Keeneland September: $115,000 Not This Time colt leads penultimate session

LEXINGTON, Ky. - A colt by popular young sire Not This Time sold for $115,000 on Thursday to lead the penultimate session of the Keeneland September yearling sale.

Keeneland reported 169 horses sold - the 11th session of the sale overall, and the first of two comprising the final book of the auction, Book 6 - for a gross of $2,086,600. The average price was $12,347 while the median for the session was $7,000.

The buyback rate finished at 17 percent, the best rate of any individual session of the sale thus far. After Book 1 opened the sale with a 40 percent buyback rate over the first two days of the sale, the number has gradually improved into the middle and lower markets.

The session-leading Not This Time colt was purchased by Royal Flush Racing from the consignment of Trackside Farm, as agent for Tenlane Farm. The colt was the second session-topper at this sale for Not This Time, as he also sired a colt who sold for $320,000 to lead a Book 4 session earlier in the week.

Grade 3-winning juvenile Not This Time, who stands at Taylor Made Farm, currently leads all freshman sires with 10 individual winners, including Grade 1 Del Mar Debutante winner Princess Noor, stakes winner Dirty Dangle, and Grade 3-placed Hopeful Princess.

The session leader is out of the winning Dixie Union mare Race Hunter, whose first starter is a winner. The mare is a half-sister to graded stakes winner Paid Up Subscriber, and graded stakes winners Stanley Park, Top Kisser, and Tricky Squaw appear on the catalog page.

Keeneland September concludes with the second and final Book 6 session on Friday. For hip-by-hip results, click here.