Keeneland November: Day 1 horses to watch
Horses to watch during the opening session of the Keeneland November breeding stock sale.
Joe NevillsNov 05, 2013
Horses to watch during the opening session of the Keeneland November breeding stock sale.
The dispersal of E. Paul Robsham Stables LLC has added additional luster to the Keeneland November breeding stock sale, already one of the premier auctions on the calendar. Of the 24 horses cataloged from the breeding and racing operation of the late Einar Paul Robsham and wife Joyce, half are Grade 1 winners, producers, or half-siblings to such; two others are Grade 1-placed.
Eblouissante, a half sister to champion Zenyatta, will be among the marquee offerings at the Keeneland November breeding stock sale. Watching the filly, part of the dispersal of the late Eric Kronfeld’s stock, go through the ring will be a bittersweet experience for Don Robinson, whose Winter Quarter Farm is handling the consignment of his late client and friend.
Known annually for producing bidding fireworks and seven-figure horses, this year’s edition of Fasig-Tipton Kentucky November selected mixed sale lived up to its billing, with the sale-topper coming in the final handful of offerings.
Irish-bred Betterbetterbetter earned the new highest bid on Monday at the Fasig-Tipton Kentucky fall selected mixed sale as one of the final offerings of the evening, selling to Mandy Pope’s Whisper Hill Farm for $5.2 million.
Multiple graded stakes producer Rhumb Line, carrying a full sibling to her most accomplished runners, sold to Mandy Pope’s Whisper Hill Farm for $2 million at the Fasig-Tipton Kentucky fall mixed sale Monday night.
Two days removed from her second consecutive victory in the Breeders’ Cup Turf Sprint at Santa Anita, Mizdirection sold to Sheikh Joaan Al Thani’s Qatar-based Al Shaqab Racing, represented by Mandore International, for $2.7 million on Monday at the Fasig-Tipton Kentucky fall selected mixed sale.
Inglorious, Canada’s champion 3-year-old filly of 2011, sold to Kia-Ora Stud Australia for $1.35 million on Monday during the Fasig-Tipton Kentucky fall selected mixed sale.
Love and Pride, a multiple Grade 1-winning A.P. Indy mare from the family of champion and leading sire Bernardini, raised the bar on Monday night at the Fasig-Tipton Kentucky fall selected mixed sale, selling to Borges Torrealba Holdings for $4.9 million
Aaron and Marie Jones made a splash by purchasing a trio of seven-figure mares at the Fasig-Tipton Kentucky fall selected mixed sale Monday night, first landing Grade 1 winner Joyful Victory for $2 million before going to $1.2 million each to acquire Grade 2 winners Juanita and Mamma Kimbo.