Trainer Chad Summers, as agent for Al Gold's Gold Square, purchased a US$2 million Not This Time colt on Thursday, September 17 during the fourth day of the Keeneland September Yearling Sale.
The strapping chestnut colt, consigned as Hip 803, is the first foal out of the Curlin mare Spell On You , a half-sister to stakes winners Stage Raider, The Lieutenant, and 2018 Triple Crown winner Justify.
John Gunther bred the yearling in Kentucky, and he was consigned by Gunther's Glennwood Farm.
The Gunthers have had an incredible sale so far, selling three horses for seven figures, including Hip 47 from the same family as Hip 803. The Gun Runner colt, consigned as Hip 47, is out of the mare Stage Magic —the second dam of Hip 803—making him a half-brother to Justify. Winchell Thoroughbreds purchased him for US$1.9 million during the first session. Hip 242, a colt by Into Mischief and the current sale topper, commanded $3.7 million from the power duo of Coolmore's M V Magnier and Peter Brant's White Birch Farm. The bay colt is out of the Bernardini mare Grazie Mille, making him a half-brother to sire and grade 1 winner Mo Town.
