SARATOGA SALE REVIEW

Hill 'n' Dale Sales Agency took a small, select consignment to Saratoga for 2008. The highlight was a $1.5 million Storm Cat filly who topped the opening night session and was the highest-priced filly in the sale. The half-sister to Lil's Lad was purchased by Barry Irwin's Team Valor. more

JULY SALE REVIEW

Hill 'n' Dale Sales Agency sold two high priced sons of first crop sires at the recent July sale: an Eddington colt for $270,000 to Zayat Stables; and a Forest Danger colt to Akiko Gothard's Heatherway Inc. for $260,000.

UPCOMING SALES ENTRY DEADLINES: 

Nominations have closed for Fasig-Tipton July, Fasig-Tipton Saratoga and Keeneland September.

Ongoing: Fasig-Tipton October Yearling Sale

November 1: Keeneland January Breeding Stock Sale

Fasig Tipton Paperwork Deadlines

Keeneland Paperwork Deadlines

ABOUT HILL 'N' DALE SALES AGENCY

Hill 'n' Dale Sales Agency is a perennial leading consignor in the North American thoroughbred auction marketplace. Hill 'n' Dale Farms President John G. Sikura, Director of Bloodstock Donato Lanni, Director of Sales Andrew Cary, and Farm Manager Joe Ramsey, are actively involved in building our sales consignments througout the year through constant and thorough evaluation of the conformation and pedigrees of our clients' horses.

We offer year-round appraisal and sales placement advice and provide full sales-prepping and exercise programs on site for our sales horses. Hill 'n' Dale Sales Agency offers consignments at the following sales:

Keeneland January (mixed)

Fasig-Tipton Winter (mixed)

Fasig-Tipton Kentucky July Select (yearling)

Fasig-Tipton Saratoga Select (yearling)

Keeneland September (yearling)

Fasig-Tipton October (yearling)

Fasig-Tipton November (mixed)

Keeneland November (mixed)

RECENT HIGHLIGHTS

Hill 'n' Dale Sales Agency enjoyed an excellent year in 2007. The highlight was the privilege of being entrusted with a portion of the dispersal of the Estate of the Late Robert Sangster's Swettenham Stud. The star of the show was Group 1 winner Playful Act, who became the subject of an intense bidding war between the teams of Darley and Coolmore. Darley eventually came away with her with a world-record $10.5 million bid. Other standouts in the dispersal were Grade 1 winner Sand Springs ($2.3 million) and an $850,000 Kingmambo weanling filly.

In addition to the Sangster dispersal, we sold the highest-priced weanling at public auction in 2007, a Pulpit - Madcap Escapade filly for $1.7-million. Overall at Keeneland November, Hill 'n' Dale was the #2 consignor with 154 head sold for $36,756,800.

Across town at the Fasig-Tipton November sale we also offered a strong consignment of young broodmare prospects. Included in the group were multiple Grade 1 winner Dream Rush ($3.3 million), multiple Grade 1 winer Pussycat Doll ($2.3 million), Grade 1 winner Appealing Zophie ($1.1 million) and Grade 1 winner Irish Smoke ($750,000).

We were also the #3 consignor at the 2007 Keeneland January Mixed Sale, where we consigned the sales topper for the 3rd time in 4 years.

In 2006, Hill 'n' Dale Sales Agency was the #4 consignor at the Keeneland September Yearling Sale and the #3 consignor at the Keeneland November Breeding Stock Sale.

At the 2006 Keeneland September Yearling Sale, Hill 'n' Dale sold the two highest priced yearlings by Vindication; a colt out of Silvery Swan for $4.6 million, and a colt out of Serena's Tune for $2.8 million. We also sold the highest priced Theatrical filly, for $800,000; the highest priced Indian Charlie colt for $400,000; and the highest priced Five Star Day colt for $370,000.