Zayat Stable's Baroness Thatcher (f, 4, Johannesburg), a Grade III winner and placed in no fewer than four Grade I events, proved a popular commodity Tuesday at Keeneland, fetching a final bid of $1.8 million from Patrick Biancone, agent. A $130,000 purchase from the 2006 FTMMAY two-year-olds in training sale, the chestnut won the GIII Santa Ysabel S. at three and was runner-up in the GI Las Virgenes S. (to Rags to Riches) and missed by a nose in the GI Ballerina S. against older females. She was also third in the GI Test S. versus her peers. Her 2008 campaign has featured just one win, but includes three graded placings, including a head second-place effort in the GI Humana Distaff S.
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