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Two bring $200,000 as Keeneland sale rolls on

Last updated: 11/11/13 7:26 PM

Business is well ahead of last year with three days left in the Keeneland November sale

(Keeneland/Coady Photography)

BELLA FELICITA (El Prado), a four-year-old filly in foal to Macho Uno on a

February 24 cover, was gaveled down to Preferred Equine, agent for Lindy Farms,

for $200,000 at Monday's seventh session of the 2013 Keeneland November Breeding

Stock Sale. Hip No. 2218 was consigned by Adena Springs.

An unraced daughter of stakes winner My Marchesa (Stately Don), Bella

Felicita is a half-sister to multiple Canadian Grade 3 winner Mark One (Alphabet

Soup), Japanese stakes winner Daiwa Carson (Carson City) and the Grade 2-placed

Golden Corona (Gulch).

My Marchesa, also the second dam of Grade 3 winner Pleasant Prince (Indy

King), is herself a half-sister to Canadian Grade 2 winner Black Cash (Deposit

Ticket). This female family has yielded Broodmare of the Year Toll Booth (Buckpasser)

and leading sire Raja Baba (Bold Ruler).

Bella Felicita, in her last trip through the sales ring as a Keeneland

September yearling, failed to meet her reserve when bidding stalled at $30,000.

Also selling for $200,000 was the six-year-old racing or stallion prospect

WORLDLY (A.P. Indy), who was secured by Xavier International Bloodstock, agent.

Hip 2423 was consigned by St. George Sales, agent.

Exiting at third-place finish in the November 1 Breeders' Cup Marathon (G2)

at Santa Anita, Worldly register his only stakes win in the 2011 Prairie Meadows

H. Grade 2-placed in the Kentucky Jockey Club S. and Grade 3-placed in the Ohio

Derby and Northern Dancer S., the Kentucky-bred owns a mark of 28-3-9-4,

$422,319.

A son of multiple Grade 1 winner Urbane (Citidancer), Worldly is a full

brother to multiple Grade 2 winner Suave. This female family has yielded noted

sire Lyphard (Northern Dancer) and Grade 1 winners Flower Alley (Distorted

Humor), No Review (Nodouble), and Another Review (Buckaroo).

A weanling colt from the first crop of multiple grass champion Gio Ponti was

purchased by JCDW for $165,000. Born on January 11 in Ontario, he was offered by

Beau Lane Bloodstock, agent, as Hip 2355.

The chestnut was produced by the stakes-placed Kissin Party (Kissin Kris), a

half-sister to Grade 3-placed multiple stakes winner Barrier Reef (Mizzen Mast).

Calumet Farm was the winning bidder for ALL SEVENS (A.P. Indy) at $130,000.

The seven-year-old mare, in foal to Haynesfield on a February 10 cover, was

consigned by Taylor Made Sales Agency, agent, and sported Hip 2195.

All Sevens, who has produced the unraced juvenile filly Beach Music (City

Zip), a yearling filly by Hold Me Back, and a weanling colt by Haynesfield, is

out of the stakes-winning Six Sexy Sisters (Langfuhr), a full sister to Canadian

Horse of the Year and Triple Crown winner Langfuhr.

Six Sexy Sisters and Langfuhr were reared by the Grade 2-winning Kathie's

Colleen (Woodman), a half-sister to Grade 1 winner Beau Genius (Bold Ruckus).

At the conclusion of trading Monday, 304 horses had sold for $8,960,100, an

increase of 60.4 percent over the corresponding session in 2012 when 271 head

sold for $5,584,700. The session average increased 43 percent, from $20,608 to

$29,474, while the median was up 44.1 percent, from $17,000 to $24,500.

The cumulative receipts have continued to climb well above last year's total

gross with three days remaining in the auction. With seven days in the books,

1,643 horses have sold for $179,416,800, up 37.8 percent over this point last

year when 1,473 horses had sold for $130,171,600. The average is up 23.6

percent, from $88,372 to $109,201, while the median has risen 30 percent, from

$40,000 to $52,000.

The sale continues daily through Thursday with sessions beginning each day at

10 a.m. (EST).

For complete results, please visit

keeneland.com.

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