
PRACTICAL JOKE-E STORM F .
Buyer: Justin Casse
$250,000
JUSTIFY-SEBAGO LAKE F.
Buyer: Resolute Bloodstock LLC
$220,000
ARMY MULE-WALL EYE C.
Buyer: Kenneth McPeek, agent
$330,000
CYBERKNIFE - MY LADY MUNNINGS C .
Buyer: Mahmud Mouni
$310,000
JACKIE’S WARRIOR - MAMA RINA F .
Buyer: Ciannello Bloodstock Services
$350,000
JACK CHRISTOPHER –ABOVE THE CROWD C
Buyer:
CHC Inc & Maverick Racing
Consignor: Buckland Sales, agent
Breeder: Susan King
$270,000
JACK CHRISTOPHER - INVITING C.
Buyer: Kenneth McPeek, agent
$230,000
CYBERKNIFE - SWEET ASSASSIN F.
Buyer: Ben Gowans, agent
END-USER MARKET
BUYERS IN 2025 INCLUDED…
KENNETH MCPEEK, AGENT
FLYING DUTCHMEN
MAHMUD MOUNI
HIGHLANDER TRAINING CENTER
CHC & MAVERICK RACING
ECLIPSE THOROUGHBRED PARTNERS
THE ELKSTONE GROUP
D.J. STABLE
WINCHELL THOROUGHBREDS
WESLEY WARD
STARLIGHT RACING
DONEGAL RACING
REPOLE STABLE
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THEIR WORDS, NOT OURS…
There were quite a few end users walking around today… You have the right horse, I think you can sell them well here.
- Gabriel Duignan, Paramount Sales
Fasig-Tipton’s July Selected Yearling Sale brings the excitement of a new chapter along with a showcase of first-crop sire offerings…
- The BloodHorse
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Every year I come here, there’s always good quality individuals… I’ve bought out of this sale for decades. I don’t think there was any guessing that I’ll always participate.
- Kenny McPeek, Trainer of 2024 Horse of the Year Thorpedo Anna
For the third consecutive year, Saratoga smashed every record in the sale’s 104-year history in 2025.
The crown jewel of American yearling sales, Saratoga isn’t just an auction— IT’S AN EXPERIENCE . It’s where world-class bloodlines meet unmatched glamour, alive with an energy found nowhere else.
In 2025, the HIGHEST-priced yearling colt and filly in the U.S. sold at Saratoga, while the sale eclipsed $100-MILLION in gross for the first time in its history.
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2025 SARATOGA SALE STATS
$100,845,000 +22.7% OVER 2024 RECORD GROSS
$626,366 +17.4% OVER 2024 RECORD AVERAGE RNA: Just 11% - Lowest in sale history!
$450,000 +20.6% OVER 2024 RECORD MEDIAN
25 DIFFERENT BUYING ENTITIES SPENT $1 MILLION OR MORE
HIGHEST-PRICED YEARLING COLT SOLD IN AMERICA IN 2025
$4,100,000
INTO MISCHIEF – STELLAR SOUND C.
Buyer: Coolmore & White Birch Farm
Consignor: Hill ‘n’ Dale at Xalapa, agent for Don Alberto Corporation
Breeder: Don Alberto Corporation
HIGHEST-PRICED YEARLING FILLY SOLD IN AMERICA IN 2025
$2,600,000*
GUN RUNNER – PARADISE WOODS F.
Buyer: Love/Linton, agent for Boyd Racing
*2nd Highest-priced filly sold at The Saratoga Sale all-time
25 YEARLINGS SOLD FOR $1,000,000 OR MORE
(Previous sale record was 14 in 2021) OTHER TOP PRICES:
$2,900,000
$2,700,000
$2,600,000
$3,000,000 INTO MISCHIEF – LADY KATE C
Buyer: Resolute Bloodstock
GUN RUNNER – PRINCESA CAROLINA C.
Buyer: Donato Lanni, agent for Zedan Racing
GUN RUNNER – AMERICA C.
Buyer: Winchell Thoroughbreds LLC
INTO MISCHIEF – I’M A CHATTERBOX C.
Buyer: Spendthrift Farm LLC
IN 2025, SARATOGA PRODUCED THE HIGHEST OR CO-HIGHEST-PRICED COLT OR FILLY FOR 25 SIRES :
BLAME
BOLT D’ORO
CHARLATAN
CONSTITUTION
CURLIN
FLIGHTLINE
GOOD MAGIC
GUN RUNNER
IDOL
INTO MISCHIEF
JUSTIFY
LIFE IS GOOD
MACLEAN’S MUSIC
MANDALOUN
MAXFIELD
MEDAGLIA D’ORO
OSCAR PERFORMANCE
QUALITY ROAD
STREET SENSE
TIZ THE LAW
UNCLE MO
VEKOMA
VIOLENCE
VOLATILE
WAR FRONT
179% RATE OF RETURN ON 2023 STUD FEE (#1 IN N. AMERICA)
These are the best two nights of the year, the Saratoga Sale!... It’s on my calendar no matter what.
- Bobby Flay, Breeder/Owner
This is where all the hopes and dreams start, here at The Saratoga Sale at Fasig-Tipton.
- Jayson Werth, Owner
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“ “ “ “ “ “ “ THEIR WORDS,
This is one of the most active bidding sales I’ve been to in a long time… I think it was great.
- David Ingordo, Bloodstock Agent
It’s a surreal feeling that (Coolmore and Peter Brant) would step up to get this colt… That surpassed (our) wildest dreams and we feel very blessed.
- Reed Ringler, Don Alberto Corporation, Breeder of $4,100,000 Into Mischief colt
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It’s one of the most special places to be, in Saratoga in the summer, especially at Fasig.
- Kenny McPeek, Trainer
WHERE THE PLAYERS PLAY
PETER BRANT
AMR ZEDAN, BOB BAFFERT, & DONATO LANNI
MIKE REPOLE
HIDEYUKI MORI
CHAD BROWN
TERRY FINLEY
MV MAGNIER
ANTHONY STROUD
ROBERT CLAY
MITSU NAKAUCHIDA
JOHN STEWART
KATSUMI YOSHIZAWA
JAIME ROTH
SOLIS/LITT
BOYD RACING
BARBARA BANKE
JOHN MOYNIHAN
NED TOFFEY & ERIC GUSTAVSON
CHARLOTTE WEBER
KIA JOORABCHIAN
TOM RYAN
FLYING DUTCHMEN GROUP
ARON WELLMAN
RON WINCHELL SHEIKH FAHAD AL THANI
KENNY TROUTT
CHINA HORSE CLUB
// The 105th Saratoga Sale
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Set against the excitement of the Saratoga race meet, the NY Bred Yearlings Sale is a must-attend event for New York owners and trainers, showcasing the very best of the state’s racing future.
The #1 MARKETPLACE for New York-breds, the auction set records for gross, average, and median in 2025.
CO-SALE TOPPER (COLT)
$525,000
Buyer: Sallusto and Kimmel, agt for MWG
Consignor: Indian Creek, agent
Breeder: Stone Bridge Farm
// NY Bred Yearlings
PRACTICAL JOKE – CUELLO DE LUNA C.
CO-SALE TOPPER (FILLY)
$525,000
EARLY VOTING – OWL MOON F.
Buyer: Jones/Everett, agent for Sabby and Gargan Racing
Consignor: Thorndale Farm, agent
OTHER TOP PRICES:
$500,000
PRACTICAL JOKE - OUR HOPE DIAMOND F
Buyer: Repole Stable
$410,000
MEDAGLIA D’ORO - STRATEGIC DREAMS F .
Buyer: Taproot Bloodstock, agent
$400,000
STREET SENSEEVENING PRIMROSE (IRE) F .
Buyer: Hudson River Farm
$400,000
LIFE IS GOOD - TAPAS C.
Buyer: Kenneth McPeek, agent
PURSE PARITY
With New York-breds set to run for equal purses as open company horses on the NYRA circuit in 2026, interest in New York racing from leading stables both locally and nationally has never been higher.
BUYERS IN 2025 INCLUDED:
LEGION BLOODSTOCK
KLARAVICH STABLE
REPOLE STABLE
DJ STABLE & WEST POINT THOROUGHBREDS
THE ELKSTONE GROUP/MICHAEL DUBB
KENNETH MCPEEK, AGENT
MARK GUNDERSON
SABBY AND GARGAN RACING
ECLIPSE THOROUGHBRED PARTNERS
TAPROOT BLOODSTOCK
HUDSON RIVER FARM
MIKE MAKER
HILLWOOD STABLES
LINDA RICE
LADY SHEILA STABLE
STARLIGHT RACING
WHISPER HILL FARM
ICON RACING
“ “ “ “ “ “ THEIR WORDS, NOT OURS…
A week on from the blockbuster Fasig-Tipton Saratoga Sale, more records fell at the Humphrey S. Finney Pavilion Monday when the Fasig-Tipton New York-Bred Yearling Sale concluded with highwater marks for gross, average and a record-tying median.
- Thoroughbred Daily News, 8/12/25
I knew a lot of people on the sales grounds loved her, so it was basically who was going to step up and really want her. That was fantastic. I thought the sale was going to be strong for the good ones and she was one of the really good ones.
- Jonathan Thorne, Thorndale Farm, Consignor of $525,000 Early Voting filly
Quite frankly, she was just a horse that looked fast and precocious. The added bonus is that she’s a New York-bred with the added incentive that they are going to be running for open level purses.
- Jacob West, Agent for Repole Stable, Buyer of $500,000 Practical Joke filly
