The buyer of the session topping yearling at the Keeneland September yearling sale on Thursday did not have approved credit, and thus the $1.1-million filly is back up for sale.

Keeneland Vice President Harvie Wilkinson said the credit issue popped up shortly after Karen Sanderson, an oral surgeon who lives in suburban London, outbid the biggest spenders in the Thoroughbred world for the rights to the Medaglia d’Oro filly out of the Forty Niner mare Amizette.

“She did not have her credit approved prior to buying the horse, and she has given us consent to resell the horse this weekend,” Wilkinson said on Friday evening. “At the time she bought the horse, we had not completed her credit review and were waiting for confirmation from her bank. That failed to appear.”

Keeneland Director of Sales Geoffrey Russell confirmed the situation.

“We are going over our options as we speak,” he said.

Those options would appear to be to put the filly back through the ring or to sell her privately. The direct underbidder was John Ferguson, primary bloodstock agent for Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al Maktoum.

Ferguson was believed to be travelling to Belmont Park for Saturday’s racing, where Sheikh Mohammed has contenders entered in various graded stakes.

The Medaglia d’Oro filly is out of a full sister to multiple graded stakes winner and sire Twining. She is a half sister to the three-year-old Montjeu (Ire) colt King of Rome, winner of the Royal Whip Stakes (Ire-G2) and Meld Stakes (Ire-G3) at Leopardstown this year.

Newmarket-based trainer Paul D’Arcy signed the ticket for Sanderson, who had not purchased horses at Keeneland previously. D’Arcy and Sanderson also bought a $75,000 Afleet Alex colt out of Real Cat, and a $120,000 Indian Charlie filly out of Christmas Affair.

All the horses are back up for sale, Wilkinson said.

“Ms. Sanderson is cooperating, and she has made a commitment to us if there is a shortfall on any of the resales, she will make up the difference,” Wilkinson said.

Tom Evans’ Trackside Farm consigned the Medaglia d’Oro filly on behalf of Richard and Audrey Haisfield’s Stonewall Farm and Rob Whiteley’s Liberation Farm et al.
(Source: Thoroughbred Times)