Quality Road Filly Kick Starts Keeneland September

A filly by Quality Road helped get the Keeneland September Yearling Sale off to a quick start Monday in Lexington when selling for $1.2 million. Claiborne Farm's Bernie Sams signed the ticket on the bay yearling on behalf of an undisclosed client. The bay filly (hip 8) was consigned by Gainesway and was bred by Mandy Pope's Whisper Hill Farm, which purchased her dam, Princesa Silvia (Medaglia d'Oro), for $1.4 million at the 2016 Keeneland November sale. The mare is a half-sister to champion Saint Liam (Saint Ballado), Grade I winner Funtastic (More Than Ready) and to graded winner Quiet Giant (Giant's Causeway), who is the dam of Gun Runner.

🌟 @keenelandsales September: Hip 8, a filly by Quality Road that hails from the family of GUN RUNNER, SAINT LIAM (consigned by @Gainesway), goes to $1.2 million! pic.twitter.com/0wKW3LB3lA

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