American Pharoah Reigns at KEESEP Day 1 with $2.2 Million Colt

It didn't take long for the fireworks to start in earnest at the Keeneland September sale Monday afternoon. Hip 91, a son of Triple Crown hero American Pharoah, brought a final bid of $2.2 million from Godolphin, who bested Team Coolmore for the colt. Bred by Hn R Nothhaft Horseracing and consigned by Woods Edge Farm, the chestnut is out of the Indian Charlie mare stakes-winning and graded-placed Kindle, who is a half-sister to Tonopah (Rock Hard Ten), a Group 3 winner in Australia. This is the extended family of French champion juvenile filly Play It Safe (Ire) (Red Alert).