Royal Obsession sells for $1.15 million to Stonestreet on Day 3 at Keeneland

Royal Obsession sells for $1.15 million to Stonestreet on

Day 3 at Keeneland

Consigned by Three Chimneys Farm, agent for the Complete

Dispersal of Nat Rea's Regis Farms LP, the session-topping Royal Obsession is

out of the Tiznow mare Rote, a half-sister to Grade 1 winner Magnificent Song.

The filly sold as a weanling for $550,000 at the 2013 November Sale.

John Moynihan, bloodstock adviser to Stonestreet, indicated

Royal Obsession would continue in training with Steve Asmussen at Churchill

Downs.

"She's been training absolutely lights-out super, and

Steve's high on her," Moynihan said. "We decided to take a shot. She'll run for

us (and Asmussen). She looks like she'll be a breeding prospect for next year. I

thought she would bring a million dollars, but I didn't know where she would go

past that. We're happy."

Three Chimneys Chief Commercial Officer Case Clay agreed.

"She's on her fourth five-furlong breeze and is doing

really well," Clay said. "Beautiful mare with a lot of potential, and she's

ready to run. Hopefully, Stonestreet will have some luck with her."

OVERPREPARED, a stakes-winning daughter of Quality Road in

foal to leading first-crop sire Uncle Mo, sold for the day's second-highest

price of $450,000 to Woodford Thoroughbreds.

Taylor Made Sales Agency, agent, consigned Overprepared, a

three-year-old half-sister to Grade 1 winner Shadow Cast. She is out of the

Dayjur mare Daily Special and from the family of Canadian champion Legarto.

"She's gorgeous, she had an absolute beautiful physical," said Matt Lyons,

general manager of Woodford Thoroughbreds. "She's a half to a Grade 1 winner.

She's in foal to the right horse, and she's nice and young. She was our pick of

the day on the physical."

Two mares brought the session's third-highest price of

$410,000 each.

HARBOR MIST, a stakes-winning daughter of Rockport Harbor

in foal to Speightstown, sold for the amount to WinStar Farm. Nursery Place,

agent, consigned the six-year-old mare, who is out of the Risen Star mare

Jaramar Miss. Harbor Mist is a half-sister to stakes winner Jaramar Rain.

"(She's a) good mare, in foal to the right horse," said Elliott Walden,

president and CEO and racing manager of WinStar, which stands Speightstown. "I

thought she was top-end and would bring about (the $410,000 price). I think the

(market) is fair, but not crazy. It's a good market."

Selling for the same price to Margaret O'Toole was PASSION

OVERFLOW, an eight-year-old daughter of Hennessy in foal to Quality Road. Out of

the Thatching mare Polar Bird, Passion Overflow is a half-sister to Group 1

winner Ocean Ridge and stakes winners My Redbyrd, Fokine and Polar Circle. She

was consigned by Lane's End, agent.                                             

"She's the dam of a very nice stakes filly in Ireland and

she'll go back to Ireland," O'Toole said, referring to the mare's two-year-old

stakes winner Bebhinn, by Street Boss. "I bought her for a partnership."

At $370,000, the session's top-priced weanling was a colt

by Uncle Mo acquired by Copper River Farm. Summerfield, agent for Parrish Hill

Farm, consigned the colt, who is out of the winning Hennessy mare Gypsy Sage and

from the family of Grade 3 winner Derrianne and Grade 1 stakes-placed Normandy

Invasion.

The November Sale continues through Friday, November 13.

Sessions start at 10 a.m. (EST). The entire sale is streamed live at

Keeneland.com.