Live Oak Plantation’s Souper Colossal, a sharp second in the West Virginia Derby (gr. II) in his last start, will attempt to capture his first graded stakes in the Aug. 29 Smarty Jones Stakes (gr. III) for 3-year-olds at Parx Racing.
Four Star Sales, agent, consigned the colt on behalf of his breeder, Ben Sangster of Swettenham Stud.
The session will be held immediately following the sale of selected yearlings in The July Sale on Thursday, July 9, in Lexington, Kentucky.
The six-furlong Bashford Manor is one of four stakes events on the 11-race “Downs After Dark” closing-night program of Churchill’s 38-day spring meet.
Fasig-Tipton Saratoga released its 2015 select yearling catalog June 24 and the sale features 209 yearlings, an increase of 27% from last year’s sale. The 95th edition of the sale will take place Aug. 10-11, in the Humphrey S. Finney Pavilion in Saratoga Springs, N.Y. Sessions will begin each evening at 7 p.m.
