Darley stallions shine at first day of 2011 Keeneland November Sales

Darley stallions were extremely well represented in the first day of the 2011 Keeneland November Breeding Stock Sale. The top price of the day was the G1 winner Christmas Kid that was in foal to the Darley stallion Bernardini. The broodmare was sold to Aisling Duignan for $4,200,000. Throughout the sale there was another mare in foal to Bernardini that fetched $850,000 and was sold to Chester Broman. Another Darley stallion that had a fantastic result at the first day of the 2011 Keeneland November was Medaglia d'Oro. The sire of Kentucky Oaks winners Rachel Alexandra and Plum Pretty was represented by a weanling filly sold for $2,600,00 for Besilu Stables. It was the highest price paid for a weanling filly in the USA since the 2006 Keeneland November when a filly out of Islington brought $2,400,000.

Stonestreet and George Bolton bought a pair of weanlings by Medaglia d'Oro and Bernardini. The Medaglia d'Oro lot was bought for $675,000 and the Bernardini out of Imaginary Cat for $440,000.

Darley stallion Street Cry was represented by the weanling out of Dark Sky that was sold to David Redvers Bloodstock for $475,000. Another important result was the mare Kobla, dam of Quality Road, that was sold in foal to Elusive Quality for $525,000.