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Whisper Hill Goes to $600K for Adoptable at Keeneland


Mandy Pope’s Whisper Hill Farm added one other prospect to the broodmare band, going to $600,000 for the 3-year-old filly Adoptable (Hip 1285) on the Keeneland November Breeding Inventory Sale Nov. 8 in Lexington. The unraced daughter of Curlin   was consigned by Claiborne Farm, agent.

Adoptable was bred in Kentucky by Don Alberto Company out of the a number of stakes-producing Ghostzapper   mare American Story , making her a half sister to grade 1 winner American Gal , stakes winner Americanize , and grade 3-placed Magic Faucet 

“I personal a part of the household (American Gal) and have been proud of the foals,” Pope mentioned. “She’s handsome and we’re simply making an attempt to maintain the household going. She may have been in E book 1 or E book 2, she certified for that.”

Pope bought American Gal at Fasig-Tipton’s The November Sale in 2018 for $3 million. Her first foal, a filly by Curlin named Climate Delay, offered for $500,000 to Repole Steady on the 2022 Keeneland September Yearling Sale. Final 12 months, her Into Mischief colt offered for $1.1 million to Grandview Equine on the Keeneland September sale.

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Adviser Todd Quast with Mandy Pope on the Keeneland November Breeding Inventory Sale

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“Very proud of the sale,” mentioned Bradley Purcell, farm supervisor at Claiborne Farm. “She was a $450,000 yearling (offered on the 2022 Keeneland September Yearling Sale) so we had been pondering possibly $250,000 or $300,000. More than happy with the result and with the house she bought. She was a standout together with her pedigree and her seems to be. She was in the fitting spot.”

A pair of colts shared the highest spot at $250,000 for highest-priced weanling.

The primary by means of the ring was Hip 1347, a colt from the primary crop of 2021 champion male sprinter Jackie’s Warrior  . Supplied from the Scott Mallory consignment, the colt was bought by Arrowhead Farm. Hip 1347 is out of the profitable Speightstown mare Caribbean Girl, a half sister to grade 2 winner Halory Leigh. He was bred in Kentucky by Torie Gladwell, Jordan Wycoff, and Jimmy and Martha Gladwell. 

Caribbean Girl is the dam of 4 winners from 5 foals to race, together with the Sensible Joke   daughter Let Her Encourage U , winner of the 2022 Empire Distaff Stakes at Aqueduct Racetrack and earner of $427,080.

Hip 1347, 2024 Keeneland November Sale
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The Jackie’s Warrior colt consigned as Hip 1347 within the ring on the Keeneland November Breeding Inventory Sale

“There is a very deep group of stallions on this class which have first-crop weanlings,” mentioned Cormac Breathnach, director of gross sales operations at Keeneland. “From Flightline, to Life Is Good, Olympiad, and so on. … There are such a lot of actually well-credentialed horses within the sire class which are proving to be in style. It is an annual factor, however this class might need much more kind of headline members than loads of years. It’s totally rewarding for these breeders. I am positive they are going to be extremely popular on the yearling gross sales subsequent 12 months.”

Close to the top of the session, the Lane’s Finish-consigned Hip 1459 went to Simple Residing Stables. The Kentucky-bred son of Twirling Sweet   was produced from Jemmabelle, a profitable daughter of Road Sense   hailing from the household of 1987 Breeders’ Cup Juvenile (G1) winner Success Categorical, grade 1 winner Greenwood Lake, and 1989 Canadian champion grass horse Charlie Barley. He was bred by Jamie Corbett and W.S. Farish.

The fourth day of the sale produced a gross of $18,612,500 from the 255 horses that modified fingers, with a mean of $72,990 and a median of $55,000; all up from final 12 months’s outcomes. An 18.8% RNA fee represented the 59 horses who failed to satisfy their reserve.

“Right now was a extremely robust day,” mentioned Breathnach. “It’s totally encouraging. All of the metrics are up about 20% on final 12 months’s corresponding session; that being the median, common, and gross, and RNAs got here down.

“There’s actually loads of exercise on the grounds, lots of people nonetheless trying to fill orders. It was noticeable in E book 2, that the second day’s commerce was really stronger than the primary day’s commerce. Right now was superb, hopefully tomorrow can match right this moment as effectively, after which we’ll carry into E book 4.”

Final 12 months’s session noticed a gross of $15,539,000 from the 257 horses to alter fingers. The common was $60,463, with a median of $50,000. Sixty-six horses failed to satisfy their reserve, leading to an RNA fee of 20.4%. 

The November Sale continues Nov. 9, with the fifth session starting at 10 a.m. ET. As of Friday night, Keeneland has reported 80 outs. 

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