Barbara Banke’s Stonestreet Stables and B. Wayne Hughes’ Spendthrift Farm partnered to buy a $1.7-million Medaglia d’Oro colt out of Supercharger, dam of 2010 Kentucky Derby winner Super Saver, during Wednesday’s third session of the Keeneland September yearling sale.
A Tapit colt sold for $1.55 million to Nat Rea’s Regis Farms and Stonestreet Stables as a strong third session of the Keeneland September yearling sale continued on Wednesday.
A colt by European champion Galileo also a half-brother to an Irish champion and hot first-crop sire sold for $1.4 million to the Irish-based Coolmore Stud during the third session of the Keeneland September yearling sale on Wednesday.
A half sister to champion and prominent sire Speightstown set the bar high early in Wednesday’s third session of the Keeneland September yearling sale, selling for $1.75 million to Torrealba Holdings to establish a new high price for the sale.
It took two sessions for this year’s edition of the Keeneland September yearling sale to eclipse the number of seven-figure horses that went through the ring for the entire sale last year, signaling the continued growth of the market.
Horses to watch on the third day of the Keeneland September yearling sale.
One day after recording the first seven-figure yearling of his stud career, Malibu Moon notched a second as Hugo Merry, bloodstock agent for fashion industry magnate Andrew Rosen, signed the ticket for $1 million on a filly by the Spendthrift Farm stallion to close out Tuesday’s second session of the Keeneland September yearling sale.
A colt by Smart Strike out of a Canadian champion brought $1 million from a partnership led by Dr. Mark Dedomenico’s Pegasus operation late in the second session of the Keeneland September yearling sale on Tuesday.
Coolmore-affiliated M.V. Magnier went to $1 million for a colt by Tapit during Tuesday’s second session of the Keeneland September yearling sale.
A Bernardini filly who is a half-sister to Kentucky Oaks winner and champion Proud Spell sold for $1.3 million to Texas-based Baumann Stables to become the first horse to surpass seven figures during Tuesday’s second session of the Keeneland September yearling sale.
