Speightstown Colt Tops CTHS Canadian Premier Yearling Sale

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Offered midway during the single-session CTHS Canadian Premier Yearling Sale at Woodbine Race Track on Aug. 27, a colt by the late and influential Speightstown was hammered down for C$400,000 to easily rate as the dearest lot on offer during the auction.

Hip 109, bred in Ontario by Mario Forgione, was consigned to the sale by Huntington Stud Farm as agent and is the third foal out of the 10-year-old Travieza (Into Mischief), upset winner of the 2018 Unzip Me Stakes and sold for $80,000 in foal to Munnings at the 2020 Keeneland November Sale. Trainer Mike DePaulo, agent, signed the winning ticket.

Three other youngsters realized final bids in the six figures. Hip 90 is a Northern Dawn-consigned daughter of Frosted and Spani Lou (Spaniard), the dam of MSW Red River Rebel (Reload) and herself a half-sister to Canadian Horse of the Year and multiple Sovereign Award winner Lexie Lou (Sligo Bay {Ire}). Tbe gray filly fetched C$145,000 from Michael and Charmaine Langlois.

Prominent North American owner Gary Barber paid C$142,000 for hip 155, a colt from the first crop of Speaker's Corner (Street Sense) and a half-brother to Sovereign Award-winning 2-year-old filly Witwatersrand (Connect). A Jan. 29 foal, the colt's second dam is MGSW & GISP Communique (Smart Strike). Hill 'n' Dale consigned.

Earlier in the session, hip 47–also from the Hill 'n' Dale draft–fetched C$112,000 from Catherine Day-Phillips, agent for owner Sean Fitzhenry. A son of Canadian stalwart Silent Name (Jpn), the May 18 produce is a son of 2024 Outstanding Canadian Broodmare Platinum Steel (Eddington), the dam of champion 3-year-old colt and champion older dirt male Paramount Prince (Society's Chairman).

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