Tapit colt sells for $2.1 million during third Keeneland September session

Tapit colt sells for $2.1 million during third Keeneland

September session

"She's beautiful," said Zayat, whose family races 2015

Triple Crown winner American Pharoah. "Her pedigree spoke and she had all the

parts. She passed the vetting and we loved her. She's a beautiful filly and

we're excited to add her to the family."

Zayat said the filly will be owned in partnership with

Coolmore.

Thirty minutes after the session started, Coolmore's M.V.

Magnier paid $1.15 million for a War Front colt from the family of deceased

leading sire Pulpit (A.P. Indy).

Claiborne Farm, agent, consigned the colt, whose dam, the

A.P. Indy mare Orate, is a full sister to Pulpit. The colt, Hip 495, is a half-brother to

stakes winner Endless Chatter (First Samurai).

"He's a War Front and comes from a great family," said Magnier, who has

purchased three colts by War Front for a total of $2.55 million at the sale.

"Just a very nice horse. He's a great mover. He's just a quality horse."

Pope paid $1.05 million for Hip 718, a Street Cry filly who is a half-sister to

Grade 1 winner and sire Paynter. Taylor Made Sales Agency, agent, consigned the

filly out of the Cee's Tizzy mare Tizso. Tizso is a full sister to Horse of the

Year Tiznow.

Mayberry Farm signed the ticket for Hip 618, the $1 million War

Front filly consigned by Hill 'n' Dale Sales Agency. She is out of the Unbridled's Song mare Siren Sereade,

who is a half-sister to Breeders' Cup Juvenile

Turf (G1) winner George Vancouver (Henrythenavigator) and Grade 2 winner Saarland

(Unbridled). The filly's

second dam is multiple Grade 1 winner Versailles Treaty (Danzig).

Numbers were up across-the-board for the day. A total of 151 yearlings were

sold on Wednesday, bringing a gross $46,754,000, a $309,629 average and a

$250,000 median. Those numbers represent increases of 57.9 percent, 8.7 percent

and 25 percent, respectively, over the $29,615,000 total, $284,760 average and

$200,000 median that was realized for 104 yearlings on the third day in 2014.

For the first three days of the sale, 443 horses have been purchased for

$134,361,000, a jump of 33.6 percent over the 345 sold for $100,568,000 for the

initial three days last year. The $303,298 average shows a rise of 4 percent

over the 2014 average of $291,501 by this point, while the $250,000 median

remains the same.

Eleven yearlings have sold for $1 million or more compared with 13 from Book

1 last year, which lasted four days. Thursday is a dark day in the sale, which

will resume on Friday with Book 2 at 10 a.m. (EDT). The September Sale continues

through September 26 and is streamed live at keeneland.com.