Zee Drop in foal to Flightline sells for $1 million

Zee Drop, a 10-year-old daughter of Lemon Drop Kid in foal to Flightline, sold to Al Ruwais Stables for $1 million to record the highest price of Wednesday's second day of the Keeneland November breeding-stock sale.

Consigned by Lane's End as agent, Zee Drop was the 24th horse to bring $1 million or more through two sessions of the November breeding-stock sale.

Last year, 18 seven-figure horses sold during the same time frame.

The mare is the dam of winner Kokomotion, who finished third in this year's Grade 3 Florida Oaks.

Zee Drop is a half-sister to stakes winner The Reds and comes from the family of Grade 1 winner Wickedly Perfect.

She is out of Ash Zee, a winning Grade 2-placed daughter of Exchange Rate.

Bertie Butler signed the ticket for Al Ruwais Stables, which represents owner Saleh Al Otaibi.

"I think she's a really, really nice mare," Butler said.

"Good quality mare. She's has great covering, and I just loved her. We're just trying to get good mares for [owner Saleh Al Otaibi]. We're very happy with the mare."

Al Ruwais Stables purchased five horses on the day for a total of $2,455,000, making it Wednesday's leading buyer.

CUMULATIVE FIGURES

Through two days of trade, 362 horses have sold through the ring for $135,464,000.

The gross increased 12.79% from last year's $120,099,000 for 357 horses sold.

The average of $374,210 was 11.24% higher than $336,412 in 2025.

The median remained unchanged at $225,000.

SESSION DIP

On Wednesday, Keeneland sold 210 horses through the ring for $39,535,000.

That gross was 16.53% below $47,362,000 from the second session last year.

The average dipped 6.59% from $201,540 to $188,262.

The median fell 6.25% below last year's $160,000 to $150,000.

OFFICIAL REACTION

"The market was a little more reserved than [Tuesday]," Keeneland vice president of sales Tony Lacy said.

"Yesterday was a fantastic sale and today was a little more normal in how it measured out. But in saying that, quality horses sold well."

Cormac Breathnach, Keeneland's senior director of sales operations, offered a deeper look at buyer behavior.

"The mare market was steady," Breathnach said.

"The pinhookers are here; they're active, and there's a lot to come. They're maybe not pitting themselves against each other so much to this point in the sale."

"A lot of end users are still buying the weanlings, so there's still a lot of buyers with volume orders that haven't really struck at their regular rate yet."

"There are good horses tomorrow, and there's a long way to go in the sale."

OTHER SESSION TOPPERS

Three mares tied for second place on the session leaderboard at $650,000 each.

Runrate, a four-year-old daughter of Gun Runner in foal to Nyquist, was bought by Richard and Sue Masson's Green Lantern Stables.

Shandy, an Arrogate mare in foal to Army Mule, was purchased by Repole Stable.