September, 2023 | Horse Racing Free Tips

$120,000 Lookin At Lucky Colt Brings Top Price Of Penultimate Session Of Keeneland September Sale

Grandview Equine purchased a colt by Lookin At Lucky for $120,000 to lead Friday sales at the Keeneland September Yearling Sale on the next-to-last day of the auction.

Out of the winning Lea mare Vast, the colt was consigned by Hill 'n' Dale at Xalapa. His purchase made Grandview Equine the session's leading buyer.

For the day, Keeneland posted sales of $3,060,600 for 187 yearlings, for an average of $16,367 and a median of $11,000. The total is slightly above the corresponding session in 2022 when 175 horses sold for $3,037,700. The average is 5.71 percent below $17,358 in 2022, while the median was down 26.67 percent from $15,000.

With one day remaining in the September Sale, a total of 2,579 yearlings have sold through the ring for $391,710,300, for an average of $151,885 and a median of $75,000. The gross is 2.80 percent below the same period last year when 2,663 horses sold for $402,977,700. The average is just above $151,325 in 2022, while the median is 6.25 percent lower.

In other Friday sales, Lookin At Lucky is the sire of a filly from the family of Grade 1 winners Diplomat Lady and Hunter O'Riley sold to Hal and Patti Earnhardt for $85,000. Out of the winning Quality Road mare Roadbug, she was consigned by Eaton Sales, agent.

West Coast Equine acquired a Not This Time filly from the family of Grade 2 winner Exchange Rate for $70,000. Consigned by Lane's End, agent, she is out of Stetson Gold, a winning stakes-placed daughter of Uncle Mo.

Three yearlings sold for $60,000 each.

Triple M Racing Stable paid the amount for a colt from the first crop of Grade 1 winner Complexity. Out of Diamond Maker, a winning daughter of Mineshaft, he is from the family of stakes winner and Grade 1-placed Dawn the Destroyer. Machmer Hall Sales, agent for St. Simon Place, consigned the colt.

A son of Temple City from the family of Kentucky Derby winner Big Brown sold for $60,000 to John Mentz. Consigned by Legacy Bloodstock, agent, he is out of the Carpe Diem mare Ravintsara.

Muir Hut Stables paid $60,000 for a colt from the first crop of Grade 1 winner Vekoma. Consigned by Woods Edge Farm (Peter O'Callaghan), agent, he is the first foal out of stakes winner Spanish Point, by Creative Cause.

Taylor Made Sales Agency led all consignors with sales of $459,000 for 24 horses.

The 12th and final session of September Sale begins Saturday at 10 a.m. ET.

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Letter to the Editor: Lexington’s Urban Service Boundary

Horses are at the heart of what makes Lexington, Kentucky unique. It is the unparalleled quality of our soils that makes Lexington the world's center of the equine industry.

The equine industry has been an important part of Lexington for over 200 years, with some of the first known racetracks in the region dating back to the late 1700s. Over the past two centuries, Lexington has proudly become the Horse Capital of the World, serving as home to some of the industry's biggest icons.

Numerous thoroughbred champions, like Man o' War, Citation, Seattle Slew, Zenyatta and American Pharoah, to name just a few, have been bred and raised in Fayette County. World-class farms like Calumet, Gainesway, Godolphin, and Spendthrift operate here. Some of the industry's most storied institutions–Keeneland, the Red Mile, Fasig-Tipton, and the Kentucky Horse Park–are here, and draw substantial numbers of visitors to our region each year. Global sporting events like the FEI World Equestrian Games and the Breeders' Cup have been hosted here. A study of the November 2022 Breeders' Cup at Keeneland found that the event had an $81 million impact on Fayette County.

Horses and Lexington are inextricably linked. The equine industry is a core part of our region's economy, history, and identity. The land on which we raise our horses is the foundation of the industry.

According to the Kentucky Thoroughbred Association, the equine industry is responsible for $6.5 billion in economic activity and a total of 60,494 jobs in the state of Kentucky. Much of that activity is centered in Lexington-Fayette County. Keeneland alone has a reported economic impact on Fayette County of nearly $600 million dollars annually, according to a University of Kentucky study conducted in 2015.

Now consider this: what would happen if horse farms ceased to exist in Lexington-Fayette County because of urban sprawl? What would happen to our region if the equine industry left town, and instead our land was used for subdivisions and shopping centers?

Lexington is currently engaged in a critical land-use debate, the outcome of which could very well threaten the cornerstone of our economy and identity. The soils that support our industry are at risk.

The existing Urban Service Boundary Map with proposed expanded development zones labeled 1-5 | courtesy Fayette Alliance

The Lexington Fayette County Urban Council voted in June to expand the Urban Service Boundary (USB) by between 2,700 and 5,000 acres. The Council decision was made without any data justifying an expansion and was a rejection of the recommendations of the Planning Commission and Planning Staff. A committee was hastily organized and tasked with identifying specific areas of land that should be included in this expansion. The committee was given just seven weeks to complete this task; seven weeks to make a recommendation that will undoubtedly result in permanent land-use changes for Lexington-Fayette County.

Most of the land that the committee identified for USB expansion is prime farmland.

The committee held a public hearing in which many members of our community objected to the USB expansion and the development of our productive farmland.

If our city continues to move forward with the current plans for expansion, Lexington will be changed irreversibly. Once our farmland has been developed, it is lost forever. We risk the vitality of our urban core which has so recently been reinvented because of infill and redevelopment. If we pursue reckless expansion, we will abandon our history of innovative land use planning, which has been developed over the nearly 70 years since the adoption of the Urban Service Boundary in 1958.

I urge members of our community–and of our industry–to stand up for our economy, our identity, and for our farmland. Call on the Planning Commission and the City to approach any expansion of the USB with the utmost prudence and care, recognizing the value of Lexington-Fayette County's farms. You can do this by sharing your thoughts via email, sent to imagine@lexingtonky.gov.

Lexington can find better ways to accommodate economic growth without sacrificing our farms. We must ensure they hear from our industry in order to do so.

Don Robinson
Winter Quarter Farm
Co-Chair, Fayette Alliance

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Cachet to be Offered at Tattersalls December Mares Sale

Highclere T'bred Racing–Wild Flower's G1 1000 Guineas winner Cachet (Ire) (Acclaim {Ire}) will be offered for sale at the Tattersalls December Mares Sale in the second edition of the Sceptre Sessions on Monday, Dec. 4 and Tuesday, Dec. 5. Trained by George Boughey, the 4-year-old filly is intended to run in the G1 Sun Chariot S. at Newmarket on Oct. 7.

As a 3-year-old the Classic winner won the G3 Nell Gwyn S. on her first start at three and was also top class at two and was also second in the G1 Fillies' Mile. In her only start this year at four, she was fourth in last week's JRA Sceptre Fillies S. at Doncaster.

“Cachet became Highclere's first domestic Classic winner when winning the QIPCO 1,000 Guineas last year,” Highclere Racing's Harry Herbert commented. “She provided her 20 share owners with the absolute thrill of a lifetime at Newmarket and many will be there to see her sold at Tattersalls in December. Brilliantly bought by Jake Warren and trained to perfection by George Boughey, she is a stunningly beautiful filly with great presence.”

The Tattersalls December Mares Sale takes place Dec. 4-7 and the Sceptre Sessions for Elite Fillies and Broodmares is set for Dec. 4-5.

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Saturday’s Racing Insights: Omaha Beach Filly Debuts Around Two Turns Over Turf

1st-CD, $120K, Msw, 2yo, f, 1 1/16mT, 6:00 p.m.
WITHOUT CAUSE (Omaha Beach) tackles two turns over the turf in this debut run. Dam Without (Tiznow), out of MGSW Mary's Follies (More Than Ready), is a half-sister to GIII Transylvania S. victor Night Prowler (Giant's Causeway), champion female turf horse Regal Glory (Animal Kingdom) and Japanese champion dirt horse Cafe Pharoah (American Pharoah). Trained by Mark Casse, the $180,000 Keeneland September Yearling sale graduate will have Adam Beschizza in the saddle.

Also out for her first test is Bridewood Farm homebred Moshine (Uncle Mo), a Brendan Walsh trainee slated to be ridden by Declan Cannon. The bay filly is out of GI Chandelier S. heroine Moonshine Memories (Malibu Moon)–a half to the dam of MGSW Souper Hoity Toity (Uncle Mo)–who was purchased for $3.4 million by West Bloodstock in foal to Into Mischief at the 2021 Fasig-Tipton Fall Mixed Sale. The resulting filly went for $475,000 at the Keeneland September Yearling Sale to North Hills Co. Moshine hails from an extended female family under her third dam which includes Horse of the Year Favorite Trick (Phone Trick) and his half-sister's MGSW son, Favorite Tale (Tale of the Cat). TJCIS PPS

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