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Hips to Watch: Keeneland September Day 3
By Glenye Cain Oakford

The Keeneland September sale’s first four days, comprising Book 1, features dozens of yearlings with notable pedigrees. Among them are the following individuals cataloged to sell on Wednesday, Sept. 10:

Hip 401 - Valkyre Stud consigns this Giant's Causeway colt, a three-quarters brother to the popular grade I winner Stormello, on behalf of William Currin’s estate. The son of Wilshewed (Carson City) also is a three-quarters brother to graded winner My Best Brother and a half brother to another graded winner in Gala Award.

Hip 411 - Peter O’Callaghan’s Woods Edge Farm, which consigned last year’s $2.5 million sale-topper, offers this full sister to 2011 Arkansas Derby (gr. I) winner Archarcharch . The Arch filly—a daughter of the graded-placed Woodman mare Woodman’s Dancer—also is a half sister to Balance of Power, who won Monmouth’s grade III Philip H. Iselin Stakes last month, and to Weekend Fling, whose Irish group-winning son Craftsman added a Delaware Park stakes win earlier this summer.

Hip 413 - This Bernardini colt is out of the Gold Fever mare Yellow Heat, making him a half brother to grade I winner R Heat Lightning and to stakes-placed Hot Trip. Baccari Bloodstock is the consigning agent.

Hip 425 - A daughter of Harlan’s Holiday, this filly is a full sister to grade I winner—now top five freshman sire—Majesticperfection . She’s out of the Wavering Monarch mare Act So Noble. Pope McLean’s Crestwood Farm consigns.

Hip 433 - Woods Edge Farm returns with this Street Cry filly, a half sister to 2010 Wood Memorial (gr. I) winner and freshman sire Eskendereya . Another half sibling Balmont is a group I winner in England. The dam is the Seattle Slew mare Aldebaran Light.

Hip 434 - Recent Haskell Invitational (gr. I) winner Bayern is this Scat Daddy colt’s illustrious half brother. Offered by the Gainesway agency, he is out of the Thunder Gulch matron Alittlebitearly, who is a daughter of grade II winner Aquilegia. This is the family of champion Althea, group winner Bertolini, and others.

Hip 458 - Bernard McCormack’s Cara Bloodstock agency consigns this colt, a half brother to grade I winner We Miss Artie. His sire is Harlan’s Holiday, and he is from that late stallion’s penultimate crop.

Hip 461 - This Tiznow colt from the Vinery Sales consignment is a half brother to Tapit ’s son Constitution, winner of the Besilu Florida Derby (gr. I) this season. Constitution is undefeated in three career starts, all this year. The dam is the Distorted Humor mare Baffled, a grade III-placed runner herself, and this family goes back to grade I winners Emcee and Awesome Humor, among others.

Hip 503 - The Bluewater Sales agency’s Medaglia d'Oro colt is the second foal out of Careless Jewel, a grade I winner by Tapit . Careless Jewel’s first foal, a Street Cry colt now named Gem Heist, has yet to start. The family also features grade I winners Subordination, Fabulous Notion, and Cacoethes.

Hip 513 - This Majestic Warrior filly, currently named Majestic Champagne, is a half sister to reigning Arkansas Derby (gr. I) victor Danza, who finished third in California Chrome’s Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands this year. She’s also a half sister to Gold Cup at Santa Anita (gr. I) winner Majestic Harbor. The dam, Champagne Royale, is a stakes-placed French Deputy mare. The Gainesway agency consigns.

Hip 524 - The full brother to Somali Lemonade, who became a grade I winner since the catalog’s publication with a win in the Diana Stakes. The Hill ’n’ Dale Sales agency offers this son of Lemon Drop Kid and the unraced Nureyev mare Chic Corine. He also is a half brother to stakes winner Rasta Farian and to grade III-placed Chic Joy.

Hip 538 - The Taylor Made Sales agency’s Distorted Humor filly out of graded winner (and grade I-placed) Collect Call is a half sister to dual graded winner and sire Old Fashioned . The family also includes graded winner and sire French Deputy and grade I winner Mitterand.

Hip 568 - Another by Harlan’s Holiday, this colt from the Mill Ridge consignment is a full brother to millionaire and multiple graded winner Willcox Inn and a half brother to stakes-placed Francisca. Another half sibling, Kashami, recently graduated to the winner’s circle in an Arlington maiden special weight. Also in the family: grade I winners Cetewayo and Dynaforce.