Simply in Front to Sell at Keeneland January Sale

Keeneland announced Dec. 8 that grade 1 winner and $2.8 million earner Simply in Front has been cataloged to the 2026 January Horses of All Ages Sale and will sell Jan. 12. Richard Hogan, agent for Colebrook Farms, is consigning the 4-year-old daughter of Summer Front, who is cataloged as a broodmare prospect. Simply in Front is a Summer Front half sister to grade 1 winner And One More Time (Omaha Beach), who defeated Nitrogen in the Natalma Stakes (G1) last year, and stakes winner Churchtown (Air Force Blue). Summer Front, Omaha Beach, and Air Force Blue are all sons of prominent sire War Front. Their dam, Complicated, also produced grade 2 winner Honor D Lady. "Simply in Front is a gorgeous mare who comes from a deep, active family with what could have even more black type on the horizon," Hogan said. "There is real upside for buyers in 2026 and beyond." Simply in Front has delivered top-level performances from ages 2-4 under the care of trainer Eddie Kenneally. In Keeneland's First Lady Stakes (G1T) Oct. 4, she was far back at the top of the stretch in the 1-mile turf race before she moved toward the inside and began splitting horses. Simply in Front collared grade 1 winner Choisya (GB) inside the sixteenth pole and held off grade 2 winner Segesta by a neck to win. Segesta won the Matriarch Stakes (G1T) in her next start. With the performance, Simply in Front scored her third victory in five starts in 2025. She also won the Churchill Downs Distaff Turf Mile Stakes (G2T) and the KY Downs Preview Ladies Turf Mile Stakes at Ellis Park. At 3, she won the Music City Stakes (G2T), and at 2 was runner-up to five-time grade 1 winner She Feels Pretty in the Natalma Stakes. "Simply in Front gave us one of the highlights of the fall meet with her First Lady win," Keeneland vice president of sales Tony Lacy said. "To offer a grade 1 winner this January is truly special, and she is exactly the quality that buyers will be seeking for their broodmare bands." Out of the Blame mare Complicated, Simply in Front is from an established Phipps family of champion Inside Information and grade 1 winner Educated Risk. She was bred in Kentucky by William Harrigan and Mike Pietrangelo. Colebrook Farms picked the filly up as a yearling for $115,000 at the 2022 Keeneland September Yearling Sale. The online catalog for the January Sale is scheduled to be released Dec. 9.