He was led out of this ring unsold at $35,000 in September, but what a difference a few months made. Catalogued late as hip 203, this son of Smart Strike–Private Feeling (Belong to Me) sold for $475,000 to trainer Bob Baffert on behalf of Mike Pegram, and wound up topping Tuesday's session of the Keeneland April Sale. The May 27 foal was bred by Gulf Coast Farms, and was consigned by Jerry Bailey as agent. His three-year-old half-brother Kinsei (Mr. Greeley) captured an Oaklawn allowance Apr. 2.
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