A half brother to Preakness Stakes winner Oxbow sold for $1.6 million to Mandy Pope’s Whisper Hill Farm to take over as the new top price of the sale late in the Keeneland September yearling sale’s second session on Tuesday.
A filly by leading sire Tapit sold for $1 million to Robert Krembil's Ontario-based Chiefswood Stable as the Keeneland September yearling sale continued on Tuesday.
A War Front colt set the bar high in the opening hours of the Keeneland September yearling sale’s second session, selling for $1.3 million to M.V. Magnier representing the Coolmore team.
Monday’s opening session of the 2014 Keeneland September yearling sale established positive momentum for the 13-day auction, finishing with improved average and median sales figures compared with last year’s first session.
Catalogs are available online for the Fasig-Tipton Saratoga fall mixed sale, which has been expanded to two days for 2015.
A Bernardini filly became the second foal out of her dam, Grade 1 winner Mushka, to sell for seven figures at the Keeneland September yearling sale, with John Ferguson going to $1.2 million to acquire the filly on behalf of Sheikh Mohammed al Maktoum’s Godolphin operation.
A Curlin filly who is a half sister to champion Beholder and Grade 1 winner Into Mischief, was the first to crack the seven-figure mark at the Keeneland September yearling sale, going for $1.1 million to Bridlewood Farm.
A filly from the first crop of Breeders’ Cup Classic winner Drosselmeyer brought $80,000 to top the Equine Sales Co., of Louisiana select yearling sale on Wednesday.
A bustling middle market and overall sense of stability have put more horses and sellers in play for the 2014 edition of the Keeneland September yearling sale. The North American Thoroughbred industry’s bellwether auction added an additional day of selling for this year’s renewal after the number of yearlings cataloged rose 7 percent to 4,181 entries.
DRF Breeding staff writer Joe Nevills spoke with Gainesway Farm's Antony Beck in late August about the state of the yearling market and the success of Tapit.
