Tait on hand to see his colt make $300,000

As the former chief operating officer of Darley, Olly Tait has been involved with racing at the highest levels around the world, but the Australian native who now lives in England has a special interest in the sport in America.

Tait and his wife, Amber, both were on hand when Keeneland's September Yearling Sale got underway in Lexington on Monday, but not just as onlookers. They were there to watch a colt they bred by the late Scat Daddy go through the ring.

The next to last yearling in the sale's initial session, the rugged chestnut consigned by Blandford Stud as hip 200 drew a final bid of $300,000, the second highest price for an offspring of the sire during the day. The colt is set to be exported for racing in Japan by buyer Capital System Co. Ltd.