Two-Year Old Equals World Record At Keeneland April Sale Preview

Lexington, KY – A half-brother to Toyota Blue Grass (G1) contender Cool Coal Man breezed an eighth of a mile in a world-record-equaling time of :9.3 during Monday’s Preview Day works, held prior to Keeneland’s April Two-Year-Olds in Training Sale. The April Sale will be conducted Tuesday and Wednesday evenings, April 8-9. Sale sessions begin at 7 p.m. (ET).

Cataloged as Hip #7, the record-equaling Langfuhr colt is a half-brother to two stakes winners, including recent Fountain of Youth (G2) winner and Kentucky Derby (G1) contender Cool Coal Man. The colt was consigned by Niall Brennan Stables, agent.

Two colts – Hip #45 and Hip # 190 – posted the fastest times of the day at a quarter-mile, each getting the distance in :20.2. Consigned by Kirkwood Stables, agent, Hip #45 is a half-brother by Aldebaran to the graded stakes-placed filly Grace Anatomy. Hip #190, is a colt by Forestry out of Astarita Stakes (G2) winner Broad Dynamite, by Broad Brush. He is consigned by McKathan Brothers, agent.

“This Preview Day was one of our best attended ever,” said Geoffrey Russell, Keeneland’s director of sales. “Perhaps the proximity of the sale to Toyota Blue Grass week made it more convenient for a number of prominent owners and trainers to be on hand today.”

Replays of the works are available on Keeneland’s website. Video replays also will be available in the Keeneland sale pavilion beginning Tuesday morning, April 8. Keeneland will stream live coverage of both sessions of the April Sale on its website at http://www.keeneland.com.

Last year’s April Sale produced a number of prominent alumni, including the undefeated Big Brown, who became a leading Kentucky Derby contender with his dominating wire-to-wire win in the $1 million Florida Derby (G1). The Boundary colt was purchased for $190,000 by Hidden Brook, as agent for co-owner Paul Pompa Jr., from the consignment of Eddie Woods, agent.

Keep Laughing, winner of Sunday’s Lafayette Stakes at Keeneland, was cataloged for last year’s April Sale, but withdrawn due to a minor foot injury. Other recent stakes-winning April Sale alumni include multiple Grade 1 winner Panty Raid; La Habra (G3) winner Passion; Crown Royal American Turf (G3) winner Duveen; Summer Stakes (G3) winner Prussian; Taylor Made Matchmaker (G3) winner Roshani and Japanese Grade 3 winner Eishin Lombard.

Source: www.horseraceinsider.com