Rice Acquires Speightstown Filly for $440,000
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Hip 469, a Speightstown filly, sold for $440,000.
Trainer Linda Rice went to $440,000 to acquire a Speightstown filly from the Wavertree Stables consignment during the April 20 second day of the Ocala Breeders’ Sales Co.’s April sale of 2-year-olds in training. The price was the hightest paid at that point of the sale.
The half sister to grade II winner Alpha Kitten and from the family of grade I winner Marylebone was bred in Kentucky by Denlea Park, Tony Holmes, and Watermark. She was $190,000 RNA at last year’s Keeneland September yearling sale.
“She has a big long stride on her, had a great workout on the track, and great presentation at the barn,” said Rice, who declined to say who would own the filly.
During the under tack pre-sale workouts, the filly breezed an eighth of a mile in :10 flat.