With Gainesway serving as agent, Whisper Hill Farm will be represented on the selling side on the third day of the Keeneland November Breeding Stock Sale.
At the end of the day of trade, 228 horses had changed hands for gross receipts of $42,140,000, including private sales, a 12.7% decrease compared to last year's corresponding session. The average decreased to $184,825, down 5.8%.
Hip 477, a filly bred by Determined Stud out of the stakes-placed winner and stakes producer Knarsdale sold for $435,000 to Frisco Bloodstock out of Scott Mallory's consignment.
On BH In Session: Keeneland November: Louie Rabaut speaks with Legacy Bloodstock's Tommy Eastham, Stone Farm's Lynn Hancock, and Claiborne Farm's Jacob West as Book 2 begins at the Keeneland November Breeding Stock Sale Nov. 4.
Reigning Eclipse Award jockey Flavien Prat has had remarkable weeks as a rider but collecting three Breeders' Cup victories and the coveted Bill Shoemaker Award as outstanding jockey of the event surely ranks near the top.
The son of Uncle Mo was first or second in 16 of 18 career starts and had 11 victories. He has career earnings of $2,875,080, second only to prominent sire Nyquist among the sons of Uncle Mo. He will enter stud at $12,500.
Multiple graded stakes winner Stronghold, winner of the Santa Anita Derby (G1) in 2024, has been retired and will stand the 2027 breeding season at Gary Broad's Walmac Farm in Kentucky.