Blue hen Take Charge Lady’s family led the day at the Keeneland November breeding stock sale, as her champion granddaughter Take Charge Brandi sold for a sale-topping $6 million, and her weanling filly then went for a North American record $3.2 million.
A half-brother to multiple Grade 1 winner Honor Code sold to Coolmore's M.V. Magnier for $2.6 million during Tuesday's second session of the Keeneland November breeding stock sale, ranking him among the most expensive weanlings in the auction's history.
The weanling market continued in strong fashion Tuesday at the Keeneland November breeding stock sale, as a Tapit filly sold for $1.3 million to J.J. Crupi's New Castle Farm, as agent.
Grade 1 winner Photo Call sold for $3 million to J.J. Crupi's New Castle Farm, on behalf of an undisclosed client, to take over the lead at the Keeneland November breeding stock sale on Tuesday.
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.
