LEXINGTON, Ky. — The Keeneland November breeding stock sale concluded on Thursday with a "pragmatic" marketplace that showed year-to-year drops in average and median prices, but also a strong desire to participate in the business, evidenced by an improved buyback rate and activity on the sale grounds.
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Pleasant Acres Stallions is pleased to announce the arrival of Bodexpress (Bodemeister / Pied A Terre, by City Zip) – who will stand in Florida for the 2024 breeding season for a $3,500 fee.
"We are excited about the arrival of BODEXPRESS to our stallion barn,” said Director of Stallion Services Christine Jones. “It’s always impressive when we can bring a G1W into the Florida breeding program.”
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Pleasant Acres Stallions is pleased to announce the arrival of Chess Chief (Into Mischief / Downside Scenario, by Scat Daddy) – who will stand in Florida for the 2024 breeding season for a $5,000 fee.
"Chess Chief is a wonderful addition to our stallion barn,” said Director of Stallion Services Christine Jones. “He was a talented athlete who beat G1Ws MUCHO GUSTO (3,953,800), LONG RANGE TODDY ($1,264,420), and twice he beat ROADSTER ($901,500) – all in graded events.”
Kentucky Derby winner Rich Strike will be withdrawn from Friday's Keeneland November horses of racing age sale, with additional details of his future plans to be determined.
“After much consideration, I have revised my plan for Rich Strike,” owner Rick Dawson, who on Nov. 9 had announced the colt’s retirement and entry into the sale, posted in a release on his social media.
“At this time, Rich Strike will continue his stay and light exercise at Margaux Farm… I will make further announcements at such time it is deemed to be appropriate.”
LEXINGTON, Ky. – The November breeding stock sales typically bring a global marketplace to Lexington by providing the opportunity to acquire high-end racemares and broodmares, including some with internationally known families.
That global appeal has been evident in the past few weeks. Despite a weak yen against the American dollar, a number of prominent Japanese outfits made the annual trip to Kentucky and are returning home with seven-figure purchases. Other international buyers, particularly from Australia, are playing a role in the marketplace, as well.
Paynter, the winner of the 2012 Haskell Invitational Stakes and the sire of 2021 Horse of the Year Knicks Go, was euthanized due to lameness in mid-October, according to WinStar, where the 14-year-old was a stallion.
A top 3-year-old, Paynter was a close second in the 2012 Belmont Stakes, but following his Haskell win, he developed colitis, a life-threatening disease. He subsequently made a full recovery, followed by thousands on social media, and his return to health was named the NTRA’s “Moment of the Year.” Paynter’s recovery also led to the 2012 Vox Populi Award.
Grade 1-winning multimillionaires Clairiere and Pauline's Pearl, both homebreds for Barbara Banke's Stonestreet Farm, have arrived back at their birthplace to join the Kentucky broodmare band. Stonestreet made the announcement Wednesday on its social media channels, and said plans for their first matings are still to be determined.
Both 5-year-old mares were trained by Steve Asmussen.
Rombauer, winner of the 2021 Preakness Stakes, will begin his stallion career in 2024 at War Horse Place in Lexington, Ky.
The farm posted the announcement on its official webpage, saying that Rombauer will stand for an introductory fee of $6,000, alongside stallions Sacred Life and Smooth Like Strait. John Fradkin, who raced Rombauer as a homebred with wife, Diane Fradkin, confirmed the son of Twirling Candy's retirement in a text message Wednesday.
Multiple Grade 1 winner Gunite has been retired to Coolmore's Ashford Stud in Kentucky, the farm announced Tuesday.
Gunite, from the first crop of Horse of the Year and white-hot young sire Gun Runner, raced as a homebred for Winchell Thoroughbreds, which co-owned his sire. He retires with nine wins from 21 career starts and earnings of more than $2.4 million.
