by Karsten Bønsdorf, USTA Web Newsroom Senior Correspondent

At the ITS Selected Trotting Sale held in Italy a colt sired by Father Patrick was the sales topper.

Named Brother Wise AS, the Scuderia Bivans got the final call for him at $270,000.

The dam of Brother Wise AS is Arch Magic, an unraced half-sister to top trotter Arch Madness, who was sold to Italian interests in Harrisburg in 2013 for $40,000.

She foaled in the United States in 2014 a colt named Arch Credit (sired by Credit Winner) 4,1:54f ($116,193) and was covered by Lucky Chucky before shipping to Italy. There she foaled a colt, Zach Wise AS, who is a 3-year-old now and has a mark of 1:58.2f and earnings of $19,000.

For once Muscle Hill had to play second string at this sale. He had two fillies who both sold for $105,000 and one sold for $93,500.