QuIntet of $750,000 Yearlings
Promoting slightly below the highest sellers through the second day of Ebook 2 on the Keeneland September sale had been 5 yearlings that bought for $750,000, who had been picked out by a few of the most lively patrons through the first three days of the sale. They embody the next.
Hip 818, a chestnut colt by Gun Runner  out of the stakes winner and a number of stakes producer Big Mover (Big’s Causeway). Consigned by St George Gross sales for part two of Dell Ridge Farm’s dispersal, the colt was purchased by agent Mike Ryan and shall be despatched to New York coach Chad Brown.
“He had a number of motion and a number of large gamers, and he is a really good horse,” stated consignor Archie St George. “Arguably with a prime stallion in North America and out of an excellent mare. He was raised by an excellent farm. Des (Ryan) and Dell Ridge do a beautiful job and thanks to Chad (Brown) and better of luck to them.”
The Gun Runner colt, bred by Dell Ridge, is a half brother to grade 1-placed, grade 2 winner Household Tree (Sensible Strike) and to grade 2 winner Liora  (Sweet Experience  ), who was runner up within the 2019 Kentucky Oaks (G1).
John Stewart’s Resolute Bloodstock went to $750,000 for Hip 829, a darkish bay or brown filly by freshman sire Genuine  . The filly is out of the successful Sweet Experience daughter Hallawallah , who’s out of 2007 champion feminine sprinter Maryfield.
Jim and Pam Robinson’s Brandywine Farm consigned the filly who was bred in Kentucky by Invoice Klislt.
“She’s a really good filly. Her biggest aptitude is her athleticism,” stated Jim Robinson. “She appears to be like like a racehorse ought to. She has a pleasant stroll. The bid spotters instructed me there have been six completely different bidders on her.”
Companions M.V. Magnier and Peter Brant’s White Birch Farm picked up their sixth September yearling with Hip 865, a chestnut colt by Gun Runner who was consigned by Warrendale Gross sales.
Hip 865 is considered one of 5 $750,000 purchases, considered one of two by Gun Runner, throughout Day 4 of the Keeneland September Yearling Sale
“He’s a giant sturdy colt that moved so mild on his toes, only a good easy-moving horse and I feel that’s what drew individuals to him,” stated Hunter Simms with Warrendale. “Immediately has been a really sturdy day general. You convey a pleasant horse right here with the precise sire energy and you will get rewarded.”
Newstead bred Hip 865 in Kentucky out of the grade 3-winning Scat Daddy mare Kallio , who’s a half sister to stakes winner Clear the Runway (Damaged Vow). Gun Runner was represented by 16 yearlings bought Sept. 12 that introduced a complete of $6.1 million and averaged $381,250 for the session.
Hip 871 is considered one of 10 yearlings by Ashford Stud’s Justify  to promote for greater than $400,000 because the begin of the sale. ELiTE consigned the darkish bay or brown colt for WinStar Farm, which bred and raised him. Tom Ryan with SF Racing signed the ticket for the colt on behalf of a partnership that features SF Racing, Starlight Racing, and Madaket Stables.Â
“He is a ravishing colt. All of us watched Justify develop up at WinStar and it is beautiful to see them produce such high quality animals by what appears to be like to be a tremendous stallion,” Ryan stated. “We’ll put him in this system with Bob Baffert and hopefully he has a shiny future.”
Hip 871 is out of the Colonel John stakes winner Kram , who’s a half sister to a number of stakes winner Web Acquire and stakes-winning stakes producer Cat 5′ O .
Michael Lund Petersen bought the ultimate $750,000 yearling of the session, Hip 1121, a Curlin  filly out of the stakes-placed winner Chatham (Maria’s Mon), who’s the dam of a number of grade 1 winner Air Pressure Blue (Struggle Entrance  ). The chestnut filly was bred and bought by Stone Farm.
Stocking Up For Dubai
Former Australian coach Michael Costa, who made a spectacularly profitable relocation to Dubai two years in the past, was busy restocking the shedrow for Sheikh Ahmed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum’s Jebel Ali Stables throughout Day 4 of the September sale.
Costa purchased 4 yearlings Sept. 12 for $1.43 million, topped by a $650,000 Into Mischief  colt (Hip 762) out of grade 1 winner Dance to Bristol (Speightstown) that was consigned by Mill Ridge Gross sales.
He additionally bought Hip 767, a $250,000 colt by Sensible Joke  out of graded stakes-placed Del Mar Could (Jimmy Creed  ); Hip 827, a $230,000 Maclean’s Music  colt out of the Elusive High quality winner Gypsy Lou; and, Hip 949, a $300,000 Twirling Sweet  colt who’s a half brother to stakes-placed winner Iridescent .
Costa purchased two different horses previous to Thursday, getting a Charlatan  colt (Hip 144) out of graded-placed stakes winner My Miss Tapit for $475,000 out of the Taylor Made Gross sales Company consignment, and Hip 640, a $400,000 Military Mule  colt out of stakes-placed Swap Meet from the Bedouin Bloodstock consignment.
