Justify Colt Brings $600K Early at OBS Spring Sale
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Photo: Judit Seipert
Hip 11, a Justify colt, in the ring at the Ocala Breeders' Sales Spring 2-Year-Olds in Training Sale
High prices arrived early on the first day of the Ocala Breeders' Sales Company Spring Sale of 2-Year-Olds in Training April 19 with bloodstock agent Charlie Boden going to $600,000 to buy a son of Triple Crown winner Justify . Boden bought the colt, cataloged as Hip 11, on behalf of Gary Young with Amr Zedan's Zedan Stables.
Consigned by Hidden Brook, as agent, the juvenile was a standout during the under tack show when he breezed in :10. The colt was bred in Kentucky by Bonne Chance Farm out of the Distorted Humor mare Unbound , a winner in Japan and stakes-placed in the 2014 Punkin Pie at Belmont Park. The dam, who has already produced three winners, is a full sister to stakes-placed winner Mary Rita and is from the family of 1988 champion older mare and 1996 broodmare of the year, Personal Ensign , the $1.6 million earner and producer of six graded stakes contenders. The Justify colt's second dam, Possibility, is a half sister to grade 1 winners Miner's Mark , My Flag , and Traditionally ; grade 1 stakes-placed Our Emblem ; and grade 2 stakes-placed Salute and Proud and True , a grade 3 stakes-placed winner.
The OBS sale is the first time Hip 11 had been offered at auction. Justify stands at Ashford Stud for $100,000.