WITH the sale continuing until Sunday, trade all week at Keeneland has been robust. Last Friday week Larry Best’s OXO Equine paid $775,000 for filly foal by Curlin, a half-sister to Grade 3 winner The Tabulator. The price is the highest paid for a weanling sold this year at public auction in North America.

Frank Taylor of Taylor Made was on the phone with Best while the filly was being sold. Taylor said: “She’s a nice filly. He loved her and she had a great walk, everything we wanted.” The filly is out of Fly To The Stars, by Giant’s Causeway.