A Tapit colt sold for $1.2 million to Antony Beck's Gainesway Farm and Barbara Banke's Stonestreet Farm, the latter of which continues to make high-profile buys in partnership, early in Thursday's fourth session of the Keeneland September yearling sale.
By the end of this year’s second session of the Keeneland September yearling sale on Tuesday, eight seven-figure horses had sold, eclipsing last year’s Keeneland sale total of eight. By the end of Wednesday’s third session, a flurry of fevered bidding had left last year’s high-end numbers in the dust.
Staff writer Joe Nevills discusses six horses to watch at Thursday’s fourth and final Book 1 session of the Keeneland September yearling sale, including half-siblings to Havre de Grace and English Channel.
Mandy Pope continued to acquire top-quality fillies as the Keeneland September yearling sale progressed on Wednesday, landing one of the sale’s most anticipated offerings, a filly out of Grade 1 winner and producer Take Charge Lady, for a sale-leading $2.2 million.
Barbara Banke’s Stonestreet Stables and B. Wayne Hughes’ Spendthrift Farm partnered to buy a $1.7-million Medaglia d’Oro colt out of Supercharger, dam of 2010 Kentucky Derby winner Super Saver, during Wednesday’s third session of the Keeneland September yearling sale.
A Tapit colt sold for $1.55 million to Nat Rea’s Regis Farms and Stonestreet Stables as a strong third session of the Keeneland September yearling sale continued on Wednesday.
A colt by European champion Galileo also a half-brother to an Irish champion and hot first-crop sire sold for $1.4 million to the Irish-based Coolmore Stud during the third session of the Keeneland September yearling sale on Wednesday.
A half sister to champion and prominent sire Speightstown set the bar high early in Wednesday’s third session of the Keeneland September yearling sale, selling for $1.75 million to Torrealba Holdings to establish a new high price for the sale.
It took two sessions for this year’s edition of the Keeneland September yearling sale to eclipse the number of seven-figure horses that went through the ring for the entire sale last year, signaling the continued growth of the market.
Horses to watch on the third day of the Keeneland September yearling sale.
