The broodmare sire of 40 stakes winners, including six graded winners, Not For Love is continuing to make an impact in the major market, with two seven-figure broodmares sold at Keeneland November.
Multiple graded stakes winners Long On Value, Wildcat Red, and Airoforce highlight a group of racing and stallion prospects who add intrigue to the second week of the Keeneland November breeding stock sale.
The Keeneland November breeding stock sale, a nearly two-week marathon that tests the market by offering a wide variety of horses, reached its midway point Sunday with a decline in gross and the average sale price trending downward compared to the halfway point last year. But the median is up and the buyback rate is improved.
The Keeneland November breeding stock sale, a nearly two-week marathon that tests the market by offering a wide variety of horses, reached its midway point Sunday with mixed results. While overall, the average sale price is trending downward, the median is up, and the buyback rate is improved – and the marketplace is displaying a healthy middle market, as evidenced by improved figures in the Book 3 portion that took place over the weekend.
The fifth session of the Keeneland November breeding stock sale on Saturday yielded returns similar to last year's fifth session, topped by the $275,000 stakes-winning filly Storm the Hill.
Book 2 of the Keeneland November breeding stock sale showed significant growth over the same portion of last year’s auction, led by the $1-million broodmare Fools In Love.
Book 2 of the Keeneland November breeding stock sale opened with continued solid trade on Thursday, led by the $1-million broodmare Fools In Love.
It isn't often that a first-crop weanling sire, with only gawky, fuzzy youngsters on his résumé and no progeny accomplishments to speak of, breaks out with a seven-figure sale in this discerning market. But it's not often that a Triple Crown winner comes to stud, prompting even hardened professionals to dare to dream.
A trio of weanlings led their segment of the marketplace during the early sessions of Kentucky’s November auction season, each selling for $1 million.
Fasig-Tipton has released the initial catalog for its Midlantic winter mixed sale, which this year adds a horses of racing age supplement as it moves back to its traditional December date.
