ONE Gunman The pony with “a very good presence about him” will stay in the US to race for an undisclosed client after topping the brief aspiration section of the 11 January opening session of the Horse Sale All ages Keeneland.
Agent Emmanuel de Seroux offered $375,000 to the son of the top male of the first crop of 2021, and said the strength of the male was the driving factor in his purchase. The foal of Empire Maker Take a Memo winning mare was the most expensive pony sold during Tuesday’s session, while the $300,000 daughter of Evenly is the most expensive thing in a short year.
“First, he was Gun Runner’s,” de Seroux said of the foal, bred in Kentucky by Adrian Regan and Fergus Galvin of Hunter Valley Ranch and deposited by Hunter Valley, the agent, with the name Hip 365. “Second, he’s very healthy. about him.
“The good Gun Runners, you have a lot of people trying to get them.”
After initially standing at $70,000, with fees dropping to $50,000 in 2021, Gun Runner will have an advertising fee of $125,000 in 2022. 58 of his pups will be auctioned off that year. 2021 averages $288,483, and his 14 2-year-olds sold last year averaged $306,286. The Three Chimneys stallion had an explosive first season in which it set a first-season progeny income record of over $4.2 million. NetJets Breeders’ Cup Winner (G1) Echo Zulu and the winner of Hopeful Stakes (G1) Gunite among his standout performers, along with middle school winners Evil Halo and Pappacap , seconds to Corniche in the TVG Breeders’ Juvenile Cup presented by the Thoroughbred Care Alliance (G1).
Regan said caution after a barn incident at Keeneland November Sale of Breeding Artifacts prompted the relationship to withdraw the foal, who was originally slated to be sold as weaned.
Regan said: “We brought him here in November and we had a bit of a hiccup while he was at the barn and we weren’t happy with the way he was moving, so we sent him in. he’s home.” “We initially thought we’d wait until (sales) were coveted but Gun Runner clearly succeeded. At that point we moved him to January.”
The pony’s second dam was the Memo mare Memo that won first place 2nd, 1st place. His damn mare to race, Union Rags daughter of Miss Ava’s Union, was the 3rd place winner in 2019.
“…We thought of keeping him until we were thirsty, but then Gun Runner was so good we sent him there because we knew he was a good horse,” said Regan.
Justify Filly catches Graves’ eye
A consigned Justify standout daughter Hip 317 caught the eye of Brian Graves on Tuesday, and the astute horseman went as much as $300,000 to get her home from shipper Sequel New York, agent.
“We’re definitely bringing this filth back through the sale,” said Graves, who has signed on to the name of his Fish Cage. “I think she’s gorgeous. Maybe Justify is the prettiest I’ve ever seen. She made everything right for me – gorgeous walking, deadly fit. Liked everything about her.”
Australia mare San Saria , a daughter of the group of 3 winning mares in the group Daggers Drawn San Sicharia.
Justify’s first annual crop hits the market in 2021, when 81 fish are sold for an average price of $370,329. The 2018 Triple Crown winner will stay for the 2022 season at Ashford Stud for a promotional fee of $100,000.
