Thoroughbred Devon Lane Filly
Tops NM-Bred Yearling Sale
Ruidoso Downs, NM - August 22, 2010 - An unnamed Thoroughbred filly by Devon
Lane was sold for $53,500 on Saturday, topping the two-day New Mexico-Bred
Thoroughbred and Quarter Horse Yearling Sale at Ruidoso Downs.
Consigned by Richard Brunacini and Kay Thurman, the gray or roan filly was
acquired by J.W. Wolslager Jr. She is one of 11 foals produced by Lilac’s Star,
a winning and stakes-placed daughter of Deputy Minister who has foaled nine
winners and the earners of $847,468 from nine starters.
The filly’s half sister, Queen Of Millbrook, is a daughter of Distinctive Pro
who won the 1997 Lady Finger Stakes (R) and ’98 New York Oaks (R) at Finger
Lakes. Another of her half siblings, the Giant’s Causeway gelding Titan Of
Industry, ran third in the listed $105,000 Laurel Futurity at Laurel Racecourse
in 2007.
Devon Lane is a winning 17-year-old stallion by Storm Cat. His 10 crops have
earned more than $7.1 million and include 10 stakes winners.
The sale topper of the Quarter Horse portion of the sale, Comanche Moon, was
acquired by Jack Dacyk of British Columbia, Canada, on Friday. Dacyk paid
$35,000 for the colt by freshman sire Get Down Perry on Friday. Comanche Moon’s
second dam, Fabulous Form, is a 16-year-old Grade 1-winning daughter of Rare
Form and the 1997 AQHA champion 3-year-old filly.