Ben McElroy, bidding on behalf of Kia Joorabchian's Amo Racing, went to $3.1 million to secure Hip 313, a full brother to grade 1 winner Locked, Sept. 15 during Day 2 of the Keeneland September Yearling Sale.
Bravaro, a classic hopeful earlier this season, will try to land the first graded stakes win of his career when he returns to sprinting in the $400,000 Gallant Bob Stakes (G2) Sept. 19 at Parx Racing.
The bay colt (Hip 242) is a half brother to sire and grade 1 winner Mo Town and graded-placed stakes winner Justique. He was bred by John Gunther with Tanya Gunther's Eurowest Bloodstock and sold by the Gunthers' Glennwood Farm.
Jockey Florent Geroux remained in the intensive care unit through the evening of Sept. 14 at University of Louisville Hospital following a Sept. 10 spill at Churchill Downs, agent Matt Nakataini posted on social media.
Graded stakes winners Banishing and Chunk of Gold will bypass the Sept. 18 Jockey Club Gold Cup (G1) in favor of stakes races later this month at Churchill Downs.