Joseph Lloyd

LEXINGTON, KY - The day, which began at Newtown Paddocks Tuesday with a steady renewal of the Fasig-Tipton July Selected Yearlings Sale, ended with a record-blasting edition of the Fasig-Tipton July Selected Horses of Racing Age Sale and it was the very last horse through the ring who made the loudest noise when stakes-winning 2-year-old Romeo (Honor A. P.) sold for $1.7 million to the bid of Mahmud Mouni. The Horses of Racing Age catalogue, down to 70 entries from 123 a year ago, may have been small, but it...

Romeo (Honor A. P.) (hip 370), supplemented to the sale just on Sunday, ended the Fasig-Tipton July Selected Horses of Racing Age Sale with a bang, selling for $1.7 million to the bid of Libyan bloodstock agent Mahmud Mouni. The colt was coming off a stakes-record setting win in the Bashford Manor Stakes. He was consigned by Paramount Sales on behalf of owner Joseph Lloyd.

Romeo (Honor A. P.) (hip 370), winner of the June 29 Bashford Manor Stakes, is among five additional supplemental entries to the Fasig-Tipton July Selected Horses of Racing Age Sale, which will be held Tuesday in Lexington. The 2-year-old, a 10 1/4-length debut winner at Laurel in May, was third in the June 5 Tremont Stakes before his front-running 3 3/4-length victory in the Bashford Manor for owner Joseph Lloyd and trainer John Robb. The colt is consigned by Paramount Sales. The latest supplemental entries to the auction also include:...