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Sales Fall Off Record-Setting Pace

Posted on: Friday, 16 September 2005, 00:00 CDT

Sep. 15--The Keeneland September Yearling sale dropped out of hyper drive yesterday after two record-setting days.

Late in the day, Demi O'Byrne, buyer for Coolmore, broke the six-figure barrier for the first time in the third session.

O'Byrne paid $1 million for a Mr. Greeley colt who is out of a half sister to graded stakes winner Burning Roma. The colt was consigned by Denali Stud.

The sale, which continues through Sept. 26 with no sale Friday, continued to move at a brisk pace as several buyers shut out of the market by big-spenders took their turn.

The sale grossed $50.2 million yesterday up 14.5 percent from the same day last year. The average price of $178,216 was up almost 12 percent, and the median price of $130,000 was the same as last year.

The first horse into the ring yesterday morning sold for $410,000. John Servis, who trained Kentucky Derby winner Smarty Jones, bought the Stormin Fever colt for Rick Porter's Fox Hill Farm. Porter, a Wilmington, Del., auto dealer, raced Rockport Harbor and Jostle.

John Oxley, who owned Kentucky Derby winner Monarchos, paid $675,000 for a Giant's Causeway filly out of Prospect of Joy, an unraced Mr. Prospector mare.

Bob and Beverly Lewis, two-time Kentucky Derby winners with Silver Charm and Charismatic, bought a Silver Deputy colt for $600,000. The colt is out of the Storm Cat mare, Saudi Poetry, and from the family of champion filly and Kentucky Oaks winner Silverbulletday.

They later bought a Tiznow colt for $500,000.

Winchell Thoroughbreds purchased a Cherokee Run colt for $700,000.

Kendall-Jackson winery owner Jess Jackson paid $950,000 for an Unbridled's Song colt, out of a Storm Cat mare, for his Stonestreet Stables.

Jerome and Ann Moss, who owned this year's Kentucky Derby winner Giacomo, went to $650,000 for a Gone West filly.

Earlier, they bought a Kissin Kris filly for $170,000. She is the daughter of a half-sister to champion mare Jewel Princess.

A Storm Cat filly out of a half sister to Tale of the Cat and from the family of Johannesburg, sold for $650,000 to Robert and Lawana Low.

A War Chant colt out of a half sister to Pulpit sold for $575,000 to Erdenheim Farm.

Bloodstock agent Buzz Chace paid $500,000 for a Pulpit colt out of the Storm Cat mare Zing.

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Source: Lexington Herald-Leader (Lexington, Ky.)

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