$2.2 Million for Galileo Mare at Keeneland

Quality mare Up (6m Galileo x Halland Park Lass, by Spectum) was the top lot during the second session of the Keeneland January Horses of All Ages Sale when selling for $2.2 million on Tuesday. The Group II winning half-sister to Group I winner and sire Dutch Art was offer in foal to leading US sire War Front and was bought by Ran Jan Racing. “We just loved the pedigree--love War Front, love Galileo, the family’s active and there’s a good stallion in the pedigree,” said Frank Taylor, who bid on behalf of Ran Jan Racing. “They’ve been wanting a Galileo mare for a long time, so she was the one.”