Medaglia D'Oro filly on top as figures drop

The opportunity to buy a well-bred filly from the stock of Josephine Abercrombie proved irresistible to Mandy Pope, who bought a Medaglia D'Oro filly from the prominent breeder for $1.45 million to top the Fasig-Tipton Saratoga Selected Yearling Sale on Tuesday.

The filly and continued demand for yearlings by leading sire Tapit highlighted the second and final session of the auction in Saratoga Springs, New York, which saw a decline in key statistical categories.

Consigned by Craig and Holly Bandoroff's Denali Stud, the filly bred by Abercrombie's Pin Oak Stud is out of the stakes-winning Thunder Gulch mare Whisper To Me, the dam of Grade 2 winner Overheard.