FRIENDS LAKE’s first yearlings causing a buzz at Keeneland’s September Yearling Sale.


FRIENDS LAKE first crop yearlings are off to a flying start:


3 Offered, 3 Sold:


Hip # 37 to Dogwood Stable for $200,000.


Hip #633 to Paul Robsham for $240,000.


Hip #906 to Zayat Stables for $600,000.


Craig Banderoff  consigned Hip #906 in his Denali Stud consignment and Ahmed Zayat’s advisor, Sobhy Sonbol, said of the flashy chestnut Friends Lake colt out Another Vegetarian  “He was my favorite today, he’s a pretty damned nice horse.   He’s by a sire who’s a son of a Grade 1 winner by a champion and the colt is a half to a Grade 1 winner.  He’s got the whole package–looks, pedigree.”