Tapit colt steals the spotlight at second session of Book 1

The Keeneland September Yearling Sale's second session on Tuesday offered plenty of excitement: a new sale-topper at $1.2 million, an expensive buy-back that turned out to be a mistake, two high-priced yearlings sold by Airdrie Stud, and a continued uptick in prices.

The new topper, a Tapit colt out of Grade 1 winner Hooh Why, was one of the last horses through the ring and bought by JJ Crupi's New Castle Farm for $1.2 million.

Consigned by Baccari Bloodstock, the colt is out of a mare who won the 2009 Grade 1 Ashland Stakes at Keeneland and the 2010 Grade 3 Seaway Stakes at Woodbine among seven stakes wins. The colt was bred in Kentucky by SF Bloodstock.

Hooh Why, a daughter of Cloud Hopping, was a $750,000 RNA at the 2014 Keeneland November Breeding Stock Sale while carrying the Tapit colt in utero.