A daughter of Gainesway stallion Tapit out of grade 1 winner Embellish the Lace was picked up by Claiborne Farm on behalf of one of the iconic nursery’s clients for $1.25 million Sept. 13 during the first session of the Keeneland September Yearling Sale.
Claiborne Farm’s Bernie Sams signed the winning ticket on Hip 149. The final price was the highest paid for any yearling Sunday.
KEESEP, Hip 149: yearling, f, 2019, Tapit – Embellish the Lace, by Super Saver; Breeder: China Horse Club International Limited (KY)
“I (bought her for a) Claiborne client,” Sams said. “He’s bought a couple mares and he bought a nice yearling filly last year. He’s trying to buy a couple more fillies and build a broodmare band over the next few years, and we will see where we go. He wanted a Tapit filly, so there we go.”
Consigned by Bluewater Sales, agent, the filly was bred in Kentucky by China Horse Club International. The winner of three of six starts, including the Alabama Stakes (G1), Embellish the Lace is a daughter of Super Saver and is a half sister to Travers Stakes (G1) winner and sire Afleet Express and to multiple stakes winner and multiple grade 2-placed Reporting for Duty. The filly’s extended female family also includes grade 1-placed Eye of the Tiger and Gazelle Stakes (G2) winner My Miss Sophia, who finished second in the 2014 Longines Kentucky Oaks (G1).
