Bodemeister’s dam, the young Storm Cat mare Untouched Talent, added another feather to her cap Monday when her yearling Smart Strike filly brought $1.3 million from John Sikura and Bruce Lunsford.
After a select session that produced five millionaire yearlings, Keeneland’s September yearling auction launched its three-day Book 2 section Tuesday in a more conservative market that had yet to threaten the million-dollar mark by 4 p.m.
The Keeneland September yearling auction’s only select session delivered five million-dollar yearlings and launched the 11-day sale on an upward trend as average and median outpaced last year’s figures.
A $26,000 colt by first-year sire Giant Gizmo topped the open session of the Canadian Thoroughbred Horse Society’s yearling sale at the Woodbine sales pavilion Saturday. Bob Tiller, acting as agent for Rolph Davis, purchased the colt from Beth Hancock, agent for Cedar Creek Farm.
The catalog for the Oct. 16-17 Ocala Breeders’ Sales Company’s fall mixed sale is available online at http://obssales.com.
Ken and Sarah Ramsey received the Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders Association’s awards as national breeder and owner of the year for 2011 Friday night at the group’s annual awards dinner in Lexington.
Keeneland’s September yearling sale, which opens Monday and runs through Sept. 21, will prove the biggest test yet of a yearling market that sellers hope will continue early season positive trends.
Grade 3 winner Maram, winner of the inaugural Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf in 2008, has died at age 6.
A yearling filly who is a full sister to Taylor Said, who recently won the Grade 3 Longacres Mile, is expected to be the star of the Canadian Thoroughbred Horse Society's annual yearling and mixed sale on Tuesday in Langley, British Columbia.
The Keeneland sale has changed drastically in size and prices over the last 50 years, and that means the training and technique of Keeneland auctioneering has had to change, too.
