Flatter Filly for Fort

By Jessica Martini
    John Fort, bidding on behalf of Gainesway Farm, secured a daughter of Flatter for $250,000 during Monday's opening session of the OBS April Sale. The juvenile, hip 161, worked a furlong in :9 4/5 during last week's under-tack preview. 
    “She was fast,” Fort said when asked about the filly's appeal. “She was long, elegant and fast. It's a good combination. Who doesn't like a long, tall, fast girl?” 
    Gainesway, in partnership with Mt. Brilliant and Bob LaPenta, purchased the $1-million sales topper at Keeneland April. 
    The dark bay filly is out of Hurricane Hannah (Southern Halo), a half-sister to graded stakes winner Lovely Lil (Tiznow). She was consigned by Eisaman Equine and was bred by the Eisaman's breeding operation, Eico Stable. 
Fort acknowledged the extra numbers in the April Sale catalogue provided horses at every level. 
    “Typically I buy at some of the more select sales, so there are a lot of horses that wouldn't be what I was looking for, but there are some that I am,” he explained. 
   “Just because there are a lot of horses here that are for a middle to lower level buyer, doesn't mean there aren't a few really nice ones here, too.”