After gains through the first five books of the Keeneland September yearling sale, the marathon auction began its final run with the Book 6 opener on Friday, and found continued buoyancy in the low end of the market.
Duncan and DeeDee Lloyd proved themselves good at presentation in their return to consignment, and were rewarded Thursday at Keeneland September by putting the session-topper through the ring – a $180,000 Violence colt who sold to Waves Bloodstock.
Book 5 of the Keeneland September yearling sale concluded on Thursday showing that the market heading into its lower-middle levels was not only still buoyant, but bustling.
Grade 1 winner Al’s Gal will be entered in the Keeneland November breeding stock sale, offered in foal to Medaglia d’Oro. The 6-year-old English Channel mare will be consigned by James Keogh as agent.
Anyone expecting the brisk trade of this year’s Keeneland September yearling sale to fall off as the middle market faded into Book 5 did not cash that bet on Wednesday, with across-the-board gains continuing to show the market’s buoyancy, and a $175,000 Atreides filly carrying the day’s banner.
The catalog for the 2017 Equine Sales Co. of Louisiana open yearling and mixed sale is now online, featuring 195 horses on offer.
In founding Postmaster Farm, brothers Brent and Todd Wilson kept the business in the family, right down to the name.
From a carefully-curated broodmare band that hovers around three dozen, Hinkle Farm was represented by three yearlings selected for Keeneland September's elite Book 1 catalog. The commercial operation also had several yearlings scattered throughout the middle and later books, finding strong results at the ongoing auction.
The bellwether Keeneland September yearling sale got off to a hot start last week with the much-discussed revamping of the auction’s elite books. The momentum has carried deep into the second week of the auction as this year’s yearling crop tests the middle and lower markets. Keeneland concluded its Book 4 portion on Tuesday with its average sale price trending well up and a fairly steady buyback rate, among the indicators of health across a good swath of the North American market.
The 2017 Canadian Thoroughbred Horse Society (Alberta Division) Thoroughbred sale closed Sunday with solid gains across the board, led by a $45,000 filly by Point of Entry.
