A $215,000 filly from the first crop of Vekoma led the session as the Keeneland November breeding stock sale opened its Book 4 portion on Saturday.
The well-bred young broodmare Spritz brought $550,000 to lead Friday’s session as the Keeneland November breeding stock sale hit its midway point with gains in key figures.
Brockovich, in foal to popular first-year stallion Charlatan, sold for $450,000 to lead the session as the Keeneland November breeding stock sale moved into its Book 3 portion by continuing to post solid figures.
Two days after a live auction of a share in Flightline rocked the Keeneland sales pavilion, the now-retired superhorse continued to steal the headlines on Wednesday, the third day of the Keeneland November breeding stock sale. Many of the top-selling mares to change hands on Wednesday were bought specifically to send to Flightline, including the $1 million sales topper, Proud Emma.
Jane Lyon, who owns and operates Summer Wind Farm in Central Kentucky, went to $1.45 million on Tuesday to buy the 4-year-old racemare Park Avenue, the session-topper on day 2 of the Keeneland November breeding stock sale.
In 2020, Jeff Bloom and Chuck Allen bought out their partners in the brilliant racemare Midnight Bisou for $5 million during the Fasig-Tipton November sale. Two years later, at the Keeneland November breeding stock sale on Monday night, Bloom and Allen sold Midnight Bisou outright for $5.5 million, in foal to leading sire Tapit, to Northern Stud of Japan – which two years earlier had been the underbidder for the racemare but walked away at $4.75 million.
Less than 48 hours after Flightline left the Thoroughbred racing industry in awe with a breathtaking performance in the Breeders’ Cup Classic, he left the breeding industry gasping for air in astonishment. A 2.5 percent share in Flightline went for $4.6 million as the first lot in the Kentucky November breeding stock sale on Monday, a figure that values the horse at an eye-popping $184 million.
In a sales ring that hosted a steady procession of standout fillies and mares, champion Gamine reached the summit by bringing $7 million to top Sunday night’s November Sale at Fasig-Tipton in Lexington, Ky
Into Mischief, the nation's three-time reigning leading sire, is entering the major November races and auctions with a head of steam. Not only has the stallion taken over on the North American earnings list, he has the potential to again break his own single-season earnings record.
The Keeneland November breeding stock sale officially runs from Nov. 7-16. On Nov. 17, the company will break out a single-session November horses of racing age sale, keying in on what has been an increasingly-important segment of the marketplace.
