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The Irish-born broodmare White Hot sold for $2.1 million to lead the Keeneland November breeding stock sale's opening Book 1 session, as buyers from the U.S., Europe, and Japan converged at the top end of a global marketplace.
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Kentucky Oaks winner Secret Oath will begin her broodmare career at Spendthrift Farm and will be bred to its leading sire Into Mischief, after the operation purchased her for $3 million at the Fasig-Tipton November sale.
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Mike Repole hopes to return Eclipse Award champion Nest to the races in 2024 to complete some “unfinished business,” after going to a co-sale-topping $6 million to buy out his partners in the filly at the Fasig-Tipton November sale on Tuesday.
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John Stewart, who made his first Thoroughbred purchase last year, was among the top-spending buyers at the Keeneland September yearling sale. He has continued to buy through the fall, purchasing a number of yearlings and weanlings who will one day carry his colors. But while scouting young prospects, Stewart also wanted a race-ready prospect for the near future.
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Eclipse Award champions Nest and Goodnight Olive are both slated to return to the races in 2024 after they shared the sale-topping $6 million hammer fall at the star-studded Fasig-Tipton November sale on Tuesday night, with the auction posting double-digit gains in its average and median figures.
Book 1 of the Keeneland November sale provides the opportunity for some weanlings to work their way to the front of the pack. While a slightly larger number of youngsters can make this session as opposed to the single-session Fasig-Tipton sale, the weanlings chosen for Book 1 still must possess stellar pedigrees and solid conformation, even at this early stage.
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Flightline was limited to a book of 152 mares in his first season, a relatively limited number, especially considering the internal support he received from his syndicate, which further lessened room for outside mares.
For those looking for future stars, Fasig-Tipton's “Night of the Stars” sale has something for them. The sale begins with a selection of just more than 130 weanlings. Because this is a highly selective single-session sale, the weanlings chosen for the catalog must possess stellar pedigrees and solid conformation, even at this early stage.
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Strong family ties, on both sides, have come together for one of the most exciting offerings at the Keeneland November breeding stock sale for a new consignment. Case Clay Thoroughbred Management will hang its shingle out for its first Keeneland consignment consisting of Puca, the dam of Kentucky Derby winner Mage and carrying a full sibling to that colt; and Grade 1 winner Dalika, carrying a foal from the first crop of Horse of the Year Flightline.
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The late Arrogate, inducted into the Hall of Fame this year, made the most of his limited opportunities at stud. The all-time North American leading moneywinner stood just three seasons, but those three crops – the youngest are current 2-year-olds – are represented by graded stakes winners from each.
