A run of high-priced offerings late during Monday’s session of the Keeneland November breeding stock sale helped boost average and median figures compared with last year’s seventh session.
The New York Thoroughbred Breeders Inc. annual stallion season auction will be held Monday, Jan 12, through Wednesday, Jan. 14, with offerings from leading farms in New York and elsewhere.
The Keeneland November breeding stock sale continued its strong run during Sunday’s sixth session, posting gains in gross, average, and median as Book 3 concluded.
The Keeneland November breeding stock sale shifted into its middle-market Book 3 portion on Saturday, and active bidding at the upper end of that price range kept overall trade steady and cumulative figures running slightly ahead of last year’s sale.
Book 2 of the Keeneland November breeding stock sale closed on Friday with steady results that lacked major fireworks, but helped improve the overall average and median.
A pair of high-priced weanlings led the proceedings during Thursday’s third session of the Keeneland November breeding stock sale, which upheld a steady pace in the market as it headed into Book 2.
The Keeneland November breeding stock sale picked up momentum during its second and final Book 1 session, paced by 11 seven-figure horses and a $3 million Tapit filly that set a record price for a weanling sold at public auction in North America.
Group 2 winner Strawberrydaiquiri and Grade 1 producer Silver Bullet Moon each sold for seven figures as Wednesday's second session of the Keeneland November breeding stock sale closed out strong.
A filly by leading sire Tapit has established a record price for a weanling sold at public auction in North America, selling for $3 million to Bridlewood Farm late in Wednesday's second session of the Keeneland November breeding stock sale.
The power of internationally-acclaimed sires Galileo and War Front was in display during Wednesday's second session of the Keeneland November breeding stock sale, as the young broodmares Peace Preserver and Precious Stone each garnered seven-figure price tags.
