NEWS
Broodmare prospect Fiamma tops Keeneland session
Posted: Friday, November 09, 2001
Fiamma (Ire), cataloged as not mated, brought a final bid of $220,000 from Hugo Merry Bloodstock to top the fifth day of the 11-day Keeneland November breeding stock sale on Friday. The six-year-old bay daughter of Irish River (Fr) was consigned by Fred Seitz/Brookdale Farm, agent.Out of the Gay Mecene mare Florie (Fr), Fiamma is a half sister to Group 3 winner Fanjica (Ire). Her first foal is a weanling filly by Real Quiet.
Unbridled Charmer, a four-year-old Unbridled filly cataloged as a racing or broodmare prospect, landed a final bid of $215,000 to be the second-highest price. Consigned by Clifton Farm, Unbridled Charmer was purchased for $215,000 by Carey Bailey, agent for Tomoka Hills Farm. Out of the stakes-winning Capote mare Bashful Charmer, the dark bay or brown filly is a half sister to Saturday's Child, who became a stakes winner after the catalog was printed.
Unbridled Charmer has won two of 15 career starts and earned $47,040. She was eased in a Delaware Park allowance race on October 27 in her most recent start.
Keeneland reported sales on 260 of 324 horses offered, for gross receipts of $11,646,700, a drop of 26.3% from last year's Friday session when 251 horses changed hands for $15,797,000. The buy-back rate was 19.8%.
The average of $44,795 was a decrease of 28.8% from last year's figure of $62,936. The median was down to $35,000 compared with $42,000 last year.
The sale continues at 10:00 a.m. EST. Complete sales results are available at
http://www.keeneland.com/livesales/currentsales.asp
