Young stallions Desert Party and Girolamo will be available for viewing at Darley's Jonabell location in Lexington, Ky., through Jan. 11 before shipping to stand the 2013 breeding season at Becky Thomas' Sequel Stallions in Hudson, N.Y.
Grade 1 winner Boys At Tosconova will begin his stud career in 2013 at Questroyal North in Stillwater, N.Y., for a fee of $5,000 live foal.
Gainesway in Lexington, Ky., released 2013 stud fees for its 10-stallion roster on Friday, and kept Tapit’s fee at $125,000, the same as 2012, while it adds two new stallions, recent Breeders’ Cup Dirt Mile winner Tapizar and multiple Grade 1 winner To Honor and Serve.
As of mid-session, Friday’s Keeneland November session-topper was Four Gifts, a 6-year-old Even the Score mare who sold to Barry and Judith Becker for $340,000.
Two Grade 3-winning broodmares sold for prices in excess of $300,000 to pace the action during the first three hours of Friday's fourth session of the Keeneland November breeding stock sale.
The last horse through the ring during Thursday’s third session of the Keeneland November breeding stock sale made sure the day closed on a high note, when Eyeofthehurricane sold to Ben Glass, bloodstock agent for owners Gary and Mary West, for $475,000.
Keeneland's November breeding stock sale ended its third session Thursday with declines despite some strong prices from a mix of domestic and international buyers vying for the session's best picks among mares and weanlings.
Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile winner Tapizar was retired Thursday and will enter stud in 2013 at the Beck family's Gainesway Farm in Lexington, Ky. The 4-year-old Tapit colt will stand for $15,000 live foal.
Teuflesberg, sire of recent Breeders' Cup Sprint winner Trinniberg, has been purchased by Joe McMahon of McMahon of Saratoga Thoroughbreds and will stand at the Saratoga Springs, N.Y., farm for the 2013 breeding season. He is being re-syndicated and his stud fee will be announced later. An 8-year-old son of Johannesburg, Teuflesberg stood at Journeyman Stud in Ocala, Fla., this year for a fee of $3,500.
Perfect Soul, currently ranked sixth on Canada's general sire list, will stand at Darby Darn Farm in Lexington, Ky., next year for a fee of $7,500. He had stood at Darby Dan from his initial season at stud, 2005, through 2011.
