Equestrian Excellence: The Astonishing Horse That Sold for Almost $6 Million(Video)
Taking over the leading position in the 2016 Keeneland September Yearling sale is Hip 399, a colt by leading sire Tapit out of graded stakes winner Hooh Why (Cloud Hopping). Hooh Why won Keeneland’s 2009 Ashland (G1) during her 54-race career in which she won 12 times and earned $1,244,809. Consigned by Baccari Bloodstock, the colt hammered for $1.2 million to J.J. Crupi, topping yesterday’s highest-priced colt at $1 million.
“The mare was a really good racehorse herself, and
The mare was a really good racehorse herself, and physically he’s a very special Tapit,” Chris Baccari of Baccari Bloodstock said.
“He has a beautiful body and a big walk,” J.J. Crupi said after signing the ticket for the colt. “We weren’t leaving here without him. I fell in love with him when I saw him come out of his stall. I thought he was gorgeous.”
Crupi said the yearling will be broken in Florida at New Castle Farm and probably would join trainer Todd Pletcher.
The story of the afternoon was the non-sale of the first colt out of Horse of the Year Havre de Grace. Consigned by Mr. and Mrs. T. Wayne Sweezey’s Timber Town, the War Front colt (Hip 383) was bred by Mandy Pope. Bidding was initially quick on the smart-looking bay, but stalled out suddenly at $1.9 million and did not go any higher.
