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Malibu Moon colt attracts winning bid of $250,000 The Overbrook Farm dispersal continued to exert an influence at the Keeneland November Breeding Stock Sale on Sunday, with a Malibu Moon weanling selling to Total Dispersal Bloodstock for the top price of $250,000 during the sixth session. Cataloged as Hip No. 1775, the March 1 colt was consigned by Eaton Sales, agent for Overbrook. The Kentucky-bred bay was produced by the unraced Storm Cat mare Restless Cat, who is a full sister to Grade 1 hero and noted sire Hennessy. Restless Cat is also a half-sister to Grade 1 queen Pearl City (Carson City) and multiple Grade 3 winner Shy Tom (Blushing Groom [Fr]). This is the family of European champion juvenile Hold That Tiger (Storm Cat), Belmont S. (G1) victor and millionaire Editor's Note (Forty Niner), and champion two-year-old filly Family Style (State Dinner), among others.
Whisper Hill Farm snapped up a Bluegrass Cat filly from the consignment of Eaton Sales, agent, for $200,000. Hip 2082 is a half-sister to Hong Kong Horse of the Year Electronic Unicorn (Housebuster) and Kentucky Oaks (G1) heroine Blushing K.D. (Blushing John), and she is also a three-quarter sister to Canadian champion turf mare Ambitious Cat (Storm Cat). Their dam is the winning Roberto mare Lilac Garden. The dark bay filly was foaled in Kentucky on February 26. Rounding out the top five was Hip 1717, a dark bay Harlan's Holiday colt who commanded $180,000 from A Delaware Corp. Consigned by Mill Ridge Sales, agent, the March 16 Kentucky-bred is the second registered foal from the winning Motivated Sreva (Lear Fan), who is a half-sister to Grade 2 victor Adore the Gold (Formal Gold). The day's joint best-selling mares each brought $170,000. Hancock and Adger went to that price for Hip 1732, OCEAN MOON (Malibu Moon), from the Highclere Sales, agent, consignment. The winning three-year-old, who is a half-sister to current multiple Group 2-placed juvenile King Ledley (Stormin Fever), is carrying her first foal to First Samurai on an April 9 cover. Ocean Moon was produced by the winning Mt. Kobla (Mt. Livermore), herself a half-sister to reigning Florida Derby (G1) hero Quality Road (Elusive Quality). Also fetching $170,000 was the stakes-winning FAST DEAL (Grand Slam), who was knocked down to Spendthrift Farm. Consigned by Eaton Sales, agent for the Overbrook dispersal, as Hip 2004, the six-year-old mare was bred to Lemon Drop Kid on a February 18 cover but is believed to have aborted the foal. Fast Deal, who earned $273,058 from a 40-5-9-7 record, is out of the Storm Cat mare Catty and traces to an excellent Phipps Family line. Among the luminaries on her catalog page is Hall of Famer Inside Information (Private Account), the dam of champion Smuggler (Unbridled) and the second dam of current Pennsylvania Derby (G2) and Ohio Derby (G2) hero Gone Astray (Dixie Union). On Sunday, 236 horses were sold for $9,695,900, a decline of 10.5 percent from the corresponding session last year, when $10,835,200 was realized by 203 horses. The average plunged 23 percent, from $53,375 to $41,084, while the median plummeted by 33.3 percent, from $42,000 to $28,000. The cumulative figures are likewise in negative territory across the board. After six sessions, 1,285 horses have changed hands for $139,417,100, down nearly 10 percent from this point in 2008, when a gross of $154,902,200 was posted by 1,157 horses. The average is off by nearly 19 percent, from $133,883 to $108,496, and the median had dropped 21.4 percent, from $70,000 to $55,000. The 13-day marathon resumes Monday, beginning at 10 a.m. (EST). For more information, as well as live video of the sale, log onto keeneland.com.
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