How’d our hips to watch fare?

Prior to yesterday’s Fasig-Tipton Midlantic Fall Yearlings Sale, we cited a number of Hips to Watch in the sale.  Here’s how those on our non-exhaustive list fared:

With the region betting heavily on new sires, here’s how the sires with the most hips in the sale did:

• El Padrino – 13 hips sold – high of $23,000, average of $7,123
• Friesan Fire – 9 hips sold – high of $10,000, average of $3,556
• Despite the Odds – 8 hips sold – high of $14,000, average of $4,738
• Freedom Child – 8 hips sold – high of $26,000, average of $12,525
• Weigelia – 6 hips sold – high of $25,000, average of $15,333