The final session of the September Yearling Sale at Keeneland concluded Sept. 23 with a Silent Name colt realizing $185,000 from X-Men Racing/Madaket Stable/SF Racing. Grovendale consigned the dark bay as Hip 4037, which set a Session record price.

Hustled to the lead by jockey Florent Geroux, Saudi Crown controlled the $1 million Pennsylvania Derby (G1) from start to finish, outlasting a late-running Dreamlike to prevail.

Parx Supporting Stakes Roundup

A front-running 6 3/4-length win by Cyndy McKee’s Direct the Cat in the Sept. 22 Rachel’s Turn Stakes for West Virginia-bred juvenile fillies at Charles Town resulted in the first black-type stakes winner for stallion Redirect.

Thirteen months after his first graded stakes win in last August’s Saratoga Special Stakes (G2), Damon’s Mound has another. He captured the Gallant Bob Stakes (G2) for 3-year-olds Sept. 23 at Parx Racing.

Even Tropical Storm Ophelia couldn’t stop the Next train in the Sept. 23 Greenwood Cup (G3) at Parx Racing. The ivory-colored gelding soared to his third consecutive stakes victory emphatically for owner Michael Foster and trainer Doug Cowans.

It wasn’t division leader and Kentucky Oaks (G1) heroine Pretty Mischievous in front at the wire of the $1 million Cotillion Stakes (G1) but instead California-bred Ceiling Crusher stealing the show Sept. 23 at Parx Racing.

Deepone made the most of his experience and sharpened his profile as a Two Thousand Guineas (G1) contender with victory in the Sept. 23 Beresford Stakes (G2) at the Curragh.

Immediately taking charge over a yielding turf course, Nobody Listens pulled away from the opposition down the stretch for a three-length victory in the $250,000 Turf Monster Stakes (G3) Sept. 23 at Parx Racing.

Even Tropical Storm Ophelia couldn’t stop the Next train in the Sept. 23 Greenwood Cup (G3) at Parx Racing. The ivory-colored gelding soared to his third consecutive stakes victory emphatically for owner Michael Foster and trainer Doug Cowans.