Wed, 11/07/2012 - 14:40

Keeneland sale: Pure Clan commands $4.5 million

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Pure Clan, a multiple Grade 1 winner, sells for $4.5 million at Keeneland's November sale.

LEXINGTON, Ky. - Multiple Grade 1 winner Pure Clan became the first horse to surpass the $1 million mark during Wednesday’s second session of the Keeneland November breeding stock sale, and she finished well past it to produce the highest price of the sale so far, drawing $4.5 million from Brazilian-based Borges Torrealba Holdings.

Wed, 11/07/2012 - 14:03

Keeneland sale: Stonestreet buys Rachel Alexandra’s sister for $700,000

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Samantha Nicole, a full sister to Rachel Alexandra, sells at Keeneland for $700,000.

Samantha Nicole will join her full sister, 2009 Horse of the Year Rachel Alexandra, at Barbara Banke’s Stonestreet Stables after the wife of late owner and breeder Jess Jackson purchased the filly for $700,000 on Wednesday at the Keeneland November breeding stock sale.

Wed, 11/07/2012 - 13:39

Redeemed to stand in Maryland at Northview Stallion Station

Multiple graded stakes winner Redeemed will begin his stud career at Northview Stallion Station in Chesapeake City, Md., in 2013. His stud fee will be $3,000 when foal stands and nurses.

Wed, 11/07/2012 - 10:23

Kantharos to stand at Ocala Stud in 2013

Florida-based stallion Kantharos will relocate to stand at Ocala Stud for the 2013 breeding season. A 4-year-old by Lion Heart, Kantharos previously stood at Vinery Florida for $5,000. His fee for 2013 will be announced at a later date.

Wed, 11/07/2012 - 10:19

Six to watch at Keeneland’s second session

While the first session of the Keeneland November breeding stock sale showcased several high-priced, off-the-track racing and breeding prospects, the stars of the auction’s second day figure to be proven producers, high-profile weanlings, and a yearling that could top any price set at the recent yearling sales.

That horse is Samantha Nicole, a full sister to 2009 Horse of the Year Rachel Alexandra, who will sell fairly early in the proceedings Wednesday morning. The filly is the headline offering from the dispersal of successful owner-breeder Dolphus Morrison.

Tue, 11/06/2012 - 16:55

Keeneland sale’s opening session has some big spenders, but numbers still suffer

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At $4.2 million, Plum Pretty was one of five horses to bring seven figures at the opening session of Keeneland’s November auction of breeding stock.

LEXINGTON, Ky. – A day after Whisper Hill Farm owner Mandy Pope paid a world-record $10 million for Horse of the Year Havre de Grace at Fasig-Tipton’s fall selected mixed sale, she returned to action Tuesday at Keeneland, paying $4.2 million for 2011 Kentucky Oaks winner Plum Pretty.

Tue, 11/06/2012 - 15:01

Keeneland sale: Zazu goes to Japan for $2.1 million

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Katsumi Yoshida paid $2.1 million for Zazu on Monday at the Keeneland November breeding stock sale.

Multiple Grade 1 winner Zazu sold to Katsumi Yoshida’s Northern Farm for $2.1 million during the first session of the Keeneland November breeding stock sale, continuing the strong activity Japanese buyers have shown at Fasig-Tipton’s November selected fall mixed sale and at Keeneland over the past 24 hours.

The 4-year-old Tapit filly, who was sold as a broodmare prospect, had a banner year in 2011, winning the Grade 1 Las Virgenes Stakes and Lady’s Secret Stakes as well as the Grade 2 Hollywood Oaks. She finished her career with 4 wins from 12 starts and earnings of $691,985.

Tue, 11/06/2012 - 14:48

Keeneland sale: Grade 1 winners Negligee, Shotgun Gulch bring seven figures

France’s Mandore International Agency continued an active week at Kentucky's two major fall breeding stock sales, going to seven figures to acquire Grade 1 winners Negligee and Shotgun Gulch during the opening session of the Keeneland November breeding stock sale on Tuesday.

Tue, 11/06/2012 - 14:22

Keeneland November: Mandy Pope strikes again, buys Plum Pretty for $4.2 million

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Plum Pretty sells on Tuesday to Mandy Pope, who on Monday spent $10 million for Havre de Grace.

Less than 24 hours after her record-setting $10 million purchase of Havre de Grace at the Fasig-Tipton Kentucky fall selected mixed sale, Florida-based owner and breeder Mandy Pope set the bar at the Keeneland November breeding stock sale on Tuesday, buying multiple Grade 1 winner Plum Pretty for $4.2 million.

Tue, 11/06/2012 - 14:18

Adena Springs raises 2013 stud fees for Awesome Again, Ghostzapper

Adena Springs announced stud fees for 18 stallions standing in its Kentucky, New York, and Ontario divisions on Tuesday, and the breeding operation’s two most prolific stallions in Kentucky – Awesome Again and Ghostzapper – saw their fees raised substantially based on productive 2012 campaigns by high-profile offspring.