:quality(75))
Graded stakes winner Three Witches, off a strong run at the Breeders' Cup less than a week ago, sold for $1.7 million on Friday at the Keeneland November breeding stock sale, which concluded Book 2 with some declines compared to last year.
:quality(75))
While the fillies and mares sold during Kentucky's major November mixed sales draw top billing and top dollar, the weanling market, although it has not broken into seven figures, has been strong and steady. That strength has been noted by many as a result of what has been a solid yearling marketplace in recent years, with buyers now looking to get ahead of that with their purchase of even younger horses.
:quality(75))
Stakes-placed Cancel This sold for $825,000 to lead Thursday’s session at the Keeneland November breeding stock sale as that Book 2 opener posted some declines.
:quality(75))
Prominent owner Mike Repole purchased graded stakes winners Interstatedaydream and Surprisingly for $1.4 million and $1 million, respectively. Both will go to trainer Todd Pletcher, after previously being trained by Brad Cox and Shug McGaughey, respectively.
:quality(75))
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.
:quality(75))
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.
:quality(75))
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.
:quality(75))
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.
:quality(75))
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.
