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Half-Sister To Knicks Go, Empire Maker Cold Added To Keeneland September Sale

Keeneland has announced that two yearlings – a half-sister to recent Whitney (G1) winner Knicks Go from the first crop of undefeated Triple Crown winner Justify and a colt by Empire Maker – have been supplemented to Keeneland's September Yearling Sale and are scheduled to sell Sept. 13-14.

Both yearlings are consigned by Blake-Albina Thoroughbred Services, agent.

Click here for the catalog page for the half-sister to Knicks Go, who is Hip 399B selling on Sept. 14. The filly is out of stakes winner Kosmo's Buddy, by Outflanker. Knicks Go has earned more than $5.3 million with victories led by the Whitney, Pegasus World Cup Invitational (G1), and Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile (G1) and Claiborne Breeders' Futurity (G1) at Keeneland.

Click here for the catalog page for the colt by Empire Maker, who is Hip 199B and will sell on opening day, Sept. 13. He is out of Tacking, a daughter of Mizzen Mast, and from the family of multiple Grade 1 winner Paradise Woods, Grade/Group 3 winner Tajaaweed and successful stallions Mr. Greeley and champion and Kentucky Derby (G1) winner Street Sense.

A total of 4,036 horses have been cataloged to the September Sale. Click here for the auction's enhanced online catalog, which will include walking videos of yearlings, comments from consignors about their yearlings and links to each consignor's website.

See theworldsyearlingsale.com for features about the importance of the September Sale and the success of sales graduates along with a Lexington destination guide presented by Keeneland and VisitLex with information about where to stay and eat while in town.

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4,034 Catalogued for KEESEP

A total of 4,034 yearlings have been catalogued for Keeneland's 78th annual September yearling sale, scheduled for Sept. 13-24 in Lexington, KY.

“This is an exciting time at Keeneland as we welcome Tony Lacy as our new Vice President of Sales and Cormac Breathnach as our new Director of Sales Operations, while longtime Director of Sales Operations Geoffrey Russell remains on the team in a consulting role,” Keeneland President and CEO Shannon Arvin said. “We have initiated a number of new features to further enhance the September Sale and facilitate the process for buyers and sellers with the goal of creating a consistent sale format each year and further ensuring a stable marketplace.”

Previously announced changes to the September sale this year include an RNA Reoffer at the conclusion of a two-day Book 1.

“For those passionate about Thoroughbred racing,” Lacy said, “Central Kentucky and Keeneland are destination experiences. We intend to provide those attending the September Sale a memorable stay to enjoy the best of what the Bluegrass has to offer.”

Week 1 of the auction will feature two Book 1 and Book 2 sessions followed by a dark day on Friday, Sept. 17. Books 3 and 4 will take place in the subsequent days, with three Book 5 sessions spread over the final two days of the sale–one on Thursday, Sept. 23 followed by the final two sessions both on the sale's final day, Sept. 24.

“Keeneland remains customer-focused in our mission to provide the absolute best marketplace this September,” Lacy said. “We adjusted the sale format after many meaningful conversations with our customers, who expressed their strong desire to see a significant number of yearlings before a break.”

As for combining the last two Book 5 sessions, Lacy said, “This change will allow buyers to have a full day of yearlings to consider rather than two shorter sessions at the end of the sale and will generate a more vibrant market for all involved on Friday.”

Book 1 sessions will begin at 1:00 p.m.; Book 2 sessions at 11:00 a.m.; and the remaining sessions will begin at 10:00 a.m.

The catalog is now available to view online with printed catalogs expected to arrive around Aug. 23. Visit theworldsyearlingsale.com for enhanced information.

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Caravaggio’s First U.S. Winner a Rising Star

Her World (Ire) (Caravaggio) became the first American winner for her outstanding young sire (by Scat Daddy), 14th winner overall and third black-type winner, leading every step of the way to beat the boys in Saturday's $100,000 Tyro S. at Monmouth Park and earning 'TDN Rising Star' status in the process.

The second most expensive of 64 of her sire's yearlings reported as sold in 2020 when knocked down for $400,000 at Keeneland September last fall, Her World jumped as the 9-10 chalk despite her inexperience and was sent quickly to the front by Paco Lopez before crossing and clearing her rivals. Skipping along under her own courage, she began to widen on the turn, was firmly in front as the field reached the stretch and powered home to score as tons the best.

“We're excited, she did exactly what we thought she would,” said winning trainer Wesley Ward. “We don't have to change much after watching that race moving forward. We're going to bring her next to Keeneland, and then we plan on bringing her to the Breeders' Cup. With what she showed today winning in a stakes race against colts who had experience, it's encouraging. We're going to skip right along and continue from this. I look forward to her next couple of starts but I also look forward to her being a 3-year-old, and I think [co-owner] Dick Brodie and the rest of the owners have a special one with her.”

A half-sister to SW & G1SP Consort (Ire) (Lope de Vega {Ire}), Her World descends from a strong Flaxman family and is out of a half-sister to MGSW Surya (Unbridled), the dam of GISW Aruna (Mr. Greeley) and GSW Hoop of Colour (Distorted Humor). Her third dam is a half-sister to GI Acorn S. heroine Miss Oceana. Mundus Novus is represented by a yearling colt by Scat Daddy's successful sire son No Nay Never.

TYRO S., $104,000, Monmouth, 8-7, 2yo, 5fT, :56.62, fm.
1–HER WORLD (IRE), 115, f, 2, by Caravaggio
1st Dam: Mundus Novus, by Unbridled's Song
2nd Dam: Wild Planet, by Nureyev
3rd Dam: Ivory Wings, by Sir Ivor
1ST BLACK TYPE WIN. ($400,000 Ylg '20 KEESEP). O-Andrew Farm, Susan Moulton, For The People Racing Stable LLC & Windmill Manor Farm; B-Lynch Bages Ltd & Rhinestone B/Stock (IRE); T-Wesley A Ward; J-Paco Lopez. $60,000. Lifetime Record: 1-1-0-0, $60,000. *1/2 to Consort (Ire) (Lope de Vega {Ire}), SW & G1SP-Eng, $453,548.
2–Trust Our Journey, 117, c, 2, American Pharoah–Tribal Music, by A. P. Warrior. O-Palm Beach Racing; B-Hallmarc Stallions LLC & R Star Stallions (FL); T-Carlos A David. $20,000.
3–Baytown Warrior, 117, c, 2, First Samurai–Streetheart, by Street Sense. ($1,500 Ylg '20 KEESEP). O-McEntee Racing Inc & Resolute Racing Alliance LLC; B-Sierra Farm (KY); T-Paul McEntee. $10,000.
Margins: 6, 1 3/4, HF. Odds: 0.90, 10.10, 73.30.
Also Ran: Catch the Smoke, Baytown Frosty, Forty Stripes, Vodka N Water, Roman Poet. Scratched: A Dangerous Guy, Chi Town Lady. Click for the Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, sponsored by TVG. Click for the free Equineline.com catalog-style pedigree.

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Lemon Drop Kid Firster Good As ‘Gold’ At the Spa

1st-Saratoga, $100,000, Msw, 8-7, 2yo, 1 1/16mT, 1:44.28, fm, 2 1/4 lengths.
DRIPPING GOLD (c, 2, Lemon Drop Kid–Aurelia, by Danzig) was let go at a generous 63-10 off a 9-2 morning line and took advantage of a golden trip to score by a comfortable margin in the Whitney Day opener at Saratoga. In the early vanguard, Dripping Gold came back to Jose Lezcano to sit a close-up fourth for the opening six furlongs. Pulled off the inside to deliver his challenge passing the quarter pole, he pinched a winning break and had 2 1/4 lengths on the rail-rallying Gooch Go Bragh (Distorted Humor) at the line. A full-sister to Aurelia's Belle, a two-time graded winner on synthetic and a Grade III winner on turf, of $346,387, Dripping Gold hails from one of the deepest families in the stud book, as her dam is a daughter of GSW Aishah (Alydar), whose notable produce include MGSW Atelier (Deputy Minister), Saratoga GISW Aldiza (Storm Cat), SW Arabis (Deputy Minister) and a trio of additional black-type performers. Dripping Gold's third dam is Broodmare of the Year Courtly Dee (Never Bend), the dam of champion MGISW Althea (Alydar), whose daughter Aurora (Danzig) bred four full stakes winners, including the late Arch (Kris S.), GISW Acoma (Empire Maker) and UAE Horse of the Year Festival of Light (A.P. Indy). Althea's MGSW sister Aquilegia produced SW Amelia (Dixieland Band), whose seven winners from 10 to race include GSW/GISP Kindergarden Kid (Kitten's Joy), GSW Assateague (Stormy Atlantic), GISP sire He's Had Enough (Tapit), MGSW & GISP Rainha Da Bateria (Broken Vow) and Japanese GSWs Rabbit Run (Tapit) and Asakusa Genki (Stormy Atlantic). An $80,000 KEESEP yearling purchase, Dripping Gold fetched $300,000 at OBSMAR after breezing an eighth of a mile in :10 1/5. Lifetime Record: 1-1-0-0, $55,000. Click for the Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, sponsored by TVG.
O-West Point Thoroughbreds, John A Ballantyne & Titletown Racing Stables; B-Alexander-Groves Thoroughbreds (KY); T-Claude R McGaughey III.

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