French-bred Dolce Zel and jockey Flavien Prat win the $75,000 Kathryn Crosby Stakes Saturday, November 11, 2023, at Del Mar. (Benoit Photo)
Keeneland Sale Press Release
LEXINGTON, Ky. – Keeneland has supplemented eight horses, including multiple Grade 3 winner Dolce Zel (FR) and stakes winner Good Sam , to the 2024 January Horses of All Ages Sale. A total of 1,467 broodmares and broodmare prospects, newly turned yearlings, horses of racing age, stallions and stallion prospects are cataloged to the sale, which will cover four sessions from Jan. 8-11, 2024.
Consigned by Mill Ridge Sales, agent, as a broodmare prospect, Dolce Zel concluded her racing career in November at Del Mar by winning the Kathryn Crosby S. The daughter of Zelzal (FR) was a winner in her native France and in 2022 won or placed in five of six races – all stakes – led by victories in the Lake George S. (G3) at Saratoga and the Florida Oaks (G3) at Tampa. She also placed in graded stakes at Keeneland and Churchill Downs.
Good Sam followed an impressive debut maiden special weight victory with a 3½-length score in the 2022 Tempted S. (L) as a juvenile. At 3, she registered a 92 Beyer speed figure when winning a second-level allowance at the Belmont-at-Aqueduct meet while defeating older fillies by 3½ lengths. First or second in five of her six lifetime starts, Good Sam is by Good Samaritan out of the Twirling Candy mare Twizzler and from the family of Grade 1 winner Twist Afleet. Consigned by ELiTE, agent, she is offered as a broodmare prospect.
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Additional supplements are:
Classic Performer, a winning daughter of Mendelssohn consigned by Denali Stud, agent. Out of High Performer, by Candy Ride (ARG), she is from the family of Grade 1 winner Wicked Strong and Grade 3 winners Gulch Approval and Rusty Slipper.
Disruption, a winning daughter of Practical Joke cataloged as a racing or broodmare prospect and consigned by Lane’s End, agent. A half-sister to stakes winner Kept Waiting, she is out of the winning Malibu Moon mare Orient Moon.
Geolocation (GB), a daughter of Too Darn Hot offered as a broodmare prospect by Lane’s End, agent. She is from the family of Group 1 winner Planteur (IRE), European highweight Persian King and French highweight Policy Maker.
My Happy Holiday, a daughter of Runhappy cataloged as a racing or broodmare prospect. Out of stakes winner Cat’s Holiday, by Harlan’s Holiday, she is from the family of Grade 2 winner Varenka and Grade 3 winner Dynamic Holiday. Lane’s End, agent, consigns My Happy Holiday.
A yearling colt by Kantharos who is the first foal out of the Medaglia d’Oro mare Golden Ibis (FR) and is a consigned by Claiborne Farm, agent. He is from the family of Group 3 winner Emerald Star (GB).
A yearling colt by Yaupon who is consigned by Royal Oak Farm (Damian and Braxton Lynch), agent. Out of the winning Delaware Township mare Kinsey, he is a half-brother to stakes winner and stakes producer Firsthand Report and from the family of Grade 3 winners Electrify and Rothko.
