Ghostzapper Colt Sells for $650,000
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Colt by Ghostzapper (Hip 1231) brings $650,000 from Dickman Legacy Ranch to top the fifth session.
A Ghostzapper colt from the family of grade I winner The Cliff's Edge was purchased by Dickman Legacy Ranch for $650,000 at the Sept. 17 session of the Keeneland September yearling sale. Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert signed the ticket on behalf of the buyer.
"He's a big, strong colt, but I didn't think he would bring that much," said Baffert. "It's been a strong sale and everyone wants the good ones. He showed himself well."
Baffert said he's had good luck with Ghostzapper progeny, including grade I winner Contested, but he liked this colt because "he was a different kind of Ghostzapper."
"I see a lot of Dynaformer in him," he said, referring to the colt's broodmare sire. "He looks like a big, strong, sound horse and that's what we all want. I saw him earlier in the day and just really liked him."
The price for the colt consigned by KatieRich Farms was the highest at the mid-point of the sale’s fifth session.
Bred in Kentucky by its consignor, the colt was produced from the winning mare Formal Affair, the dam of Kentucky Cup Turf Stakes (gr. IIIT) winner Rezif.
Eric Mitchell contributed to this report.