By just about all accounts, this year’s Keeneland September yearling sale has been in the midst of its best performance in years. Monday’s opening session of Book 3 made it official.
Joe Nevills highlights horses to watch at the eighth session of the Keeneland September yearling sale.
The Canadian Thoroughbred Horse Society’s British Columbia division held its annual yearling and mixed sale on Sept. 10 at Thunderbird Show Park Park in Langley, British Columbia. Topped by a six-figure yearling by a local sire, the auction posted final numbers that remained relatively level with the previous year’s sale.
The Ocala Breeders’ Sales Co. has cataloged 386 horses for its fall mixed sale, which will be held at the sales company’s complex in Ocala, Fla., on Oct. 15-16.
DRF Breeding's live coverage of the 2013 Keeneland September yearling sale in Kentucky.
After the heavy hitters had their fun in Book 1, a second wave of buyers helped propel Book 2 to significant improvements over last year’s weekend sessions.
Horses to watch in the seventh session of the Keeneland September yearling sale.
While lacking Book 1’s fireworks, the opening session of Book 2 at the Keeneland September yearling sale continued the positive momentum of the auction’s first four days, showing marked improvement over last year’s fifth session.
A Tapit filly sold to Robert LaPenta for $475,000 on Saturday afternoon, setting the new high price for the fifth session of the Keeneland September yearling sale. Bloodstock agent John Panagot, who signed the ticket in the name of LaPenta’s Whitehorse Stables, said that the filly would be broken by Niall Brennan before joining trainer Chad Brown’s string next spring.
A full sister to dual classic-winning champion Afleet Alex sold to Mandy Pope’s Whisper Hill Farm on Saturday for $400,000 to set the early pace in Book 2 of the Keeneland September yearling sale.
