A Tapit filly out of multiple Grade 1 winner Marketing Mix sold to Shadwell for $1.1 million at the Keeneland November breeding stock sale on Tuesday, becoming the first weanling of the sale to reach the seven-figure mark.
Lacadena, the dam of recent graded stakes winner America, sold for $1.3 million to the Heider Family Stable, becoming the second broodmare to fetch a seven-figure price tag in the opening hours of the Keeneland November breeding stock sale's second session.
The Keeneland November breeding stock sale's second session was off to another flying start on Tuesday, as Bella Jolie, dam of Breeders' Cup Sprint winner Runhappy, sold for $1.6 million to Stonestreet Farm within the first 15 minutes of the session.
The Keeneland November breeding stock sale got off to a flying start on Monday, as a pair of mares fetched seven-figure price tags within the first hour. And the session kept rolling.
For the second year in a row, multiple Grade 1 winner Hard Not to Like created fireworks at the Keeneland November breeding stock sale, this time selling for $2.2 million to Dattt Stable to take over as the top price during the auction's opening session on Monday.
Colonial Flag and Comedy, both in foal to leading sire Tapit, quickly became the first two offerings of the Keeneland November breeding stock sale to reach seven figures, both bringing the hammer down for high-ticket prices during the sale's opening hour.
The Fasig-Tipton Kentucky fall selected mixed sale produced its annual fireworks show, with a number of familiar names, led by $3 million sale-topper Angela Renee, lighting up the board with high prices. But when the smoke cleared following those theatrics, the kickoff to Kentucky's major mixed sale season produced declines in several major economic categories.
Regally-bred Grade 1 winner Angela Renee sold for $3 million to Don Alberto Corp, which continues to build up its Kentucky broodmare band, as she took over the sale lead at the Fasig-Tipton Kentucky fall selected mixed sale on Sunday evening.
Multiple Grade 1 winner Sweet Reason sold for $2.7 million to Katsumi Yoshida to take over the sale lead as the Fasig-Tipton Kentucky fall selected mixed sale continued on Sunday evening.
Grade 1 winner Let Faith Arise, in foal to leading sire Tapit, sold for $2.1 million to Marie Jones to set the bar among broodmares early at the Fasig-Tipton Kentucky Fall selected mixed sale Sunday evening in Lexington, Ky.
