Three weanlings by Sea the Stars sold for more than $1 million each Thursday at the Goffs November foal sale in Ireland, marking the first weanlings by the European champion to come to market publicly.
The most expensive, a half-brother to 2007’s Irish 3-year-old champion, Soldier of Fortune, brought 850,000 euros, or $1,147,500, from buyer Sunderland Holdings. Redmondstown Stud was the consignor.
Gainesway Farm in Lexington, Ky., has sold Whywhywhy to a Korean syndicate that will stand the 11-year-old Mr. Greeley horse at the Jeju Stallion Station in Jeju, South Korea. A Grade 1-winning son of Thorough Fair, Whywhywhy is the sire of graded winners Nownownow and Ikigai, stakes-winners including 2011 graded-placed Laysh Laysh Laysh, and Peru's 2010 champion miler, Georgui Lui.
Pin Oak Stud in Versailles, Ky., will maintain 2011 stud fees for all but one of their stallions when the 2012 breeding season opens in mid-February.
Bob and John’s fee will drop slightly, from $8,000 to $7,500. An 8-year-old Grade 1 winner by Seeking the Gold, Bob and John had his first crop of 20-year-olds on the track this year. They included Canadian stakes-winner Jon’s Golden Run.
The other Pin Oak stallions and their fees are unchanged this year from their 2011 advertised levels. They are Broken Vow, $25,000; Cowboy Cal, $7,500; and Sky Classic, $10,000.
LEXINGTON, Ky. - As Keeneland's November breeding stock sale neared its end, prices on its 10th day dropped off more steeply compared with last year's equivalent session, even though the auction overall was well up over 2010's cumulative figures.
Wednesday's session-topper was the $105,000 broodmare Five Gold Rings, a Touch Gold mare who is a three-quarter-sister to graded winner Yarrow Brae. Cataloged in foal to Indygo Shiner, she sold to Southern Equine Stables from the Lane's End consignment. Five Gold Rings, a 6-year-old, is out of the Miswaki mare Bally Five.
LEXINGTON, Ky. – Airdrie Stud will trim the fees for most of its stallions in 2012, but its most prominent sire, Indian Charlie, is among three getting raises.
Airdrie also will offer several discount opportunities for breeders.
Shared Account, the winner of the 2010 Breeders’ Cup Filly and Mare Turf, has been retired and will be bred in 2012, trainer Graham Motion said on Wednesday.
Shared Account finished seventh in the BC Filly and Mare Turf at Churchill Downs on Nov. 4, the final start of a career of 6 wins in 18 starts. She earned $1,649,427.
LEXINGTON, Ky. – A three-quarter-sister to graded winner Yarrow Brae was the session-leader Wednesday as the 11-day Keeneland November breeding stock sale approached its conclusion.
At 3 p.m., $105,000 Five Gold Rings, by Touch Gold, had the 10th session’s top price. Cataloged in foal to Indygo Shiner, she sold to Southern Equine Stables from the Lane’s End consignment.
LEXINGTON, Ky. - Tuesday evening's late burst of six-figure horses led by a half-brother to recent Breeders' Cup Mile winner Court Vision did not help the Keeneland November sale's ninth session from becoming the first to post declines in gross and average figures since the auction began on Nov. 7. But the 11-day sale still is running well ahead of last year's figures overall.
LEXINGTON, Ky. - Darby Dan Farm here is holding the line on stud fees and will stand its stallions for the same advertised fees as last year.
Leading the Darby Dan roster is Tale of Ekati, whose first weanlings arrive in 2012. Bred and owned by Charles Fipke, he will stand again for $15,000 next season. The other Darby Dan stallions with published fees are Magna Graduate, $5,000; Run Away and Hide, $5,000; and Sun King, $10,000.