$500,000 Medaglia d'Oro colt paces Keeneland Saturday session

A Medaglia d'Oro colt topped Saturday's session (Photo by Z/Keeneland Association)

Zayat Stables purchased a Medaglia d'Oro colt for a session-topping $500,000

at the Keeneland September Yearling Sale on Saturday. The dark bay was cataloged

as Hip No. 1592 and consigned by Eaton Sales, agent.

The colt hails from the immediate family of Canadian champion sprinter and

successful sire Langfuhr (Danzig), as well as multiple Canadian stakes winner

and stakes producer Princess Ruckus (Bold Ruckus). The yearling's dam, the

unraced Game Trick (Clever Trick), is a full sister to stakes victor Dakota's

Trick, and she has also produced the stakes-placed Twenty Eight Hours (Sky

Mesa).

A son of Maria's Mon, Hip 1371, brought the day's second-highest price of

$390,000 from RBTS for Sequoia Racing. The bay is the second registered foal

from the Lost Soldier mare She Nuit All, who is herself a half-sister to $1.6

million earner Octave (Unbridled's Song), heroine of last year's Coaching Club

American Oaks (G1) and Mother Goose S. (G1), as well as Grade 2-winning stakes

producer Belle Cherie (Belong to Me). The yearling was offered by Gainesway,

agent.

Three tied for the honor of being the session's top-selling fillies at

$310,000. Hip 1421, a daughter of Tiznow from the consignment of Denali Stud

(Craig and Holly Bandoroff), agent, went to Tom Gentry, agent. Out of the

unraced Troubling (Storm Cat), she is closely related to Iowa Derby hero Tiz Now

Tiz Then (Tiznow), who was third in the July 27 Jim Dandy S. (G2). Also

appearing under her first dam is the promising Irish two-year-old Maoineach (Congaree),

the winner of the August 31 Round Tower S. (Ire-G3) in her debut. The bay

filly's second dam is four-time Grade 1 star and millionaire Dispute (Danzig).

E. Paul Robsham Stable LLC went to $310,000 to buy a chestnut filly by More

Than Ready. Offered by Eaton Sales, agent for Overbrook Farm, Hip 1518 was

produced by the unraced Circle of Gold (Seeking the Gold), a full sister to

once-beaten champion Flanders (Seeking the Gold), who is herself the dam of

champion and $1.8 million earner Surfside (Seattle Slew). The youngster is a

half-sister to the multiple stakes-placed Chatham (Maria's Mon).