Many North American yearling sales posted record or near-record figures in the resurgent 2021 season, leading to speculation that this fall’s weanling marketplace could be strong. Those predictions came to fruition when young stock helped boost both the Fasig-Tipton Kentucky fall selected mixed sale and the Keeneland November breeding stock sale to improved figures this month.
The Keeneland November breeding stock sale concluded a 10-day run last week with improved figures across the board from its pandemic-hampered 2020 edition. Those figures included a sales-record median, a crucial figure for market health.
Rock Your World, winner of this year's Santa Anita Derby, has been retired and will stand at Spendthrift Farm in 2022.
Successful sire Alternation has been re-syndicated and will continue his stud career at Darby Dan Farm as his birthplace, Pin Oak Stud, continues to wind down its operations.
Sam Huff, the Hall of Fame professional football player and the founder of the West Virginia Breeders Classics, died on Saturday, according to multiple sources. Huff, who had dementia, was 87.
A weanling half-sister to Grade 1 winner Juju's Map led Sunday's session at $360,000 as the Keeneland November breeding stock sale reached its midway point with significant gains, having already surpassed its total gross sales from 2020.
The well-related young broodmare Belle Street sold for $550,000 to lead the Book 3 opener as the Keeneland November breeding stock sale moved deeper into the marketplace with continued gains.
Eclipse Award champion turf horse and leading turf sire English Channel died Thursday morning following an illness. One of the heirs to leading sire Smart Strike, English Channel was 19.
Eclipse Award champion turf horse and leading turf sire English Channel died Thursday morning following an illness. The son of Smart Strike was 19.
Adena Springs, the 2,300-acre central Kentucky property that was established by Frank Stronach in 2007, is being marketed for sale, according to the real-estate firm handling the transaction.
