Blame and Quality Road were among 22 first-crop sires who had weanlings cataloged at the Fasig-Tipton Kentucky selected fall mixed sale and the Keeneland November breeding stock sale, which included five champions, three winners of Triple Crown races, and two Breeders’ Cup winners.
The Fasig-Tipton and Keeneland November breeding stock results reveal that Kentucky’s most important mixed sales remain a truly global marketplace, especially for higher-quality stock.
Northview announced its stallion roster and fees for 2013 on Thursday, headlined by leading regional sires Not For Love, Jump Start, and Smarty Jones, as well as E Dubai, sire of Breeders’ Cup Classic winner Fort Larned.
Spendthrift Farm released its 2013 stallion roster on Wednesday, and announced that all fees for its 11 stallions at its Lexington, Ky., farm and for its four regional stallions will remain the same as in 2012.
After a day of gains fueled by the sale of young racing prospects on Tuesday, the Keeneland November breeding stock sale posted declines in average and median during its ninth session on Wednesday.
Ashford Stud released its 2013 stallion roster on Wednesday, and increased stud fees for successful young sires Scat Daddy and Majestic Warrior while maintaining the fee for leading sire Giant’s Causeway at $85,000.
Juddmonte Farms’ international superstar Frankel, who on Tuesday received his second consecutive Cartier Award as Europe’s Horse of the Year, will stand his first season at stud for 125,000 pounds, or approximately $198,000, in 2013.
Champion Summer Bird has been purchased by the Japan Bloodhorse Breeders’ Association and will stand at stud in Japan in 2013.
Six-figure horses get harder to come by as the Keeneland November breeding stock sale makes its way into its second week, but a juvenile filly with an impressive maiden win helped propel the sale’s eighth session to finish with gains.
Fueled by the exciting 2-year-old filly Flashy Gray, who sold for $775,000, the Keeneland November breeding stock sale appeared on its way to gains early in Tuesday’s eighth session.
