Tom McCrocklin tops Fasig-Tipton July Sale with $450,000 Girvin filly

Tom McCrocklin set the pace at Fasig-Tipton’s July Sale in Lexington by landing the one horse that drew the sharpest attention in the ring, a $450,000 Girvin filly that topped the filly market and anchored a $1.46 million buying spree. McCrocklin, a pinhooker and 2-year-old consignor, bought eight yearlings at Newtown Paddocks on July 14, with three of those purchases coming from the Airdrie Stud consignment.

The filly, Hip 166, was the most expensive filly in the sale and looked the part on paper. She is out of Sentimental Song, by Uncle Mo, and Fasig-Tipton placed her in the immediate family of Grade 1 winners Pirate’s Revenge, Sweet Catomine and Life Is Sweet. McCrocklin had put her in a roughly $300,000 to $500,000 range before the auction, and the final bid landed squarely inside that window.

Her price fit the kind of market Girvin has built over the past two seasons. The stallion moved from Ocala Stud to Airdrie ahead of the 2023 breeding season, and his commercial profile has climbed as his better-bred runners have started to hit. BloodHorse’s stallion register lists Girvin at Airdrie Stud in Midway, Kentucky, for a 2026 fee of $30,000 and credits him with 15 stakes winners, including Grade 1 winners Faiza and Dorth Vader and Grade 2 winner Damon’s Mound. Through July 13, Girvin ranked second among North America’s stallions by juvenile earnings.

Recent race results have only sharpened the demand. Pierette, a Girvin filly bought for $475,000 at Keeneland September in 2025, won the Debutante Stakes at Churchill Downs on June 28, and Glory Run, another Girvin filly, won an allowance at Ellis Park on July 10. Those performances gave buyers a current racetrack example of what the stallion can still produce, especially among yearlings with enough page and physical to draw serious money.

The broader July Sale backed up the strength of the market. Fasig-Tipton said the 2026 renewal produced a record average and median, and the one-day yearling session was followed by the July Selected Horses of Racing Age sale, where Our Moneyman sold for a sale-record $2 million. In a select market, McCrocklin’s Girvin filly stood out as a clean read on where the strongest money is going: proven sire lines, black-type families and athletic profiles that can still clear the six-figure bar.