MGSW Spirit Wind Brings $500k In Fasig-Tipton March Digital Post-Sale

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Spirit Wind (Bahamian Squall), a multiple graded stakes winner of more than $730,000, was sold post-RNA for $500,000 to Willingham Stud, Fasig-Tipton announced Wednesday. Spirit Wind was initially not sold on a final bid of $450,000 in Tuesday's Fasig-Tipton March Digital Sale.

Taylor Made Sales Agency consigned the 6-year-old mare, whose marquee win came in the GII Honorable Miss Handicap at Saratoga last summer.

Her $500,000 sale makes Spirit Wind the highest-price horse offered in the March Digital Sale, which concluded Tuesday with gross receipts now in excess of $3,600,000. She led a trio of graded or group stakes-winning fillies or mares offered in the auction, which accounted for the three highest-price horses sold. R Harper Rose (Khozan), winner of the GIII Hurricane Bertie Stakes last year, sold for $400,000 to Australia's Chatsworth Stud and French group stakes winning 2-year-old Laulne (Fr) (Starspangledbanner {Aus}) sold for $320,000 to Franklin Finance, Haras D'Etreham and Madaket Stable.

“Fasig-Tipton Digital is the proven online sales platform to offer high profile breeding and racing stock to a global audience, with graded and group stakes winners now sold to entities operating on three different continents,” said Leif Aaron, Fasig-Tipton Director of Digital Sales.  “Our success with these graded stakes winners in our March sale comes on the heels of selling champion Soul of an Angel for $2,600,000 earlier this month, a record price for a North American online auction and the second highest price ever achieved digitally worldwide.”

Fasig-Tipton Digital's next scheduled auction is the April Digital Sale, to take place April 3-8.  Entries close this Monday, March 24.

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