Spring at Last highlights Tuesday session at Keeneland

SPRING AT LAST (Silver Deputy), a three-year-old racing prospect, sold for

the top price of $675,000 to J. Paul Reddam at Tuesday's session of the Keeneland

November Breeding Stock Sale in Lexington, Kentucky. The colt is a half-brother

to Grade 1 winner Sharp Lisa (Dixieland Band), who was co-owned by Reddam before

being sold for $3.4 million at the Fasig-Tipton November Selected Mixed Sale.

Spring at Last broke his maiden in his debut at Belmont Park in July. He

finished third in a pair of two-turn allowance races, then fourth in the

Paterson S. on the turf at the Meadowlands. In his most recent outing, he rolled

to a 7 1/2-length victory over allowance foes at Aqueduct on November 11. To

date, he has earned $65,650 from a record of 5-2-0-2.

The dark bay colt is out of the Dynaformer mare Winter's Gone, a half-sister

to multiple Grade 1 winner Bien Bien (Manila), multiple Grade 3 winner Dr.

Schwartzman (Fluorescent Light) and black-type winner Fantasy Lover (Raja

Baba).

The session topper was consigned by WinStar Racing, agent. He was cataloged

as Hip No. 3378 and was the last horse in the sales ring.

ALJAWZA (Riverman), in foal on a May 14 cover to Sahm, was the top-priced

broodmare, fetching $225,000 from BBA Ireland. Consigned by Shadwell Farm, the

15-year-old mare has produced 2002 Royal Lodge S. (Eng-G2) winner Al Jadeed

(Coronado's Quest) and multiple stakes winner and Grade 3-placed Areek (Deputy

Minister).

Aljawza is a half-sister to Gay Gallanta (Woodman), the 1994 champion

two-year-old filly in Europe and the dam of two-time English Group 2 winner

Byron (Green Desert) and Irish Group 2 winner Sportsworld (Alleged). She is out

of French stakes winner Gallanta (Fr) (Nureyev), a half-sister to three

black-type winners, including champion Gay Mecene (*Vaguely Noble) and Grade 3

winner Lassie Dear (Buckpasser), the dam of 1992 Broodmare of the Year Weekend

Surprise (Secretariat). This is the same female family as 1992 Horse of the Year

and leading sire A. P. Indy (Seattle Slew) and classic winner Summer Squall

(Storm Bird).

Aljawza, who has a weanling filly by Dixie Union, was cataloged as Hip 3011.

A colt by Forest Camp, Hip 3154, was the highest-priced weanling, selling for

$210,000 to Bloodstock Management II. The chestnut is the third foal out of the

unraced Storm Bird mare In the Future, a half-sister to Grade 1 winner and $1.2

million-earner Victory Speech (Deputy Minister) and stakes winner Euro Code

(Forestry).

The Kentucky-bred was consigned by Taylor Made Sales Agency, agent for Aaron

and Marie Jones.

On Tuesday, 248 horses sold for $7,615,000, an increase of 14.4 percent

compared to the same session last year when 239 horses brought $6,653,700. The

average price rose 10.3 percent, from $27,840 to $30,706, while the median price

increased 22.2 percent, from $18,000 to $22,000.

Through nine sessions of the 14-day auction, 2,169 horses have sold for

$298,422,400, an increase of 6.2 percent compared to last year's aggregate of

$281,046,100 for 2,147 horses. The average price is up 5.1 percent, from

$130,902 to $137,585, and the median price is up 30 percent, from $50,000 to

$65,000.

The sale continues Wednesday at 10 a.m. (EST). For complete results, visit

keeneland.com.