Keeneland September: Book Two hips to watch
Joe Nevills highlights horses to watch from the Book Two portion of the Keeneland September yearling sale.
Joe NevillsSep 13, 2013
Joe Nevills highlights horses to watch from the Book Two portion of the Keeneland September yearling sale.
During the first week of the 2013 Keeneland September yearling sale, consignors reaped the benefits of an enthusiastic and deep demand for their offerings, and three recent September sale milestones were met or passed in the process.
A Tapit filly became the fourth yearling by her sire to sell for seven figures this week, going to Shadwell for $1 million late in the fourth session of the Keeneland September yearling sale.
A half sister to 2011 Horse of the Year Havre de Grace sold for $1.7 million to Alex Solis II, acting as agent to an undisclosed client, late in the fourth session of the Keeneland September yearling sale on Thursday.
A half-brother to Grade 1 winner and prominent young sire Majestic Warrior sold for $1 million to bloodstock agent David Ingordo late in the Keeneland September yearling sale’s fourth session on Thursday.
A colt by War Front and from a relatively undistinguished immediate female family was bought for $2.5 million by Coolmore Stud at the Keeneland September yearling sale on Thursday, the highest price paid for a yearling so far during the first four days of the marquee auction.
A Tapit colt sold for $1.2 million to Antony Beck's Gainesway Farm and Barbara Banke's Stonestreet Farm, the latter of which continues to make high-profile buys in partnership, early in Thursday's fourth session of the Keeneland September yearling sale.
By the end of this year’s second session of the Keeneland September yearling sale on Tuesday, eight seven-figure horses had sold, eclipsing last year’s Keeneland sale total of eight. By the end of Wednesday’s third session, a flurry of fevered bidding had left last year’s high-end numbers in the dust.
Staff writer Joe Nevills discusses six horses to watch at Thursday’s fourth and final Book 1 session of the Keeneland September yearling sale, including half-siblings to Havre de Grace and English Channel.
Mandy Pope continued to acquire top-quality fillies as the Keeneland September yearling sale progressed on Wednesday, landing one of the sale’s most anticipated offerings, a filly out of Grade 1 winner and producer Take Charge Lady, for a sale-leading $2.2 million.