Recent winners Double Dream, Edgartown convey $350,000 every to high single-day public sale
Two horses coming off victories – Double Dream, a 3-year-old filly by Curlin, and Edgartown, a 2-year-old colt by Quality Road – every offered for $350,000 to steer a robust day of commerce throughout Friday’s Keeneland November Horses of Racing Age Sale, a single-session public sale for racehorses that adopted the nine-day November Breeding Stock Sale. Case Clay purchased each horses for separate pursuits.
Last yr, Keeneland created the stand-alone public sale for horses of racing age, who previously have been included within the November Breeding Stock Sale.
Today, 155 horses offered by way of the ring for $7,864,000, for a median of $50,735 and a median of $30,000. The gross declined 28.47% from $10,994,500 paid for 160 horses, whereas the common was 26.17% decrease than $68,716 final yr and the median was 16.67% under $36,000.
“Overall, it was a healthy day of trade,” Keeneland Vice President of Sales Tony Lacy stated. “A various group of patrons from all over the world representing breeders, bloodstock brokers, racing pursuits and trainers participated. The clearance price was proper at 84% and commerce was constant all through the day. Fillies and colts with good pedigrees and race data offered extraordinarily effectively.
“This is a sale that allows buyers to come in and do their homework,” Lacy added. “They can see these horses, vet them and put them through the scrutiny they need in this more stringent environment. That creates a very healthy transparency that is critical at this point. Overall, we are very satisfied.”
Double Dream, who’s a half-sister to Grade 1 winner Verrazano and Grade 2 winner El Padrino, received a Oct. 3 maiden particular weight race at Parx Racing. Purchased by Case Clay/Jon Freyer, agent, she is from the household of champion Queena and Grade 1 winners Chic Shirine, Serra Lake, Olympiad, Preservationist, Somali Lemonade and Harmonize. ELiTE, agent, consigned Double Dream, who’s out of the Giant’s Causeway mare Enchanted Rock.
“She will go to Australia and be a broodmare,” Clay stated. “Maybe she’ll race a little bit down there, but ultimately, she will be for breeding purposes. Great pedigree, a beautiful filly. It looks like she’ll be a great broodmare.”
With gross sales of $2,635,000 for 38 horses offered by way of the ring, ELiTE was the public sale’s main consignor.
In the title of Case Clay Thoroughbred Management, Clay paid $350,000 for Edgartown, a 2-year-old colt by Quality Road who received a Nov. 4 maiden particular weight race at Churchill Downs. Consigned by Highgate Sales, agent, he’s out of Love Child, by Fed Biz, and from the household of Racing Hall of Famer Serena’s Song.
“He will be racing here in America for Wathnan Racing,” Clay stated about Edgartown. “His form stands up really well. He was second (in his first start) to (eventual Castle & Key) Bourbon Stakes (G2) winner Can Group. He has good form and he’s a good-looking colt, so we’ll try to do well for him here in the U.S.”
Jacob West of Highgate raced Edgartown within the title of West Bloodstock.
“I don’t own racehorses, but I ended up with him,” West stated. “I believed within the horse, so I stored him and put him in coaching with Joe Sharp, good friend of mine. He and his workforce did an unbelievable job. We knew the colt was gifted, and he confirmed it. We put a really low reserve on him. I consider you get extra money within the ring than you do privately. Based on cellphone calls I used to be getting earlier than the sale, it proved true.
“When you bring a horse to this sale, you can take X-rays, scope them and (veterinarians) and buyers can lay their hands on them,” West added. “You get top dollar because there is confidence buying them here. Hats off to Keeneland for having these sales.”
Dixiana Farms paid $250,000 for a number of stakes winner Train to Artemus, 5-year-old daughter of Tapizar who was third behind Tony Ann and Caravel in Keeneland’s Franklin (G2) on Oct. 15. Bluewater Sales, agent, consigned Train to Artemus, who has earned $549,718 with 9 wins in 21 begins. Her dam is the successful Kitten’s Joy mare Pay Day Kitten.
Dixiana proprietor William J. Shively stated he would possibly proceed racing Train to Artemus.
“I really like grass fillies, and we like to breed grass horses,” Shively stated. “I think she’s a really nice mare. She’s very physically fit, she’s a nice one. I looked back at her races to see what she did. I liked that she started young and right away, and she’s still going, which is pretty good. (For) as long as she’s been running, (her record is) pretty solid.”
Dixiana was the sale’s main purchaser, spending $415,000 for 2 horses. At $165,000, Dixiana’s different buy was Up and Down, a 3-year-old stakes-placed filly by Creative Cause who received a maiden particular weight race at Keeneland in April. A half-sister to Grade 2 winner and millionaire Fluffy Socks consigned by Mill Ridge Sales, agent, she is out of Breakfast Time, by Kitten’s Joy.
Two horses offered for $240,000 every.
Chad Schumer, agent, went to the quantity to amass Grade 3 winner King Fury, a 5-year-old son of Curlin who has earned $733,014, and stated the horse can be despatched to Saudi Arabia and certain enter stud. Consigned by Gainesway, agent, King Fury is out of Grade 1-winning millionaire Taris, by Flatter, and from the household of stakes winners Theatre Star, Ocean Club and Stoweshoe.
“He’s been on our radar for quite a while,” Schumer stated about King Fury. “We’ve been looking for sons of Curlin. He’s obviously starting off as a fantastic sire of sires. I think he’s just super impressive. To have a graded stakes-winning son of Curlin is just a tremendous asset. The colt was absolutely beautiful; he could not have been better looking. I don’t think I’ve bought a horse as good-looking as that. We’re just delighted to have him.”
Frat Pack, a 4-year-old Upstart colt who was an allowance winner Oct. 7 at Belmont on the Big A, offered for $240,000 to Legion Bloodstock, agent for Graham Grace Stable. Consigned by ELiTE, agent, he’s out of the Warrior’s Reward mare Miss Baby Betty and from the household of Grade 2 winner Vegas Magic and Grade 3 winner Sweet Whiskey.
