:quality(75))
Nyquist is teed up for success in coming years, thanks to the support he received following his freshman-season success. That support is coming to fruition, with multiple Grade 1-winning 2-year-olds in the crop on the track and multiple seven-figure yearlings from the crop at the sales.
:quality(75))
The inaugural Keeneland Championship Sale, to be held the week of the Breeders’ Cup at Del Mar, has announced its first offering, as a 25 percent interest in Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf hopeful Kilwin will be presented.
:quality(75))
Prominent young sire Nyquist sired a pair of seven-figure colts to fuel the action on Thursday evening as the Keeneland September yearling sale concluded its upper-market portions with solid figures.
Keeneland September sale: Book 2 hips to watch
:quality(75))
A trio of seven-figure yearlings highlighted steady competition as the Keeneland September yearling sale moved into its Book 2 portion with a Wednesday session that posted continued gains.
:quality(75))
Chester and Mary Broman don’t often appear on the buying bench at high-end sales. They are more well-known for their homebred program, which has been among the best in New York and which has made a national impact, with runners such as Breeders’ Cup Filly and Mare Sprint winner Bar of Gold and Grade 1 winners including Artemis Agrotera and Friends Lake.
:quality(75))
The as-of-now unnamed principals behind a venture that will run as Epic Racing wanted to wade, not leap, into the top end of the Thoroughbred marketplace, according to Town & Country Farms CEO Shannon Potter, who is acting as a consultant for this venture. But Epic Racing made a big splash in its first appearance at the Keeneland September yearling sale, with purchases led by a $1.35 million full brother to a Hall of Famer who put together an epic championship season in Rachel Alexandra.
:quality(75))
Multiple Grade 1 winner Maxfield was a breakout success during Book 1 of the Keeneland September yearling sale, with a pair of $1 million yearlings putting him in company with some of the nation's elite sires.
:quality(75))
Horse of the Year honorees and Hall of Fame members Gun Runner and Curlin are now classic sires who rank among America's best, and they led Keeneland September's best, the Book 1 portion, by sales this week.
:quality(75))
“He speaks for himself.” So said Mandy Pope as the latest acquisition for her Whisper Hill Farm, a Curlin colt who is a full brother to multiple Grade 1 winner Clairiere, strode away from the sale pavilion after commanding $5 million, one of the highest prices in recent years at the Keeneland September yearling sale, putting an exclamation point on Tuesday’s smashing action.
