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$2 Million Tapit Colt Headlines Day 2 Of Keeneland September Yearling Sale

A partnership of Eclipse Thoroughbred Partners, Robert LaPenta, Gainesway, and Winchell Thoroughbreds paid $2 million for a colt by leading sire Tapit out of Grade 1 winner Tara's Tango to top Monday's second session of the Keeneland September Yearling Sale, which was marked by competitive bidding and the sale of nine yearlings for $1 million or more.

For today's final session of the two-day premier Book 1, Keeneland sold 100 yearlings for $44,535,000, for an average of $445,350 and a median of $360,000. Cumulatively, 209 horses have grossed $85,215,000, for an average of $407,727 and a median of $330,000. Fourteen yearlings sold for $1 million or more through the first two sessions and were purchased by 13 different domestic and international buyers.

Monday's session closed with four million-dollar horses sold within the last 11 hip numbers.

“It was a frantic end to the session, and we appreciate Barbara Banke for her support of Keeneland and congratulate her on having another top-priced horse,” Keeneland Director of Sales Operations Geoffrey Russell said, referring to the breeder of the session topper. “Under the current circumstances, we are very pleased with the session. We are back to that great intensity of bidding, the going back and forth. The atmosphere and electricity returned, so that is wonderful.”

“For 30 minutes at the end of the sale we felt like there was no COVID,” Keeneland President-Elect and Interim Head of Sales Shannon Arvin said.

Eaton Sales, agent for Banke's Stonestreet Bred & Raised, consigned the session topper. By Unbridled's Song, Tara's Tango is a half-sister to Grade 1 winner Visionaire and Grade 3 winners Scarlet Strike and Madison's Luna.

Aron Wellman of Eclipse Thoroughbred Partners signed the ticket for the colt.

“Partnerships are so prevalent in today's market,” Wellman said. “It is wild to think how far partnerships have come. We had a fabulous relationship with Cot Campbell of Dogwood Stable going back to when Eclipse first started. To think how the partnership model has evolved and that now we as a partnership company are partnering with moguls in the industry. It speaks volumes.

“Barbara Banke has been gracious about staying in as a partner,” he continued. “She adores this colt. Hopefully between all of us we have plenty of good mojo. All I care about is that you are interviewing our partnership after (the colt) wins a Grade 1.”

Larry Best's OXO Equine acquired a filly by Into Mischief for $1.9 million. Consigned by Taylor Made Sales Agency, agent, she is out of the stakes-winning Medaglia d'Oro mare Taylor S, a half-sister to Grade 1 winner and sire Liam's Map and Grade 3 winner and sire Not This Time.

“Book 1 has been unbelievably strong,” said Best, who paid $1 million for an Into Mischief colt on Sunday. “It blew away my expectations. Keeneland should be very happy.”

Taylor Made was the session's leading consignor, recording sales of $6.92 million for 14 horses.

Three of Monday's seven-figure horses are by Into Mischief, sire of recent Kentucky Derby Presented by Woodford Reserve winner Authentic. Into Mischief was the leading sire by gross on Monday, with 11 yearlings selling for $8.25 million. He is also the leading sire by gross for Book 1, represented by 20 yearlings that brought $13,085,000.

Another three of day's top-priced horses are by Medaglia d'Oro.

Shadwell Estate Company Ltd. of Sheikh Hamdan Bin Rashid Al Maktoum paid $1.6 million for a filly by Medaglia d'Oro who is a half-sister to English and Irish stakes winner Sergei Prokofiev.

Rick Nichols, Vice President and General Manager of Sheikh Hamdan's Shadwell Farm in Lexington, signed the ticket.

“She is a beautiful filly – the kind you have to have,” Nichols said. “Sheikh Hamdan told me this morning to try to concentrate on getting some really nice fillies. We send all of our good fillies to England, and he keeps promising to send them back (but he doesn't). Our broodmare band is starting to get a little old, and we need to rejuvenate it a little bit. I am pretty sure she will stay (in the U.S.) because the (offspring of) Medaglia d'Oro seem to do better here.”

Anderson Farms, agent, consigned the filly, whose dam is the Tapit mare Orchard Beach. In 2017, Sergei Prokofiev sold for $1.1 million at the September Sale.

“I'm very emotional right now,” David Anderson said. “I bred the mother and I bred this filly and she's probably the most athletic filly I've ever had on the farm. We came here fairly confident that everyone would feel the same way I do, and I know that Mr. Nichols bought her for Shadwell. I want to thank Mr. (Joe) Allen for being the underbidder on the filly. There were many wonderful people that I respect that came by to see the filly and bid on her. It means a lot to a little guy from Canada.”

Robbie Medina, agent, spent $1.4 million for a Medaglia d'Oro filly who is a half-sister to Grade 1 winner Salty. Baccari Bloodstock, agent, consigned the filly, whose dam is the stakes-placed Dixie Union mare Theycallmeladyluck.

A colt by Curlin and a filly by American Pharoah sold for $1.2 million each.

The partnership of Repole Stable, St. Elias, Gainesway, John Oxley and Grandview spent the amount on the Curlin colt, whose dam is multiple Grade 1 winner Midnight Lucky, by Midnight Lute. Hill 'n' Dale Sales Agency, agent, consigned the colt, who is from the family of Grade 1 winners Hookedonthefeelin, Pussycat Doll and Jimmy Creed.

Mike Rutherford purchased the American Pharoah filly, who was consigned by Betz Thoroughbreds, agent. Out of Grade 1-placed winner Modification, by Vindication, she a half-sister to undefeated Amsterdam (G2) winner Yaupon.

Rutherford said his current racing stable consists of six offspring of American Pharoah, the 2015 Triple Crown winner.

“She is beautiful, gorgeous. Best filly I have seen,” Rutherford said about his latest acquisition. “Let's hope she can run.”

Medaglia d'Oro also sired a filly that sold for $1.1 million. Indian Creek, agent, consigned the daughter of the stakes-winning Indian Charlie mare Thirteen Arrows. Out of multiple Grade 1 winner Stop Traffic, Thirteen Arrows is a half-sister to Grade 1 winner and sire Cross Traffic.

Two fillies by Into Mischief brought $1.025 million apiece.

Don Adam's Courtlandt Farm purchased the first, whose third dam is Hall of Famer Personal Ensign. Clearsky Farms, agent, consigned the filly, who is out of the winning stakes-placed Distorted Humor mare Mary Rita.

“We've looked at a few Into Mischiefs,” Courtland Farm Manager Ernie Retamoza said. “Yesterday, we got outbid on the colt that brought $1 million. We're a big fan of Into Mischief. We thought (this filly) had a lot of substance and a lot of class, and she's the kind of filly we want in our race program.

“It seems like for all the better ones you have to go further than you thought you'd want to go. But that's the way the sale is going. Everybody is on the same ones it seems like.”

BSW/Crow acquired the second seven-figure Into Mischief filly, a half-sister to Grade 1 winner Gift Box and Grade 2 winner Stonetastic. She is out of the Unbridled's Song mare Special Me.

Liz Crow, who signed the ticket for an undisclosed client, said she first saw the filly at the farm before the sale.

“She has a great attitude, just the way that she carried herself and presented herself with a lot of class,” Crow recalled about that visit. “She did the same here. Every time I saw her she just was classier than the last time.”

The filly was consigned by Machmer Hall Sales, agent for Machmer Hall I.

“This means so much because I bought Special Me (at the 2009 Keeneland January Horses of All Ages Sale for $6,000) as a broodmare prospect,” Carrie Brogden of Machmer Hall said. “It has been a whole progression of seeing and raising all of her foals. She is a great mom and is easy to get in foal and raises nothing but runners. She is the little mare that could.”

BSW/Crow was the session's leading buyer, spending $2.84 million for four horses.

The September Sale takes a one-day hiatus tomorrow then resumes Wednesday with the first session of the two-day Book 2 beginning at 10 a.m. ET.

To view the full results, click here.

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$1.25-Million Tapit Filly Leads Opening Day Of Keeneland September Yearling Sale

Claiborne Farm, agent, paid $1.25 million for a filly by leading sire Tapit out of Grade 1 winner Embellish the Lace to top today's first session of the Keeneland September Yearling Sale on a day marked by brisk trade and the sale of five horses for $1 million or more.

On Sunday, the first of two sessions of the prestigious Book 1 catalog, Keeneland sold 109 yearlings for a total of $40,680,000, for an average of $373,211 and a median of $330,000.

“We're so happy to be having a September Yearling Sale,” Keeneland President-Elect and Interim Head of Sales Shannon Arvin said. “It was great to have people on the grounds. It was great to have trade. It was great to see people following (COVID-19) protocols so we can continue to have trade. It was a good day overall.”

Keeneland is conducting the September Sale, which continues through Sept. 25, amid COVID-19 protocols designed to create the safest sales environment possible. The sale is offering online and expanded phone bidding to enable buyers to participate remotely. Keeneland also has increased the number of bidding locations on the sales grounds to enable buyers to maintain proper social distancing. The new location at the Show Barn directly outside the Sales Pavilion proved popular with bidders.

Russell said five horses in the Sunday session sold via online bidding with one yearling purchased by a domestic buyer while the other four horses were sold to international buyers.

“The mechanics of the Internet bidding worked really well,” Arvin said. “We spent a lot of time practicing and preparing for that. It was great that it worked out as well as we expected it would.”

“Just to have a sale met our expectations,” Keeneland Director of Sales Operations Geoffrey Russell said. “We're very happy it's September at Keeneland and we're having a horse sale. To have competitive bidding at all levels of the market was very rewarding. The resiliency of this industry is unbelievable. For what everyone has been through, we appreciate all the buyers who are here and we wish them all success.”

During Sunday's session, fillies commanded the four-highest prices.

The session-topping Tapit filly, who was consigned by Bluewater Sales, agent, is out of Grade 1 Alabama winner Embellish the Lace, by Super Saver, and from the family of Grade 1 winners Afleet Express and Materiality.

Claiborne Stallion Seasons and Bloodstock Manager Bernie Sams signed the ticket for the filly.

“This is for a Claiborne client,” Sams said. “He is going to try to buy a couple more fillies and build a broodmare band in the next few years. He wanted a Tapit filly. I saw her for the first time here a few days ago. (My first impression was that she is a) pretty, athletic filly. She is from a young mare from a family that could run. (With Tapit) it is a good cross.”

“You just never know what is going to happen even though she had all of the interest,” Bluewater owner Meg Levy told TVG. “She jumped through all the hoops. I am really, really thrilled that Claiborne's client ended up getting her. She is such a queen. This filly did everything right the entire time.”

Mandy Pope's Whisper Hill Farm paid $1.1 million for a daughter of Medaglia d'Oro who is a half-sister to Grade 1 winner and sire Constitution, Group 2 winner Boynton and Group 3 winner Jacaranda. Denali Stud, agent, consigned the filly, who is out of the Grade 3-placed winner Baffled, by Distorted Humor.

“We are not looking for collectable (broodmares); we are looking for a racehorse first,” said Todd Quast, who signed the ticket. “She obviously has great broodmare potential. She checked all the boxes for us. She is very athletic with a super, super shoulder like the Medaglia d'Oros have. We are happy to have her.”

Mike Ryan, agent, paid $1.05 million for a daughter of War Front who is a full sister to European champion and multiple Group 1 winner Air Force Blue. Out of the stakes-placed Maria's Mon mare Chatham, she was consigned by breeder Stone Farm.

“This is for a client I started to buy a few horses for last year,” Ryan said. “He has been in racing awhile. This filly probably will go to Europe. She will start out there. Being a full sister to champion Air Force Blue, you would have to think she will love the turf. She looks to me like a filly who will run in the states on the dirt. She's looks more to me like a dirt horse, but we know she will handle the grass. Hopefully she will do some good in Europe and we bring her back here later in her career.”

Ryan said he “thought she was an exceptional physical when I saw her at Stone Farm on (Aug. 28). She is a May foal and is very well grown for her age. Stone Farm raises good horses, and it is nice to buy from people who consistently raise good horses.”

Gainesway, agent, sold two yearlings – a daughter of Quality Road and a colt by Into Mischief – for $1 million each.

The Quality Road filly was purchased by Donato Lanni, agent. Out of the Grade 3-placed Ghostzapper mare Beloveda, she is from the family of Grade 3 winners Voyagers Quest and Golden Mystery.

Larry Best's OXO Equine paid $1 million for the son of Into Mischief out of Grade 2-placed winner Curlina, by Cuvee, to make him the session's high-priced colt. Best, who has a well-known affinity for progeny of Into Mischief, said, “I was looking for a good colt – I seem to collect the fillies.”

Asked about the market on opening day of the September Sale, Best said, “Based on what I've heard and seen today, the market's a little stronger than what I anticipated. There's a lot of buyers here paying a lot of money for good horses. So that's a good sign for the industry. I hope it continues.”

Lanni, agent for SF/Starlight/Madaket, was the session's leading buyer, spending $4.17 million for eight horses.

The leading consignor was Taylor Made Sales Agency, agent, which sold 22 horses for $7.26 million.

The second session of the September Sale starts tomorrow at noon ET. The entire sale is streamed live at Keeneland.com.

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Keeneland September Starts Sunday, Right on Time

LEXINGTON, KY – While the coronavirus pandemic wreaked havoc with sales across the globe from March through August, the calendar will return to some semblance of normalcy when the Keeneland September Yearling Sale kicks off right on schedule in Lexington Sunday at noon.

“So many sales companies in the Northern Hemisphere have had to rearrange some things, but we have been very fortunate that the September sale is taking place in September at Keeneland,” said Keeneland’s Director of Sales Operations Geoffrey Russell.

“We are resilient and I think we’ve had great cooperation from our industry,” added Keeneland’s President Elect Shannon Arvin. “I think people are so happy to be here. I think people are happy to be back with a little bit of normalcy, even if we are all wearing masks.”

Making sure the mammoth yearling auction would be able to go on as scheduled has been a months-long project for the sales company.

“We started talking in March and we called the meetings ‘What ifs,'” Russell said. “Everything was changing all the way to August. It’s been such a movable thing, it’s been an unbelievable experience.”

Those meetings included discussions with consignors about ways to alleviate congestion at the sales barns and those conversations seemed to bear fruit with action steady but not overwhelming on the grounds in the two days leading up to Sunday’s first of two Book 1 sessions.

“We’ve had an increased number of farm visits prior to the sale and the breeders have embraced that,” Russell said. “I think that has worked really well and will help because we were very concerned about social distancing and everybody showing up on the grounds at the same time and wanting to look at the same horses. So if farm visits could somehow alleviate the first looks, we thought that would make it a little easier [at the sales barns]. I spent the morning at the barns and it’s been business as usual. People have been very courteous to each other. There doesn’t seem to be people on top of one another. We’ve spaced out the consignments and we’ve encouraged buyers to think out of the box and not all start at barn 1 and go to barn 2 and 3. They can start at barn 19 and go down. Reservations at certain consignments have worked as well. I think we’ve learned things out of this that might become part of the industry in the future.”

Keeneland’s sale pavilion, traditionally a busy hive of activity–both commercial and social–on sales days, will be limited to 40% capacity throughout the two-week auction and buyers will be asked to sit in the pavilion only while actively bidding on a horse. To compensate, Keeneland has expanded its outdoor bidding options.

“We are going to have two bid spotters in the back show ring, the normal two bid spotters in the back ring and the regular bid spotters in the pavilion,” Russell explained.

Food service has been moved from the pavilion to the track up the hill.

“All of the food is up in the first floor of the grandstand and we have laid out the saddling paddocks with tables and chairs so people can sit up there, too,” Russell said. “Televisions will be on everywhere, so they can watch the sale up there.”

Keeneland was part of group of industry stakeholders lobbying U.S. government officials to allow foreign buyers to attend the sale, despite a travel ban on people traveling from several countries. While it was announced Friday that the ban will end Monday, bloodstock agents like Kerri Radcliffe, direct from last week’s Arqana sale, were on the grounds Saturday morning after receiving waivers to enter the country.

“There was a presidential travel ban on people coming from Europe, from England and Ireland where a lot of buyers come from, so we worked closely with Senator [Mitch] McConnell’s office and Congressman [Andy] Barr’s office and Ambassador [Kelly] Craft, we’ve called on all of our friends to try to help us,” Arvin said. “There was an exemption to the travel ban, so we were able to get a waiver for quite a few of those people. The travel ban will be lifted on the 14th, but they wanted to be here this week, so we are happy they could get here.”

Radcliffe said she had received confirmation of her waiver Wednesday night and made last-minute flight arrangements to make it to Lexington Saturday morning.

With no travel ban in place for buyers coming from Asia, Russell is expecting to see entities from those country shopping at Keeneland in the coming days.

“The Koreans and Japanese don’t have an issue coming into our country, the issue might be when they go back to their country,” Russell explained. “The Koreans usually come for the second week, so I haven’t heard about them yet. But we have three Japanese groups here. We have a group of Russians planning on coming. And now that our borders are back open again, we might get some more people the second week.”

Sheikh Mohammed’s Godolphin operation was the leading buyer at last year’s September sale, purchasing 10 lots for $16 million, while his brother Sheikh Hamdan purchased 18 yearlings for $11,070,000 for his Shadwell Estate Company to be second leading buyer. While both were in attendance at the sale a year ago, neither are expected to attend this year.

“Having Sheikh Mohammed and Sheikh Hamdan here is a great privilege for Keeneland, but they also have to run a country,” Russell said. “Sheikh Mohammed has been here the last two years and Sheikh Hamdan has been here regularly. But they both have their bases over here, so they have people here in Kentucky.”

Despite the missing Dubai sheikhs, all the traditional major players seemed to be shopping the sales grounds ahead of Sunday’s opener. Coolmore representatives Paul Shanahan, Mike Flanagan and Aisling Duignan were making the rounds, as was Larry Best, Stonestreet’s John Moynihan, Spendthrift Farm’s Ned Toffey, WinStar Farm’s Elliott Walden, the China Horse Club’s Michael Wallace, and Starlight’s Frankie Brothers. Trainers on the grounds included Todd Pletcher, Tom Amoss, Tom Morley, and John Servis, while agents Marette Farrell, Donato Lanni, Jason Litt, Steve Young, David Meah, Patti Miller, Liz Crow, and Justin Casse were busy at the barns. The pinhookers were also out in force, with Eddie Woods, Raul Reyes, Steve Venosa, Ciaran Dunne, Bryan Rice, Pat Hoppel, Kevin McKathan, Hoby Kight all inspecting the Book 1 offerings.

Fasig-Tipton, forced to cancel its boutique Saratoga Yearlings Sale, as well as its New York-bred Yearling Sale and July Select Yearling Sales, combined all three auctions into a Select Yearling Showcase which was held last Wednesday and Thursday. Given all the uncertain conditions, the two-day auction proved successful and consignors are hoping that trend continues on at Keeneland this coming week.

“Hopefully Fasig has built some momentum, which I think it has, and that will carry over to Keeneland,” said Claiborne Farm’s Walker Hancock. “The same story goes, quality is going to sell and, if you’ve got a horse who doesn’t tick all the boxes, as they say, you’re not going to get the money you’d want for it.”

The Fasig results sheets were dominated by domestic buyers and the Keeneland sale could be impacted by a weakened foreign buying bench.

“I’d say Books 1 and 2 won’t be affected so much because they are going to find the good horses,” Hancock said of the dearth of foreign buyers. “It’s the horses in Book 3 and 4 that some of the European pinhookers will take to the breeze-up sales we are really going to miss. They support those kind of horses and give you a few extra bids, so a horse that normally sells for $75,000 may only sell for $50,000 this year. I think everyone maybe has to lower their expectations just a hair and I think everyone has, given the current market circumstances. I think we will see good trade for the first two books and after that it will likely fall off. That’s to be expected.”

Kerry Cauthen of Four Star Sales agreed demand will remain high for the top offerings, but he expects a bumpy ride as the market continues to struggle to find its footing under uncertain conditions.

“I think you are going to continue to see a bit of a bouncy sale, but where it is good, it is going to be very good,” Cauthen said. “We saw across town [at Fasig-Tipton], when you have quality horses, the market is going to reward you. But any marketplace, when it is working towards a recovery, it is not a nice smooth line. It is bouncy. And I think we will see plenty of that. There are going to be places where you think, ‘Wait, I’ve got this great horse that fits well, is well and somebody should own at a fair price–not being greedy, just a fair price–and you’re going to be disappointed. And then you’re going to have other places where your expectations are more than satisfied. I think the top of the market is going to be strong to very strong and everything else is going to be the water finding its level.”

Doug Arnold of Buck Pond Farm sees plenty of reason for optimism ahead of the September sale.

“I think it just seemed like if you had a nice horse [at Fasig-Tipton], you could get it sold,” Arnold said. “It seemed like there were plenty of buyers. And it looks like there are more people here at Keeneland. So I think it will be good, provided that you have the right kind of horses. You have to have something that they want. If you don’t have something that they want, there is really not anybody to catch you when you fall.”

Arnold sees all the uncertainties, not as a liability, but as opportunities for buyers who are willing to think outside the box.

“There are so many opportunities out here for people who maybe haven’t been in the business or who are coming back,” Arnold said. “It is so polarized with everybody using bloodstock agents who pretty much know what they want and what they don’t want, I think there are lots and lots of opportunities for a guy to buy a really good horse. Probably better than there ever has been. You see there is plenty of money out there to buy horses. We just need to expand the base a little bit and advertise that there is a lot of opportunity. When you have hard and fast rules, people miss lots of things. It’s something you’re seeing more and more with a horse who didn’t bring much money at a sale and he ends up being a really top-notch horse on the racetrack.”

Domestic buyers like Joe Allen, Speedway Stables and the SF/Starlight/Madaket partnership stepped up with several major purchases at the Fasig Showcase and Hancock looks for that trend to continue at Keeneland.

“I think people realize it’s a buyers market,” he said. “This is a good year to maybe buy a few more.”

With all the canceled and rescheduled auctions of the spring in the rearview mirror, consignors are just thankful to have the September sale, a traditional bellwether auction in the industry, going off as scheduled.

“As we were putting these sales together in April, May and June, the level of concern that we all had about this was incredible,” Cauthen said. “That we have a sale, that we have a marketplace, is amazing.”

The September sale opens with two boutique Book 1 sessions, with bidding beginning Sunday and Monday at noon for hips one through 448. Following a dark day Tuesday, the auction resumes at 10 a.m. Wednesday and continues through Sept. 25.

Visit www.keeneland.com for complete details.

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Global Sensation Con Te Partiro To Return To Keeneland For Breeders’ Cup, November Sale

Keeneland is excited to welcome Con Te Partiro – who began her career at Keeneland before winning stakes in the U.S. and at Royal Ascot in England and capturing two Group 1 races in Australia – back home for a start in the Breeders' Cup World Championships on Nov. 6-7 and then offer her during the premier Book 1 of the Keeneland November Breeding Stock Sale on Nov. 9.

The 6-year-old daughter of Scat Daddy, who will be cataloged as a racing or broodmare prospect, will be consigned by Bedouin Bloodstock, agent.

With starts at 14 tracks on three continents over five seasons of racing, Con Te Partiro has a story unlike any other Thoroughbred.

“Con Te Partiro has excelled at the highest level of international racing while she has exemplified just how small the global Thoroughbred industry is,” Keeneland President-Elect and Interim Head of Sales Shannon Arvin said. “We are thrilled to hold a Keeneland homecoming for Con Te Partiro. She sold as a yearling at the September Sale and she began her racing career here during the 2016 Spring Meet. We look forward to presenting her at the November Sale with all the fanfare she deserves.”

Owned by SF Bloodstock and trained by Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott, Con Te Partiro this year has won two Group 1 events: the 7 1/2-furlong Coolmore Classic and one-mile Coolmore Legacy. Last year at five, Con Te Partiro won a Group 3 race in her Australian debut.

“It is remarkable to reflect on what Con Te Partiro has achieved in her racing career,” Waterhouse said. “It is a rare feat in itself to win stakes races on three continents, but it is her performances at the elite level in Australia for which she will be remembered. Con Te Partiro won both of the time-honored Group 1 races, the Coolmore Classic and the Coolmore Legacy, making her, arguably, the best-performed mare in Australia.”

“Con Te Partiro truly is a one-of-a-kind mare,” said Tom Ryan of SF Bloodstock. “Her accomplishments on the track – including two Grade 1 wins in Australia, stakes victories at both the Royal Ascot and Saratoga race meets and successes on both dirt and turf – put her in an elite category of racehorses with the ability to perform at the highest level around the world.

“We purchased her in 2018 as a beautiful stakes-winning filly by Scat Daddy from the family of Into Mischief, and we are proud to say she has exceeded all expectations since.”

Con Te Partiro's return to Keeneland will come 4 1/2 years after she opened her career here with a dominating 5 1/2-length victory on dirt as a 2-year-old for trainer Wesley Ward and owner Hat Creek Racing. Transferred to turf, she won the Bolton Landing at Saratoga by 5 3/4 lengths and was second against males in the Juvenile Turf Sprint on the 2016 Breeders' Cup undercard at Santa Anita.

Her 3-year-old campaign included a trip to England, where she won the Sandringham at the prestigious Royal Ascot meet, and she raced in Grade 1 stakes at Del Mar and Keeneland. The next season, she was third in the G3 Arlington Matron in Chicago.

While boasting a unique race record, Con Te Partiro hails from an active, well-known family. Her sire, Scat Daddy, is the sire of such prominent horses as undefeated 2018 Triple Crown winner Justify and European champion and Royal Ascot winner Lady Aurelia.

Con Te Partiro is out of the Grade 1-placed Street Cry mare Temple Street and hails from a Grade 1-producing female family. She is a half-sister to stakes winner and multiple graded stakes-placed Donworth and is from the extended family of four-time champion Beholder, Grade 1 winner Mendelssohn and Grade 1 winner and leading sire Into Mischief.

In addition, Con Te Partiro is from a commercially successful family with half-siblings selling for as much as $550,000. She herself is a graduate of Keeneland's September Yearling Sale.

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