Rancho San Miguel Sells $120,000 Colt At Benchmark California Yearling Sale
Pomona, California—A California-bred colt by Grade 1 winner Army Mule sold for $120,000 to lead the Rancho San Miguel consignment at the 2024 Fasig-Tipton California Fall Yearlings Sale on September 24. Purchased by Tari Brocklebank as agent for Racing Partnership, the six-figure yearling ranked as the third-highest-selling colt of the one-day auction in Pomona, and among the top eight hips overall.
Offered as the first foal out of the multiple winner Mystic Nile, by Pioneerof the Nile, the colt hails from the deep family of Broodmare of the Year Weekend Surprise and racing champions and major sires A.P. Indy and Lemon Drop Kid.
He was bred in the Golden State by Mo Forza Partners, a group formed to support the young, Grade 1-winning Rancho San Miguel stallion Mo Forza with top-quality mares. The colt’s dam returned to the millionaire Uncle Mo stallion for a 2024 filly, also bred in California.
Overall, Rancho San Miguel ranked third among the 13 Fasig-Tipton California consignors with 23 yearlings sold for gross receipts of $506,500.
The state’s next public Thoroughbred auction will be the California Thoroughbred Breeders Association’s 2025 Winter Mixed Sale, which is scheduled to be hosted at Fairplex in Pomona on January 28.
Rancho San Miguel is currently accepting entries of broodmares, broodmare prospects, yearlings, 2-year-olds and racing prospects for its Winter Mixed Sale consignment. For more information, please contact the farm by email, or by phone at (805) 467-3847.
