Lanni to $600,000 for Uncle Mo Colt

Hip 1131, a colt by champion sire Uncle Mo, sold for $600,000 during the third session of the Kentucky October Yearlings sale. The colt was purchased by Donato Lanni, agent from the consignment of Lane's End, agent.

An Eclipse Champion on the track, Uncle Mo was record-breaking Champion Freshman Sire of 2015. Sire of 25 stakes winners in his first crop – including Eclipse Champion Nyquist and Grade 1 winners Unbridled Mo, Outwork, and Gomo – Uncle Mo is currently responsible for Grade 1 winner Mo Forzo and undefeated Grade 2 winner and multiple graded stakes winner Yaupon.

This colt is a half-brother to four winners from as many to race out of the winning A.P. Indy mare A. P. Dream. Those winners include Wind Fire (Distorted Humor), a multiple Group 2 placed stakes winner in England. Second dam is multiple Grade 1 winner and millionaire Dream Supreme, making this colt's dam a full sister to Hopeful S. (G1) winner and sire Majestic Warrior and to stakes winner Crystal Current, as well as a half-sister to stakes winner Evolutionist. This is the immediate family of champion Kung Fu Mambo (ARG) and Grade 1 winners Spinning Round and Sweet Sorrel.

Hip 1131 was bred in Kentucky by Kinsman Farm.