Wilgerbosdrift’s successful sire Flower Alley made his presence felt on the second day of the 2024 Keeneland September Yearling Sale.
His multiple stakes winning daughter Awesome Flower had a Gun Runner filly (Hip 319) make $1 050 000 at Tuesday’s session.
Consigned to the sale by Gainesway, Agent for Stonestreet Bred & Related, the chestnut was knocked down to Windancer Farm for $1.05 million, making her the third top priced filly sold in the second session of this year’s September Sale.
The filly is a full-sister to G1 Arkansas Derby/G1 TVG.com Haskell Stakes winning sire Cyberknife, and a half-sister to the stakes placed gelding Tapit Shoes.
Her Flower Alley sired dam Awesome Flower won 11 races, six of which were stakes races, and earned $556 593 in stakes. Awesome Flower, who was runner up in the G3 Sixty Sails Handicap and third in the G2 Chilukki Stakes, has produced three winners to date.
Flower Alley, also broodmare sire of Japanese star Lucky Lilac and G1 Shoemaker Mile winning sire Smooth Like Strait, is the sire of 37 stakes winners to date including champions I’ll Have Another, Princess Calla and Lukes Alley.