Havre de Grace commands $10 million from Whisper Hill

Havre de Grace rebounded from that tough loss by comfortably beating males in

the Grade 1 Woodward Stakes, then dusted eventual three-year-old filly champion

Royal Delta by 8 1/4 lengths in the Grade 1 Beldame Invitational. Although Havre

de Grace was only fourth in the Breeders' Cup Classic versus males at Churchill

Downs, she had already wrapped up the champion older female title, and had done

enough to secure the golden Eclipse statuette as Horse of the Year.

Remaining in training for 2012, Havre de Grace returned to action with a 4

1/2-length victory in the March 17 New Orleans Ladies at Fair Grounds.

Unfortunately, she developed an injury to her right front ankle and was retired

in late April. She compiled a record of 16-9-4-2, $2,586,175.

Havre de Grace, from the only crop of ill-fated 2005 Horse of the Year Saint

Liam, was produced by the winning Carson City mare Easter Bunnette. Her second

dam, Grade 2-placed stakes victress Toll Fee (Topsider), is also the ancestress

of multiple Grade 1-winning millionaire Riskaverse (Dynaformer) as well as Grade

3 scorers Cozzy Corner (Cozzene), Bouquet Booth (Flower Alley) and Tasteyville

(With Approval).

With her third dam being Broodmare of the Year Toll Booth (Buckpasser), Havre

de Grace hails from the terrific family of Horse of the Year and supersire A.P.

Indy (Seattle Slew), Preakness-winning sire Summer Squall (Storm Bird),

champions Lemon Drop Kid (Kingmambo) and Plugged Nickle (Key to the Mint) and

successful sire Raja Baba (Bold Ruler).

Havre de Grace was the most spectacular of a total of 15 horses who went for

$1 million or more.

At the conclusion of Monday's sale, Fasig-Tipton reported that 87 horses were

sold for $60,220,000. The gross skyrocketed 83.9 percent from the $32,745,000

realized by 79 sellers one year ago. The average soared virtually 67 percent,

from $414,494 to $692,184. The $190,000 median, however, declined 5 percent from

the $200,000 recorded in 2011.

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