Liam's Map top covering sire at Keeneland January
There was a new name among the leading covering sires at Keeneland January – but he’s a familiar name for some of the breeders fueling his figures.
Nicole RussoJan 16, 2017
There was a new name among the leading covering sires at Keeneland January – but he’s a familiar name for some of the breeders fueling his figures.
The 2017 renewal of the Keeneland January horses of all ages sale saw a market potentially on the cusp of transition, posting a higher buyback rate and more than double the number of no-bids, paired with across-the-board declines.
The speckled broodmare became the first registered white Thoroughbred to change hands at North American public auction for a third time, going to Diane Krasznay of Mechanicsville, Md.-based Heart's Desire Farm on Wednesday.
Horses to watch at the one-day Barretts mixed sale of yearlings, 2-year-olds, broodmares, and racing prospects at the Los Angeles County Fairgrounds in Pomona, Calif.
Barretts Sales will hold its first auction of 2017 on Tuesday with a one-day mixed sale of yearlings, 2-year-olds, broodmares and racing prospects at the Los Angeles County Fairgrounds in Pomona, Calif.
Market fluctuation at the Keeneland January horses of all ages sale continued into its fourth session, with numbers dropping once again after somewhat steadying the previous day.
The catalog for the 2017 Fasig-Tipton Kentucky winter mixed sale is now available online, featuring 580 horses on offer before supplemental entries.
The Keeneland January horses of all ages sale provides owners a chance to bolster the book of an incoming stallion. Several partners in the new stallions of 2017 were aggressively bidding during the sale's high-end Book 1 portion earlier this week.
Farfellow Farms ventured into consigning its own foals for the first time at the Keeneland January horses of all ages sale and held the distinction of offering the first six-figure horse of the auction, with a yearling Uncle Mo colt going to de Meric Sales, agent, Monday for $140,000.
The third session of the Keeneland January horses of all ages sale saw the market get closer to the pace it set last year, following sharp declines in Book 1. However, those returns came paired with a much higher buyback rate.