Holiday meet live racing at Turfway Park
starts Thursday, with stakes highlights

Live Thoroughbred racing returns to Turfway Park this Thursday, Dec. 1, the start of the Holiday Meet and the beginning of the track’s winter racing season.   Highlighting the Holiday Meet are five $50,000 stakes:   Holiday Inaugural, 6 furlongs …

Keeneland sale wraps up, with total sales
increased by 41% and average price up 62%

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The star power of top-class race fillies and mares, led by the $8.5 million paid for recent Breeders’ Cup Ladies’ Classic (G1) winner and probable three-year-old filly champion Royal Delta, and two unique bloodstock dispersals combined to produce record prices …

Six year-old mare Five Gold Rings brings $105,000 at Keeneland’s Wednesday session

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Five Gold Rings, a six-year-old mare by Touch Gold, sold in foal to Indygo Shiner, brought top bid of $105,000 on Wednesday at Keeneland’s November Breeding Stock Sale.   Bluewater Sales, as agent for Southern Equine Stables, purchased Five Gold …

Half-Brother to Breeders’ Cup Mile Winner Court Vision Tops Tuesday at Keeneland

Racing prospects commanded the top prices during Tuesday’s session of the Keeneland November Breeding Stock Sale, led by the $235,000 paid for Hailstone, a half-brother to recent TVG Breeders’ Cup Mile (G1) winner Court Vision.   Bloodstock agent Steve Young …

Momentum carries into final days
of Keeneland’s November sale

Trade remained brisk during Monday’s session of Keeneland’s November Breeding Stock Sale, with results once again registering double-digit increases.   On Monday, Keeneland sold 276 horses for $5,136,400, up 35.3 percent from a year ago when 260 horses brought $3,795,800. …

Bullish market continues at Keeneland sale

The strong pace continued on Sunday at Keeneland’s November Breeding Stock Sale, highlighted by the $190,000 paid by Castleton Lyons for Sanadaat, a three-year-old filly by Unbridled’s Song.   Consigned by Shadwell Farm as a racing or broodmare prospect, Sanadaat …

Street Sense colt tops Keeneland’s 6th session

A weanling colt by Champion Two-Year-Old and Classic winner Street Sense out of multiple stakes winning mare Richbabe topped the sixth session at Keeneland on Saturday, selling for $250,000 to Vail Equine. Consigned by Dapple Stud, as agent, the colt …

Filly by Quiet American tops Keeneland’s
fifth day as solid overall gains continue

The strong pace continued into the fifth day of selling at Keeneland’s November Breeding Stock Sale, resulting in solid gains and the sale of a weanling filly by Quiet American for $510,000.   Keeneland sold 274 horses on Friday for …

Sales receipts in first four days
more than 13-days’ receipts last year

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Keeneland’s November Breeding Stock Sale achieved a milestoneon Thursday when gross receipts for the first four days of $167,294,200 surpassed total sales of $147,392,900 for last year’s 13-day auction.   Through four days Keeneland has sold 799 horses for $167,294,200, …

Evans’ estate dispersal drives Keeneland,
Quiet Now broodmare brings $1.85 Million

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The dispersal of the estate of Edward P. Evans Spring Hill Farm continued to create fireworks at Keeneland’s November Breeding Stock Sale, selling the top-priced Quiet Now for $1.85 million and surpassing previous records to become the highest grossing dispersal …

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