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A little more than a decade ago, Mandy Pope began making major investments in her broodmare band. Now, that goal is coming to fruition, with Pope's eye-catching pink silks in the winner's circle of several graded stakes and others seeking to secure stock from her operation.
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A $1.1 million Curlin colt led a pair of seven-figure horses as the Keeneland September yearling sale closed its upper-market first week with average and median figures improved from last year's record renewal.
Peter Fluor and K.C. Weiner's Speedway Stable, with Marette Farrell acting as agent, made the most of a second opportunity to acquire a daughter of leading young sire Gun Runner they fancied.
In her first trip to the Keeneland September yearling sale since taking the helm of the international operation founded by her late father, Sheikha Hissa Hamdan Al Maktoum purchased four yearlings in the name of Shadwell Racing over the first days of the auction, led by a $2.3 million Into Mischief filly.
Special Me is an aptly named broodmare. Not only is she in rare air as the dam of two Grade 1 winners, she has also produced a pair of Grade 2 winners to go with them. The special mare continued to knock it out of the park for her longtime residence, Craig and Carrie Brogden's Machmer Hall, with a $1.2 million Into Mischief colt sold to Coolmore on Tuesday at Keeneland
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A $1.2 million half-brother to Kentucky Derby winner Mage led five seven-figure horses as the Keeneland September yearling sale opened its Book 2 portion on Wednesday with steady figures.
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Into Mischief’s smashing success in Book 1 of the Keeneland September yearling sale continues his ascension into the company of history’s great stallions.
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A well-related son of leading sire Into Mischief sold for $3 million on Tuesday as the Keeneland September yearling sale closed its elite Book 1 portion with a gain in average from last year's comparable sessions.
Gainesway Farm sold three seven-figure yearlings, including the session-topping $2.3 million Into Mischief filly, on opening-day of the Keeneland September yearling sale. Buoyed by that high-ticket trio and five others to break seven figures, the sale began Monday with what sales officials felt was a steady marketplace.
The Keeneland September yearling sale started out with a strong catalog. As the auction has approached, the lineup has only gotten stronger.
