It took less than 10 hips for the price to spike past the $1 million mark on September 12 at Keeneland’s September Last Year Sale. A belt Quality Sugar from the strong female family of Horse of the Years Gunman and Saint Liam was the first to break the mark, dropping the hammer for $1.2 million on Claiborne Ranch.
Contracted to the name Hip 8 from Gainesway, the bay is “top” on Claiborne Ranch’s list of private clients, said Bernie Sams, Claiborne’s blood lake manager.
“She’s a nice person with that pedigree,” Sams said. “When he (Benjamin) Leon distributed it with that group of families, it was all expensive. (Claiborne) also bought a few to disband. So we planned it to be expensive. money.”
This cat was bred in Kentucky by Mandy Pope’s Whisper Hill Ranch. Pope gets her dam, wins Medaglia d’Oro mare Princess Silvia, for $1.4 million at the November 2016 Livestock Share Sale in Keeneland. The mare, half-brother to four graded stake winners as well as the Gun Runner dam, has produced four ponies to date, including Tapit 3 year old pony, King Silvio. Whisper Hill Ranch’s hybrid broke her maidenhood last month at Gulfstream Park for coach Kent Sweezey.
“(Hip 8) looks like she’ll be quick,” Sams said. “The guy (customer) was looking for a dirty thing to take two turns with. She got that and there’s a lot of pages in the second dam.”
Gainesway’s Brian Graves expected the scumbag to bring in a significant amount of money in the sales round.
“She was the real one,” said Graves. “She’s a special type and she comes from Gun Runner’s family. It turns out that’s good. She’s a chubby, long-legged one. She’s rough. She has a long neck and steps. going very well. a brick wall and that’s what you would expect in a good quality Road.”
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