Machmer Hall Cyberknife colt tops $1.2 million at OBS sale

Machmer Hall’s planning paid off in the OBS ring when a homebred Cyberknife colt sold for $1.2 million on Day 2 of the Spring 2-Year-Olds in Training Sale, a result that turned one fast juvenile into a seven-figure marker for the farm and for his freshman sire. Hip 576, a 2024 chestnut colt by Cyberknife out of Broadway Show, was sold through de Meric Sales to John Sadler and L.E.B., agents for West Point Thoroughbreds and Mike Talla.

The colt’s :09 4/5 furlong breeze during the under-tack show gave bidders the kind of proof they wanted from a precocious 2-year-old, but the appeal began long before he reached the track. Machmer Hall had withdrawn him from the 2025 Keeneland September Yearling Sale to target the juvenile market, and Carrie Brogden said the colt received Keeneland’s highest conformation marks in the yearling crop inspection. She said she was “blown away” by the price and called it a dream come true.

That kind of result is about more than a single hammer fall. It is the end product of pedigree planning, physical development and market timing, with the colt’s maternal line helping frame the case. Broadway Show won one race in five starts and is a half sister to six other winners, giving Hip 576 a commercial profile that fit the appetite for well-bred colts with early speed and room to develop. Tristan de Meric said the colt had been breezing well on the farm and kept improving, describing him as a May foal with plenty of leg who “grew the way you want to see a horse develop and grow.”

Sadler, who was part of the buying team, said the colt fit the profile he wanted, calling him a nice big, stretchy colt who looked like a two-turn horse. He said the colt would go to California and, hopefully, toward the big races this fall. The buyer interest also gave Cyberknife an immediate market boost: Spendthrift Farm said the stallion had eight lots sell for an average of $294,375 through the first two days of the four-day auction, while his 2026 stud fee is listed at $15,000 stands and nurses.

The sale landed in a session that had already produced another splash, a $2.3 million Jackie’s Warrior filly that became the highest-priced filly ever sold at an OBS juvenile auction. Against that backdrop, Machmer Hall’s colt stood out as more than a good sale. It was evidence that a breeder can turn a carefully managed pipeline, from yearling inspection to under-tack work, into instant validation at the right moment.