{"id":408914,"date":"2025-09-08T22:57:15","date_gmt":"2025-09-08T22:57:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/408914\/"},"modified":"2025-09-08T22:57:15","modified_gmt":"2025-09-08T22:57:15","slug":"gun-runner-colt-a-late-session-topper-at-3-3m-for-brant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/408914\/","title":{"rendered":"Gun Runner Colt A Late Session Topper At $3.3m For Brant"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Gun Runner Colt A Late Session Topper At $3.3m For Brant<\/p>\n<p>                      <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thoroughbreddailynews.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/tdn-logo-2018b.png\" class=\"img-responsive\" alt=\"Thoroughbred Daily News\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"breadcrumbs\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thoroughbreddailynews.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Home<\/a> \u00bb <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thoroughbreddailynews.com\/archive\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Archive<\/a> \u00bb <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thoroughbreddailynews.com\/category\/news\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Top News<\/a> \u00bb Gun Runner Colt A Late Session Topper At $3.3m For Brant<\/p>\n<p>                                      Monday, September 8, 2025 at 5:23 pm |<br \/>\n                        Back to: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thoroughbreddailynews.com\/category\/news\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Top News<\/a>                          <\/p>\n<p>Updated: September 8, 2025 at 6:14 pm<\/p>\n<p>                    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Hip-177-Gun-Runner-Thoughtfully-colt-KS9-25KLD8548_KEESEP25_PRINT-credit-Keeneland.jpg\" class=\"img-responsive\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Hip 177<\/strong> | Keeneland<\/p>\n<p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.threechimneys.com\/horse\/gun-runner\/&#013;\" class=\"horse-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Gun Runner<\/a> son (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.keeneland.com\/sales\/2025\/2\/september-yearling-sale\/catalog-table\/?hip=0177&amp;tab=pedigree\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">hip 177<\/a>) of &#8216;<strong>TDN Rising Star<\/strong>&#8216; Thoughtfully (<a href=\"https:\/\/gainesway.com\/stallions\/tapit\/&#013;\" class=\"horse-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tapit<\/a>) set off late fireworks just four hips from the end of Monday&#8217;s opening session at Keeneland September when Peter Brant, signing on behalf of M.V. Magnier &amp; White Birch Farm, outlasted all comers to sign the ticket at $3,300,000.<\/p>\n<p>Bred by Hill n Dale Equine Holdings, Inc &amp; Determined Stud, the colt&#8217;s dam brought $950,000 herself as a broodmare at FTKNOV in 2019.<\/p>\n<p>M.V. 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