First-crop weanlings by WinStar Farm stallion Life Is Good have been effectively acquired through the second session of the Keeneland November Breeding Inventory Sale Nov. 6.
Whereas Flightline weanlings stole the present on Day 1, it was Life Is Good who sired Wednesday’s session-topping weanling (Hip 287) for a value of $410,000. The son of Into Mischief topped all first-crop weanling sires on Day 2 with a mean value of $328,333. From two days of promoting at Keeneland, six Life Is Good weanlings have grossed a complete of $1,905,000 with a mean of $317,500, a determine second solely to Flightline amongst first-crop weanling sires.
“I’ve seen a couple of of them and as a gaggle, they appear to be a really uniform bunch,” mentioned Highgate Sale’s Jill Gordon, consignor of Hip 444, who offered for $385,000 midway by way of the session. “I see a whole lot of him on this explicit filly and there is a whole lot of the mare as effectively. They’re each lovely in order that makes for a lovely package deal. From what we have seen to this point with Life Is Good there’s so much to sit up for and a whole lot of blue sky there.”
Consigned as Hip 287, the session-topping filly was a member of the entire dispersal of Breed First consigned by Runnymede Farm. Bought by Basic Equine, the filly is the fifth foal out of the Bodemeister mare Mezinka, a half sibling to grade 1 winner and late stallion Pioneerofthe Nile. The filly’s half brother, the 4-year-old Justify colt Harlocap , broke his maiden at Santa Anita Park in 2023 with a 105 Equibase Velocity Determine and completed third on this yr’s Pimlico Particular Stakes (G3).
“We’re delighted for that sale,” mentioned Runnymede’s Romain Malhouitre. “The suitable folks have been on her. I am pleased that she’s going to go to Hartley and DeRenzo. They’d an expertise with Harlocap (half brother by Justify) they usually love the mare and the household. I am pleased they received the ultimate bid.”
Randy Hartley and Dean DeRenzo consigned Harlocap when he realized $400,000 as a 2-year-old on the 2022 Fasig-Tipton Midlantic 2-12 months-Olds in Coaching Sale.
Fiesta Racing acquired Hip 444, a Kentucky-bred daughter of the a number of stakes-placed Tiznow mare Tiznow’s Smile .
“She’s a filly that is been all high quality because the first day that I noticed her,” mentioned Gordon. “She had an excellent angle out right here on the sale. Each present was the identical, she would come out, prick her ears, and present a whole lot of class. And he or she’s bred by some actually good folks in Misty and Chad Dugar. They’ve a smaller program however they do an excellent job. I am thrilled with the end result for them.”
The ultimate Life Is Good weanling of the day, Hip 475, was acquired by Pink Satan Bloodstock from the Ballysax Bloodstock (agent for Grantley Acres) consignment. The filly out of the No Nay By no means stakes winner Yesterdayoncemore offered for $190,000.
A four-time grade 1 winner for coach Todd Pletcher, Life Is Good stood his first season at WinStar for $100,000. He’ll stand the 2025 breeding season for $75,000.
