What a difference a few years and a few races can make. Hidden Brook Farm bought Hidden Connection as a 2021 OBS Open 2- year-old for $85,000, campaigned her with Black Type Thoroughbreds to victory in the 2021 GIII Pocahontas Stakes, as well as eight other black-type wins or placings, and finally consigned her Tuesday to Book 1 of Keeneland’s November sale, where she sold as Hip 204 for $1.5 million to Spendthrift Farm.
“I loved the physical, especially, and loved the talent,” said Spendthrift’s Ned Toffey, who signed the ticket. “There’s enough pedigree there, but she was a really, really talented filly and has the physical to go with it. We’ve had good luck buying that kind in the past.”
Out of the unplaced Awesome Again daughter C J’s Gal from the family of GI King’s Bishop Stakes winner Capo Bastone, Hidden Connection was bred by St. Simon Place. When asked if he had a stallion in mind for her, Toffey said with a laugh, AI think we can scare one up, but the nice thing is that she’ll go with a variety of the horses that we would like to use. We have a
lot of options with her.”
-edited from www.thoroughbreddailynews.com
