Perennial leading turf sire Kitten's Joy was represented by his most expensive yearling sold on this continent last week at the Keeneland September yearling sale, an $800,000 filly sold to Heider Family Stables.
Scat Daddy's best sons went to stud after the stallion's sudden death in 2015, and the international appeal of the sire line is evident. His star Caravaggio made a fine showing with yearlings from his first crop in the first week of Keeneland September.
Barbara Banke's Stonestreet Farm recorded a noteworthy hat trick in the first week of the Keeneland September yearling sale, breeding and selling the top-priced horses of Books 1, 2, and 3 as North America's bellwether yearling auction reached its midway point.
A $210,000 Ghostzapper filly led the way at Sunday's session of the Keeneland September yearling sale as the Book 4 portion opened with some encouraging figures.
A $450,000 colt from the first crop of Unified led Saturday's session as the bellwether Keeneland September yearling sale reached the midpoint of its marathon run.
The popularity of Into Mischief, as well as the market trends of selectivity and restraint at the top, continued as Keeneland September moved into its Book 3 portion with Friday's session.
A $1 million colt by Into Mischief pushed a solid Book 2 across the line as the bellwether Keeneland September yearling sale begins to test different levels of the North American market in the second week of its run.
A $950,000 Uncle Mo colt led the way as the bellwether Keeneland September yearling sale opened its Book 2 portion Wednesday, beginning the second week of the sale that will test the strength of the middle and lower markets in North America.
A highly selective marketplace put some blights on the elite Book 1 portion of the bellwether Keeneland September yearling sale, but buyers were willing to stretch for what more than one of them described as “the right horses.” One of those horses was a Tapit colt that a large partnership assembled to purchase for $2 million, as the book concluded with urgency in the bidding in pursuit of that elusive creature.
Grade 1 winners Tiz the Law and Honor A. P. were the cover boys of the Fasig-Tipton selected yearling showcase, held just days after they met in the Kentucky Derby – and both had half-siblings in the catalog for that auction. Both have ultimately been retained to race in the colors of their respective breeders after not meeting their reserves in the ring.
