A colt by Blame sold for $485,000 to lead the way as the Ocala Breeders' Sales Co.'s June sale of 2-year-olds in training and horses of racing age continued Wednesday.

OBS reported that 200 horses sold for $7,207,700 during Wednesday's session, the second of three overall at the penultimate sale of the North American breeze-up season. During last year's corresponding second session, 234 horses sold for a gross of $9,831,600.

LEXINGTON, Ky. - The young broodmare Evocative sold for $550,000 to lead the session as the Keeneland January horses of all ages sale opened its run on Monday.

Keeneland reported that 224 horses changed hands for gross receipts of $16,261,900 on Monday, the first of two Book 1 sessions in the four-day sale. In last year's comparable opening session, 248 horses sold through the ring, before any private sales were factored in, for a total of $17,989,200.

A season to unbeaten Flightline, among the most valuable stallion prospects in recent history, is likely to be a major financial draw at the Thoroughbred Charities of America’s annual stallion seasons auction in the coming week.

More than 200 seasons will be available via the TCA’s auction, presented by Mt. Brilliant. The majority of those will be presented in an online auction on Equiring.com, kicking off the annual fundraiser from Jan. 4 through Jan. 6, with staggered closing times.

Into Mischief claimed his fourth consecutive North American leading sire title in 2022 and again broke his own single-season earnings record while doing so.

Spendthrift Farm’s Into Mischief, now 18, amassed progeny earnings of $28,519,963 in 2022, according to Daily Racing Form statistics. That put him more than $7.5 million clear of his closest pursuer, Quality Road (Lane’s End). For the third straight year, Into Mischief set an earnings record, shattering his $25,001,235 from 2021.

Into Mischief, the nation’s three-time reigning leading sire, is entering the major November races and auctions with a head of steam. Not only has the stallion taken over on the North American earnings list – banking $22,738,279 through Oct. 23, according to Daily Racing Form statistics, to continue pulling away from Quality Road at $19,112,038 – he has the potential to again break his own single-season earnings record. Into Mischief’s progeny earned $25,009,663 in 2021, breaking his own record set the prior season.

LEXINGTON, Ky.  - Early in the Keeneland September yearling sale, with seven-figure horses flying out of the barns left and right, Hill 'n' Dale's John Sikura made an early assessment.

“It’s a very strong market. It feels like the best sale in a decade," Sikura said. "There are a lot of people giving a lot of money for a lot of good horses.”

LEXINGTON, Ky. – Following its dark day Friday, the Keeneland September yearling sale resumes Saturday morning with the opening session of Book 3, the fifth of 12 sessions overall. 

Here are some of the horses to watch in the Saturday session, largely based on their pages and the market trends seen thus far. The selections reflect catalog updates and sale outs through Thursday.

LEXINGTON, Ky. – A bullish marketplace continued to power along as the Keeneland September yearling sale moved into its Book 2 portion with a Wednesday session led by a $1.4 million Into Mischief colt.

LEXINGTON, Ky. – The tone was set early in Tuesday's session of the Keeneland September yearling sale as the second horse in the ring broke through the seven-figure barrier. The pace never slowed as four of the final 15 horses through the ring reached that threshold.

When the dizzying activity concluded, the auction's elite Book 1 portion had produced 22 seven-figure yearlings – nine in Monday's opening session, and 13 on Tuesday – to finish with double-digit gains across the board, perhaps setting the tone for the rest of the bellwether sale.

LEXINGTON, Ky. – The Keeneland September yearling sale opens its two-session Book 2 portion Wednesday – but don’t assume that the fireworks have all been left in the rearview mirror with Book 1. Last year’s second book produced four seven-figure horses, including the sale-topper.

Here are some of the horses to watch in the Wednesday session, largely based on their pages and the market trends seen early. The selections reflect catalog updates and sale outs through Tuesday.