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Keeneland September Yearling Sale: $210,000 Ghostzapper Filly Highest Price On Sunday

C.J. Thoroughbreds acquired a filly by Ghostzapper for $210,000 to top Sunday's seventh session of the Keeneland September Yearling Sale in Lexington, Ky.

Consigned by Woods Edge Farm, agent, the filly is out of stakes winner Saxet Heights, by Outflanker. She is a half-sister to stakes-placed winner Wolverette and from the family of Grade 3 winner Angelina County and stakes winners Holiday Ball and Ribbon Cane.

On Sunday, Keeneland sold 237 horses for $11,516,500, for an average of $48,593 and a median of $40,000. To date, 1,265 horses have grossed $212,267,200, for an average of $167,800 and a median of $100,000.

Two colts from the first crop of Unified and a son of Maclean's Music sold for $190,000 each.

Redwings purchased a son of Unified out of stakes winner Promise Me a Cat, by D'Wildcat. Consigned by Michael and Julia O'Quinn, agent, the colt is from the family of Grade 1 winner Private Persuasion and Grade 2 winner Sierra Sunset.

The second Unified colt to bring $190,000 is a half-brother to Canadian Grade 3 winner A. A. Azula's Arch and was purchased by Kenny McPeek, agent. The colt is out of the winning Unbridled's Song mare Song of Solomon, a full sister to multiple graded stakes winner Rockport Harbor. Legacy Bloodstock, agent for Two Hearts Farm II, consigned the colt.

Downstream Racing (Kirk Robinson) acquired the son of Maclean's Music, who was consigned by Summerfield, agent for Stonestreet Bred & Raised. Out of the stakes-placed Yes It's True mare Yes Liz, he is from the family of Grade 2 winner Chimes Band.

By spending $377,000 for four yearlings, Downstream was the session's leading buyer.

Two fillies sold for $170,000 apiece.

Walnut Stream Enterprises purchased the first, a daughter of Union Rags consigned by Runnymede Farm, agent. Out of Grade 2-placed winner Glory, by Tapit, she is from the family of such European highweights as Trusted Partner, Easy to Copy, Free Eagle, Search for a Song, Custom Cut and Sapphire.

John C. Oxley paid $170,000 for a filly from the first crop of Practical Joke consigned by Scott Mallory, agent. She is the first foal out of Tuvalu, by Smart Strike, and from the family of Grade 2 winner Sweet Vendetta.

Gainesway, agent, led consignors by selling 24 yearlings for $1.27 million.

The September Sale continues Monday and runs through Friday with all sessions beginning at 10 a.m.

The entire September Sale is being shown on the Watch TVG app, which is available on Amazon Fire, Roku and connected Apple TV devices. The Watch TVG App also features TVG, TVG2, Racebook, race track feeds and more.

The auction also is being is streamed live at Keeneland.com.

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Keeneland Reached $200 Million In Sales At Midway Point Of September Yearling Auction

Keeneland marked the halfway point in its 12-day September Yearling Sale with today's session highlighted by the sale of a colt from the first crop of Unified for $450,000 to Three Amigos.

Consigned by Four Star Sales, agent, the colt is out of Fay Na Na, by Majestic Warrior, and from the family of Grade 1 winner Klimt. Three Amigos is the name used to purchase horses for Mike Pegram, Karl Watson, and Paul Weitman. longtime clients of trainer Bob Baffert.

Keeneland sold 239 horses on Saturday for $18,364,200, for an average of $76,838 and a median of $52,000. Cumulative sales for the auction, which began Sept. 13, are $200,750,700 for 1,028 horses, for an average of $195,283 and a median of $130,000.

The day's second-highest price was $410,000 spent by Maverick Racing to acquire a colt by Violence from the consignment of Hidden Brook, agent. He is out of the stakes-placed City Zip mare Brinkley, a half-sister to Grade 2 winner Bound for Nowhere. The colt also is from the family of champion Midnight Lute.

Cheyenne Stables paid $400,000 for the session's top-priced filly, a daughter of Malibu Moon who is a half-sister to graded stakes winner Stanford and graded stakes-placed Hedge Fund. Consigned by Warrendale Sales, agent, she is out of the Distorted Humor mare Rosy Humor and is from the family of European champion and sire Johannesburg.

Donato Lanni, agent for SF/Starlight/Madaket, spent $385,000 for a colt by Twirling Candy who is a half-brother to Grade 3 winner Real Story and stakes winner My Afleet. Out of the winning Lasting Approval mare My Own Story, he was consigned by Bluegrass Thoroughbred Services, agent.

Paramount Sales, agent, led all consignors on Saturday by selling 21 yearlings for $2,193,000.

The leading buyer was Kenny McPeek, who acquired five horses for $642,000.

The September Sale continues Sunday with the first session of the two-day Book 4. All remaining sessions of the sale, which runs through Sept. 25, begin at 10 a.m.

The auction also is being is streamed live at Keeneland.com.

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Keeneland’s Book 3 Begins With $625,000 Into Mischief Colt

Solid trade continued at Keeneland on Friday at the September Yearling Sale as the first day of the Book 3 catalog featured the $625,000 sale of a colt by Into Mischief to Mike Ryan, agent.

For the session, 200 yearlings sold for $21,803,500, for an average of $109,018 and a median of $85,000. To date, Keeneland has sold a total of 789 yearlings for $182,386,500, for an average of $231,162 and a median of $165,000.

Consigned by Summerfield, agent for Stonestreet Bred & Raised, Friday's top-priced yearling is the first foal out of the Grade 2-placed winner True Romance, by Yes It's True. The colt was one of six horses Ryan purchased during the session for a total of $1.43 million to lead all buyers.

BSW/Crow paid $410,000 for a colt by Upstart to record the session's second-highest price. The first foal out of the Warrior's Reward mare Miss Baby Betty, a half-sister to Grade 3 winner Sweet Whiskey, he was consigned by Machmer Hall Sales, agent for Machmer Hall

Two yearlings brought the third-highest price of $400,000.

Joey Platts purchased a filly by Into Mischief out of Ameristralia (AUS), by Fastnet Rock. Ameristralia was Group 3-placed in Australia and is a full sister to Japan Group 3 winner Fiano Romano. The filly is from the family of Grade 1 winner Cupid and Grade 3 winners Heart Ashley and Ashley's Kitty. She was consigned by Legacy Bloodstock, agent for Spendthrift Farm, which stands Into Mischief.

Donato Lanni, agent for SF/Starlight/Madaket, acquired an Uncle Mo colt for $400,000 from Darby Dan Farm, agent. Out of Canadian champion Delightful Mary, by Limehouse, the colt is from the family of Grade 2 winners Delightful Kiss and Shadow Caster.

The session's leading consignor was Gainesway, agent, which sold 21 horses for $2,801,000.

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‘They Have A Lot Of Star Quality About Them’: Nyquist’s Second Crop Performing Well At September Sales

It can be hard out there for a second-crop yearling sire.

Between a fresh class of rookies and the ever-narrowing upper echelon of proven commercial sires to flock toward, a fickle marketplace can quickly forget a stallion still trying to establish himself on the racetrack and in the auction ring at the same time.

That hasn't quite been the case for Darley's Nyquist.

The champion son of Uncle Mo has been well-represented through the first two books of the Keeneland September Yearling Sale, including a class-leading seven in Book 1. Through the end of Book 2, Nyquist is the leading second-crop sire with three or more sold by average sale price, with 16 yearlings changing hands for an average of $256,250.

Nyquist was also responsible for the most expensive second-crop yearling of the Fasig-Tipton Selected Yearlings Showcase, with Mike Ryan, agent, landing a filly out of the Elusive Quality mare Perfect Note for $510,000. That was one of two Nyquist yearlings sold for $500,000 or more at the Fasig-Tipton sale.

“They have a lot of star quality about them,” said Darren Fox, Darley's sales manager. “It's a very strong second crop of yearlings. He had a tremendous bunch of physicals at the Fasig sale, and that's obviously continued on strong into Keeneland September.”

Fox noted the fortunate timing of this year's Grade 1 Spinaway Stakes, run Sept. 6 at Saratoga Race Course, which Nyquist's daughter Vequist won by 9 1/2 lengths. Lady Lilly, also by Nyquist, finished third in the same race, giving the sire a strong update in the days leading up to the September sales.

Nyquist currently sits in second on the freshman sire list by earnings, with $562,073, trailing WinStar Farm's Outwork with $682,684. However, Nyquist holds the advantage for average earnings by runner ($24,438), and he is tied for the lead in both stakes winners (three, with Outwork) and graded stakes winners (one, with Not This Time). His eight total winners to date ties him for third in the class.

Nyquist himself got off to a blazing start as a runner, spearheading the record-setting freshman crop for his sire, Uncle Mo.

He went undefeated in five starts at two, capped off by a victory in the Breeders' Cup Juvenile at Keeneland, which clinched that season's champion 2-year-old male honors. Nyquist then won the first three starts of his 3-year-old campaign, including the G1 Florida Derby and ultimately the Kentucky Derby, making him just the second horse to ever pull off the Breeders' Cup Juvenile/Kentucky Derby double. He later ran third in the Preakness Stakes.

The first of the Nyquists have come out running early like their sire did five years ago, but Fox said he expected them to show another gear in a year's time.

“These are horses that are coming good at the right time,” Fox said. “[Nyquist] was an unbeaten champion 2-year-old, but he trained on to win the Derby. These are horses that have a two-turn 3-year-old look to them. They have lovely length of body. They certainly will not just be 2-year-olds. They have a 3-year-old year in them, and that's something that's exciting about them. What we're seeing at two certainly gives us a lot to look forward to.”

Nyquist's top yearling of the season so far is a colt out of the winning Vindication mare Invitation who sold to Courtlandt Farm for $635,000 during Book 1 of the Keeneland September sale. After the two yearlings sold for $500,000 or more at the Fasig-Tipton sale, Nyquist has since added three more at that price point during the Keeneland September sale.

Aside from the buying public's acceptance of Nyquist's second-crop yearlings this season, another thing worth noting is that Nyquist has been put in a unique position to succeed during the first books of Keeneland September, and at Fasig-Tipton's select sale, in the first place based on the quality of his stock.

At both auctions, the offerings are sorted by inspection teams based on their projected commercial appeal, and the selling that has already commenced this month represents the highest-quality commercial yearlings committed to both auction companies. The fact that Nyquist has been this active so early in the season is a stout endorsement for a stallion still proving himself.

Nyquist had 20 yearlings cataloged for the Fasig-Tipton Selected Yearlings Showcase. Fellow Darley resident Frosted was the only other stallion in the class with more than 10 in the book.

At Keeneland, only seven second-crop stallions had yearlings in the auction's select Book 1 at all, and Nyquist had the most of that group. When the catalog opened up a bit more for Book 2, still firmly in the market's higher levels, Nyquist had 16 yearlings entered, tying him with Frosted for the most in that segment.

When it came to the respect Nyquist and his foals have seen beyond the high-profile first crop, Fox credited the consistent, high-level support the stallion has gotten from breeders throughout his time at stud. Without that sustained quantity and quality, he said, a performance like the one his yearlings have put on so far wouldn't be possible.

“Nyquist booked full every year his first four years at stud at full fee, not a dime off, and his quality never tapered off,” Fox said. “He bred a consistent, high-quality book of mares through his first four years. If anything, the market might have gotten stronger on him as the years have gone on.”

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