Gun Runner had the highest-priced weanling sold in North America in over a decade Tuesday at Keeneland when hip No. 146 sold to Amr Zedan for $2.2 million.
The price was also the fourth-highest ever paid for a weanling at the Keeneland November sale.
Consigned by Denali Stud, agent, the colt was bred by Three Chimneys Farm, LLC & Brookdale Racing.
“He’s the kind of horse that in September (as a yearling) would probably have brought double that,” Donato Lanni, agent for Zedan, said. “It’s a lot of money–don’t get me wrong–but he’s a special-looking horse. You just don’t see these kind of horses in November.”
The bay colt is out of Frizette S. (G1) winner Nickname, who is also the dam of Irish Group 3 winner Ides of March (IRE).
“It was absolutely bonkers,” Denali’s Conrad Bandoroff said. “We brought that colt to November with the intent of trying to attract end-user interest. The plan worked out beautifully. But never in our wildest dreams did we ever think that we’d achieve a result like that.”
