Saving The Best For Last At Fasig-Tipton Saratoga

[Wandering Eyes]

When hip 165, the Into Mischief half-sister to GI Preakness Stakes and GI Haskell Stakes hero Journalism (Curlin) was led out unsold on a bid of a lofty $3.9 million, many would have thought that the opportunity was lost for the Solari Family's Don Alberto Corporation to have offered the sales-topper at the Fasig-Tipton Saratoga Sale. But as a wild second session approached the finish line after 10 p.m. on Tuesday, a colt by the Spendthrift standout assured that would not be the case when hip 218 was knocked down to Coolmore and Peter Brant's White Birch Farm for the sales-topping price of $4.1 million.

The Feb. 4 foal was consigned to the Saratoga Sale by John Sikura's Hill 'n' Dale at Xalapa and is the first foal out of Stellar Sound (Tapit), three times placed at the graded level while carrying the Don Alberto colors on the Southern California circuit. Don Alberto had acquired the colt's second dam Siren Serenade (Unbridled's Song)–a half-sister to GI Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf hero George Vancouver (Henrythenavigator) and close relative to GSW & GISP Saarland (Unbridled)–for $1.025 million carrying the filly that would become Stellar Sound at the 2017 Keeneland January Sale.

The cross of Into Mischief over Tapit has yielded the likes of GI Kentucky Oaks winner Pretty Mischievous and the additional graded winners Hoosier Filly and Rocket Can.

 

Hip 218 c. INTO MISCHIEF o/o Stellar Sound sells for $4,100,000 at The Saratoga Sale! Congrats to the connections:

B: Coolmore & @WhiteBirchFarm_
C: @HillnDaleFarm, agt for @hsdonalberto
Br: Don Alberto Corporation#FasigSaratoga @spendthriftfarm pic.twitter.com/aRinYgthzQ

— Fasig-Tipton (@FasigTiptonCo) August 6, 2025

 

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