Hip 1098, a weanling colt by Practical Joke bred by Greathouse Equine LLC, Clay Scherer, Ryan Scherer and Josh Stevens, sold for $245,000 to highlight Book 3 of the Keeneland November breeding stock sale. Photo courtesy of Four Star Sales.
New York-breds continued to be in demand during the Book 3 sessions of the Keeneland November breeding stock sale, which reached a milestone Saturday with total receipts already surpassing last year’s total for the entire sale.
A dozen New York-breds, including nine weanlings, sold for $100,000 or more during Book 3. Keeneland reported sales on 21 of the 28 New York-breds in Book 3 for $2,176,000, an average price of $103,620 and median of $105,000. Overeall, 17 New York-bred weanlings sold in Book 3 for $1,795,000, an average price of $105,589 and median of $100,000.
Those totals, plus strong returns from Books 1 and 2, helped Keeneland record cumulative through-the-ring sales of $214,871,000 through five sessions. That surpassed last year’s total of $187 million for the nine sessions.
Hip 1098, a weanling colt by Practical Joke, led the way in Book 3 on a bid of $245,000 from Big Bear Bloodstock.
Bred by Greathouse Equine LLC, Clay Scherer, Ryan Scherer and Josh Stevens and consigned by Four Star Sales, agent, the colt is out of the Malibu Moon mare As the Snow Flies. A full-sister to Grade 2-placed Enchantress, As the Snow Flies is the dam of the winner Moion.
That colt is the third highest-priced New York-bred and one of six to sell for $200,000 or more. Through five sessions, 29 of the 36 New York-bred weanlings through the ring at the sale have sold for $3,795,000, an average price of $130,863 and median of $115,000.
Hip 1564, a filly from the first crop of multiple Grade 1 winner Taiba, commanded the high price for a New York-bred weanling filly in Book 3 on a bid of $150,000 from Belmont Horizons.
Bred by Stonegate Stables LLC and Everythings Cricket Racing and consigned by Turning Point Bloodstock, agent, the filly is out of the Scat Daddy mare Daddysneverready. She’s the dam of the winning New York-bred Enticed gelding Ez Roll, a 2-year-old Yaupon filly that sold for $60,000 at last year’s Fasig-Tipton Saratoga New York-bred yearling sale and a New York-bred Speaker’s Corner yearling filly that brought $30,000 at the recent Fasig-Tipton Kentucky October sale.
Currane, a half-sister to multiple New York-bred stakes winner Sea Foam, sold for $140,000 at Keeneland November. Photo courtesy of Winter Quarter Farm.
Fred Hertrich III purchased the top-priced New York-bred broodmare, broodmare prospect or racing prospect out of Book 3, going to $140,000 for Currane.
Offered as Hip 1160 out of the Winter Quarter Farm consignment, the 3-year-old daughter of Authentic is out of the Grade 3-winning Unbridled’s Song mare Strike It Rich. Bred and raced by Waterville Lake Stables, Currane placed once in three starts.
Strike It Rich is the dam of multiple New York-bred stakes winner and $856,103-earner Sea Foam, stakes-placed $223,900-earner Straw Into Gold and the placed Giant’s Causeway mare Gaelic Gold, the dam of Grade 1 winner Fionn. Strike It Rich is also the dam of the unraced Medaglia d’Oro New York-bred filly Nebu
Hip 1260, a colt by New York-bred Horse of the Year Americanrevolution, also landed one of the six-figure bids and brought the top price for a weanling by a New York-based stallion. Chad Frederick purchased the colt out of the winning Street Cry mare Judge Lee.
Bred by Matthew Nestor and consigned by Vinery Sales, agent, the colt is a half-brother to multiple stakes winner and $409,420-earner Out On Bail. A son of multiple New York-bred Horse of the Year Tiz the Law, Out On Bail won the recent Carle Place Stakes at Aqueduct and last year’s Skidmore Stakes at Saratoga Race Course.
The sale continues with the first of three Book 4 sessions at 10 a.m. Sunday.
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