LEXINGTON, KY – Activity ticked up during the second session of the Fasig-Tipton Kentucky October Yearlings Sale in Lexington Tuesday and when the four-day auction reached its halfway point, figures remained within striking distance of the auction's record-setting 2025 renewal. After two sessions, 537 yearlings have sold for $33,012,500. The average of $61,476 held basically steady with last year's two-session figure of $61,280, while the median was up 16.67% to $35,000 from $30,000 a year ago.The 2025 October sale concluded with a record average of $65,341 and median of $30,000. Last year's auction produced its highest-ever gross of $72,017,000.“It was a strong second session of the October sale,” said Fasig-Tipton President Boyd Browning, Jr. “As we kind of indicated yesterday, we thought we had a higher number of top-end horses today and that is evidenced by the results. Once again, we saw competitive bidding throughout the day. I don't think there were any significant surprises in the marketplace. We've seen the same trends that existed at the beginning of the 2026 yearling season continue through the later portion of the 2026 yearling season. Overall, it's a healthy marketplace. There continues to be selectivity, both in terms of physical conformation, pedigree, and vetting, but all in all, it's a healthy marketplace, a continuation of what we've seen throughout the year and basically what we've expected it to be.”With 162 horses reported not sold, the two-day buy-back rate is 23.8%. It was 21.9% at the same point a year ago. Some of the high-priced buy-backs on the day included yearlings who failed to sell at $650,000, $585,000, and $390,000.“I think sometimes the owners have a valuation that they feel is appropriate for their horse and they have the ability to go to a 2-year-old sale or to race,” Browning said. “They are not under any pressure in these instances to sell a horse, so that's certainly their right. Owners might have been a little aggressive in setting some of their reserves. They valued the horse obviously more than the marketplace. And that's the beauty of the auction process.”Through two sessions, 34 horses have sold for $200,000 or over. That figure was 37 at the same point last year.Leading Tuesday's session, and the overall sale so far, were a pair of yearlings who sold for $800,000. Donato Lanni, bidding on behalf of Jerry Lundergan's Lundergan Stables, went to that figure for a filly by Uncle Mo from the Heartwood Farm consignment. Later in the session, Mahmud Mouni matched that bid to purchase a colt by Into Mischief on behalf of Tagermeen Racing. The colt was consigned by Dixiana Farms.The Fasig-Tipton October sale continues through Thursday with sessions beginning daily at 10 a.m.Hip 426 | Fasig-Tipton'This was the Horse': Lundergan Stretches to $800k for Uncle Mo FillyJerry Lundergan came into Tuesday's second session of the Fasig-Tipton October Yearling Sale with just one horse in his fledgling racing stable, but in quick succession the former Kentucky state representative added a colt by Good Magic (hip 419) for $230,000 and a filly by Uncle Mo (hip 426) for $800,000.“We got both a colt and filly here today,” Lundergan said. “So here today, we got a Derby winner and an Oaks winner.”Lundergan, who did his bidding alongside bloodstock agent Donato Lanni, said both yearlings would be trained by Bob Baffert.Hip 426 is a daughter of the late Uncle Mo out of multiple stakes-placed Velvet Crush (Tapit). She was bred in Kentucky by Christian and Karin Bradeen and was consigned by Heartwood Farm.“As I understand it, she was supposed to go to the Saratoga sale and got sick and ended up in this sale,” Lundergan said. “So we were lucky to get our hands on her.”Lundergan admitted the filly's final price went beyond expectations.“We thought she might bring $350,000 or $400,000,” he said. “[I kept bidding] because this was Mr. Baffert's favorite filly in the sale. He told me this was the horse.”Hip 419 is out of Uyuni (Uncle Mo) and was consigned by Gainesway, which co-bred the yearling with A. R. Enterprises. The colt RNA'd for $335,000 at last month's Keeneland September sale.Lundergan said he purchased his first horse at the October sale two years ago, but his love of the sport went well beyond that.“As a young man, I did all the food service here at Fasig-Tipton,” he said. “I have had an interest in horses for a long time, but you have to wait until you get so old in life that you have the money to buy them.”Lundergan added, “We haven't raced one horse yet. We are just getting the stable built up.”Hip 676 leave the ring | Fasig-Tipton'One of the Best Horses in the Sale': Tagermeen Racing Goes to $800k for Into Mischief ColtMahmud Mouni, who has been buying at the top level of the yearling market on behalf of the Tagermeen Racing partners all summer and fall, went to $800,000 to add a colt by Into Mischief (hip 676) to the operation's roster Tuesday at Fasig-Tipton.“He was one of the best horses in the sale, in my opinion,” Mouni said. “We expected to have to pay in this range. The horse is by Into Mischief, who is a superstar.”The yearling is out of graded-placed Brielle's Appeal (English Channel), who is a half-sister to multiple graded winner Authenticity (Quiet American), the dam of Charlatan (Speightstown). He was bred and consigned by Dixiana Farms.The colt had been catalogued for and was originally expected to sell at the Keeneland September sale.“He was hip 138 in Book 1 for September and he got a little abscess in his right front, and we couldn't ship him,” explained Dixiana Farm Manager Robert Tillyer. “It ended up coming through his coronet band and he was completely sound after that. This [sale] was the next option.”Of his expectations for the colt in the sales ring Tuesday, Tillyer said, “We knew it was going to be above $500,000. He had five really good vets, but you never know who is going to show up.Tillyer continued, “We were a little worried that he wouldn't see the true potential that he would have in Book 1, that maybe not all the buyers were here. We hoped he might top the sale–two more days to go. We are really happy with the price.”The result was a solid warm-up for what the Dixiana team hopes will be another good sale in the Fasig-Tipton sales ring Nov. 2 when the farm offers Gaelic Gold (Giant's Causeway), the dam of Grade I winner Fionn (Twirling Candy), at the Fasig-Tipton November sale.“She sells five hips after Fionn,” Tillyer said. “This gives us a little momentum for what's to come.”In addition to hip 676, Mouni also acquired a colt by Gun Runner (hip 492) for $385,000 Tuesday.Signing for Tagermeen as RTM Racing, Mouni's purchases this summer and fall have included a pair of seven-figure Gun Runner fillies at the Fasig-Tipton Saratoga sale. His five million-dollar yearlings at the Keeneland September sale were led by a $2.8-million son of the Three Chimneys stallion.Mouni said Tagermeen plans to remain active into the bloodstock sales in a couple of weeks.“It is our plan to buy weanlings–the high-quality ones,” Mouni said. “I don't know the market yet, but that's in the plan. After the Breeders' Cup, we will see. And maybe we will buy some good mares, too. The weanlings we decided we would buy six months ago, but it was just two months ago that we started thinking about buying broodmares. We will look at high-quality mares and then choose top stallions for them.”Hip 755 | Fasig-Tipton'He's the One I Want': Casse Acquires Into Mischief Colt for $700kTrainer Mark Casse went to $700,000 to acquire a colt by Into Mischief (hip 755) on behalf of the Green family's D J Stable. Out of graded-placed Co Cola (Candy Ride {Arg}), the yearling is a half-brother to Grade I winner Search Results (Flatter). He was consigned by Bridie Harrison on behalf of breeder Peter Blum.“I was looking at him yesterday and I saw him go by and I said to Sam [Bussanich], my assistant, 'He's a runner,'” Casse said after signing the ticket on the colt. “I called up Jon Green and said, 'He's the one I want.'”Blum purchased Co Cola for $600,000 at the 2022 Keeneland January sale. The mare's yearling failed to sell at $625,000 at the Keeneland September sale last month.“We actually bid on him in September,” Casse said. “We just didn't bid as much. [Today] I just liked him so much. I think he's changed a little bit. But I really liked what I saw.”Casse continued, “I am lucky that I have people, when I see something I like, they step up. The Greens have been unbelievable for us and hopefully we can bring them home a Breeders' Cup in 10 days.”Casse will saddle the Greens' champion Nitrogen (Medaglia d'Oro) for the GI Breeders' Cup Distaff Oct. 31.Life is Good Colt Makes the Trip Worthwhile for SequelA colt by Life is Good (hip 707) sent the four-horse Sequel consignment at the Fasig-Tipton October sale off on a high when selling for $330,000 Tuesday in Lexington. Bloodstock agent Hideyuki Mori signed the ticket on the yearling in the name of Arabian Farm.The yearling is out of multiple stakes-placed Carpe Fortuna (Carpe Diem), who was purchased by Sequel for $200,000 while she was carrying the colt at the 2024 Keeneland November sale.“Was it a lot of money, particularly for us? Yes, that's a lot of money for us,” Sequel's Becky Thomas said of the purchase of the mare. “But she was a beautiful mare and her baby in front of her was beautiful. And that horse was successfully pinhooked as well.”The mare's now 2-year-old Circe (Good Magic) sold for $200,000 at the 2024 Keeneland November sale and resold at last year's October sale for $340,000.When Thomas saw the results that Life is Good was having at the Fasig-Tipton July sale earlier this year, she decided to put her colt by the freshman sire in the October auction. Since July, the stallion has been represented by GI Hopeful Stakes winner The Good Life, and multiple stakes winner Waggley, as well as multiple graded-placed Scarlett Begonia and graded-placed Caribbean Life.“Carlos [Manresa] and I went home and we looked through our horses,” Thomas said. “Having two farms, we always have to sell things to pay. We still have stud fees to pay, so we put him and a couple other horses in here just to move them along. But the whole four-horse consignment was created around him.”Carpe Fortuna produced a colt by Muth this year and was bred back to that stallion.Of Tuesday's result, Thomas said, “We are really happy that Mr. Mori bought him. Through the years, we have seen him at every sale. He works really hard and he always brings a good set of owners. When he kept looking at him, we were hopeful. We know if he gets them on the track, we have a good shot.”The post With Pair Of $800k Yearlings Leading The Way, Activity Ticks Up At Fasig-Tipton October Sale appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions.