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.
The Fasig-Tipton Kentucky fall selected mixed sale, colloquially known as Fasig November, bills itself as the “Night of the Stars.” Under any name, this year's catalog glitters.
More Than Ready is the all-time leading sire by Breeders' Cup victories – a title in the crosshairs this year, as the late stallion does not have a prominent candidate, and several other sires are breathing down his neck.
The streaking filly Nest spent her fledgling years at Ashview Farm, a family operation that has soared to a place among the leading breeding and sales operations this year with a run of success.
A strong North American yearling sale season came to a strong finish on Thursday evening, with the Fasig-Tipton Kentucky fall yearling sale concluding with record figures.
