Garrett O’Rourke of Juddmonte Farms went to $1 million for Airdrie Stud’s homebred colt by Structure on Sept. 9, the primary day of the Keeneland September Yearling Sale. Raised and provided by Airdrie Stud, Hip 85 is out of Airdrie’s graded stakes-placed mare Indian Delight .
“What a house to land at Juddmonte,” stated consignor and breeder Bret Jones of Airdrie Stud. “There is no larger praise than Juddmonte shopping for your horse. Garrett knew how particular his dam was. He was one of many first individuals who known as me when she broke her maiden at Saratoga. She was a really particular filly, and I feel she’s going to be a really particular broodmare.”
Indian Delight’s dam is Ms. Cornstalk , a blue hen for Airdrie. She produced a number of graded stakes winner Biofuel at age 5, then went on to supply graded stakes winner Tu Endie Wei and stakes-placed Homer Matt .
“That household has given us a whole lot of nice days, and now I hope it offers Juddmonte a whole lot of nice days,” stated Jones.
Commenting on the legacy of his father, the late Brereton C. Jones, he stated, “The recollections get you proper within the face. We take into consideration all of the enjoyable that we had with Biofuel and Tu Endie Wei, and I actually do assume that Indian Delight, on the finish of the day, goes to be one of many nice mares that Dad ever had his palms on.”
O’Rourke stated: “We have been on fumes on the finish. It’s extremely, very robust, greater than I needed to pay for him, however that is the market, so you must go, in any other case you go dwelling empty-handed.”
O’Rourke stated his first publicity to the horse was to his dam.
“I used to be very impressed when she received her first begin. I spoke to Bret Jones then, and requested if he’d promote her, and he wasn’t . So I adopted her profession, and at all times thought that she was a filly that had the expertise to win a grade 1, though she did not,” stated O’Rourke.
“I used to be to go and see the colt (Hip 85), simply an enormous, massive highly effective colt. Hopefully, he’ll develop into one thing as quick as his mom, and Structure I had a really excessive opinion of as effectively.”
“A traditional horse,” stated O’Rourke when requested what he is purchasing for. “They are saying they arrive in threes, so we’ll maintain purchasing.”
