A co-quickest (:9 4/5) colt by Ghostzapper provided an exclamation point at the end of the opening session of the OBS Spring Sale Tuesday when bringing a winning bid of $750,000 from Ben McElroy, agent for Arman Shah, son of prominent owner Kaleem Shah. Consigned by Becky Thomas's Sequel Bloodstock, Agent VII as hip 1250, he was originally entered in the cancelled Fasig-Tipton Gulfstream Sale. A $250,000 KEESEP yearling purchase by Wyoming native and oil and gas industry executive Joey Platts, the Mar. 30 foal is out of a Smart Strike half-sister to MSW and MGSP Foxy Danseur (Mr. Greeley), in turn the dam of GSW Ever So Clever (Medaglia d'Oro). His third dam is GSW In Conference (Dayjur) and fourth dam is GISW Personal Business (Private Account). Hip 1250 was bred by Barbara Banke's Stronestreet Thoroughbred Holdings.
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