A perfect storm converged on the Keeneland November breeding stock sale on Tuesday, with a champion, a Broodmare of the Year, and a popular commercial sire all represented in less than 10 minutes before some of the industry’s leading buyers.
A 2-year-old male trotter, Dog Gone Lucky heads to Thursday’s $216,300 Matron Stakes at Dover Downs off a win in last weekend’s Kindergarten Classic Series championship.
Blue hen Take Charge Lady’s family led the day at the Keeneland November breeding stock sale, as her champion granddaughter Take Charge Brandi sold for a sale-topping $6 million, and her weanling filly then went for a North American record $3.2 million.
The final hour of the three-hour Breeders’ Cup telecast on NBC received a 2.6 household rating and a 6 share, according to NBC, the highest rating for any portion of a Breeders’ Cup telecast since 1995.
A half-brother to multiple Grade 1 winner Honor Code sold to Coolmore's M.V. Magnier for $2.6 million during Tuesday's second session of the Keeneland November breeding stock sale, ranking him among the most expensive weanlings in the auction's history.
The weanling market continued in strong fashion Tuesday at the Keeneland November breeding stock sale, as a Tapit filly sold for $1.3 million to J.J. Crupi's New Castle Farm, as agent.
Grade 1 winner Photo Call sold for $3 million to J.J. Crupi's New Castle Farm, on behalf of an undisclosed client, to take over the lead at the Keeneland November breeding stock sale on Tuesday.
A Tapit filly out of multiple Grade 1 winner Marketing Mix sold to Shadwell for $1.1 million at the Keeneland November breeding stock sale on Tuesday, becoming the first weanling of the sale to reach the seven-figure mark.
Lacadena, the dam of recent graded stakes winner America, sold for $1.3 million to the Heider Family Stable, becoming the second broodmare to fetch a seven-figure price tag in the opening hours of the Keeneland November breeding stock sale's second session.
The Monmouth at Meadowlands all-turf meet, which concluded Saturday, showed a 19 percent gain in average daily handle over 2014, according to figures released by Monmouth Park on Tuesday.
