Douglas Scharbauer, whose father, Clarence, raced 1987 Kentucky Derby (G1) and Preakness Stakes (G1) winner Alysheba, went to $1.5 million for a Gun Runner  filly, the primary horse to interrupt the seven-figure barrier Sept. 9 on the opening session of the Keeneland September Yearling Sale.
The chestnut filly consigned as Hip 24 is the fourth foal out of 2017 Del Mar Oaks (G1) winner Dream Dancing , by Tapit  . Gainesway consigned Hip 24 on behalf of breeder John C. Oxley, who additionally bred and raced the mare.KEESEP, Hip 24: yearling, f, 2023, Gun Runner – Dream Dancing, by Tapit; Breeder: John C. Oxley (KY)
Consignor: Gainesway Agent, agent
“I am very impressed along with her. I did not know what she’d deliver. I am actually a little bit shocked I might get her for a million-and-a-half. She’s good,” Scharbauer mentioned. “The way in which she’s bred out of that Tapit mare, I am excited.
“We cannot deliver her to Texas, that is for positive. We’ll maintain her in Kentucky. I believe there’s a variety of promise there. I am enthusiastic about that one, most likely as a lot as something we checked out at this time.”
Picture: Anne M. EberhardtDouglas ScharbauerSign up for BloodHorse Day by day
Scharbauer mentioned Steve Asmussen would prepare the Gun Runner filly. Scharbauer lives in Midland, Texas, and operates Valor Farm in Pilot Level, Texas, which he bought from his father’s property in 2016.
Scharbauer mentioned he has about two dozen mares at Valor Farm. He additionally boards a smaller, high-end broodmare band and foals at Hidden Brook Farm close to Paris, Ky.
The Oxleys have a full sister to Hip 24, Lovely Dancer, who broke her maiden at Ellis Park final 12 months as a juvenile, and Dreamaway , a 2-year-old Flameaway  filly who’s undefeated in two begins, together with a last-out win within the Colleen Stakes at Monmouth Park.
Gainesway’s Brian Graves mentioned he was pleasantly shocked by the value.
“We thought she was at all times that caliber, but it surely’s good when a number of folks hook up and it goes a little bit increased,” Graves mentioned. “She’s out of a younger grade 1 winner with an enormous household, and he or she regarded the half.
“The Oxleys have performed it once more. Their horses are notorious for displaying up on the observe, like Sierra Leone and all the opposite good horses they’ve bred.”
Gainesway consigned Sierra Leone , who was bred by Debbie Oxley, when the Gun Runner colt offered for $2.3 million on the 2022 Fasig-Tipton Saratoga sale of chosen yearlings. Sierra Leone gained this 12 months’s Blue Grass Stakes (G1) and has been maybe probably the most constant 3-year-old male of 2024, ending second within the Kentucky Derby and third within the Belmont (G1) and Travers (G1) stakes.
