Hip 516, a colt by Into Mischief, sold for $275,000 to highlight Wednesday’s third session of the Keeneland September yearling sale. Photo courtesy of Taylor Made Sales Agency.
By Tom Law
Repole Stable and St. Elias Stables, among the leading buyers during the first three days of the Keeneland September yearling sale, struck for a pair of top-dollar New York-breds during Wednesday’s third session in Lexington.
Repole and St. Elias purchased two of the three New York-breds through the ring Wednesday, including Hip 516, a colt by leading sire Into Mischief, for $275,000. Bred by Pine Ridge Stables LTD, foaled at Waldorf Farm in North Chatham and consigned by Taylor Made Sales Agency, agent, the gray or roan colt is out of the winning Rockport Harbor mare Whisper Wisdom.
Whisper Wisdom, the dam of recent Saratoga maiden special weight winner Curlin’s Wisdom, is a half-sister to Grade 1 winner and prominent young sire Connect.
Repole and St Elias struck less than a half-hour later for Hip 531, a colt by Vino Rosso who sold for $185,000.
Bred by T/C Stable, LLC, foaled at Old Saratoga Equine Services in Schuylerville and consigned by Legacy Bloodstock, agent, the colt is out of the Danehill Dancer mare Alluvial Gold. The colt is a half-brother to three winners, including the Group 1-placed, $239,405-earner Colosseo.
Hip 140, a colt by Into Mischief out of Grade 1-winning New York-bred Artemis Agrotera, sold via a private sale for $450,000 after Monday’s opening session of the Keeneland September yearling sale. Photo courtesy of Sequel New York.
The sale of those two New York-breds, along with another filly by Practical Joke that sold for $75,000 Wednesday, followed the private sale of Hip 140 for $450,000 after Monday’s opening session. Peter Brant’s White Birch Farm, Inc., purchased the colt by Into Mischief out of Grade 1 winner and stakes-producer Artemis Agrotera.
Bred by Chester and Mary Broman and foaled at their Chestertown Farm in Chestertown, and consigned by Sequel New York, agent, the colt is a half-brother to stakes winner and $404,145-earner Chestetown and two other winners.
The Keeneland September sale continues with the four session at 11 a.m. Thursday.
