The Hidden Brook pinhooking venture strike gold again during Session 6 of the Keeneland September Yearling sale when Hip #1648for $300,000.
Hidden Brook’s Sergio de Sousa admitted they paid more than expected when they acquired the filly by Broken Vow for $110,000 on behalf of a pinhooking syndicate at Keeneland last November, but it all came right Sunday when the yearling attracted a final bid of $300,000 from Tom McCrocklin.
“We perhaps paid a little bit more than we would have liked to for her, but she was a lovely filly,” de Sousa said. “She grew up the right way and she rewarded us today.”
The filly is out of Whirl a (Curlin) full-sister to graded stakes winner Pacific Wind and a half to multiple graded stakes winner Strike a Deal.
Asked what encouraged the group to stretch for the filly last November, de Sousa said, “We always liked the sire. We’ve always supported Broken Vow. He’s a great sire, a solid sire. She is a strong filly and kept growing and progressed and showed well. The right two or three people hooked up on her.”
– edited from www.thoroughbreddailynews.com
