Offered early in the sale as Lot 26 by Gainesway as agent, the filly from dual Grade I winner Life at Ten fetched $1.2million to the bid of Larry Bests's Oxo Equine and is a half-sister to Grade II placed Singing Bullet. The filly had a big pedigree update on the day of the sale when her two year-old half-sister Bohemian Queen won at Woodbine on debut.
She was initially a $500,000 purchase for Blue Sky Stables at the Keeneland November Sale last year as a weanling.
Not far behind in selling for $1million was a colt from good producer Party Silks, the half-brother to Grade II winner Upstart bought by MVMagnier and Bob Baffert, who trained American Pharoah throughout his illustrious career.
"I like the sire. He made me famous," a jovial Bob Baffert told Bloodhorse , after signing the ticket for Magnier.
"Of the ones I've seen, I really liked him. He's a late foal, he's going to change a lot, and it should be for the better, so I'm excited about it.
"They had him looking great. It was love at first sight. I see a lot of American Pharoah in him. He's stamping his foals pretty well. Their head, their demeanor. You never think you're going to go that high, but there's a lot of excitement here, and a lot of really good horses here. Hopefully he can follow in his daddy's steps."
The sale continues tomorrow.
American Pharoah is headed back to Coolmore Australia this spring at a fee of $66,000 and his first Southern Hemisphere foals are being born now.
