From the third and fourth sessions of the Keeneland January Horses of All Ages sale, a good number of mares, short yearlings plus a few horses of racing age were purchased by Canadians. This follows the first two sessions which saw about a dozen horses picked up by Canadians including Barry Arnason, Conrad Farms and Spring Farm.
Arnason, from Manitoba, and Dr. John Brown’s Spring Farm in Ontario were active again on most recent two sessions of the sale.
The list of some of the Canadian buyers from the last two sessions of the sale is below.
At the final session, Ontario’s Sam-Son Farms sold the top priced horse.
Electricita, a 4-year-old daughter of Ghostzapper, who is from the family of Canadian Hall of Famer Dancethruthedawn and Grade 1 winner Moreno, sold to Cecil Seaman, agent for longtime client Jon Marshall, for $180,000 during Thursday’s fourth session of the Keeneland January Horses of All Ages Sale.
Electricita, who is out of the A.P. Indy mare Dance With Doves, is a half-sister to stakes winner Dance Again and stakes-placed Swoop and Strike. She was consigned by Sam-Son Farm, a prominent Canadian breeding operation that recently began offering horses in the commercial sales market.
Seaman’s associate Sally Nims acknowledged the rare opportunity to buy a filly from a highly prized Sam-Son family.
“You can’t find anything in the family, so he was thrilled when this filly was offered,” she said.
“We were very reasonable with our reserve,” Sam-Son manager David Whitford said. “We were prepared to take her home, of course. We were delighted with the price; it was well above her reserve.
“We knew there were plenty of people who would like her as a broodmare,” he continued. “We’ve got lots of different parts of that family. It’s a family that just keeps on giving to us. We still have lots, so we’re not afraid to sell some. But we don’t do it very often, especially for a nice filly like that.”
With the purchase, Seaman was the session’s leading buyer.
On Thursday, Sam-Son also offered two other fillies who descend from successful Sam-Son families. Sam-Son sold the 4-year-old Giant’s Causeway filly Thrill of Giants, who is out of Canadian champion Catch the Thrill, for $70,000 to Kendel Standlee and the 3-year-old Uncle Mo filly Troubles No Mo, who is from the same family, to Jane Buchanan, agent, for $22,000.
For the session, Keeneland sold 244 horses for $3,448,100, for an average of $14,132 and a median of $7,000.
The 952 horses sold through four sessions of the five-day sale have grossed $41,118,900, for an average of $43,192 and a median of $17,000.
Barry Arnason – Renown, Street Cry (Ire) mare $22,000
Barry Arnason Zero Zee by High Cotton $16,000
Ross McKague – short yearling filly Fed Biz $9,000
Spring Farm – Smart Number, by Curlin, $10,000
Spring Farm Zealous Wildcat $20,000 by Bluegrass Cat
Robert Crean First Samurai short yearing $10,000
Katie Browne Ava’s Playful Run by Doneraile Court $3,000
Slade Callaghan – Go Gigi Go Gigi Go $11,000
– My Sugar Pie $13,000
Krista Cole – Snattered, Blame filly $8,500
Nick Nosowenko – Smart Munny filly by Munnings $9,500
Nick Nosowenko – Curlin’s Tweet by Curlin $11,000
Cole Bennett, filly by H00tenanny $1,000
Cole Bennett filly by Jersey Town $1,200
Dave Cotey agent – Alyssa, by Blame $6,000
Maureen Hewitt-Topp – Bobbi’e Secret by Shanghai Bobby $5,200
Ron Clarkson, agent for Linda Mason, Classe D’oro by Medaglia D’oro $11,000
Dale Desruisseuax – Dictate by Hard Spun 44,000
Cam Ziprick – Frisky Janelle by Henny Hughes $2,200
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