Darley shuttler Hard Spun topped the foal section of the Fasig-Tipton December Sale in Maryland on Monday.  His colt from The Real Melody (Unbridled’s Song) made $205,000 to the bid of Dundrum Farm.

The New York bred colt was part of the Flying Zee dispersal.  He is out of an unraced half-sister to stakes winners Penn Fifty Three (His Majesty), Duck Trap (Affirmed) and the second-dam of Champion USA Filly She Be Wild.

Hard Spun has sired 24 individual winners in his first northern crop to date including the stakes winners Hard Not To Like (Canada) and Red Duke (England).  He is finishing up a fourth book at Darley Kelvinside this month at a $16,500 (inc gst) service fee.

Salty Romance (Salt Lake) topped the broodmares on offer at Maryland when purchased by Blue Devil Racing Stable for $260,000.  She was also a part of the late Carl Lizza’s dispersal of Flying Zee Stable.

Salty Romance has produced stakes-placed Luxury Appeal and was sold in foal to Cosmonaut.

The Flying Zee dispersal boosted the sale to huge increases over the comparable auction a year ago.  Fasig-Tipton reported 260 horses grossed $3.73 million and this year’s average price of $14,382 more than doubled last year’s figures.