Full Sister to Dam of Kentucky Derby Winner Sovereignty Tops May Digital Sale

The May Digital Sale closed Tuesday afternoon with 98 horses sold for $3,786,000. The sale averaged $38,632  with a clearance rate of 83%. The catalogue offered horses of racing age, racing/broodmare prospects, two-year-olds in training, broodmares (including mares with foals at foot), and yearlings.

Ifurhappynuknowit (hip 30) topped the sale when sold for $280,000 to Denali Stud, agent, from the consignment of Knowles Farm. A daughter of Bernardini out of Grade 1 winning millionaire Mushka, Ifurhappynuknowit is a full sister to the dam of this year’s Kentucky Derby (G1) winner Sovereignty. The mare was offered with her 2025 Vino Rosso colt and back in foal to two-time Eclipse Champion Elite Power.

Top hips sold also included:

• Lionel (hip 122), a three-year-old colt by Authentic, sold for $260,000 to BBA Ireland/KAS Stables from the consignment of ELiTE, agent. Lionel broke his maiden on debut on May 4, winning a maiden special weight by 9+ lengths. He was offered as a horse of racing age.
• Stonetacular (hip 14), offered with her 2025 Vekoma filly, sold for $250,000 to Greg Tramontin from the consignment of Bluegrass Thoroughbred Services, agent for A Major Reduction of Merriebelle Stable. Stonetacular was offered back in foal to Grade 1 winner Muth.
• A yearling colt by Yaupon (hip 51), sold for $200,000 to Red Devil Bloodstock from the consignment of Hill ‘n’ Dale at Xalapa, agent. The bay colt is out of the Union Rags mare Dance Costume, from the immediate family of multiple Grade 2 winning millionaire Fluffy Socks.
• Rapture (hip 26), a three-year-old colt by Uncle Mo, sold for $190,000 to D. Farrington from the consignment of Evergreen Equine, agent. Rapture broke his maiden in January by 6 ½ lengths at Oaklawn Park. He was offered as a horse of racing age.

“It was a great sale, strong across the board,” said Director of Digital Sales Leif Aaron. “We sold six-figure horses in every segment of the market. The clearance rate was fantastic and there was good trade all around. Horses of racing age continue to be in high demand. It was very exciting to offer a horse like Ifurhappynuknow it fresh off a huge update. Timing is everything.”

Full results are available online.

The next digital sale will be the June Digital Sale, to be held May 29 through June 3. Entries close May 19.

For more information:
Leif Aaron
laaron@fasigtipton.com
(859) 255-1555

Quotes:

“It’s a delight to have secured Lionel for our clients in Saudi Arabia KAS Stables. The horse came recommended by Tom Ryan of SF Bloodstock and partners and Elite Sales. They are great people to buy from, very transparent. We like the way he broke his maiden by a wide margin and feel there is a lot more to come. He vetted clean and the plan is to take him to Saudi Arabia for an autumn campaign and hopefully we will see him running on Saudi Cup weekend in 2026. The Fasig-Tipton Digital Sales platform really makes the world’s bloodstock market a small place: we’re an Irish bloodstock agency purchasing an American-based horse for clients from the Middle East. It’s seamless and extremely easy to use.” -Michael Donahoe, BBA Ireland