Sequel-bred Vekoma colt tops Book 2 at Keeneland September

A colt by leading second-crop sire and multiple Grade 1 winner Vekoma sold for $500,000 to top the New York-bred yearlings sold during the Book 2 sessions of the Keeneland September sale Wednesday and Thursday in Lexington.

Bloodstock agent Barry Berkelhammer, bidding on behalf of Albaugh Family Racing, West Point Thoroughbreds and Team Railbird, landed Hip 566[2] during Wednesday’s session.

Bred by and foaled at Sequel New York LLC in Hudson, the colt is out of the winning Yes It’s True mare True History. She’s the dam of the 3-year-old Violence gelding Rout, who sold for $280,000 at the 2023 Fasig-Tipton Saratoga New York-bred yearling sale; and the five-time winning New York-bred Destin mare True Destiny.

Consigned by Hunter Valley Farm, agent, the colt originally sold out of the Burleson Farms consignment for $180,000 to Cherry Knoll Farm at this year’s Keeneland January horses of all ages sale.

The Vekoma colt was one of seven New York-breds that sold during Book 2 for a total of $1,610,000, an average price of $230,000 and median of $200,000.

Wednesday’s session also included the sale of Hip 386[4], a colt by Horse of the Year Flightline that brought $350,000 from SBA Racing. Bred by and foaled at Thirty Year Farm in Saratoga Springs and consigned by Taylor Made Sales Agency, agent, the colt is the first foal out of the Grade 3-winning Union Rags mare Lady Scarlet.

Lady Scarlet, winner of the Grade 3 Miss Preakness Stakes in 2022 at Pimlico Race Course, won four of 12 starts and earned $307,530. Thirty Year Farm purchased the mare carrying the Flightline colt in utero for $625,000 at the 2023 Keeneland November breeding stock sale.

Hip 615[5], a daughter of Good Magic out of the winning Arch mare Ardara, brought the top price for a New York-bred filly in Book 2 on a bid of $250,000 from Rich Emmett during Wednesday’s session.

Bred by Mill Creek Farm and Fortune Farm and foaled at Mill Creek in Stillwater, the filly originally sold as a weanling for $180,000 to No Money No Honey at the 2024 Fasig-Tipton Saratoga fall mixed sale. Consigned by Keeneland September by Hunter Valley Farm, agent, the filly is the ninth foal out of the Ardara and a half-sister to Grade 2 winner Miss Marissa, stakes-placed winner The X and four other winners.

Fortune Farm’s Richard Nicolai purchased the Ontario-bred Ardara carrying the Good Magic filly in utero for $105,000 at the 2023 Keeneland November sale.

The Keeneland September sale resumes Saturday with Book 3 after a scheduled dark day Friday.

Source URL: https://www.nytbreeders.org/news/2025/09/12/sequel-bred-vekoma-colt-tops-book-2-at-keeneland-september/

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