Legion Bloodstock went to $375 000 to acquire a Nyquist filly (Hip 2611) at Tuesday’s Book 4 Session at the 2024 Keeneland September Yearling Sale.
The filly was consigned by St George Sales.
Nyquist filly (Hip 2611) sells for $375 000 (Pic – Thoroughbred Daily News)
Offered as Hip 2611, she is out of Raise the Flag (Awesome Again). “From a physical standpoint, the first time we saw her, she was a queen to us,” explained Legion Bloodstock’s Kristian Villante.
“She was the one we really wanted today. He added, “We showed her to Jayson and his son Jackson, they loved her too. Really the whole team really loved her.”
The filly is a granddaughter of Gr1 Coaching Club American Oaks heroine My Flag, herself a half-sister to Grade I winners Makers Mark and Traditionally.
That daughter of Easy Goer is also responsible for juvenile champion filly and MGISW Storm Flag Flying (Storm Cat).
My Flag, also victorious in the 1995 Gr1 Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies, is one of three Grade One winners produced by unbeaten Breeders’ Cup winning champion Personal Ensign (Private Account), with the latter, Broodmare Of The Year in 1996, also granddam of Wilgerbosdrift’s successful young sire Fire Away.
The latter’s outstanding sire War Front has also been in the news of late, with the son of Danzig responsible for Saturday’s Gr1 E. P. Taylor Stakes winner Full Count Felicia.
The latter, now a triple graded stakes winner, is one of 25 Gr1 winners for her sire, with War Front also sire of the inform stallion Omaha Beach. Omaha Beach, winner of the Gr1 Arkansas Derby, Gr1 Santa Anita Sprint Championship and Gr1 Malibu Stakes, is responsible for Saturday’s Gr1 Johnnie Walker Natalma Stakes winner And One More Time.
War Front’s son Fire Away has made a flying start to his stud career, with Fire Away’s first two crops having unleashed five stakes winners and a further four stakes placed runners.
