Hip 810, a short yearling daughter of Violence bred by Rockridge Stud, Chesapeake Farm, Matthew Nestor and Three Times A Charm, sold for $90,000 Tuesday at Keeneland. Photo courtesy of Vinery Sales.
A short yearling filly by Violence from the family of multiple graded stakes winner and millionaire Newgrange sold for $90,000 to lead all New York-bred offerings during the second session of the Keeneland January horses of all ages sale Tuesday in Lexington.
DR Investments purchased the filly, sold as Hip 810 out of the Vinery Sales consignment. Bred by Rockridge Stud LLC, Chesapeake Farm, Matthew Nestor and Three Times A Charm and foaled at Rockridge Stud in Hudson, the filly is the second foal out of the winning More Than Ready mare Rockin Ready.
A half-sister to the 6-year-old Violence gelding Newgrange, Rockin Ready is also the dam of a 2-year-old colt by Violence.
Hip 826, a son of Ghostzapper, brought the top price for a New York-bred yearling colt Tuesday on a bid of $80,000 from Boyd Racing. Bred by Nathan McCauley, William Minton and Steve Rohrlick, foaled at Sequel Stallions New York in Hudson and consigned by Warrendale Sales, agent, the colt is the first foal out of the Maclean’s Music mare Senate Dance.
Keeneland reported sales on all 11 New York-bred short yearlings through the ring Tuesday for a total of $367,000, an average price of $33,364 and median of $22,000. Overall, 22 of the 26 short yearlings have sold for $1,223,500, an average price of $55,614 and median of $45,000.
Tuesday’s other top sellers included the unraced Ready for the Ball for $60,000 and stakes-winning Central Banker mare Dream Central for $45,000.
Dream Central, winning the 2022 Cupecoy’s Joy division of the NYSS, sold for $45,000 Tuesday at Keeneland. Coglianese Photo/Chelsea Durand.
Chad Frederick purchased Dream Central, offered as Hip 623 as a racing or broodmare prospect out of the Brookdale consignment. A 6-year-old out of the stakes-placed Deputy Wild Cat mare Dreamed to Dream, Dream Central went through the ring with two wins in 19 starts and $209,577 in earnings.
Bred by and foaled at John Jayko’s Fedwell Farm in Saratoga Springs, Dream Central won the Cupecoy’s Joy division of the New York Stallion Series Stakes at Belmont Park and inaugural running of the Suzie O’Cain Stakes at Saratoga Race Course for owner Eddie Fazzone’s Eddie F’s Racing and trainer Gary Sciacca in 2022.
Foundation Bloodstock purchased Hip 876, the 5-year-old More Than Ready mare Ready for the Ball. Offered as a broodmare prospect out of the Taylor Made Sales Agency consignment, the half-sister to multiple graded stakes winner Horologist is out of the Stephen Got Even mare Cinderella Time.
Bred by GMP Stable, Dutchess Views Farm and C. Robert Valeri and foaled at Irish Hill Century Farm in Stillwater, Ready for the Ball originally sold for $260,000 at the 2022 Fasig-Tipton Saratoga New York-bred yearling sale before being purchased by Town & Country Racing LLC for $380,000 at the 2023 OBS April sale.
Ready for the Ball is the fourth foal produced by Cinderella Time. Horologist won nine of 27 starts, including the Grade 2 Beldame Stakes and Grade 3 Molly Pitcher Stakes in 2020 and the Grade 3 Monmouth Oaks in 2019, and earned $962,939. Horologist sold for $800,000 to Katsumi Yoshida at the 2021 Keeneland November breeding stock sale.
The Keeneland January sale concludes with the final session at 10 a.m. Wednesday.
