$2.1 Million Flightline Colt Lands With KAS Stable After Fierce Midlantic Sale Bidding

Saudi-based KAS Stable made the headline move of the Fasig-Tipton Midlantic May 2-Year-Olds in Training Sale, going to $2.1 million for a colt from the first crop of unbeaten champion Flightline. Bloodstock agent Pedro Lanz signed the ticket on the youngster, cataloged as hip 54 and consigned by Sequel as agent for breeder Chester Broman.

The Chestnut (33) colt is out of Bar of Gold, a hard-knocking New York-bred racemare who earned her defining victory in the GI Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Sprint and retired with over $1.5 million in earnings. Bar of Gold has already proven she can pass on her class: she is also the dam of graded stakes winner Coinage, a Saratoga graded winner who showed versatility on both turf and dirt.

Lanz confirmed the big-ticket juvenile will stay stateside for his racing career.

“This horse is going to race here in the United States,” Lanz said after the hammer dropped. “I don't know who is going to train him yet. We were waiting to secure the horse first before we decided.”

The agent said the colt first grabbed his attention on video before backing it up in person.

“The first time I saw him was in a video of him breezing on dirt that Sequel posted on X,” Lanz explained. “He is a very nice mover. He is a beautiful, balanced horse with a good hip and shoulder and a nice walk. He is out of a Breeders' Cup champion mare. And then there is all the hype with Flightline. I think the hype is real.”

That “hype” has been building with every sale appearance by the Lane's End stallion's first juveniles. Flightline, an undefeated superstar and dominant Breeders' Cup Classic winner, has seen his initial 2-year-olds become the hottest commodity in the marketplace this spring. The frenzy peaked at the OBS Spring Sale in April, where a colt from his first crop brought a staggering $10.5 million from Amr Zedan, setting a record for a 2-year-old in training and later being named Zedan in honor of the owner's father.

“Everyone is excited about them,” Lanz said of the Flightline offspring. “The comments we are hearing from Japan are great and then you see the amazing Zedan in April. So I knew this horse was going to bring a lot of money.”

Unlike most 2-year-old sales, the under-tack works for this Midlantic session were not officially timed by the sales company, putting more emphasis on the trained eye than on the stopwatch. Lanz said the colt showed him everything he needed to see over the Timonium oval.

“He galloped into the turn on his left lead and then immediately changed leads perfectly,” Lanz recalled. “I don't care about the time, but I was clocking. The horse went in :35 4/5, which is a very nice three-furlong breeze for a 2-year-old.”

For all the fanfare that comes with signing a $2.1-million ticket, Lanz kept his focus on what really matters to any racing operation.

“I celebrate this, but the real celebration is when they can win races at the track,” he said.

The striking chestnut son of Flightline, offered as hip 54 from Sequel on behalf of Chester Broman, now heads into the KAS Stable pipeline as one of the most talked-about juveniles of the spring. With a world-class sire, a Breeders' Cup-winning dam in Bar of Gold, and a seven-figure price tag, he will be under the microscope from the moment he joins a top U.S. barn.

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