California-based owner Gary Broad needed to go to just $90,000 to acquire a yearling colt by Smart Strike, one of only four offspring from the leading sire's final crop.
Deep Impact's first yearling ever offered in the U.S. got an underwhelming reception, failing to meet her reserve with a high bid of $285,000 at Keeneland September.
In pursuit of a Kentucky Derby win, Winchell Thoroughbreds went to $625,000 at Keeneland September to acquire a Medaglia d'Oro colt who is, appropriately, a half brother to a Kentucky Derby winner.
Cairo Prince's whirlwind season with his first yearling crop continued Tuesday when Shadwell bought a $900,000 colt at the Keeneland September yearling sale.
The level of competition among buyers at Book 2 of the Keeneland September yearling sale jumped to the next level on Wednesday, featuring a trio of seven-figure transactions.
Healthy trade continued as the revamped Keeneland September yearling sale moved into its Book 2 catalog on Tuesday. The segment’s first session, topped by a $950,000 Scat Daddy colt, posted favorable returns compared with last year’s second book.
A revamped, super-select first book of the Keeneland September yearling sale yielded the intended result on Monday, with average and median sale prices far exceeding last year’s Book 1, and a $2.7-million daughter of Tapit becoming the most expensive filly traded at the sale since 2008.
Three-time reigning leading sire Tapit continued to powerhouse through the elite Book 1 portion of the Keeneland September yearling sale on Monday evening in Lexington. A yearling filly sold from his group of representatives now ranks among the top prices at an auction he has led by gross sales each year since 2012.
A colt by leading sire Tapit and from the family of Horse of the Year Saint Liam and multiple Grade 1 winner Gun Runner sold for $2.6 million to Mandy Pope to lead the Keeneland September yearling sale in its early going.
To help Florida-based buyers manage uncertainties following the storm, Fasig-Tipton has opened four of its Lexington, Ky., barns to horses bound for Ocala, Fla., who were purchased on Sunday at its Turf Showcase as well as at the coming week’s Keeneland September yearling sale.
