The Keeneland January horses of all ages sale finished Book 1 with momentum, as Tuesday's session was spiked by a pair of seven-figure horses to help the auction reach its halfway point with across-the-board gains.
The Keeneland January horses of all ages sale started off on a positive note Monday, with across-the-board gains led at the top by the $485,000 stakes-winning filly Bellavais.
Charitable Link, a half-sister to last fall’s Grade 1 Jockey Club Gold Cup winner Diversify, will go through the ring Tuesday at the Keeneland January horses of all ages sale. All proceeds from the sale of the unraced broodmare prospect will go to benefit the New Vocations racehorse adoption program.
Hips to watch at the Keeneland January sale of horses of all ages.
A healthy response from middle-market buyers energized the mixed auction market during the first half of its season, and that momentum shows no sign of slowing down for the first event of the 2018 calendar, the Keeneland January horses of all ages sale.
Fasig-Tipton will not conduct its Turf Showcase yearling sale in 2018, one year after its inaugural edition.
The catalog for the 2018 Ocala Breeders’ Sales Co. winter mixed sale is now online, with 693 horses on offer.
The catalog for the 2018 Barretts January mixed sale is now available online and features 173 entries.
The first edition of the Ohio Thoroughbred Breeders and Owners mixed sale in more than a decade was led by a $15,000 yearling Shackleford filly Sunday.
Marsha, a Group 1 winner in England and France, sold to M.V. Magnier of the Coolmore partnership for 6 million guineas ($8.49 million) on Tuesday at the Tattersalls December mares sale in Newmarket, England, making her the most expensive Thoroughbred ever sold at European auction.
