Florida-based pinhooker Christy Whitman bought what she thought was a unique yearling during the fifth session of the Keeneland January horses of all ages auction, and she’s hoping that shoppers at a future sale will be attracted by his white coat color, which is unusual for a Thoroughbred.

White Prince; white colt, hip #1832, brought $60,000 at the Keeneland January horses of all ages sale.

Whitman, who paid $60,000 for White Prince, plans to make him part of her consignment at the Ocala Breeders’ Sales Co. August yearling auction. And if he doesn’t find a new home there, she’ll get him ready for a sale of 2-year-olds in training in 2010.

“He is very unique individual,” she said in a telephone interview Jan. 16. “I bought him for his white coat, but I also like his sire, Devil His Due