Hotly-contested bidding on a Quality Road colt led an active upper market on Sunday to kick off Book 3 of the Keeneland September yearling sale, but average and median sale prices saw moderate declines.
While Book 1 of the Keeneland September yearling sale turned in steady results compared with the previous renewal, Book 2 displayed the continued growth of the upper-middle market.
Book 2 of the Keeneland September yearling sale opened with a flourish Friday, posting significant gains over the first session of last year’s second book.
Mandy Pope has become one of the North American Thoroughbred auction scene’s most recognizable figures in recent years while building a broodmare band full of big names and big price tags. The road to recouping on that significant investment began in Book 1 of the Keeneland September yearling sale, when the first foals from several of Pope’s high-dollar broodmare purchases went through the sales ring. Some were out of veteran broodmares foaling for the first time under the banner of Pope’s Whisper Hill Farm, while others were highly anticipated debut foals by younger mares.
Heritage Place in Oklahoma City has cataloged 128 horses to its fourth annual Thoroughbred sale, which will feature a special session for yearlings.
The 2015 Fasig-Tipton Saratoga fall mixed sale catalog is now online, featuring 366 horses on offer.
With a robust session on Wednesday, the shortened select format of the Keeneland September yearling sale ended with results similar to Book 1 of last year’s renewal.
A Street Cry filly from an outstanding female family sold to Mandy Pope for $1.05 million late in a strong session of the Keeneland September yearling sale.
A Tapit colt created major fireworks Wednesday afternoon at the Keeneland September yearling sale, going to Mandy Pope for $2.1 million following a prolonged bidding war.
A Tapit colt took over as the top price of the Keeneland September yearling sale when he sold for $1.65 million to Roy and Gretchen Jackson’s Lael Stable on Wednesday afternoon.
