Creole Queen brought the highest winning bid of day three of the Lexington Selected Yearling Sale on Wednesday, Oct. 7 at the Fasig-Tipton Sales Pavilion in Lexington, Ky.
Marcus Melander of New Egypt, N.J., acting as an agent, made the $392,857 ($275,000 USD) buy on the filly, Hip 429. The daughter of Tactical Landing is out of Father Patrick Mare Bayou, a half-sister to Breeders Crown champion Bond and stakes winner Midwind Chimp. Creole Queen’s third dam is Bella Dolce, who produced Bella Bellini, the 2022 Dan Patch Trotter of the Year and two-time Breeders Crown winner. The filly was consigned by Alliance Bloodstock.
Abebe, Hip 480, was the top-priced colt of the third session and second-highest overall with a $357,143 ($250,000 USD) price tag. The Gimpanzee colt is out of Dibaba S (by Ready Cash), an accomplished race mare in Sweden with 11 wins and $522,872 in earnings. Abebe's third dam is Bell Power, whose descendants include 2008 Elegantimage Stakes winner Lantern Kronos, 2026 Armbro Flight winner Bourbonista S and 2026 Hambletonian Oaks winner Nezuko Kamado S. Anette Lorentzon of Paris, Ky., acting as an agent, purchased the Cane Run Farm-consigned colt.
King Of The North colt You Lucky Devil, Hip 412, went for $314,286 ($220,000 USD) to 15215439 Canada Inc. of Montreal, Que. from the Kentuckiana Farms consignment. His dam is the Yankee Glide mare Celebrity Halo, a producer of five stakes winners, including O’Brien Award winner Will Take Charge ($1,343,854, 1:50.3f). Celebrity Halo is a daughter of influential mare Flickering Halo, whose descendants include Archangel, 2012 Hambletonian Oaks winner Personal Style and millionaire Patriarch Hanover.
Tarnation Armitage, Hip 528, was another descendant of Bell Power to crack the top five on day three. He is by Chapter Seven and out of Insta Glam, whose third dam is Bell Power. Insta Glam, by Father Patrick and out of Hollywood Hill, won two legs of the Pennsylvania Sire Stakes and earned $332,119 with five wins in her lone racing season. Her previous foal, Fleur Delacour ($201,821, Q1:57), was placed second in her Kentucky Championship Series final in September. Tarnation Armitage went for $250,000 ($175,000 USD) to M&L of Delaware LLC of Wilmington, Dela. from consignor and breeder Armitage Farm.
Agassi, Hip 600, was purchased for $235,714 ($165,000 USD) by Dan Daley of Astor, Fla. The Crawford Farms-consigned colt is a son of Chapter Seven out of stakes-winning Muscle Hill mare Sans Defaut, a full sister to double millionaire and Breeders Crown champion Southwind Frank.
The third session brought a gross of $17,042,857 ($11,930,000 USD) from 254 yearlings for an average price of $67,099 ($46,969 USD). The former figure was an increase of 3.3 per cent from last year’s day three, with the average down 6.9 per cent from 2025’s figure of $50,445 USD.
The 2026 Lexington Selected Yearling Sale got underway on Monday, Oct. 5, with the Walner colt Kountry Prince topping the opening session as he went through the sales ring for $1,178,571 ($825,000 USD). Selling as hip 79, Kountry Prince was purchased by Ake Svanstedt of Wrightstown, New Jersey. Kountry Lane Standardbreds consigned the colt, who is out of world champion Plunge Blue Chip (1:49.4 - $1,596,841), and is a three-quarter brother to the undefeated New York Sire Stakes champion, Kountry Plunge (1:54.1 - $399,827).
The hammer dropped for $714,285 ($500,000 USD) on Hey Bulldog as the son of Bulldog Hanover garnered the highest price of day two of the sale on Tuesday. The colt is out of the Captaintreacherous mare Coronet, out of O'Brien and Dan Patch Award recipient American Jewel. Coronet is a half-sister to millionaire and 2024 Ontario Sires Stakes Super Final champion and Lynch Memorial winner Odds On Platinum. Her latest foal, Dame Frances (by Pebble Beach) won a Kentucky Sire Stakes leg and final this season, with a 1:50.4 track-record performance at Oak Grove Racing in the latter. Hey Bulldog, Hip 198, was consigned by Hunterton Sales Agency and purchased by Andrew Harris of Allentown, New Jersey, acting as an agent for Punisher 11 Stable.
The sale will continue on Thursday with the final session at 7 p.m.
IMPORTANT LINKS
- Sale Roster
- Sale Catalogue (PDF)
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- Outs List
- Online Bidding (via Proxibid)
- Live Video Stream (also available below)
- Sale Results
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