Hip 355, a colt by Candy Ride bred by Joe Fafone, brought the highest price for a NY-bred at the Keeneland September sale. Photo courtesy of Woods Edge Farm.
By Tom Law
Colts that brought $525,000 and $500,000 were among the 14 New York-breds sold for six figures during the Keeneland September yearling sale that wrapped up its monster run Saturday in Lexington.
Keeneland reported sales on 45 of the 58 New York-breds through the ring during the 12-session sale for a total of $4,240,500, an average price of $94,233 and median of $40,000. Those returns were a significant jump from last year, when 53 New York-breds sold for $3,578,500, an average price of $67,519 and median of $32,000.
Keeneland recorded its third-highest gross ($394,127,900) during the 80th September sale, and established a record average price of $143,111.
Hip 355, a colt by Candy Ride bred by Joe Fafone and foaled at Waldorf Farm in North Chatham, led the way for the New York-bred contingent on the $525,000 bid from Barry Berkelhammer, agent for Albaugh Family Stables, during last week’s second session.
A $250,000 purchase as a weanling by Cavalier Bloodstock at last year’s Keeneland November breeding stock sale, the colt is out of the unraced Any Given Saturday mare Sweet Love. Consigned by Peter O’Callaghan’s Woods Edge Farm, the colt is the fourth foal out of the full-sister to Grade 3 winner Adventist and half-sister to Group 3 winner Dijeerr, Isn’t He Clever and Sharp Writer. Sweet Love is the dam of three winners – B C Glory Days, Luna Luca and Tin Pan Alley. Tin Pan Alley is a full sibling to the $525,000 Candy Ride colt and sold for $295,000 at the 2020 Fasig-Tipton Select Yearling Showcase.
Hip 1071, a half-brother to multiple New York-bred champion Mr. Buff bred by Chester and Mary Broman, sold for $500,000 at the Keeneland September sale. Photo courtesy of Sequel New York.
The $500,000 yearling, Hip 1071, a son of Into Mischief and half-brother to multiple New York-bred champion and $1,403,536-earner Mr. Buff, sold to L&N Racing during the fourth session last Thursday. The colt was bred by Chester and Mary Broman, foaled at their Chestertown Farm and consigned by Sequel New York, agent.
The bay colt is the seventh foal out of the Grade 3-placed Speightstown mare Speightful Affair. She’s the dam of five winners from five foals to race, a group led by 2019 and 2020 New York-bred champion older dirt male and 11-time stakes winner Mr. Buff. She’s also the dam of stakes-placed winners Quick to Accuse and Organic Gemini.
Book 6 wrapped up the sale with sessions Friday and Saturday. Hip 3707, a colt by Tapiture bred by Phillips Racing Partnership, Christopher Elser and George Elser, topped Book 6 on a bid of $30,000 from H T C. Consigned by Darby Dan Farm, agent, the colt is the fourth foal out of the winning Kitten’s Joy mare Full of Joy.
Full of Joy is also the dam of the stakes-placed winner and $83,440-earner Thirty Four Coupe and the 2-year-old Flameaway filly Tony Blue Tape who sold for $75,000 at last year’s Fasig-Tipton Kentucky July sale.
