Chester Broman’s 90th birthday celebration highlights busy Saratoga fall mixed sales week

    [1]Chester and Mary Broman in the winner’s circle at Saratoga Race Course. Susie Raisher Photo.

A celebration to honor Chester Broman’s 90th birthday is part of a big several days leading into next month’s Fasig-Tipton Saratoga fall mixed sale in Saratoga Springs.

Broman, who with his late wife Mary established one of New York’s leading breeding and racing operations over the last few decades, will be honored from 5-7 p.m. Monday, October 13 at Fasig-Tipton Saratoga.

“He’s someone near and dear to my heart,” said Sequel Stallions New York’s Becky Thomas, who has worked with the Bromans for more than 20 years and a longtime consignor of their horses at public auctions. “Please come and honor Mr. Broman. … New York-breds were regional sires with very little commercial value until Mr. Broman changed the game. He’s been able to do something the Phipps family has done in Kentucky for years and years. He’s developed families. We have aunts and uncles, nieces and nephews, tremendous families.

“He’s leading the way and has helped a lot of us in New York. He participates in the New York program, at a lot of levels, and allows us to ride on his coattails. What Mr. Broman has done is allowed us to sell New York-breds for $400,000 or $500,000. That was not ever heard of until he did it. He can sell $1 million New York-breds. I am super grateful to him, too, because it’s allowed our farm to develop in a manner that is not just, oh, the asterisk beside it like, ‘that’s a nice horse for a New York-bred.’ He’s taken the asterisk away.”

The open-house style event will include beverages, heavy d’oeuvres and birthday cake, along with a band and video replays of some of the memorable Broman-bred runners through the years.

“Chester has been a pillar of New York breeding and racing, but even more than that, he’s been a mentor, a role model, and a friend to so many of us,” said Dr. Scott Ahlschwede, President of New York Thoroughbred Breeders, Inc. “His passion for horses and his commitment to doing things the right way have set a standard that continues to inspire breeders and owners across the state. It’s a privilege to celebrate his 90th birthday and honor a legacy that continues to make an impact in our sport.”

“Chester Broman represents the very best of New York breeding and racing,” said Najja Thompson, Executive Director of New York Thoroughbred Breeders, Inc. “For decades, he and his family have breed and campaigned top-quality racehorses, strengthening the New York-bred program. We are proud to celebrate his 90th birthday in recognition of his remarkable legacy and the profound impact he has had on our industry.”

The birthday celebration follows the New York Thoroughbred Breeders Inc.’s general membership meeting and seminar from 5-8 p.m. Sunday, October 12 at Fasig-Tipton Saratoga.

The seminar sponsored by the New York Thoroughbred Breeding and Development Fund will feature NYTB’s annual educational seminar. This year’s event is titled “Keeping or Selling? Mapping Your Breeding Goals.”

NYTB board member and Dream Maker Racing Managing Partner Tom Gallo will moderate the discussion panel that features Sequel’s Becky Thomas, Fasig-Tipton’s Peter Penny of Fasig-Tipton and trainer Linda Rice. The panel will discuss how breeders and owners can help manage and forecast their breeding goals, along with keeping up with market demands and long-term objectives for breeding and racing. The free registration is now open here[2].

The Saratoga fall mixed sale, which features a catalog of 281 horses, starts at 10 a.m. Tuesday, October 14.

Endnotes:
  1. [Image]: https://www.nytbreeders.org/news/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/DSC_4320.jpg
  2. here: http://nytbreeders.org/events

Source URL: https://www.nytbreeders.org/news/2025/09/24/chester-bromans-90th-birthday-celebration-highlights-busy-saratoga-fall-mixed-sales-week/

Arctic Beast powers to Aspirant Stakes victory

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Arctic Beast extends in the stretch on the way to his victory in the Aspirant Stakes Monday at Finger Lakes. SV Photography.

Arctic Beast, the fifth most expensive yearling at last year’s Fasig-Tipton Saratoga New York-bred sale, ran his record to 2-for-2 in Monday’s $104,338 Aspirant Stakes for state-bred colts and geldings at Finger Lakes.

Ricardo Santana Jr. rode the 1-5 favorite to a 7 1/4-length victory over 22-1 longshot Diamond Child, with 5-2 second choice Party in the Army third and 25-1 longshot Hey Pal fourth in the field of nine. A son of Yaupon owned by Paradise Farms Corp., JP Racing Stable, David Staudacher, Zilla Racing Stables and Jennifer Rice, Arctic Beast came into the Aspirant off a narrow maiden victory August 15 at Saratoga Race Course.

Trainer Mike Maker shipped Arctic Beast to his barn at Churchill Downs following that maiden win and breezed the colt three times in preparation for the 5 ½-furlong Aspirant, one of four stakes on the card Monday at Finger Lakes.

Arctic Beast broke well from the extreme outside but conceded the early lead to Diamond Child just to his inside. Hey Pal chased those two leaders with the trio of Party in the Army, Chioke and The Last Delivery stacked up just behind.

Diamond Child led through the opening quarter-mile in :22.31, just a head in front of an in hand Arctic Beast. The order up front didn’t change into the far turn and to the half in :45.51.

Santana kept Arctic Beast in the clear, turned for home about four wide and took command at the eighth pole. They drew off from there, extending to the finish to win in 1:04.13 over the sloppy and sealed track.

Arctic Beast picked up $62,603 for the Aspirant victory to boost his bankroll to $112,103.

Bred by Rockridge Stgud LLC, Saratoga Glen Farm and Beal’s Racing Stable LLC and foaled at Rockridge Stud in Hudson, Arctic Beast is the second foal out of multiple New York-bred stakes winner and $584,443-earner Frostie Anne.

Originally purchased as a weanling by Good Luck Farm for $120,000 at the 2023 Fasig-Tipton Saratoga fall mixed sale, Arctic Beast returned to that same sales ring the following August and brought $275,000 from Maker at the Saratoga New York-bred yearling sale.

Frostie Anne, a finalist in 2018 and 2019 for champion New York-bred older dirt female honors, is also the dam of the unraced Malibu Moon colt Malibu Frost who sold for $65,000 at the 2021 Fasig-Tipton Saratoga fall mixed sale.

Endnotes:
  1. [Image]: https://www.nytbreeders.org/news/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/9-22-25-R8s-Arctic-Beast-2.jpg

Source URL: https://www.nytbreeders.org/news/2025/09/22/arctic-beast-powers-to-aspirant-stakes-victory/

Butler homebred Oh hangs on in Lady Finger

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Ricardo Santana Jr. takes a look back and sees Oh is clear en route to winning Monday’s Lady Finger at Finger Lakes. SV Photography.

Oh won the battle and almost lost the war, but had enough left in the tank to capture the $116,000 Lady Finger Stakes for 2-year-old New York-bred fillies Monday at Finger Lakes.

After engaging in a fierce pace battle with Margarita Molly in the 5 1/2-furlong stakes, the William “Buck” Butler homebred had to hold off the fast-closing first-time starter Liberty’s Advance.

The Lady Finger was almost an instant replay of Oh’s first career start at Saratoga Race Course August 28, when she took the lead turning for home and held on to win by a half-length.

Reylu Gutierrez was intent on making the lead aboard Margarita Molly, but was never able to get any separation from Oh as the pair dueled through a quarter mile in :22.32. Ricardo Santana Jr. and Oh got a head in front around the turn and appeared to be traveling better than the hard-ridden Margarita Molly.

Once odds-on favorite Oh vanquished her opponent, she appeared to be headed for an easy victory, but the combination of an honest pace (:46.21 for a half-mile) and her ducking in then drifting out in the stretch welcomed Liberty’s Advance into the fray. Oh dug in when it counted, however, and won by a half-length in a final time of 1:06.06 over the sloppy and sealed track. Mobelladream was third with Margarita Molly fourth.

Oh is by graded stakes-placed Honest Mischief, 2024’s leading freshman sire outside of Kentucky, who stands for $7,500 at Sequel New York in Hudson. Foaled at Cedar Ridge Farm in Pine Plains, Oh is the only winning foal to date out of the unraced Scat Daddy mare Hot Spark, who sold for $15,000 in foal to Honest Mischief at the Fasig-Tipton August Digital Selected Sale in 2024.

Trainer Mike Maker won his eighth stakes race in 15 starts at Finger Lakes over the last five years, then added another when Arctic Beast took the subsequent Aspirant for 2-year-old New York-bred colts and geldings. – Paul Halloran

Endnotes:
  1. [Image]: https://www.nytbreeders.org/news/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/9-22-25-R7s-Oh-1.jpg

Source URL: https://www.nytbreeders.org/news/2025/09/22/butler-homebred-oh-hangs-on-in-lady-finger/

Zi End dominates Niagara for first stakes win

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Zi End and Joel Cruz dominate the Niagara Stakes Monday at Finger Lakes for trainer, breeder and co-owner Debra Breed. SV Photography.

You might say Zi End is a generational talent, and Debra Breed would certainly agree.

By Weekend Hideaway out of the Zivo mare Zismokin Gal, Zi End ran her four opponents off their hooves in Monday’s Niagara Stakes for 3-year-old New York-bred fillies at Finger Lakes, rolling to a 9 3/4-length win.

Breed, who co-owns the homebred with Kariann Breed, also bred and trained the dam and the second dam of Zi End, who improved to 6-for-8 lifetime with $120,560 in earnings.

Starting from the outside post, Zi End, who was coming in off a fourth-place finish against older fillies in the Arctic Queen Stakes September 1 at Finger Lakes, broke with the field but was last in the early stages of the 6-furlong Niagara, as they raced in chronological order by post position.

After a slow start, Mischief Lady rushed to the lead from the rail and took them through a quarter-mile in a swift :22.39. She maintained the lead heading into the turn, but Signifying Nothing and Zi End were right with her before they straightened for home.

Joel Cruz made a winning move aboard favored Zi End around the turn and had taken the lead by the time they hit the top of the stretch. From there they ran up the score, lengthening the lead with every stride. Signifying Nothing held second and Mischief Lady was third. The final time was 1:11.69.

Weekend Hideaway stood four seasons at Irish Hill and Dutchess Views Stallions in Stillwater. A $1.14 million earner on the track he won multiple New York-bred stakes. He is pensioned and living at Old Friends in Georgetown, Kentucky.

Zi End is the first foal out of Zismokin Gal, who is by millionaire Zivo, the Suburban Stakes winner and a Breeders’ Cup Classic runner in 2014. Zismokin Gal is one of five foals out of Smokin Racer, also a Breed homebred. – Paul Halloran

Endnotes:
  1. [Image]: https://www.nytbreeders.org/news/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/9-22-25-R3-s-Zi-End-33.jpg

Source URL: https://www.nytbreeders.org/news/2025/09/22/zi-end-dominates-niagara-for-first-stakes-win/

Hit the Post hammers home in Ontario County

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Old Tavern Farm’s homebred Hit the Post cruises to victory in the Ontario County Stakes Monday at Finger Lakes. SV Photography.

Old Tavern Farm’s homebred Hit the Post, second in back-to-back stakes going two turns, shortened up Monday and delivered as the heavy favorite in the $50,000 Ontario County Stakes at Finger Lakes.

Hit the Post didn’t provide his connections or backers – who hammered the son of Kantharos down to 1-9 in the field of four – with any anxious moments aside from a slightly slow start in the 6-furlong Ontario County. Under Christopher Elliott, Hit the Post recovered from that start and took command over his three foes up the backstretch.

Hit the Post clicked off an opening quarter-mile in :23.37 ahead of 12-1 third choice Rockinmoney with the 8-1 Rock Star Rebel and 26-1 Cast a Coin a little further back. Hit the Post continued on an easy lead into and through the turn, going past the half in :46.59 and well in hand.

Well clear off the turn and into the stretch, Hit the Post zipped past 5 furlongs in :58.65 ahead by 6 lengths and widened from there. He won by 6 1/2 lengths over Cast a Coin, who edged Rockinmoney for the place spot. Hit the Post won in 1:11.

Hit the Post, second in the July 14 New York Derby at Finger Lakes and second in the August 21 Albany Stakes at Saratoga Race Course, prepped for the Ontario County with trainer Melanie Giddings’ string at Saratoga’s Oklahoma Training Track. A maiden winner at Saratoga June 6, Hit the Post improved to 2-for-7 with two seconds and a third with earnings of $168,783.

Foaled at Old Tavern Farm in Stillwater, Hit the Post is the fifth foal out of the winning Medaglia d’Oro mare Memento d’Oro. Walt and Michelle Borisnok’s Old Tavern Farm bought Memento d’Oro in foal to Ghostzapper from the Stronach’s family’s Adena Springs for $160,000 at the 2016 Keeneland November breeding stock sale.

Memento d’Oro is the dam of four winners led by Hit the Post. She’s also the dam of New York-bred winners Seahorse d’Oro and Salsa a Parte, and winner and $131,610-earner Healy’s Hope. She’s also the dam of a yearling New York-bred colt by Charlatan, who RNA’d as a weanling for $127,000 at last year’s Fasig-Tipton Saratoga fall mixed sale; and a weanling colt by Proxy born April 3 in New York.

Endnotes:
  1. [Image]: https://www.nytbreeders.org/news/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/9-22-25-R4-Hit-the-Post-19.jpg

Source URL: https://www.nytbreeders.org/news/2025/09/22/hit-the-post-hammers-home-in-ontario-county/

New York-breds contribute to record Keeneland September sale

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Hip 207, a colt by Constitution bred by Thirty Year Farm in Saratoga Springs, sold for $675,000 to lead all New York-breds at the Keeneland September yearling sale. Photo courtesy of Taylor Made Sales Agency.

The record-setting Keeneland September yearling wrapped up Saturday with New York-breds helping add to the more than $531 million in total receipts.

Fifteen New York-breds brought for $100,000 or more during the 12-session sale, including colts that commanded bids of $675,000 and $500,000 apiece. Keeneland reported sales on 91 of the 113 New York-breds through the ring or via private post-sale for a total of $6,099,500, an average price of $67,028 and median of $23,000.

Hip 207[2], a colt by Constitution bred by Kristen and Matt Esler’s Thirty Year Farm, brought the top price of $675,000 from Case Clay Thoroughbred Management during Book 1. Foaled at Thirty Year Farm in Saratoga Springs, the colt is the sixth foal out of Walking Miracle. He was consigned by Taylor Made Sales Agency, agent.

Thirty Year Farm bought the mare carrying the Constitution colt in utero for $525,000 at the 2023 Keeneland November breeding stock sale. She delivered the colt about two months later, January 26, at the farm not far from Saratoga Race Course.

Walking Miracle, a half-sister to the Grade 3 winner and $279,052-earner Sound Money, is the dam of stakes winners Swill and Stitched. She’s also the dam of a New York-bred weanling colt by Good Magic, foaled March 12 at Thirty Year Farm.

The $500,000 colt, a son of leading second-crop sire and multiple Grade 1 winner Vekoma, sold during the first Book 2 session last week. Bloodstock agent Barry Berkelhammer, bidding on behalf of Albaugh Family Racing, West Point Thoroughbreds and Team Railbird, landed Hip 566[3].

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.

Thirty Year Farm also sold the sale’s top-priced New York-bred filly and fourth highest priced New York-bred yearling overall. Mike Repole’s Repole Stable landed Hip 231[4], a filly by Life Is Good and half-sister to multiple Grade 1 winner Casa Creed, for $350,000 during Book 1.

The filly is the eighth foal out of the unraced Bellamy Road mare Achalaya, who is the dam of five winners from five foals to race. Also foaled at Thirty Year Farm in Saratoga Springs, she was consigned by Paramount Sales, agent.

The five winners include Charlotte’s Heart, a New York-bred daughter of Authentic bred by Thirty Year Farm who sold for $ 725,000 at the 2023 Fasig-Tipton Saratoga sale of selected yearlings. Campaigned by Charlotte Weber’s Live Oak Plantation, Charlotte’s Heart won her debut in 2024 at Saratoga Race Course before a second in the Glorious Song Stakes at Woodbine. She’s 1-2-0 in six starts with $114,732 in earnings.

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Hip 4123 brought the top price for a yearling by a New York-based sire on a bid of $55,000 during Book 5B at Keeneland September. Photo courtesy of Johnson Cross.

Grassroots Training & Sales LLC purchased the sale’s top-priced yearling by a New York-based sire, going to $55,000 for a colt by Mind Control. The colt also topped the final two sessions of the sale, leading the way for Book 5B.

Hip 4123[6], who is out of the unraced Flatter mare First Valentine, sold out of the Johnson Cross consignment. Bred by Rockridge Stud LLC, Animals in Motion and Chesapeake Farm, the colt is the third foal out of First Valentine. She’s the dam of the New York-bred 2-year-old Known Agenda gelding Chairmanoftheboard, who sold for $55,000 at the 2023 Fasig-Tipton Saratoga fall mixed sale.

The colt is from the first crop of multiple Grade 1 winner Mind Control, a 9-year-old son of Stay Thirsty who stands for $8,000 as part of a Rockridge Stud/Irish Hill & Dutchess Views Venture at Rockridge in Hudson.

The next major yearling market featuring New York-breds comes later this month with the Fasig-Tipton Midlantic yearling sale September 30 in Timonium, Maryland.

Endnotes:
  1. [Image]: https://www.nytbreeders.org/news/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/modified_1440.jpg
  2. Hip 207: https://secure.keeneland.com/sales/k225/pdfs/207.pdf
  3. Hip 566: https://secure.keeneland.com/sales/k225/pdfs/566.pdf
  4. Hip 231: https://secure.keeneland.com/sales/k225/pdfs/231.pdf
  5. [Image]: https://www.nytbreeders.org/news/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/modified_3808.jpg
  6. Hip 4123: https://secure.keeneland.com/sales/k225/pdfs/4123.pdf

Source URL: https://www.nytbreeders.org/news/2025/09/21/new-york-breds-contribute-to-record-keeneland-september-sale/

Spirit of New York hangs on to win Bertram F. Bongard

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Spirit of New York fends off Black Volt late to win the Bertram F. Bongard Saturday at Aqueduct. Coglianese Photo.

Spirit of New York bounced back from a solid effort in his open company stakes debut to score in Saturday’s $150,000 Bertram F. Bongard Stakes for New York-bred 2-year-olds.

Owned by Michael Dubb, Stuart Grant’s The Elkstone Group, Winners Win and Mark Parkinson, the son of New York-based sire Honest Mischief won the 6-furlong Bongard by a half-length under Manny Franco. Trained by Adam Rice, Spirit of New York came into the Bongard off a third in the Skidmore Stakes August 16 at Saratoga Race Course.

“He seemed to find his friends,” Rice said. “He was up against it pretty good last time at Saratoga, so maybe New York-bred (company) helped him – three-quarters, big turns here. It was a nice race.

“I’ll be honest with you, I think I left him a little short last time. The way he came back and looked after the race and the way he looked today – that’s going back to the drawing board and taking notes of him. Maybe I made a mistake that he should have been a little more honest. I didn’t think that he was that bad off against open company, but I could have been wrong.

Sent off as the 2-1 favorite in the field of six, Spirit of New York raced third early while Funny Factor and Cristobal clicked off the opening quarter-mile in :22.50 over the firm turf.

Funny Factor still led by a half-length through the half-mile split in :45.25. Spirit of New York came wide out of the far turn and into the lane. He took the lead in upper stretch and led by a length past 5 furlongs in :56.76. Spirit of New York widened his advantage from there while Black Volt, coming out of an open-company maiden win September 1 at Colonial Downs, made a late run in the stretch.

“I had the trip that I wanted,” Franco said. “I wanted to sit right off of horses. This horse was helping me the whole way. I felt like I had horse under me. I was just waiting for the moment to move. I made my move and he made the lead. He kind of waited a little bit on horses. As soon as he felt the horse outside of him, he kept on going. He got it done.”

Spirit of New York held off Black Volt to win in 1:08.55. Lawyer Mason finished another 3 ¼ lengths back in third.

Bred by Magic Oaks Farm, Spirit of New York is the third foal and second winner out of the Candy Ride mare Unbroken Spirit.

Magic Oaks bought Unbroken Spirit for $4,500 at the 2021 Fasig-Tipton Kentucky winter mixed sale. Her first foal, the 3-year-old New York-bred Mo Town gelding Skippy Town, is 2-1-1 in seven starts with $42,844 in earnings.

Spirit of New York made his debut July 16 at Saratoga for owner and trainer Adam Rice, winning a 5 ½-furlong state-bred turf maiden by 3 1/4 lengths. Rice sold the gelding privately after that win and his current connections owned him when he finished 4 3/4 lengths behind Bobrovsky in the $139,500 Skidmore.

“I like the horse a lot,” Rice said. “I’m blessed to be able to keep him after the new ownership took over. I’m really just glad to win for them and to win here. It’s awesome.”

Spirit of New York collected $82,500 for his win in the Bongard and boosted his bankroll to $150,000.

Endnotes:
  1. [Image]: https://www.nytbreeders.org/news/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/spirit-of-new-york-the-bertram-f-bongard.jpg

Source URL: https://www.nytbreeders.org/news/2025/09/20/spirit-of-new-york-hangs-on-to-win-bertram-f-bongard/

Sweet Montreal surprises again in Joseph A. Gimma

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Sweet Montreal takes field all the way to win Friday’s Joseph A. Gimma at Aqueduct. Coglianese Photo/Susie Raisher.

Sweet Montreal blew up the tote board when she won her debut at 42-1 last month at Saratoga Race Course, and pulled another upset Friday with an 11-1 score in the $150,000 Joseph A. Gimma for 2-year-old New York-bred fillies at Aqueduct.

Owned by DiRico Racing and Breeding, the 2-year-old daughter of Instagrand went to the front from the start under Stewart Elliott and stayed there throughout the 6-furlong turf stakes. Sweet Montreal won by 3 1/4 lengths over Arinata with Grazie third and Sacred Goddess fourth in the field of eight.

Elliott and trainer Jim Ryerson talked tactics for the Gimma, a former 2-year-old dirt stakes, before the race and came up with a plan.

“There’s a little speed in here,” Elliott said.

“Well, you be aggressive and if you want to adjust to that, that’s fine,” Ryerson said.

Ryerson said he thought Sweet Montreal, a winner going 5 ½ furlongs on the turf August 6 at Saratoga, would show speed and she did.

“She’s always been quick,” Ryerson said after the race. “Some of her works leading up to her first start were pedestrian, but it was more the company she was keeping in the morning; it wasn’t her. She was waiting on everybody in those works. She’s fast. She’s pretty fast.”

Sweet Montreal showed how fast from the break. She took the lead and zipped through the opening quarter-mile in :22.60, a length in front of Vernon Valley, Trading Trouble and Charlottesuniverse.

“I didn’t really think she’d clear them like that but when she did, and I know he’s not riding her to do that, then I’m feeling pretty good,” Ryerson said.

Sweet Montreal continued from there, clicking past the half in :45.60, still a length in front of Vernon Valley. She spurted away in the stretch, opened up by 2 lengths in midstretch and past 5 furlongs in :57.06 and drew off from there. She won in 1:08.73. Arinata closed from second, overcoming some traffic at the top of the stretch to finish a neck in front of Grazie.

“The original plan was to sit off the speed, but she broke so well – I thought there was quite a bit of speed in the race, but it worked out great,” Elliott said. “She broke good, did it in hand and she’s very, very classy. It worked out. She was doing it easy, for her anyways, she was doing it smooth. She felt great. She was giving me 110 percent the whole way, so that’s all we can ask for.”

Sweet Montreal picked up $82,500 for the win, boosting her bankroll to $132,000 for her two starts.

Bred by Torie Gladwell and foaled at Stonegate Stables in Fort Edward, Sweet Montreal sold to Joseph DiRico out of the Top Line Sales consignment for $120,000 at this year’s OBS March sale.

Sweet Montreal is the ninth foal out of the Rockport Harbor mare Passeporta, who is the dam of the stakes-placed $187,888-earning New York-bred Solomini filly Sohana and three other winners. Passeporta is also the dam of a yearling filly by Solomini and a weanling filly by Drain the Clock, both bred by Gladwell in New York.

Endnotes:
  1. [Image]: https://www.nytbreeders.org/news/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/sweet-montreal-the-joseph-a-gimma-credit-susie-raisher2.jpg

Source URL: https://www.nytbreeders.org/news/2025/09/19/sweet-montreal-surprises-again-in-joseph-a-gimma/

Colts by City of Light, Yaupon highlight start of Book 5 at Keeneland September

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Hip 2977, a colt by City of Light bred by Lambholm South, sold for $95,000 to highlight the start of Book 5 at the Keeneland September sale. Photo courtesy of Summerfield.

Colts by City of Light and Yaupon led the way for New York-breds sold during the first two Book 5 sessions of the Keeneland September yearling sale Wednesday and Thursday in Lexington.

Hip 2977[2], a colt by City of Light out of the unraced Blame mare Rose’ to Blame, led the way on a $95,000 bid from Arch Bloodstock, agent.

Bred by Lambholm South, foaled at Mill Creek Farm in Stillwater and consigned by Francis and Barbara Vanlangendonck’s Summerfield, agent, the colt is the third foal out of Rose’ to Blame.

Rose’ to Blame is the dam of the unraced 2-year-old New York-bred Liam’s Map colt who sold for $200,000 at last year’s Fasig-Tipton Saratoga New York-bred yearling sale, and the multiple placed 3-year-old Twirling Candy filly Mobula.

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Hip 2911, a colt by Yaupon bred by Hidden Lake Farm and 3C Stables, sold for $85,000 at Keeneland September. Photo courtesy of Highgate Sales.

Hip 2911[4], a colt by Yaupon out of the Grade 3-winning More Than Ready mare More Than Love, commanded a final bid of $85,000 from HTC/Voric Stables.

Bred by Hidden Lake Farm LLC and 3C Stables LLC, foaled at Hidden Lake in Stillwater and consigned by Highgate Sales, agent, the colt is the seventh foal out of the Grade 3 Miesque Stakes winner More Than Love. She’s the dam of three New York-bred winners – $295,321-earner Bar Fourteen, $129,099-earner National Honor and Nicky Jolene.

Keeneland reported sales on 33 of the 38 New York-breds offered Wednesday and Thursday for $1,004,500, an average price of $30,440 and median of $23,000. Overall, 57 New York-bred yearlings have sold for $5,686,500, an average price of $99,764 and median of $40,000.

The sale continues with the final two sessions at 10 a.m. Friday and Saturday.

Endnotes:
  1. [Image]: https://www.nytbreeders.org/news/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/modified_1426.jpg
  2. Hip 2977: https://secure.keeneland.com/sales/k225/pdfs/2977.pdf
  3. [Image]: https://www.nytbreeders.org/news/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/modified_3014.jpg
  4. Hip 2911: https://secure.keeneland.com/sales/k225/pdfs/2911.pdf

Source URL: https://www.nytbreeders.org/news/2025/09/19/colts-by-city-of-light-yaupon-highlight-start-of-book-5-at-keeneland-september/

Half-brother to Runaway Rumour brings six figures at Keeneland September sale

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Hip 2772, a colt by Mandaloun bred by Lawrence Goichman, sold for $105,000 this week at Keeneland September. Photo courtesy of Indian Creek.

A colt from the first crop of Kentucky Derby winner Mandaloun and half-brother to a trio of stakes winners led by multiple stakes winner Runaway Rumour sold for $105,000 to lead the New York-breds sold in Book 4 of the Keeneland September yearling sale Monday and Tuesday.

MHM Stables LLC purchased the colt, Hip 2772[2], out of the Indian Creek consignment. Bred by Lawrence Goichman – who also bred and raced $571,305-earner Runaway Rumour – the colt is the eighth foal out of the stakes-placed Elusive Quality mare Elusive Rumour.

Elusive Rumour is also the dam of three-time New York-bred stakes winner and $442,966-earner Myhartblongstodady, the New York-bred open-company stakes winner Scuttlebuzz, Grade 2-placed New York-bred Lachaise and one other winner. She’s also the dam of the 2-year-old Constitution filly Silly Season.

Keeneland reported sales on six of the eight New York-breds through the ring during the Book 4 sessions for a total of $357,000, an average price of $59,500 and median of $48,500. Overall, 24 of the 34 New York-breds offered have sold for $4,682,000, an average price of $195,084 and median of $145,000.

Brinco Bloodstock purchased the second most expensive New York-bred during Book 4, going to $75,000 for Hip 2701[3], a colt by Mo Donegal.

Bred by Caliburn Farm LLC and consigned by Four Star Sales, the colt is the sixth foal out of the stakes-placed Smart Strike mare Bennett Jean. Out of multiple stakes winner Pretty Meadow, Bennett Jean is the dam of four winners including $98,780-earner Cavendish.

The September sale continues with the first of four Book 5 sessions at 10 a.m. Wednesday.

Endnotes:
  1. [Image]: https://www.nytbreeders.org/news/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/modified_1406.jpg
  2. Hip 2772: https://secure.keeneland.com/sales/k225/pdfs/2772.pdf
  3. Hip 2701: https://secure.keeneland.com/sales/k225/pdfs/2701.pdf

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