Harlee Honey English group 2 winners Forza Black sold for $240,000 to Miss Vicky Stables at the Keeneland August Flash Sale that ended on August 29. Black Forza was highly regarded in his U.S. debut at the $1 million National Thoroughbred Stakes at Kentucky Downs September 1st.
Agented by Legacy Bloodstock, Harlee Honey is an 11-year-old winning mare, a daughter of Harlan’s Holiday, who is pregnant. Zandon . Of the mares ranked at Carson City, Absolute Nectar, she is a half-sister to the Grade 2 winner California Nectar .
Ocean honey a winning half-sister to Black Forza, sold for $48,000 to Ocean Honey Partners. The winning 4-year-old mare of West Coast was assigned by Paramount Sales, an agent, as a prospective breeding mare.
“Keeneland is thrilled to have the opportunity to showcase these two outstanding individuals from the Black Forza family,” said Keeneland Vice President of Sales Tony Lacy. “This unique collection and the Flash Sale itself achieved what we expected: high levels of interest and active buyer participation. The sale recorded over 1,500 unique visits from around the world, with our international dealers receiving interest from buyers in Europe, Australia and Japan, among others. We are very pleased with the response.”
Keeneland’s next auction, the inaugural September Yearling Auction, will begin on September 9.
This press release has been edited for content and style by the BloodHorse team.
