Book 1 of the 2018 Keeneland September Yearling sale closed on Thursday with another very solid day for First-Crop sire Carpe Diem, topped by a $425,000 colt going to Alex and JoAnn Lieblong. Taylor Made Sales Agency consigned the colt, hip No. 837. The chestnut juvenile is out of the stakes-placed Devious d’Oro, a half-sister […]
[ Read More ]First-Crop sire Carpe Diem had his best results of the Sept. 10-23 Keeneland September Yearling sale on Tuesday when a colt brought a winning bid of $550,000 from the partnership of China Horse Club and Maverick Racing. Through the first two days of the auction, Carpe Diem’s average of $288,000 is more than 11 times […]
[ Read More ]The robust results continued for Carpe Diem during Tuesday’s closing session of the Aug. 6-7 Saratoga Select Yearlings sale, with a colt from the first crop of the WinStar stallion for $350,000. Consigned by St. George Sales, agent, hip No. 175 went to Thomas Haughey for PTK, LLC, who also purchased Carpe Diem’s hip No. […]
[ Read More ]Carpe Diem’s four lots through the ring at Monday’s opening session of the Aug. 6-7 Saratoga Select Yearlings sale all brought six figures, topped by a $475,000 colt, for an average of $292,500. Gainesway consigned Carpe Diem’s personal session-topper, hip No. 22, which went to Phoenix Thoroughbreds. The colt’s stakes-winning and graded stakes-placed dam Lemonette […]
[ Read More ]Multiple Grade 1 winner Carpe Diem’s first yearling to sell in the ring at Tuesday’s Fasig-Tipton July Sale brought a top bid of $150,000 from prominent pinhookers Hartley/de Renzo Thoroughbreds. Consigned by Taylor Made Sales Agency as hip No. 38, the bay colt is out of the Unbridled’s Song mare Royale Paradise, who has two […]
[ Read More ]Sunday’s session of the Keeneland November sale featured a $200,000 colt from the first crop of Carpe Diem, the third-highest price paid for a weanling by the WinStar stallion thus far in the Nov. 7-18 auction. Taylor Made Sales agency consigned the colt, hip No. 1810, with Bloodstock Investments V making the purchase. The chestnut […]
[ Read More ]Carpe Diem’s $320,000 colt sold Thursday at the Keeneland November Sale marked the top price paid for a weanling by a first-crop sire during the session. Bedouin Bloodstock, agent, was the consignor of hip No. 454, which went to West Bloodstock. The colt is out of the top producer Courtly Choice, who is also the […]
[ Read More ]WinStar Farm’s Carpe Diem, Giant’s Causeway’s Grade 1 winner at both two and three, sired his first reported foal on New Year’s Day when a colt was born Sunday at Ocala Stud in Ocala, FL. Bred by Centaur Farm, the colt is out of the seven-time stakes-winning Songandaprayer mare, Evelyn’s Dancer. “He’s a nice-sized colt with good […]
[ Read More ]Stonestreet Stables’ & WinStar Farm’s Carpe Diem, Giant’s Causeway’s Grade 1-winning son at two and three, has been retired from racing due to a knee chip, and will stand stud in 2016 at WinStar Farm in Versailles, KY. “Carpe Diem was a standout physical at the 2-year-olds-in-training sales, and quickly demonstrated his precocious speed, breaking […]
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