Magnificent Honour, a full sister to champion and classic winner Rags to Riches, became the third highest price horse to sell thus far at the Keeneland January Horses of All Ages auction when she went to agent Tom Goff for $600,000 early on Tuesday.
Consigned by Paramount Sales, Magnificent Honour gave buyers a rare chance to buy into one of the more coveted female families currently in the game. The 10-year-old daughter of A.P. Indy is out of 2007 Broodmare of the Year Better Than Honour and is also a half sibling to 2006 Belmont Stakes winner Jazil and graded stakes winner Casino Drive.
“Listen it sticks out doesn’t it. It’s probably one of the best families in the American stud book in my humble opinion,” said Goff, who said he purchased the mare on behalf of an undisclosed, European-based client. “She’s a standout on pedigree, it’s very obvious to anybody. Price wise, put it this way, it was at the upper limit of our evaluation. And the market has been holding on extremely well.”
Goff added Magnificent Honour would remain in Kentucky and likely be bred back to Coolmore stallion Giant’s Causeway, whom she is currently in foal to. Coolmore also owns and campaigned Rags to Riches, who defeated eventual two-time Horse of the Year Curlin in the 2007 Belmont Stakes.
“That was a fantastic sale, a great price for the mare,” said Pat Costello of Paramount, who sold Magnificent Honour of behalf of owner Michael Daly. “She was very popular around the grounds. It was a very fair price, we were delighted.”
Alicia Wincze Hughes is the turf writer for the Lexington Herald-Leader. She started riding at age 8 and was a four-year member of the Pace University equestrian team.
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