American Pharoah offspring continue to be in demand at October Sale

A colt by American Pharoah from the family of champion and Broodmare of the Year Personal Ensign was purchased by Zayat Stables for $310,000 during the Tuesday's second session of The October Sale at Fasig-Tipton.

Justin Zayat, whose family bred and raced Triple Crown winner American Pharoah, signed the sale receipt. Earlier in the day, another son of American Pharoah was sold for $300,000 to Alistair Roden Bloodstock .

The latter, consigned as Hip 383 by Craig and Holly Bandoroff's Denali Stud, was bred in Kentucky by Pursuit of Success and is out of the unraced A P Indy mare Danceinthesunlight.

Catalogue and results from the October Sale

Roden declined to say on whose behalf he purchased the colt, but did indicate the fact American Pharoah was the sire played a role in his interest.

"He's for a undisclosed client but the plan will be to race him," Roden said. "The price was a little more than I thought I'd have to pay. I thought at this sale it might be just a little less. He is by a serious sire, a wonderful racehorse. Everyone knows American Pharoah.

"There are a lot of similarities (to the other American Pharoah yearlings this year). This colt has a wonderful, serious pedigree. He's a very physical colt. He's a big, free-moving colt, not really precocious and more late developing but he has a great pedigree. Hopefully the American Pharoahs can run."

Denali purchased Danceinthesunlight for $1.75 million at the 2013 Fasig-Tipton Kentucky November Sale, the same year in which Moreno won the Dwyer Stakes, ran third in the Grade 1 Jim Dandy Stakes, and placed second in both the Travers Stakes and Pennsylvania Derby.

Video recap of the second session

The colt's third dam is Canadian Horse of the Year and three-time champion Dance Smartly, dam of champion Dancethruthedawn, grade 2 winner Dance With Ravens, and Queen's Plate winner Scatter the Gold.

Bandoroff said the colt was foaled late, May 16, 2017, so he was pointed toward the October sale to allow him more time to grow.

"We picked this sale out early for this horse," Bandoroff said. "(The Keeneland September Yearling Sale) wasn't going to be his best day and we knew how many American Pharoahs were going to be in the market. So he really rewarded our patience. He is a late bloomer and really turned inside out the last month of prep. It's nice when you give a horse time and they reward you. He grew into a very nice horse."

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