Grade 1 winner Paris Lights brought the hammer down at $3.1 million late in the Keeneland November breeding stock sale’s Book 1 session Wednesday, bringing the curtain down on a solid day that closed with double-digit gains in average and median.
Leading turf sire English Channel is likely to miss the upcoming breeding season after being “diagnosed with multiple health issues,” according to a press release issued Wednesday morning by Calumet Farm.
Breeders' Cup Classic winner and likely Horse of the Year Knicks Go will be available for inspection for a brief spell at his future home, Taylor Made Farm in Nicholasville, Ky., before returning to the racetrack to prepare for his final start in January's Pegasus World Cup.
Kentucky Oaks winner Shedaresthedevil will remain in training for 2022 with trainer Brad Cox for a new set of partners after she lit up the bid board at $5 million at the Fasig-Tipton Kentucky fall selected mixed sale on Tuesday.
High-profile winners, an international marketplace, the dissolution of old partnerships, and the formation of new ones fueled gains across the board at the star-studded Fasig-Tipton Kentucky fall selected mixed sale on Tuesday evening.
Shedaresthedevil, Caravel, Kimari, Proud Emma, and Queen Supreme arrived at Fasig-Tipton's Newtown Paddocks headquarters in Lexington, Ky., on Sunday night, a day after contesting Breeders' Cup races at Del Mar, and about 48 hours before they were to walk through the auction ring as star attractions.
Our annual special edition takes a look at the marketplace for the upcoming mixed sale season, beginning with the Fasig-Tipton Kentucky fall selected mixed sale on Nov. 9, and the Keeneland November breeding stock sale, beginning Nov. 10.
The Thoroughbred sales calendar turns like a water wheel, with the energy from one season often spilling into the next. A strong 2-year-old market earlier this year was one of the factors credited in fueling a record-setting yearling sale season this summer and fall. Off that, a solid marketplace is expected for the dawning North American mixed sale season, which begins with the Fasig-Tipton Kentucky fall selected mixed sale on Nov. 9, and the Keeneland November breeding stock sale on Nov. 10-19.
Two-time reigning leading sire Into Mischief has made a strong start as a sire of sires, and the popularity of his sons was well in evidence during this breeding season. Now, Into Mischief and his sons will continue to be prominent throughout the November mixed sales.
Following are horses to watch during the Keeneland November breeding stock sale's Book 1 portion, which makes up the sale's opening session on Wednesday, Nov. 10.
