Six-figure run continues in Book 3 at Keeneland

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D.J. Stable went to $220,000 to purchase colt by Vekoma bred by Three Diamonds Farm to highlight Book 3 of the Keeneland September yearling sale. Photo courtesy of Paramount Sales.

Led by a colt by Vekoma that sold for $220,000, six New York-breds sold for $100,000 or more during Book 3 of the Keeneland September yearling sale Saturday and Sunday in Lexington.

D.J. Stable LLC purchased the topper for Book 3, Hip 1371[2], a colt out of the winning Vancouver mare Salino.

Bred by Three Diamonds Farm, foaled at Sequel Stallions New York in Hudson and consigned by Paramount Sales, agent, the colt is the first foal out of Salino.

A 6-year-old out of the stakes-winning Grand Slam mare Stellar, Salino won two of seven starts and earned $60,700. She’s from the family of Grade 1 winner Gygistar and champion sprinter Eillo. Salino sold for $40,000 to DKW Racing at the 2021 Fasig-Tipton Midlantic December mixed sale.

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Hip 1551, a colt by Nyquist bred by Pine Ridge Stables and the first horse through the ring Sunday, sold for $125,000. Photo courtesy of Paramount Sales.

Hip 1551[4], a colt by Nyquist out of the Scat Daddy mare Daddy Issues, landed the second highest price for a New York-bred in Book 3. Doug O’Neill, agent for Run Fast Racing LLC, went to $125,000 to buy the fourth foal out of the half-sister to champion and multiple Grade 1 winner Accelerate and full-sister to Daddy DT and Amarish.

Bred by Pine Ridge Stables, foaled at Waldorf Farm in North Chatham and consigned by Paramount Sales, agent, the colt is a half-brother to the two-time winning Liam’s Map 3-year-old filly Next On Stage, the winning 4-year-old Street Sense gelding Trustme Iamadoctor and an unnamed 2-year-old 2-year-old filly by Authentic.

Pine Ridge Stables, through Morris Bloodstock, purchased Daddy Issues in foal to Nyquist for $185,000 at the 2022 Keeneland November breeding stock sale.

Keeneland reported sales on eight of the 11 New York-breds through the ring during Book 3 for a total of $890,000, an average price of $111,250 and median of $115,000.

The sale continues with the first of two sessions for Book 4 at 10 a.m. Monday. The sale also continues through Books 5 and 6 with the final session set to start at 10 a.m. Saturday.

Endnotes:
  1. [Image]: https://www.nytbreeders.org/news/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Hip1371-KeeSept2024.jpg
  2. Hip 1371: http://apps.keeneland.com/sales/k224/pdfs/1371.pdf
  3. [Image]: https://www.nytbreeders.org/news/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/modified_8089.jpg
  4. Hip 1551: http://apps.keeneland.com/sales/k224/pdfs/1551.pdf

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