9/13-24 (KEE): September Yearling Sale ~ Hips to Watch

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2021 Keeneland September hips to watch
Nicole Russo

Following are horses to watch during the Keeneland September yearling sale’s first week, comprising the upper-market Book 1 and Book 2 sections of the marathon sale. Tapit, War Front, Medaglia d’Oro, Curlin, and Galileo, who have led Keeneland September by average price each year since 2013, are all well represented on this list, as is two-time reigning leading sire Into Mischief. Horses were selected primarily based on the strength of their pedigrees and the racing or commercial results of notable family members. The selections reflect catalog updates through Aug. 25. Sale outs have been updated through Sept. 8.

Monday, Sept. 13 – Book 1, Session 1

Hip No. 2, filly by Galileo – I’m a Chatterbox, by Munnings. Consigned by Blandford Stud, agent.

This is the only yearling in the catalog from the third from last crop by international titan Galileo, who died in July. I’m a Chatterbox was a multiple Grade 1 winner; this is her second foal.

Hip No. 25, colt by Quality Road – Justwhistledixie, by Dixie Union. Consigned by Clearsky Farms, agent.

Multiple graded stakes winner Justwhistledixie is the dam of six winners from as many starters, including Breeders’ Cup Juvenile winner New Year’s Day, Grade 2 winner and emerging young sire Mohaymen, and Grade 3 winners Enforceable and Kingly.

Hip No. 39, Prince of Truth, colt by Into Mischief – La Verdad, by Yes It’s True. Consigned by Denali Stud, agent for Lady Sheila Stable.

Leading sire Into Mischief was represented by the sale-toppers at the Fasig-Tipton July and Saratoga sales. Champion female sprinter La Verdad is the dam of one winner from two starters.

Hip No. 46, filly by War Front – Liscanna, by Sadler’s Wells. Consigned by Four Star Sales, agent.

This is a full sister to Group 1 winner Brave Anna, Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf winner Hit It a Bomb, Grade 3-placed Border Town, and stakes-placed Threeandfourpence.

Hip No. 47, colt by Quality Road – Love and Pride, by A.P. Indy. Consigned by Gainesway, agent.

Love and Pride, a Grade 1 winner on both coasts, is the dam of four winners from as many starters, including stakes winner Princesinha Julia. This is the extended family of champion and successful sire Bernardini.

Hip No. 67, colt by Into Mischief – Miss Besilu, by Medaglia d’Oro. Consigned by Taylor Made Sales, agent.

Grade 1-placed Miss Besilu is the dam of Grade 3-placed Gun It. She is out of stakes winner Quiet Dance, making her a half-sister to Horse of the Year Saint Liam; to Grade 1 winner Funtastic; to Grade 2 winner Quiet Giant, the dam of Horse of the Year Gun Runner; to Grade 3 winner Congressionalhonor; and to stakes winner Dance Quietly.

Hip No. 126, Firedancer, colt by Curlin – Rigoletta, by Concerto. Consigned by Gainesway, agent.

Grade 1 winner Rigoletta is the dam of Breeders’ Cup Dirt Mile winner Battle of Midway, by Curlin’s sire, Smart Strike.

Hip No. 133, colt by Justify – Sambuca Classica, by Cat Thief. Consigned by Bluewater Sales, agent.

From the first crop of Triple Crown winner Justify, this colt is a half-brother to Eclipse Award champion juvenile Classic Empire, who went on to be classic-placed and who is now a stakes-producing freshman sire. Sambuca Classica also has produced stakes winners Anytime Magic and Uptown Twirl.

Hip No. 136, filly by War Front – Say, by Galileo. Consigned by Gainesway, agent.

Group stakes winner Say is the dam of Grade 1 winner Fog of War and stakes winners Naval Intelligence and Invader, all by War Front. The second dam is Grade 1 winner Riskaverse, and this is the extended family of Horse of the Year Havre de Grace, Belmont Stakes winner Tonalist, and others.

Hip No. 137, colt by Kitten’s Joy – Schiaparelli, by Ghostzapper. Consigned by Lane’s End, agent.

Grade 2 winner Schiaparelli, out of Grade 3 winner Cambiocorsa, is a half-sister to Grade 2 winner Moulin de Mougin and two other stakes winners. Their stakes-placed half-sister Vionnet is the dam of Kitten’s Joy’s European Horse of the Year Roaring Lion. This also is the immediate family of Breeders’ Cup Turf Sprint winner California Flag.

Hip No. 164, colt by Tapit – Stopchargingmaria, by Tale of the Cat. Consigned by Gainesway, agent.

Stopchargingmaria counted the 2015 Breeders’ Cup Distaff among her multiple Grade 1 wins.

Hip No. 184, filly by Justify – Take Charge Brandi, by Giant’s Causeway. Consigned by Hill ‘n’ Dale Sales, agent.

Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies winner and divisional champion Take Charge Brandi twice topped the Keeneland November sale when sold as a broodmare. She is a half-sister to multiple Grade 1 winner Omaha Beach, and her granddam is Broodmare of the Year Take Charge Lady.

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Tuesday, Sept. 14 – Book 1, Session 2

Hip No. 250, colt by Pioneerof the Nile – Alpha Spirit, by A.P. Indy. Consigned by Gainesway, agent.

This colt is from the final, smaller crop of classic sire Pioneerof the Nile. He is a half-brother to multiple graded stakes winner Protonico, the sire of Medina Spirit, and his second dam is champion Wild Spirit.

Hip No. 252, colt by Uncle Mo – America, by A.P. Indy. Consigned by Stone Farm, agent.

Grade 1-placed stakes winner America produced the co-sale-topping colt at the 2019 Fasig-Tipton Saratoga sale, now the Grade 3 winner First Captain. America is a half-sister to the dam of Grade 1 winner Paris Lights, and this is the family of Broodmare of the Year honorees Blush With Pride and Better Than Honour.

Hip No. 253, filly by Justify – American Cleopatra, by Pioneerof the Nile. Consigned by Hill ‘n’ Dale Sales, agent.

American Cleopatra is a Grade 1-placed full sister to Triple Crown winner American Pharoah, as well as a half-sister to Grade 1 winner Chasing Yesterday.

Hip No. 259, filly by Medaglia d’Oro – Arch’s Gal Edith, by Arch. Consigned by Brookdale Sales, agent.

This is a half-sister to dual classic winner and champion I’ll Have Another, and a full sister to Grade 3 winner Golden Award. Another half-sister, Gloria S, is the dam of Grade 1 winner Harvey’s Lil Goil.

Hip No. 266, colt by More Than Ready – Autumnal, by Forestry. Consigned by Taylor Made Sales, agent.

This is a full brother to Eclipse Award champion Rushing Fall, as well as a half to Grade 3-placed stakes winner Milam.

Hip No. 288, colt by Justify – Bubbler, by Distorted Humor. Consigned by Clearsky Farms, agent.

This is a half-brother to Eclipse Award champion and leading money winner Arrogate.

Hip No. 300, colt by Quality Road – Catch the Moon, by Malibu Moon. Consigned by Eaton Sales, agent for Stonestreet.

Catch the Moon has produced four graded stakes winners – Girvin, Midnight Bourbon, Cocked and Loaded, and Pirate’s Punch – by four different sires.

Hip No. 309, colt by War Front – Chatham, by Maria’s Mon. Consigned by Stone Farm.

This is a full brother to European champion juvenile Air Force Blue, from the immediate family of Eclipse champions Flanders and Surfside.

Hip No. 336, Act Three, colt by Kitten’s Joy – Devine Actress, by Theatrical. Consigned by Mill Ridge Sales, agent.

This is a full brother to multiple Grade 1 winner Oscar Performance and multiple graded stakes winner Oscar Nominated, as well as a half-brother to Grade 2 winner Award Winner.

Hip No. 340, colt by Justify – Diva Delite, by Repent. Consigned by Hunter Valley Farm, agent.

This is a half-brother to Eclipse Award champion Midnight Bisou.

Hip No. 348, filly by Uncle Mo – Dream of Summer, by Siberian Summer. Consigned by Taylor Made Sales, agent.

Grade 1 winner Dream of Summer produced Grade 1 winners Creative Cause and Vexatious, as well as Grade 2 winner Destin. Both Creative Cause and Destin were classic-placed.

Hip No. 391, filly by Into Mischief – Halo Humor, by Distorted Humor. Consigned by Baccari Bloodstock, agent.

This is a full sibling to multiple Grade 1 winner and promising young sire Practical Joke.

Hip No. 397, Hollywood Insider, filly by Tapit – Hollywood Story, by Wild Rush. Consigned by Hill ‘n’ Dale Sales, agent.

Multiple Grade 1 winner Hollywood Story produced Grade 1 winner Honor A. P., stakes winner Miss Hollywood, and Grade 2-placed Hollywood Star on the same A.P. Indy-line cross represented by Tapit. She also is the dam of stakes-placed Hoorayforhollywood.

Hip No. 399B, filly by Justify – Kosmo’s Buddy, by Outflanker. Consigned by Blake-Albina Thoroughbred Services, agent.

This is a half-sister to multiple Grade 1 winner Knicks Go.

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Wednesday, Sept. 15 – Book 2, Session 1

Hip No. 405, colt by City of Light – Inventive, by Dixie Union. Consigned by Baccari Bloodstock, agent.

City of Light’s first crop has been extremely well received. This colt is a half-brother to Grade 1 winner Klimt, by City of Light’s own sire, Quality Road.

Hip No. 432, Qualified, colt by Quality Road – Lil Indy, by Anasheed. Consigned by Lane’s End, agent.

This is a half-brother to Eclipse champion Maximum Security.

Hip No. 446, filly by Uncle Mo – Martha’s Moon, by Malibu Moon. Consigned by Gainesway, agent.

Stakes winner Martha’s Moon is a granddaughter of Kentucky Oaks winner and Broodmare of the Year Blush With Pride, also the dam of Broodmare of the Year Better Than Honour.

Hip No. 486, colt by Kantharos – Peggy Jane, by Kafwain. Consigned by Summerfield Sales, agent for Stonestreet.

This is a half-brother to Eclipse Award champion Gamine.

Hip No. 507, colt by Gun Runner – Red House, by Tapit. Consigned by Gainesway, agent.

This colt is a full brother to a winner from leading freshman sire Gun Runner’s first crop. Red House is a full sister to champion Untapable, as well as a half-sister to Grade 1 winner Paddy O’Prado. Another Gun Runner colt out of a full sister to Untapable is cataloged later in this book, as Hip No. 574.

Hip No. 518, colt by Gun Runner – Sacre Coeur, by Saint Ballado. Consigned by Runnymede Farm, agent.

This is a half-brother to the Eclipse Award champion Lady Eli.

Hip No. 545, filly by Twirling Candy – Solerina, by Powerscourt. Consigned by Taylor Made Sales, agent.

This is a full brother to Grade 1 winner Concrete Rose, who topped last fall’s Keeneland November sale. Twirling Candy is a newly minted classic sire in 2021, thanks to Rombauer.

Hip No. 563, colt by Medaglia d’Oro – Sweet Assassin, by Tapit. Consigned by Lane’s End, agent.

This colt’s dam, from a commercially popular family, is a full sister to Cupid and a half-sister to graded stakes winners Ashley’s Kitty and Heart Ashley, as well as stakes winner Indianapolis.

Hip No. 579, filly by Union Rags – Trensa, by Giant’s Causeway. Consigned by Gainesway, agent.

This is a full sister to Grade 1 winner Free Drop Billy, as well as a half-sister to Group 1 winner Hawkbill.

Hip No. 597, filly by Uncle Mo – Wine Princess, by Ghostzapper. Consigned by Denali Stud, agent.

Hall of Famer Azeri produced just two daughters in the United States before being exported to Japan – Grade 2 winner Wine Princess, now the dam of three winners from as many starters, among them. Azeri’s graded stakes-placed daughter Arienza is represented by Hip No. 261, a Justify colt, in Book 1.

Hip No. 598, filly by Quality Road – Winter Memories, by El Prado. Coinsigned by Darby Dan Farm, agent.

Multiple Grade 1 winner Winter Memories is, in turn, out of multiple Grade 1 winner Memories of Silver, from one of Darby Dan’s foundation families.

Hip No. 622, colt by Flatter – Azara, by More Than Ready. Consigned by Denali Stud, agent for Bridlewood Farm.

Azara, dam of two winners, is a half-sister to champion Tepin and to graded stakes winner Vyjack.

Hip No. 648, colt by Into Mischief – Cathryn Sophia, by Street Boss. Consigned by Denali Stud, agent.

Cathryn Sophia won the Kentucky Oaks and two other graded stakes.

Hip No. 649, colt by Curlin – Cavorting, by Bernardini. Consigned by Eaton Sales, agent for Stonestreet.

Multiple Grade 1 winner Cavorting’s first foal is Grade 2 winner Clairiere, also by Curlin.

Hip No. 702, colt by Justify – Flaming Heart, by Touch Gold. Consigned by Taylor Made Sales, agent for WinStar Farm.

Grade 3-placed stakes winner Flaming Heart is the dam of Grade 2 winner Commissioner, runner-up in the Belmont Stakes; Grade 3 winner Laugh Track, runner-up in the Breeders’ Cup Sprint; and of Mythical Bride, dam of Breeders’ Cup Classic winner and champion Vino Rosso.

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Thursday, Sept. 16 – Book 2, Session 2

Hip No. 816, filly by Quality Road – Ms. Cornstalk, by Indian Charlie. Consigned by Airdrie Stud.

This is a half-sister to Canadian champions and graded stakes winners Biofuel and Tu Endie Wei, as well as to stakes winner Indian Pride.

Hip No. 849, colt by West Coast – Promenade Girl, by Carson City. Consigned by Trackside Farm, agent.

From the first crop of a champion, this is a half-brother, bred on the same cross, to multiple Grade 1 winner Cavorting.

Hip No. 870, filly by Speightstown – Samantha Nicole, by Medaglia d’Oro. Consigned by Warrendale Sales, agent for Stonestreet.

Samantha Nicole is a full sister to Hall of Fame racemare and Grade 1 producer Rachel Alexandra.

Hip No. 888, filly by Street Sense – Snow Top Mountain, by Najran. Consigned by Brookdale Sales, agent for Audley Farm.

Multiple graded stakes winner Snow Top Mountain, dam of Grade 3 winner Greyvitos, is a half-sister to graded stakes winners Diversy Harbor and Keertana, a stakes producer.

Hip No. 964, colt by Medaglia d’Oro – Baffled, by Distorted Humor. Consigned by Brookdale Sales, agent.

Baffled is the dam of multiple Grade 1 winner and young classic sire Constitution, as well as Group 2 winner Boynton and stakes winner Jacaranda. This is the immediate family of Grade 1 winners Emcee and Awesome Humor.

Hip No. 969, colt by Collected – Believe You Can, by Proud Citizen. Consigned by Airdrie Stud.

Kentucky Oaks winner Believe You Can is the dam of Grade 3-placed stakes winner Believe In Royalty. This is the first crop for Grade 1 winner Collected.

Hip No. 993, colt by Gun Runner – Caressing, by Honour and Glory. Consigned by Hermitage Farm, agent.

Champion Caressing is the dam of champion West Coast, as well as two other stakes-placed runners and the multiple group stakes producer My Goodness.

Hip No. 1028, filly by Medaglia d’Oro – Dayatthespa, by City Zip. Consigned by Indian Creek, agent for Stonestreet.

Dayatthespa was an Eclipse Award champion turf runner.

Hip No. 1030, colt by Bolt d’Oro – Defy Gravity, by Bandini. Consigned by Paramount Sales, agent.

Bolt d’Oro recorded a rare seven-figure sale by a first-crop sire at Saratoga. Stakes winner Defy Gravity is the dam of three winners from as many starters, including stakes winner Green Destiny. This is the family of Kentucky Derby winner Super Saver, as well as Grade 1 winners including Callback, Bluegrass Cat, and Girolamo in recent generations.

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