During a day of more measured trade at the Keeneland November Breeding Stock Sale Nov. 4, a chestnut daughter of Arabian Knight led the weanling market at $485,000, high enough to finish among the top 10 highest prices for the session.
Arabian Knight, a first-crop weanling sire, also was represented by the highest number sold among the members of his sire class.
Matt Dorman's Determined Stud bred the top-selling weanling (Hip 477) who was consigned by Scott Mallory and purchased by Frisco Bloodstock.
"We were very happy with the price," Mallory said. "This filly was always a fast-looking filly, she has a huge hip, a good eye, and a good hind leg. She had all the right parts to be in Book 2."
Hip 477 is out of the Medaglia d'Oro winner Knarsdale, who has been a solid producer for Dorman since he bought her for $430,000 in foal to Uncle Mo during the 2020 Keeneland November Breeding Stock Sale. The foal she was carrying would sell for $400,000 as a weanling to Glen Hill Farm during Fasig-Tipton's 2021 The November Sale and then sell for $550,000 to agent Kerri Radcliffe at the Keeneland September Yearling Sale the following year. The filly grew up to become grade 1 stakes winner Seismic Beauty, who won the Clement L. Hirsch Stakes (G1) and Santa Margarita Stakes (G2) in 2025.
Knarsdale's second foal Cincazul by Bernardini sold for $500,000 during the 2023 Fasig-Tipton's Kentucky October Yearlings Sale. Her third foal My Steel Magnolia (Essential Quality ) sold for $225,000 during Fasig-Tipton's 2024 The July Sale.
"That mare has been very good to us, and we've been very pleased with the Arabian Knights overall," Mallory said. "We have eight or nine of his foals at the farm, and they are all the same type of quality horse."
Arabian Knight is a 6-year-old son of Uncle Mo who sold for $250,000 to Scott and Evan Dilworth during the 2021 Keeneland September Sale. Agent Gary Young then bought him for $2.3 million out of the Top Line Sales consignment at the 2022 Ocala Breeders' Sales Spring 2-Year-Olds in Training Sale. Trained by Bob Baffert and owned by Zedan Racing Stables, he was a winner at 2 and went on to win the Southwest Stakes (G3) and the Pacific Classic Stakes (G1). He also ran third in the Haskell Stakes (G1). He was retired with $1,562,275 in earnings.
Arabian Knight entered stud for $30,000 at Hill 'n' Dale Farms at Xalapa.
"I do a lot of business with Top Line Sales and they always loved him," Mallory said. "We loved the way he looks, and he was a helluva racehorse, so he clicks all the boxes."
Mallory sold an Arabian Knight half brother (Hip 112) to Breeders' Cup Turf Sprint (G1T) winner Bacio during opening day of the Keeneland November sale for $600,000 to Caitlin Dunne, agent for Asagi Farms. That colt was bred by Top Line's Torie Gladwell along with Cincinnati Equine, Borrowdale, and Knollwood Farm.
Mallory was busy on the buying side as well Wednesday at Keeneland, acquiring one of the highest-priced broodmares of the day, a stakes winner named Blind Spot for $600,000. She is a 6-year-old daughter of Cross Traffic in foal to multiple leading sire Into Mischief . Grovendale Sales consigned the mare as agent.
Blind Spot is one of the first purchases by a breeding partnership called Stoney Pointe Bloodstock, according to Mallory.
"We have been trying to get a mare for three days and have not been able to buy one. There are four or five guys in the partnership who are all new to the business, and they wanted a mare in foal to Into Mischief or Not This Time," he said. "They are very enthusiastic about this partnership. They have been here for three days, went to the Night of the Stars sale, and have been at Keeneland all day."
Blind Spot fit the bill as a leggy gray or roan mare who showed racing ability.
"With the looks of her, we felt physically it was an excellent cross with Into Mischief. Then you look at Cross Traffic, you might say Cross Traffic is not an excellent broodmare sire, but look at his sire, Unbridled's Song who is one of the best broodmare sires there is," he said.
"We were happy with the price," said Grovendale's James Keogh. "She is an attractive, beautiful mare who sold well on a solid day."
Arabian Knight was represented during the second session by eight weanlings selling for an average of $198,750.
Among the other first-crop weanling sires, Gainesway's multiple grade 1 winner Muth was represented by the day's highest average at $263,333 from three sold. His top seller was Hip 629, a $325,000 filly out of the War Front mare South Coast, who is a half sister to 2014 Wood Memorial Stakes (G1) winner Wicked Strong. Caitlin Dunne, agent for Asagi Farms, bought the filly from Four Star Sales' consignment.
The day's highest-priced weanling colt was Hip 635, a son of top three freshman sire Life Is Good out of the American Pharoah winner Speedy Vanessa, who is the dam of grade 1 winner Eunomia and stakes-placed winner Confessional. Cavalier Bloodstock bought Hip 635 for $400,000 out of Pope McLean's Crestwood Farm consignment.
