Mine That Bird relative brings $200,000 at Keeneland September

Last updated: 9/18/14 8:27 PM

Mine That Bird relative brings
$200,000 at Keeneland September

Thursday’s Keeneland September session topper is
related to KY Derby victor Mine That Bird

(EquiSport Photos)

Hip No. 3024, a chestnut son of Midshipman, topped Thursday’s 10th session of
the Keeneland September Yearling Sale when purchased by Midwest Thoroughbreds
for $200,000. He came from the Betz Thoroughbreds Inc., agent, consignment.

The Kentucky-bred yearling is out of the unraced Aspen Whisper (Mr. Greeley),
making him a half-brother to the dam of listed-placed What About Mary (Triano).
Aspen Whisper is herself a half-sibling to stakes diva Golden Sunray (Crafty
Prospector) and, perhaps more importantly, Mining My Own (Smart Strike).

That mare never competed on track but found success in the breeding shed as
the dam of 2009 Kentucky Derby upsetter Mine That Bird (Birdstone) and multiple
Grade 1-winning millionaire Dullahan (Even the Score).

Farther back this female family also includes champion Ambassador of Luck
(What Luck).

The highest-priced filly sold earlier Thursday for $110,000 to H.H., agent.
Consigned by Warrendale Sales, agent for Silver Fern Farm, Hip 2904 is by
Twirling Candy and out of Sambuca Classica (Cat Thief).

The bay miss is a half-sister to dual stakes victor Anytime Magic (Fusaichi
Pegasus), who brought $30,000 at the 2011 Keeneland September Yearling Sale. The
duo’s second dam is multiple Grade 1-placed stakes vixen In Her Glory (Miswaki)
and their fourth dam is Quillesian (*Princequillo), who foaled champion Revidere
(Reviewer).

Thursday’s top filly counts as her fifth dam Alanesian (Polynesian),
ancestress of such notables as multiple Grade 1-winning multi-millionaire sire
Harlan’s Holiday (Harlan) and sire Boldnesian.

For the 10th session, 276 horses sold for $9,376,000 at an average of $33,971
and a median of $25,000. The gross and average both increased, by 3.7 percent
and 9.4 percent, respectively, over last year when 291 were purchased for
$9,038,600 at an average of $31,060. The median remained the same.

With three days left in the sale, 2,153 yearlings have exchanged hands for
$268,795,000, a miniscule drop of 1.7 percent when compared to this point in
2013 when 2,313 had brought $273,475,100. The cumulative average has risen 5.6
percent, from $118,234 to $124,847, while the median has jumped 10.8 percent,
from $65,000 to $72,000.

The auction continues Friday and runs through Sunday with sessions beginning
daily at 10 a.m. (EDT).

For complete results, the catalog, updates, outs, and live video of the sale,
log onto keeneland.com.