A trio of graded stakes winners, led by Grade 1 winner Last Full Measure, each fetched prices in excess of $1 million to bring the total number of horses to reach that threshold during Tuesday’s opening session of the Keeneland November breeding stock sale to seven. The mark is one better than the total from the 2013 opening session.
With some major sire power behind her, regally-bred Grade 3 winner Naples Bay sold for a sale-leading $3.6 million to Coolmore’s M.V. Magnier during the Keeneland November breeding stock sale’s first session on Tuesday afternoon.
Regally-bred Grade 3 winner Stanwyck became the third horse to reach the seven-figure threshold during Tuesday’s opening session of the Keeneland November breeding stock sale, selling for $2.4 million to Steven Young, as agent.
Multiple Grade 1 winner Iotapa, fresh off a third-place effort in the Breeders’ Cup Distaff, sold for $2.8 million to China Horse Club to take over as the top price of the Keeneland November breeding stock sale’s first session on Tuesday.
Grade 1 winner Egg Drop, in foal to leading sire Tapit, sold to Bridlewood Farm for $1.9 million to set the bar early at the Keeneland November breeding stock sale’s first session Tuesday.
The Fasig-Tipton Kentucky fall selected mixed sale moved 108 horses for revenues of $63,678,000, down 14 percent compared with the 2013 edition, when 129 horses sold for $73,859,000. The average sale price rose 3 percent, from $572,550 to $589,611, and finished as the third-highest figure of the past decade. The median dropped 20 percent, from $250,000 to $200,000.
Just over 48 hours after her victory in the Breeders’ Cup Filly and Mare Turf, Dayatthespa continued to make headlines, selling for $2.1 million to Barbara Banke’s Stonestreet Farm at the Fasig-Tipton Kentucky fall selected mixed sale.
Grade 1 winner Sweet Lulu sold for $3 million to Summer Wind Farm to rank among top prices Monday evening at the Fasig-Tipton Kentucky fall selected mixed sale.
Kentucky Oaks winner Princess of Sylmar sold to Japan's Shadai Farm for $3.1 million to take over as the top price at the Fasig-Tipton Kentucky fall selected mixed sale Monday night in Lexington, Ky.
Regally-bred graded stakes winner La Cloche set the bar high early at the Fasig-Tipton Kentucky fall selected mixed sale, selling for $2.4 million to Don Alberto Corp.
