SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. – Unbeaten Horse of the Year Flightline had a strong takeoff with his first yearlings at the Fasig-Tipton Saratoga selected yearling sale.
Flightline, who stands at Lane’s End Farm, was represented by nine horses led to the ring at the two-day sale. Eight sold for an average of $887,500. That was fueled by two seven-figure horses – a $1.8 million colt out of Grade 3-placed stakes winner Park Avenue purchased by John Oxley and West Point Thoroughbreds and a half-sister to Grade 2 winner Barnes purchased for $1.1 million by West Point.
“They do check a lot of boxes,” said Terry Finley of West Point, which was part of the multi-pronged partnership that campaigned Flightline. “They’re hardy horses, they’re well-conformed, athletic, they’ve got good bone. But I think on top of that, they really have good minds, so I think that’s one of the good things that he’s passing on to his progeny.”
Two other first-crop sires recorded seven-figure prices. Mike Repole spent $1,025,000 for a Life Is Good half-brother to Preakness winner Seize the Grey, while Mandaloun was represented by a $1 million half-brother to champion Citizen Bull, purchased by Pin Oak Stud.
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