Dhamma commands $520,000 at Keeneland

The session-topping mare hails from the immediate family of champion Aldebaran (Juan Garcia/Horsephotos.com)

DHAMMA (Broad Brush), a mare out of a full sister to European highweight

Chimes of Freedom (Private Account), commanded $520,000 from Epona Bloodstock to

top Friday's fifth session of the Keeneland November Breeding Stock Sale in

Lexington, Kentucky. Consigned by Lane's End, agent, the seven-year-old bay is

in foal on a February 26 cover to Mingun. She was cataloged as Hip No. 1513.

Dhamma is a half-sister to multiple Group 3 winner and stakes producer

Dietrich (Storm Cat). Her dam, Piquetnol (Private Account), was runner-up in the

1994 Prix Marcel Boussac (Fr-G1) and is herself a full sister to Chimes of

Freedom, who captured the 1989 Moyglare Stud S. (Ire-G1) and 1990 Coronation S.

(Eng-G1). Chimes of Freedom has produced Aldebaran (Mr. Prospector), the

champion sprinter of 2003 and now a promising freshman sire, as well as Canadian

Grade 1-winning millionaire Good Journey (Nureyev).

This is the family of dual highweight Spinning World (Nureyev), winner of the

1996 Irish Two Thousand Guineas (Ire-G1) and 1997 Breeders' Cup Mile (G1), and

multiple Grade 1 turf star Denon (Pleasant Colony).

Successful in her career debut at Hollywood Park, Dhamma raced only twice

more before retiring with a mark of 3-1-1-0, $36,600.

J. W. R. Bloodstock went to $250,000 to secure the day's most expensive

weanling, a colt from the first crop of 2005 Carter H. (G1) hero Forest Danger

(Forestry). Touring the ring as Hip 1401, the February 10 colt was offered by

Taylor Made Sales Agency, agent. The Kentucky-bred chestnut is the third foal

from the stakes-winning Time to Decide (Wavering Monarch), who is a half-sister

to stakes victress Simply Runaway (Runaway Groom).