Uncle Mo Colt to Lane's End for $750,000
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Hip 1320, a colt by Uncle Mo, brought $750,000
Lane’s End went to $750,000 to secure an Uncle Mo colt from the family of millionaire and sire Papa Clem during the Keeneland September yearling sale’s fifth session Sept. 17.
The colt, produced from the stakes-placed Victory Gallop mare Magical Victory, was consigned by Columbiana Farm on behalf of breeder Bo Hirsch.
Miss Houdini, the colt’s second dam, produced Papa Clem, the 2009 Arkansas Derby (gr. II) winner, and is granddam of stakes winner Ready Intaglio.Third dam is the grade I winner Magical Maiden.
"He's a really nice colt,” said Lane’s End’s Bill Farish. “We knew he was going to be one of the feature lots of the day, and we went a little further than we wanted to but we got him.
"It's just so competitive for these ones that everybody's on. The sire's obviously doing great. He's a Book 1 sire, and you just expect you're going to have to pay up for ones like him.”
Breeder Hirsch, who owns eight broodmares, said he usually breeds to race but sold the colt to generate profit for his breeding operation. Kathy Berkey, who advises Hirsch and works wioth Columbiana, said the colt’s went well beyond his reserve price of $150,000.
Berkey said the colt likely could have been offered during the sale’s Book 1 sessions, but the connections opted for Book 2 so he would stand out and because they had another selling during the session.