Quartet sizzle an eighth in :9 4/5 at Keeneland preview
show
Four two-year-olds breezed an eighth of a mile in :9 4/5 — the fastest time
of the day at that distance — during Thursday’s preview show works, held in
advance of Keeneland’s April Two-Year-Olds in Training Sale. The April Sale is
scheduled for Monday beginning at 4 p.m. (EDT).
Two of those who recorded the swift time came from the first crop of Street
Sense. The dark bay colt, consigned as Hip No. 147 by Wavertree Stables Inc.,
agent, is out of Group 3 winner Good Student (Arg) (Louis Quatorze), while the
dark bay filly, entered in the sale by Murray Smith, agent, as Hip 150, is out
of the unraced Gwinnett (Vindication).
Two other colts also got the eighth in :9 4/5. MIDNIGHT BOURBON (City Place)
is out of Bourbon Night (Arch) and is listed as Hip 107 from the consignment of
Jon Jazdzewski. Hip 138, a gray colt by Broken Vow out of stakes winner Fashion
Girl (Tactical Cat), is consigned by Eddie Woods, agent.
Two colts consigned by Niall Brennan Stables, agent, posted the day’s fastest
time for a quarter-mile on the Polytrack, getting the distance in :20 4/5. They
were Hip 119, a bay colt by Hat Trick (Jpn) out of Chiming Dixie (Dixieland
Band), and Hip 122, gray a colt by Empire Maker out of Cosmic Wish (Dixieland
Band).
“We had a great crowd, great weather and great horses,” Keeneland Director of
Sales Geoffrey Russell said. “We have a very strong, professional group of
consignors who presented quality horses that are very well prepared and worked
well throughout the day.”
Keeneland has posted work videos of from the preview show on its website,
Keeneland.com. Videos
will be available for viewing through the April 11 sale. Buyers will be able to
email a link for each video, as well as post it on Facebook and Twitter.
Work video also will be available in Keeneland’s sales pavilion TV viewing
room beginning at 8 a.m. on Friday. HRTV will highlight preview day works on a
broadcast to air Friday at 9:30 p.m.
The April Sale will be broadcast live by HRTV and at
Keeneland.com.