Keeneland September (12-25) Yearling Sale

Treve · Tue Sep 13, 2016 2:51 pm

650 000$ for 346 by Pioneerof the Nile out of a Pulpit mare (whose own damsire is Storm Cat). Ridgling.

bare it all · Tue Sep 13, 2016 3:35 pm

BaroqueAgain1 wrote:340 is a War Front filly out of Film Maker (Dynaformer). With that turf pedigree, I wonder if she will be headed to Europe?
$360,000

RNA

carole · Tue Sep 13, 2016 3:46 pm

Tapit x Grand Prayer colt (#374) just went for $700,000

BaroqueAgain1 · Tue Sep 13, 2016 3:56 pm

379 is a colt, another War Front out of a Dynaformer mare (Haka)...turf in his future?
$575,000.

bare it all · Tue Sep 13, 2016 3:56 pm

2 hips away from Grace's colt if anyone is interested.

BaroqueAgain1 · Tue Sep 13, 2016 3:57 pm

380, a Galileo colt out of Half Queen (Deputy Minister)...very refined with the typical pretty Galileo head. $500,000.

bare it all · Tue Sep 13, 2016 4:02 pm

Here he goes...

bid opens at 500k. Quickly to 1M

1.6M just like that... wow.

...love that cute white spot on his nose

Hammers down at 1.9M

BaroqueAgain1 · Tue Sep 13, 2016 4:02 pm

'Grace's colt is attractive, but it's hard to judge the details when looking at a small computer monitor. But, dang, he's already over a million.
$1,900,000.

Sale topper, IIRC.

mariasmon · Tue Sep 13, 2016 4:03 pm

Surely the Havre de Grace got sold at $1.9 million.

Horsebagger · Tue Sep 13, 2016 4:05 pm

mariasmon wrote:Surely the Havre de Grace got sold at $1.9 million.

If not, Quiet Chris is gonna be a piranha.

mariasmon · Tue Sep 13, 2016 4:06 pm

Horsebagger wrote:
mariasmon wrote:Surely the Havre de Grace got sold at $1.9 million.
If not, Quiet Chris is gonna be a piranha.

RNA, per DRF Breeding on Twitter

Horsebagger · Tue Sep 13, 2016 4:06 pm

Horsebagger wrote:
mariasmon wrote:Surely the Havre de Grace got sold at $1.9 million.
If not, Quiet Chris is gonna be a piranha.

Haha. Fire away Chris.

BaroqueAgain1 · Tue Sep 13, 2016 4:06 pm

I know the 'big' stallions like Tapit get the press, and there is also attention given to the freshman sires, to see how they do. But I'm interested to see how well the offspring of recently-deceased sires like Scat Daddy, Street Cry or Smart Strike sell.
Does the knowledge that there aren't going to be anymore, or maybe only another crop or two, increase their value?

mariasmon · Tue Sep 13, 2016 4:08 pm

Is there anything in tomorrow's session that might blow things out of the water? So far, this is the dullest KeeSep in the last decade.

carole · Tue Sep 13, 2016 4:10 pm

mariasmon wrote:Is there anything in tomorrow's session that might blow things out of the water? So far, this is the dullest KeeSep in the last decade.

Half to Beholder maybe?

Admin · Tue Sep 13, 2016 4:11 pm

mariasmon wrote:
RNA, per DRF Breeding on Twitter

I thought so. They were trying hard to get to $2m.

mariasmon · Tue Sep 13, 2016 4:11 pm

carole wrote:
mariasmon wrote:Is there anything in tomorrow's session that might blow things out of the water? So far, this is the dullest KeeSep in the last decade.
Half to Beholder maybe?

That's a Scat Daddy, right? Coolmore might cough up.

mariasmon · Tue Sep 13, 2016 4:12 pm

Admin wrote:
mariasmon wrote:
RNA, per DRF Breeding on Twitter
I thought so. They were trying hard to get to $2m.

I know the market is beyond brutal, but I'd let him go for that. Then again, I don't have her kind of money, so it's hard to put myself in her shoes.

bare it all · Tue Sep 13, 2016 4:15 pm

BaroqueAgain1 wrote:I know the 'big' stallions like Tapit get the press, and there is also attention given to the freshman sires, to see how they do. But I'm interested to see how well the offspring of recently-deceased sires like Scat Daddy, Street Cry or Smart Strike sell.
Does the knowledge that there aren't going to be anymore, or maybe only another crop or two, increase their value?

I think it would. Buyers who are more "collector" types might see it as their last chance to get in on something. The Scat Daddy's have all been RNA or higher-priced. The cheapest that actually found a new home was $100k

Admin · Tue Sep 13, 2016 4:16 pm

mariasmon wrote:
I know the market is beyond brutal, but I'd let him go for that. Then again, I don't have her kind of money, so it's hard to put myself in her shoes.

Honestly, I don't know where the real money stopped. The announcer was very low key. I think they knew that the vet issue was a problem and this was the likely result, else they would've really hyped up the colt in the ring. Several key buyers were on the colt until the vetting. It's a shame.