Purely Hot supplemented to Keeneland November Breeding Stock Sale

Keeneland has announced that graded stakes winner Purely Hot, dam of Grade 1 winner and leading Breeders’ Cup Juvenile candidate Eight Rings, has been supplemented to the November Breeding Stock Sale.

Purely Hot, in foal to leading sire Union Rags, is consigned by Taylor Made Sales Agency, agent, and cataloged as hip 274G in the premier Book 1 on the opening day of the event which runs between November 6 and 17.

"We are excited to offer another exceptional broodmare in Purely Hot,” WinStar Farm president, CEO and racing manager Elliott Walden said.

"Two years ago, we sold the dams of four Grade 1 winners at Keeneland and hope to replicate their success."

Purely Hot won 12 races at distances from 5½ furlongs to 1 1/16 miles during her four-year career, capturing the Whimsical (Grade 3) at Woodbine and finishing second in the Presque Isle Downs Masters (Grade 2).

She is an 11-year-old daughter of Pure Prize out of the winning Kissin Kris mare Wood Not. Her second dam, Wood So, was a multiple graded stakes winner of more than a half-million dollars.

Eight Rings, Purely Hot’s colt by Empire Maker, has won two of his three races at two, among them a six-length victory in the Grade 1 American Pharoah Stakes at Santa Anita on September 27, to rank him among the leading contenders for the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile.

Consigned by Taylor Made Sales Agency, agent, Eight Rings sold for $520,000 at Keeneland’s 2018 September Yearling Sale to SF Bloodstock/Starlight West.

"Adding Purely Hot was a massive addition for our consignment,” Taylor Made vice president of marketing and public sales operations Mark Taylor said.

"She gives me the same feeling as the dam of American Pharoah when we sold her at the end of his two-year-old campaign."

Union Rags was represented by two yearlings that sold for $1 million each at Keeneland’s recent September Sale, where he ranked among the top 10 sires by gross.

"Keeneland is excited to have the opportunity to showcase this lovely Grade 1 producing mare who is in foal to a top stallion," Keeneland vice president of racing and sales Bob Elliston said.

"The success of Eight Rings makes Purely Hot a highly-prized offering who will attract attention from buyers around the world."

Keeneland also announced two additional supplements to the November Sale: Grade 3 winner Gloryzapper (274H), a daughter of Ghostzapper in foal to Tapit, and the three-year-old winning Flatter filly Eve Harrington (274F), a half-sister to Grade 1-winning Breeders’ Cup Turf contender and millionaire Arklow.

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