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$145,000 Tapiture Colt Tops Next-To-Last Day Of Keeneland September Yearling Sale

Two yearlings consigned by Paramount Sales, agent, led results of Thursday's penultimate session of the Keeneland September Yearling Sale in Lexington, Ky., when John Greathouse, agent for Glencrest Farm, paid $145,000 for a colt by Tapiture and Maddie Mattmiller, agent/Black Type Thoroughbreds purchased a filly from the first crop of Grade 1 winner Bolt d'Oro for $120,000.

Paramount Sales was the session's leading consignor with sales of $1,169,000 for 24 horses.

Keeneland sold 303 yearlings during Thursday's 10th session for $9,194,000, for an average of $30,343 and a median of $23,000. The cumulative gross for 2,428 yearlings sold through the ring is $348,885,500, for an average of $143,693 and a median of $75,000.

The session-topping Tapiture colt, a half-brother to stakes winners Watch This Cat and Stylish Citizen, is out of the winning Dayjur mare Informative Style. He is from the family of Grade/Group 1 winner Con Te Partiro.

The filly by Bolt d'Oro sold to Mattmiller, agent/Black Type Thoroughbreds is out of Julie's Jewelry, a stakes-placed daughter of Distorted Humor. She is from the family of Grade 1 winners General Challenge, Notable Career, Evening Jewel and Denman's Call.

Two yearlings sold for $100,000 each.

Raroma Stables purchased a colt by Silent Name (JPN) out of stakes winner Involuntary, by City Zip, for the amount. Hidden Brook, agent, consigned the colt, who is from the family of Group 2 winner Sir Gerry.

A colt by Commissioner out of stakes winner Rudy's Edge, by Added Edge, sold for $100,000 to Grade One Investments. Consigned by Wynnstay Sales, agent, he is from the family of stakes winners Sober Appeal and Plum Sober.

The session's leading buyer was Lothenbach Stables, which acquired four yearlings for $230,000.

The final session of the September Sale begins Friday at 10 a.m.

The auction is streamed live at Keeneland.com.

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Toast To Vino Rosso: Colt Out Of Melody Girl Is ‘Just An Athlete’

Throughout the breeding season, the Paulick Report will be sharing photos of foals from the first crop of Spendthrift Farm's Breeders' Cup Classic winner Vino Rosso in the “Toast to Vino Rosso” series.

This week's featured foal is a Feb. 10 colt out of the winning Unbridled's Song mare Melody Girl, whose first foal is a 2-year-old of 2021.

Bred in Florida by Westbury Stables, the colt hails from the family of Grade 2 winner Shepherd's Field.

The colt is currently being boarded at Glencrest Farm in Midway, Ky. Glencrest's John Greathouse plans the matings for Alfonso Figliolia's Westbury Stables, and he said this colt was a star on his dam's produce record.

“He's a big, strong colt,” Greathouse said. “The mare's thrown a couple nice foals so far, but to me, this was her best one. He's got a lot of personality, a lot of quality to him. Good bone, good size, just an athlete. I've been thrilled with him since he shipped up from Florida. He's one of the best foals I've got on the farm.”

In planning the mating that produced the colt, Greathouse said the stamina Vino Rosso showed on the racetrack, which further affirmed Curlin's classic-making reputation, was a large factor in sending Melody Girl to the Spendthrift Farm resident.

“I wanted to breed her up a little bit, and maybe something a little more two turns,” Greathouse said. “A son of Curlin went well with her, since she was an Unbridled's Song mare. She's a beautiful physical herself. I thought it would be a good nick and we'd produce a racehorse out of this deal.”

Vino Rosso, a 6-year-old son of Curlin, stands at Spendthrift Farm for an advertised fee of $25,000.

Vino Rosso won won six of 15 starts and earned $4,803,125 on the racetrack. In addition to his signature Breeders' Cup Classic score, the stallion picked up victories in the Grade 1 Gold Cup at Santa Anita Stakes, and the G2 Wood Memorial Stakes.

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