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Half-sister to Hystericalady goes for $450,000 at Keeneland

Tuesday's session topper, Concern Nacca, was sold in foal to 2006 Horse of the Year Invasor (Debra Kral/Horsephotos.com) A half-sister to Grade 1 winner Hystericalady (Distorted Humor), who fetched a $3 million bid at the opening session of the Keeneland November Breeding Stock Sale last week, was sold for $450,000 Tuesday to top the ninth session of the Lexington, Kentucky, auction. CONCERN NACCA (Concern), an unraced eight-year-old consigned by Niknar Farm, went to Tasuku Tsuji after touring the ring as Hip No. 3377. Like her famous half-sibling, Concern Nacca is out of of the Chilean champion Sacramentada (Chi) (Northair), herself a half-sister to Group 1 winner Senora Bonita (Stately Form). Sacramentada also produced the stakes-placed Broad Picture (Broad Brush) and Torrey Pines (Woodman), and is the second dam of the Group 3-placed Patota de Cosme (Notation). Concern Nacca has had two winners from as many to race and was sold in-foal to 2006 Horse of the Year Invasor (Arg) on an April 27 cover. The session's second highest price belonged to FINE FLYER (Fusaichi Pegasus), a four-year-old colt who garnered a final bid of $165,000 from Samantha Will for David Will. Consigned by WinStar Racing, agent, Fine Flyer was offered as Hip 3383.

Out of the stakes-placed Fineza (Lypheor [GB]), Fine Flyer is a half-brother to multiple Grade 1 winner Keeper Hill (Deputy Minister) and a three-quarter brother to Grade 2 scorer Golden Gear (Gulch). This female family has produced the Grade/Group 1 scorers Clabber Girl (Alydar) and Torrential (Gulch), as well as the Grade 1 winner and acclaimed sire Fappiano (Mr. Prospector).

Campaigned by WinStar Farm and trained by Dale Romans, Fine Flyer currently possesses a record of 9-2-0-4, $89,964. In his most recent start, at Churchill Downs on November, Fine Flyer captured a first-level allowance by 2 3/4 lengths going 1 1/16 miles.

The ninth session concluded with declines in gross, average and median in comparison to the same session a year ago. On Tuesday, 232 horses sold for $5,395,500, a decline of 34.2 percent from last year when $8,200,300 was realized from the sale of 268 head. The average dropped 24 percent, from $30,598 to $23,256, while median dropped 33.3 percent, from $22,500 to $15,000.

After nine sessions of the sale, 1,821 horses have changed hands for $173,294,800, a decline of 46.1 percent compared to this point last year when 2,141 horses had sold for $321,774,400. The average is off 36.7 percent, from $150,292 to $95,165, while median is down 33.8 percent from $65,000 to $43,000.

The 15-day sale continues Wednesday with the session getting underway at 10 a.m. (EST). For more information, visit keeneland.com.

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