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Keeneland has supplemented eight horses, including multiple Grade 3 winner Dolce Zel (FR) and stakes winner Good Sam, to the 2024 January Horses of All Ages Sale.

A total of 1,467 broodmares and broodmare prospects, newly turned yearlings, horses of racing age, stallions and stallion prospects are cataloged to the sale, which will cover four sessions from Jan. 8-11, 2024. 

Consigned by Mill Ridge Sales, agent, as a broodmare prospect, Dolce Zel concluded her racing career in November at Del Mar by winning the Kathryn Crosby Stakes. The daughter of Zelzal (FR) was a winner in her native France and in 2022 won or placed in five of six races – all stakes – led by victories in the Grade 3 Lake George Stakes at Saratoga and the G3 Florida Oaks at Tampa Bay Downs. She also placed in graded stakes at Keeneland and Churchill Downs. 

Good Sam followed an impressive debut maiden special weight victory with a 3 1/2-length score in the 2022 Tempted Stakes as a juvenile. At three, she registered a 92 Beyer speed figure when winning a second-level allowance at the Belmont-at-Aqueduct meet while defeating older fillies by 3 1/2 lengths. First or second in five of her six lifetime starts, Good Sam is by Good Samaritan out of the Twirling Candy mare Twizzler and from the family of Grade 1 winner Twist Afleet. Consigned by ELiTE, agent, she is offered as a broodmare prospect.

Additional supplements are:

– Classic Performer, a winning daughter of Mendelssohn consigned by Denali Stud, agent. Out of High Performer, by Candy Ride (ARG), she is from the family of Grade 1 winner Wicked Strong and Grade 3 winners Gulch Approval and Rusty Slipper.

– Disruption, a winning daughter of Practical Joke cataloged as a racing or broodmare prospect and consigned by Lane's End, agent. A half-sister to stakes winner Kept Waiting, she is out of the winning Malibu Moon mare Orient Moon.

– Geolocation (GB), a daughter of Too Darn Hot offered as a broodmare prospect by Lane's End, agent. She is from the family of Group 1 winner Planteur (IRE), European highweight Persian King and French highweight Policy Maker.

– My Happy Holiday, a daughter of Runhappy cataloged as a racing or broodmare prospect. Out of stakes winner Cat's Holiday, by Harlan's Holiday, she is from the family of Grade 2 winner Varenka and Grade 3 winner Dynamic Holiday. Lane's End, agent, consigns My Happy Holiday.

– A yearling colt by Kantharos who is the first foal out of the Medaglia d'Oro mare Golden Ibis (FR) and is a consigned by Claiborne Farm, agent. He is from the family of Group 3 winner Emerald Star (GB).

– A yearling colt by Yaupon who is consigned by Royal Oak Farm (Damian and Braxton Lynch), agent. Out of the winning Delaware Township mare Kinsey, he is a half-brother to stakes winner and stakes producer Firsthand Report and from the family of Grade 3 winners Electrify and Rothko.

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The 2023 Wanamaker's December Sale catalog is now available for viewing at wanamakers.com.

A wide range of horses are on offer, with weanlings, yearlings, horses of racing age, open broodmares, and broodmares in-foal all cataloged this month. Top first-crop stallions of 2023 are also well represented, with yearlings by Mitole, Maximus Mischief, and Vino Rosso up for auction.

Bidding will open at 8 a.m. ET on Thursday, Dec. 21, with the first listing set to close at 5 p.m. Subsequent listings will close in three-minute increments. Detailed information on the buying process can be found at wanamakers.com/buy.

Highlights of the catalog include:

– A yearling filly by Mitole. Mitole is the leading first-crop sire by earnings and co-leader by winners, highlighted by graded stakes winner V V's Dream. This filly is out of a stakes-placed earner of over $140,000, Discreetly Grand.

– A yearling filly by Vino Rosso, out of stakes winner, Awesome Alexandra. Vino Rosso is the co-leading first-crop sire by black-type performers, featuring four Grade 1-placed progeny.

– A yearling filly by Maximus Mischief, the co-leader among first-crop sires by wins and black-type winners. The filly comes from the family of multiple graded stakes winner, Candy Man Rocket.

– Timeless, a broodmare offered in-foal to rising stallion, Practical Joke. She is a half-sister to Grade 1 winner, Lady Tak, the dam of stakes winners and the granddam of stallion, Volatile.

For more information on those being offered in the 2023 Wanamaker's December Sale, see wanamakers.com. Prospective buyers may browse the website to view pedigrees, pictures, and videos of each hip offered. In-person inspections may be scheduled by contacting sellers with the information provided in the catalog.

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The December Digital Sale closed Tuesday evening with 186 horses sold for $3,167,000. The catalog, which was the largest ever offered on the platform to date, featured broodmares, horses of racing age, broodmare prospects, yearlings, weanlings, and a stallion share in and lifetime breeding right to first-crop sire Flameaway.

Four-year-old race filly Breeze Easy (GB) (Hip 310) topped the sale when sold for $180,000 to Glenn Burrows from the consignment of St George Sales, agent.

Fresh off an allowance win Friday at the Fair Grounds, Breeze Easy is a graded stakes placed daughter of Bated Breath (GB) and has earned just shy of $200,000 to date racing in England, Ireland, and the United States. Out of the stakes winning Royal Academy mare Polar Circle, Breeze Easy is a half-sister to Group 2 placed and group stakes winner Artic Sound.

KBS went to $150,000 to secure the sale's second highest-priced offering, Googol Joke (Hip 32), a 2-year-old son of Practical Joke consigned by Greenfield Farms, agent. A maiden winner last time out at the Fair Grounds, Googol Joke came into the sale with one win and one third from two career starts and earnings of $35,978.

Rounding out the top three prices of the sale was Sherif Ali (Hip 12), a 2-year-old colt by American Pharoah, sold for $115,000 to Jonathan Green from the consignment of Taylor Made Sales Agency, agent. Sherif Ali broke his maiden on debut at Woodbine in October and came into the sale off a good second in allowance company over the same track and distance shortly after bidding opened on Thursday. The colt has a record of one win and one second from two lifetime starts and earnings of $29,628.

“This was a 'slam dunk' to close out the year. I'm very happy with the results,” said Fasig-Tipton Director of Digital Sales Leif Aaron. “The number of entries, registered bidders, and gross all exceeded previous records for our digital sales. We got the stallion share and lifetime breeding right done. We did in a week online what normally takes sales companies, stud farms, and buyers 60 days. I'm very proud of that and proud of our team at Fasig-Tipton.”

Commented first-time digital seller Paul Manganaro, seller of Por Que No (Hip 309), in foal to Constitution: “The flexibility and ease of the process was great, and my mare never had to leave her stall on the farm. I am still amazed that it took only five short days from the time I called Fasig to the time my mare sold. I see the many benefits that digital sales can have for both sellers and buyers and I will make sure digital sales are part of my plan going forward.”

Overall, 186 horses sold for $3,167,000. More than 700 users registered to bid, with buyers in 27 states and another three countries. Full results are available online.

The next Fasig-Tipton Digital Sale will be the February Digital Sale, which opens for bidding on Thursday, February 15, and closes on Tuesday, February 20. Nominations are now being accepted. Visit digital.fasigtipton.com for details.

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Southern California sprinter Bolden, a dual-surface winner who exhibited sub-1:08 speed during his undefeated racing career, will initiate stallion duties at Rancho San Miguel in 2024.

The 5-year-old son of Santa Anita Park track record-holder and leading California sire Square Eddie will stand for an introductory fee of $3,500, live foal guarantee.

Bred in California by Reddam Racing, Bolden sold for $100,000 to owner Gary Hartunian's Rockingham Ranch as one of the top-priced colts at the Fasig-Tipton California Fall Yearlings Sale in 2019, with trainer Peter Miller serving as agent.

Under Miller's conditioning, the precocious chestnut made an auspicious career debut in June of his 2-year-old season, defeating rival state-breds with a dominating, 5 1/2-length winning margin in a five-furlong maiden special weight race on dirt at Santa Anita.

Bolden's next three starts were made in rich allowance optional claiming company for trainer Phil D'Amato, beginning with a facile, six-length win on Santa Anita dirt at six furlongs. He was then switched to turf, and achieved the same successful results: a 7 3/4-length romp in a smashing final time of 1:07.50 for six furlongs on the grass at Santa Anita, followed by a 1 3/4-length grass victory at Del Mar in a brisk :55.81 for five furlongs in September 2023.

Overall, Bolden won all four of his races by a combined 21 lengths, and earned $177,540. He was installed as the wagering favorite by handicappers for each of his races, and lauded by his trainer with the ultimate praise for his natural abilities upon his retirement.

“Bolden is the most talented horse I have ever trained,” D'Amato said. “He was equally good on either surface.”

The strapping stallion prospect is by Grade 1 winner Square Eddie, a son of Smart Strike who holds Santa Anita's track record of 1:13.11 for 6 1/2 furlongs. He is one of three winning starters out of Bas, a multiple winner by Flower Alley. Among the notable members of his family is Bold Decision, a graded stakes performer and 5 1/2-furlong track record-setter at Aqueduct.

Bolden is available for immediate inspection at Rancho San Miguel. He also will be part of the stallion roster featured during the farm's open house and stallion show on Jan. 20, 2024.

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