Cash Asmussen goes to $ 1.35 million for not this time Colt

Cash Asmussen, a former jockey and brother of Hall of Fame trainer Steve Asmussen, went to $ 1.35 million on behalf of Richard Drake for HIP 1066, a son of Not this time During the fourth session of the Keeneland September Jaarling sale 11 September.

The foal is the first foal of the non -livestock Carpet Mare definitively, who is a full sister of degree 2 winner Magic on tap and assessed bets placed Prince Guilherme . She was bred in Kentucky by Jane Lyon’s Summer Wind Equine and sent by Taylor Made Sales Agency.

The Asmussen family is no stranger to success in the thoroughbred industry, it is a family affair. Steve Asmussen is a Hall of Fame trainer, and two of his sons – Keith and Erik – are Jockeys. Cash Asmussen was a degree 1-winning jockey and was the Eclipse Award Outstanding Apprentice Jockey in 1979. He now operates El Primero Training Center, which was founded in 1979 near Laredo, Texas, with his father Keith Asmussen.

The training facility has had a hand in the success of many winners of degree 1 and influential Sires, including Epicenter ” Carpet And Not too innocent.

“He is flexible and he is athletic,” said Asmussen about hip 1066. “This is the species that we felt, not too big, not too small. He is very athletic. He has enough family tree, he has no tapit -mare and the family of my family, so tapit is a very famous horse for us.

“He has the pedigree and conformation. It is a role of the dice, as we all know. But Mr. Drake said,” I want to roll the dice on this horse. “

Taylor Made’s Mark Taylor said he was not surprised by the $ 1.35 million price tag for the son of Not This Time, who stands in Taylor Stallions near Nicholasville. This was the 12th seventh seven -digit yearling of the Stallion during the fourth session.

“I expected that he would bring so much,” said Mark Taylor about HIP 1066. “First of all, he came from the summer wind park. She raised fantastic horses. This horse came in and he was just perfect. So I knew he would sell well. It was just a matter of how good.

“Cash (Asmussen) got him. I mean, he is a legend. (The Colts) in good hands and I can’t wait to see what he is going to do.”

Cash Asmussen confirmed that the Colt goes to El Primero Training Center, where cash will prepare him before he sends him to his brother Steve.

When asked what Drake was looking for, Asmussen said: “Well, he started with the Kentucky Derby, and then he said:” We will work from there. “He wants a horse that can go two innings, which may be a classic horse.

“I think he will be selective, but I think he will go to buy a few more horses that he thinks are two-door horses who can be good 3-year-olds. He wanted to buy a horse that was special. We think this horse was special.”