Multiple Graded Winner Bishops Bay Sells For Record $1.3M at Keeneland

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Bishops Bay (h, 5, Uncle Mo–Catch My Drift, by Pioneerof the Nile), a latest winner of Aqueduct's GIII Forty Niner Stakes, was knocked down to bloodstock agent Pedro Lanz, agent for Saudi Arabia's KAZ Stables, for a record $1.3 million in the first 30 minutes of trade during Wednesday's Keeneland Horses of Racing Age Sale. He was consigned by Elite Sales, agent.

Bred by WinStar Farm and sold for $450,000 as a Keeneland September yearling in 2021, the bay was trained by Brad Cox for a partnership headed by Spendthrift Farm, won his first two starts as a 3-year-old and transitioned into stakes company, finishing runner-up to future champion Arcangelo (Arrogate) in the GIII Peter Pan Stakes and second to Two Phil's in the GIII Ohio Derby.

Restricted to a single appearance at four, Bishops Bay has won five of his seven outings this season, including the GIII Westchester Stakes and GIII Salvator Mile in addition to the Forty Niner on Nov. 2.

Bishops Bay has amassed a record of 8-3-0 from 12 starts to date for earnings of $702,800.

The previous Keeneland HORA Sale record was the $1 million paid for the 2-year-old colt Extortion (Into Mischief) in 2022.

 

BISHOPS BAY wins the Grade 3 Forty Niner Stakes giving Flavien Prat his third win today, this one for @bradcoxracing. pic.twitter.com/ixnk7kjbP3

— NYRA () (@TheNYRA) November 2, 2025

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