The Medaglia d’Oro filly who topped Thursday’s session at the Keeneland September yearling sale but never changed hands after a credit issue arose with the buyer was resold privately.

Celebrity chef Bobby Flay is the new owner of the Medaglia d’Oro filly. No purchase price was disclosed.

Karen Sanderson, an oral surgeon who lives in London, went to $1.1-million for the filly to outbid John Ferguson, bloodstock adviser to Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al Maktoum.

Keeneland confirmed on Friday that Paul D’Arcy, representing Sanderson, did not have approved credit.

Keeneland’s Director of Sales, Geoffrey Russell, said Friday the company was exploring the options for the Medaglia d’Oro filly out of the Forty Niner mare Amizette as well as two other yearlings originally purchased by Sanderson on Thursday. Keeneland elected to resell the yearlings pursuant to the company’s conditions of sale

The two other yearlings—Hip 942 and Hip 1132—were slated to be resold at 4 p.m. EDT Saturday.
(Source: Thoroughbred Times)