Owners John and Debbie Oxley have had a good year racing Thoroughbreds at racetracks all over North America.  Most recently, their filly La Coronel captured the G1 Queen Elizabeth II Challenge Cup at Keeneland Race Course in spectacular fashion. On Tuesday, they were adding to their portfolio, their stable, and, hopefully, their list of potential super stars in the making.

John Oxley was the top buyer left standing at the end of the bidding wars for Hip 542, a brilliant-looking chestnut son of Violence, whose first foals are just 2-year-olds this year.  And, it was for a sizable junk of change — $500,000.

The colt, who is out of the Cuvee mare Witch’s Coven, is a February foal, and is also a registered Ontario and Canadian-bred, which fits nicely into the Oxley’s racing schedule.  For a number of years now, they have raced many horses over the track at Woodbine Race Course with trainer Mark Casse.

Violence, a son of of the famed sire Medaglia d’Oro, is off to a very nice start at stud. His progeny include Buy Sell Hold, who won this spring at Keeneland and has 2 wins in 4 starts including the Kentucky Juvenile Stakes; Encumbered, who has 2 wins in just 3 starts, including the Del Mar Juvenile; and Barry Lee, who has 2 wins in 3 starts, as well, including the Arlington-Washington Futurity.

Witch’s Coven, the dam of the yearling, had 4 wins from the ages of 2 to 5 in Canada, and was Stakes-placed with a third in the Grade 3 Mazarine Stakes at Woodbine. She ended up with over $166,000 in career earnings, and has already foaled a winner with her first foal — Be the Change.  This yearling colt is just her second foal.

The Fasig-Tipton Sale will continue every day until Oct. 26.  The hammer begins each day at 10 a.m.