LEGACY RANCH PURCHASES FAVORITE CARTEL FILLY TO TOP OPENING SESSION OF LOS ALAMITOS EQUINE SALE
Legacy Ranch purchased Hip 66 Glass Ceiling, a filly by leading stallion Favorite Cartel out of the outstanding broodmare Babe On The Fly, for $110,000 to make her the high-seller of the opening session of the 16th annual Los Alamitos Equine Sale on Saturday.
Bred by Dr. Steve Burns, the 2019 AQHA champion breeder, and consigned by his Burns Ranch, Glass Ceiling is a full sister to Grade 1 Golden State Million Futurity winner Little Talks ($563,897) and a half-sister to multiple Grade 1 winner Rock You ($790,325). Glass Ceiling (photo) is also a half-sister to Ali Babe Foose ($484,614), the runner-up of the 2018 Los Alamitos Two Million Futurity, and stakes winner Fly Thru Fire ($144,125).
Favorite Cartel also sired the top selling colt after Ray Willis purchased Hip 114 Nationally Ranked for $105,000. Dr. Burns also bred and consigned Nationally Ranked, whose dam is the One Famous Eagle mare Eagle On The Fly. A full sister to 2015 All American Futurity runner-up One Fabulous Eagle ($664,547), Eagle On The Fly won the Lubbock Stakes and finished third in the Rainbow Futurity on the way to earning $217,619 in her racing career.
The top selling broodmare of the first session went to Rancho El Cabresto Inc. after purchasing Hip 100 Mischievous Player for $95,000 from Lazy E Ranch LLC, agent for John Andreini. Sired by Corona Cartel and out of the Grade 1 stakes winning mare Dinastia Toll BRZ, the 10-year-old mare is a half-sister to multiple AQHA champion colt FDD Dynasty ($1,173,001) and All American Juvenile Invitational winner JM Mister Destiny ($274,369). Mischievous Player is the dam of DF Mischievious Jess (269,795), who finished second in the 2019 Rainbow Futurity. Mischievous Player was bred on March 4 and is in foal to Favorite Cartel.
Led by the six-figure purchases of Glass Ceiling and Nationally Ranked and the high selling mare Mischievous Player, a total 117 head of 151 offered sold for $2,681,200 for an average of $22,916. Last year's opening session had an average of $23,767 for 118 sold. Gross sales for the 101 yearlings sold on Saturday totaled $2,130,700 for an average of $21,096.
There were two other yearlings that sold for over $80,000 on Saturday. Sue Floyd purchased Hip 110 Devils Torture, a colt by Favorite Cartel out of Dont Pass Bar for $83,000 from the Burns Ranch consignment. Devils Torture is a half-brother to AQHA champion aged mare Quirky. Meanwhile, Rachuan Suarez purchased Hip 98 Drive A Bargain, a filly by One Famous Eagle out of Designateddriver for $81,000. She’s a half-sister to Grade 3 West Texas Derby winner Aggressive Driver and from the family of Miss Racy Vike ($263,661) and AQHA champion Miss Racy Jess ($485,113).
A total of 14 yearlings sold for $50,000 or more during the Saturday session, which is the same number as the 2019 opening day session. Here are the results for opening session.
Day 2 of the Los Alamitos Equine Sale featuring Hips 172 thru 341 will kick off at 10 a.m. (PST) on Sunday. Live streaming video of the sale is available at losalamitosequinesale.com.
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