The fourth day of the Keeneland January horses of all ages sale was the first of this year’s renewal to post across-the-board declines, though those drop-offs were minor, indicating a steady market as the sale transitions from Book 2 to the final Book 3.
The third session of the Keeneland January horses of all ages sale on Wednesday kicked off the auction’s second book by carrying on the trends set in Book 1 – less fireworks at the top of the market and a lower gross, but consistent gains in average and median sale prices.
While lacking the seven-figure fireworks of its immediate predecessor, the first book of the 2016 Keeneland January horses of all ages sale closed on Tuesday with healthy returns.
Virginia Kraft Payson spent years racing her horses against horses owned and bred by Gerald Leigh and later by his daughter Sarah Jane Leigh, and admired the family’s breeding program. When the Leigh family’s stock was put up for dispersal at the Keeneland January horses of all ages sale, Payson bid boldly to secure those bloodlines.
Thirteen supplemental entries have been added to the catalog for the 2016 Barretts January mixed sale, bringing the overall size of the book to 209 entries.
Supplements to the Ocala Breeders’ Sales Co. winter mixed sale’s horses-of-racing-age portion are now available online, adding 46 horses to the catalog.
The catalog for the 2016 Fasig-Tipton Kentucky winter mixed sale is now available online, featuring 480 entries, with more to come through supplemental entries.
With the Breeders’ Cup being hosted just a few yards away, sellers filled the catalog for last year’s Keeneland November breeding stock sale to its highest total since 2010. That enthusiasm toward putting horses in the market carried over to the Keeneland January horses of all ages sale, led by an influx of newly turned yearlings.
The catalog for the 2016 Fasig-Tipton Midlantic winter mixed sale is now available online, with 167 entries.
The North American auction market continued to find its statistical cruising speed in 2015 after several years of upward momentum, though it was not clear sailing for all.
