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Current Keeneland Sept 2013 sale topper. $2.5 million colt by War Front.
http://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-racing/ ... z2eiPkzPyP

$1 million colt by War Front.
http://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-racing/ ... z2eUQqg33q

$1.5 million filly by MDO. Is a half sister to HungrY Island and Soaring Empire.
http://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-racing/ ... z2eQ0NP0ME

$1.35 million filly by Malibu Moon
http://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-racing/ ... z2eQUrvyoJ

$1.1 million colt by Unbridled's Song
http://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-racing/ ... z2eQWzF7CP

Tiznow x Indian Snow, full sister to Morning Line sold for $400,000

Hip 216, half to Mind That Bird and Dullahan by Gaint's Causeway was bought by Zayat Sables for $675,000.

Hip 291 filly Pacific Spell x Bernardini, half sister to Proud Spell sold for $1.3M
http://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-racing/ ... z2eWOc1FS2

Hip 304, a Distorted Humor colt o/o the undefeated Peppers Pride, sold for $300,000

Zenyatta's old paddock mate Pirate Queen, her Quality Road 2012 colt Hip 314 sold for $300,000

Hip 340 Midnight Belle, filly Bernardini x Queenie Belle, sold for $400,000 filly is half sister to Unrivaled Belle

Tiznow Filly for $1.75 Million
http://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-racing/ ... z2ebkj0EMn

$1.7M for @DarleyStallions Medaglia d'Oro colt from dam of @KyDerby winner
Super Saver.
https://twitter.com/raypaulick/status/3 ... 89/photo/1
Keeneland September - Hip 523 by Medaglia d'Oro
VIDEO The Blood-Horse Posted: September 10, 2013 Duration: 2:00
http://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-racing/ ... tion=sales

Coolmore Buys Galileo Colt for $1.4 Million
(Hip 496)
By Blood-Horse Staff Updated: Wednesday, September 11, 2013 2:50 PM
A son of Galileo who is a half brother to an Irish champion sold for $1.4 million as the second-highest priced yearling during the first half of the third session of the Keeneland September yearling sale Sept. 11 in Lexington.
M.V. Magnier signed the ticket on behalf of Coolmore Stud.
Consigned as Hip 496 by Peter O'Callaghan's Woods Edge Farm, the colt was bred in Kentucky by SF Bloodstock. He is a half brother to Irish champion Mastercraftsman, a multiple group I winner in Ireland and England who stands at stud at Coolmore in Ireland.
Read more on BloodHorse.com: http://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-racing/ ... z2ec3kweta

Keeneland Assn ‏@keenelandsales tweet
Hip 515 by Tapit out of Successful Outlook goes for $1.55M at #KeeSept
Tom Hall ‏@lordatwar tweet
3rd 7-fig lot on day 3 KeeSept: Tapit 1/2 bro to G1SW Sweet Lulu (Mr. Greeley)
brings $1,550,000
Gregory Hall ‏tweet
The Tapit sold for $1.55 M #KeeSept. That's 11 millionaires. So far.

Keeneland Sept: Hip 541 Indian Charlie Filly
VIDEO The Blood-Horse Posted: September 7, 2013 Duration: 1:47
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Ray Paulick ‏ tweet
Amanda Pope of Florida's Whisper Hill Farm bought $2.2M Indian Charlie filly.
She paid $10M in November for Horse of Year Havre de Grace
horseracinghl tweet
Pope on hip 541 "Absolutely beautiful. A stellar pedigree. We're going to run her in the footsteps of her daddy & her mother & her brothers"
Frank Angst ‏@BH_FAngst tweet
Filly out of gr. I wnr and producer Take Charge Lady sells for $2.2 million,
sale topper to this point. Filly by Indian Charlie. #KeeSept

Tapit Colt First Over $1 Million on Day Four
By Blood-Horse Staff Updated: Thursday, September 12, 2013 1:32 PM
By Ron Mitchell and Glenye Cain Oakford
A striking son of Tapit and a half brother to grade I winner Justin Phillip was sold for $1.2 million as the first seven-figure offering during the Sept. 12 fourth session of the Keeneland September yearling sale.
The buyer was Gainesway and Stonestreet Stables.
Consigned by Valkyre Stud, agent for breeder Oakbrook Farm, the colt was produced from the graded stakes-placed Cryptoclearance mare Ava Knowsthecode, making him a half brother to graded stakes winners Keyed Entry, Successful Mission, and Algorithms . Justin Phillip won the Alfred G. Vanderbilt Handicap (gr. I) on Aug. 4 and has lifetime earnings of more than $1.16 million.
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A half sister to Havre de Grace by Tiznow sold for $1.7 million

Life At Zen wrote:A half sister to Havre de Grace by Tiznow sold for $1.7 million

Thanks, I was doing this late last night and knew I was missing some of the sale toppers.
Half to Havre de Grace Sells for $1.7 Million

By Blood-Horse Staff


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Half to Majestic Warrior Sells for $1 Million

By Blood-Horse Staff


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TBird (hope she comes back!!) - I saw that you had one in on either day 1 or 2...?

878 is a registered black colt and he looks it in the ring. Hammered at $145k.

bare it all wrote:TBird (hope she comes back!!) - I saw that you had one in on either day 1 or 2...?

Her Pulpit filly was an out. She did have hip 775 sell for $200,000.
She has hip 1504 as well.

Oh - hope the filly is ok.

I'm always interested in looking at the bottom rungs of sales.. .horses that bring little to nothing and by just looking at pages you'd think would be worth more. Would love to know if anyone here had a chance to look at these and see what might be a reason for the low price. A few through Session 7 that caught my eye:

$1,000 - Hip 899 - F Macho Uno x Glorita - dam has produced winners already
$2,000 - Hip 1296 - F Hard Spun x Ennis Lady - winning dam, full sister to G3 winner Despite the Odds.
$3,000 - Hip 1746 - F Curlin x Fuhrleen - dam is a full sister to Wando
$7,000 - Hip 1637 - F Arch x Big Shoes - dam is a full sister to Island Fashion, dam has 3 winners already
$7,000 - Hip 1720 - C Bernardini x Exciting Times - half to Gorella

Anything War Front sold pretty damn well. The cheapest one I saw the first 4 days was 150k, and that's still almost 2x the stud fee. I can't wait to see what his yearling sales average is, lol. I think his fee will go up to at least 100k next spring.

I'm wondering about a few hips, too.

Like 1738 who went for $3k, no reserve. A filly by Hard Spun whose dam is a half to Storming Home. One of the filly's siblings already produced stakes winner Judy In Disguise.

Did she have three legs or something?

She probably failed the vet exam, or her physical was simply atrocious. That's all I can think of. Or her dam could have 8 foals, two raced, no winners. Just some examples.

From last week, hip 466, a filly by Giant's Causeway out of Snow Forest, is very flashy. Chestnut, blaze, four stockings (at least two that went above her knees). She went for $70,000 to Mark Johnston. Anyone else notice this pretty girl (named Think Snow)?

I only watched a few of go through the ring on the live stream, but I happened to catch a filly who is half to two time Japanese Champion and successful sire Symboli Kris S RNA at 95,000. Anyone know if there was something physically wrong or do american breeders/owners just not find that appealing?

Here is a pic... I am not a conformation expert but are there some major flaws?

She looks over at the knee. And her hip/butt end is higher than the withers. Might be going through one of those awkward growth phases.

Giant's Causeway is a world class sire, but most of, if not all of his yearlings are selling for what I'd call cheap. They look alright to me, I don't get it, it seems like they're not making the stud fee back

With that being said, if I had $100k, I'd buy a GC filly, in a heartbeat.