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Dark Star Third Derby Victor Sold at Keeneland Sold From Jones Lot for ,500; Hoop# Jr., Jet Pilot Other Two LEXINGTON, Ky., May 5.— The seventy-ninth running of the Kentucky Derby was a banner occasion for breeders who offer their yearlings at the Keeneland sales conducted by the Breeders Sales Company of Lexington. Among starters were four Keeneland-sold yearlings, three of which were destined to receive a share of the prize money at the finish line. Dark Star, the winner, was sold to the Cain Hoy Stable of Harry Guggenheim by Warner L. Jones, Jr., at the 1951 summer sale of "selected yearlings," wearing hip number 248. The brown colt was led into the Keeneland sales pavilion on the afternoon of August 1. 1951 and Guggenheims stable got a Kentucky Derby winner for ,500. Dark Star was one of five yearlings bought by the New York sportsman at the sale that year, the five costing a total of 4,600. The Jones-bred star is the third Derby winner to have been sold as a yearling at the Keeneland sales, the others being Hoop Jr. and Jet Pilot. Invigorator, third in the Derby, was only the second yearling purchased at auction by the Saxon Stable of L. R. Allison and M. R. Prestridge. He was the only horse sold by his breeder, S. S. Gano, at the 1951 summer sale and commanded a top bid of ,-000. Gano will offer a full sister to Invigorator at the sale this summer. Along with Royal Bay Gems fourth in the Derby, Keeneland consignors were further enthused with the results of the Debutante Stakes run just prior to the Derby. This event was won by Mrs. Elizabeth Bris-bines Golly, a filly acquired at last years Keeneland fall sales for 00 from the consignment of B. M. Browning. Among the yearlings entered in the 1953 summer sale are 19 sired by Royal Gem II., sire of Dark Star and Royal Bay Gem. Nine of these yearlings are in the consignment of Warner L. Jones, Jr., including a half-sister to Dark Star by Phar Mon and a full sister to Royal Bay Gem.
