Hip 2683, a daughter of Lexitonian bred by Saratoga Glen Farm, sold for $52,000 Tuesday at Keeneland. Photo courtesy of Colin Brennan Bloodstock.
A filly from the first crop of Grade 1 winner Lexitonian and a colt by champion and Breeders’ Cup Classic winner Vino Rosso highlighted the New York-bred offerings during the Book 4 sessions of the Keeneland September yearling sale Monday and Tuesday.
Pick View purchased Hip 2683, a daughter of Lexitonian out of the stakes-placed Overanalyze mare Talk You Out of It, for $52,000.
Bred by and foaled at Saratoga Glen Farm in Stillwater and consigned by Colin Brennan Bloodstock, agent, the filly is the second foal out of Talk You Out of It. The filly’s first foal is the unraced the 2-year-old Central Banker filly Love Is Real.
The Lexitonian filly sold for $60,000 to Arrowhead Farm at last year’s Fasig-Tipton Saratoga fall mixed sale.
Hip 2424, a colt by Vino Rosso bred by Barry Ostrager, sold for $50,000 Tuesday at Keeneland. Photo courtesy of Mill Ridge Sales.
Atlas Bloodstock, agent for MLD Stable, went to $50,000 for Hip 2424, a son of Vino Rosso out of the stakes-placed Gilded Time mare Eternal Grace.
Bred by Barry Ostrager, foaled at Hidden Lake Farm in Stillwater and consigned by Mill Ridge Sales, the colt is a half-brother to stakes winner and $215,503-earner Bye Bye Bernie, stakes-placed Joe Franklin and Little Dipper and four other winners.
The Vino Rosso colt originally sold for $70,000 to A.M.J.C. at this year’s Keeneland January horses of all ages sale.
Keeneland reported sales on 11 of the 15 New York-breds through the ring during the Book 4 sessions Monday and Tuesday for a total of $342,000, an average price of $31,091 and median of $30,000. Overall, 28 of the 38 New York-breds through the first eight sessions have sold for $2,772,000, an average price of $99,000 and median of $57,500.
The sale continues with first of two Book 5 sessions at 11 a.m. Wednesday.
