At the end of the sixth session of Keeneland’s Jaarling sale in September on September 14, a total of 1,305 horses of owner had changed for $ 434,982,000, including private turnover, which exceeded last year’s record sales that yielded $ 428,097,000 of the 12-sessions sales. The average for six sessions is $ 333,320, with a median of $ 240,000.
Fixty-Six yearlings have sold for $ 1 million or more, compared to 36 last year.
“Book 3 is closed today on another high note, with packaged grounds and strong competition in the ring,” said Keeneland Vice President of Sales Tony Lacy. “To exceed last year’s record-breaking gross-with six sessions that still have to come and so much quality of quality that still remains in the catalog, the volumes about the health of the market we have seen here.
“But what is even more satisfying about these figures is knowing that every success in this ring immediately supports the people, the horses and initiatives that our sport keeps. These dollars immediately go back into everything we do here at Keeneland, from deterioration to infrastructure to nacare and more. Everything helps everything to feed the sport for everyone.”
The sixth session saw 282 horses sell for a total of $ 49,451,500 with an average of $ 175,360 and a median of $ 150,000.
“It is incredible, they are so many factors that I think it came together in so many ways,” said Bloedstock agent Jacob West on the market. “I am generally just happy for breeders. I know how difficult it is to get to this point. If they raise a good horse, they deserve to be paid.”
Taylor Made led the senders for the last day of Book 3 and sold 30 from their design for $ 5,397,000; And Chadzomers were the buyers at the top with four purchases for $ 1,170,000.
Not this time Colt is the sixth session at $ 875K
Halfway through the sixth session of the sale, West went to $ 875,000 for HIP 1762, a son of Not this time On behalf of Repole stable in collaboration with St. Elias Stables.
The Dark Bay of Brown Colt was sent by Taylor Made Sales Agency as an agent for the Fokker, Summer Wind Equine.
“He is a large, beautiful horse. Well spotted in book 3,” said West. “He is a horse that noticed our entire teams. I think it’s the same playbook, Mike (Repole) and Vinnie (Viola) are looking for classic horses with two durking.
Jacob West
From the Van Hall of Famer family Zenyatta The foal is the first foal from the non -livestock Candy ride mare Sweetenedwho himself is a full sister of the winner of 2023 Rebel Stakes (G2) Trust . A participant in Kentucky Derby (G1) of that year, the game of confidence also has a third place in the Lecomte Stakes (G3) and a win of $ 823,962 on his CV.
Trust and sweetened are both from the Bernardini mare Wonderful A dual winner sold for $ 2.1 million during the Keeneland November Breeding Stock Sale 2013 before Summer Wind picked it up for $ 1,434,279 at the 2016 Tattersalls December Mares Sale.
Eblouissante is half a sister of the Great Zenyatta (Street Cry) through the Dam Vertigineux, who also produced three times Grade 1 Winner Balance (Thunder Gulch) and Stakes Winner where Bailey (Aljabr) produced a double winner, she is not here.
“You circles Zenyatta and just continue,” West said about the female side of the foal pedigree. “(Confidence Game) was there for a while a very large Buzz horse on the Derby Trail. You can’t really take anything from (the not this time foal) physical or family tree. It only gives you trust that he will be a horse that will appear.”
The female pedigree was built with the addition of not this time, which, as West said, does not need an introduction. Due to the first 1,764 hips, this time not all stallions led in sales with 53 yearlings who sell for $ 37,905,000.
Repole and Viola collaborated with a son of not this time in To the goal A triple winner of degree 1 that was appointed champion Turfmale in 2023 before he withdrew to Lane’s End Farm.
“We were both lucky with the stallion,” said West. “We hope he is the next, or one of those horses at the highest level.”
This was the second horse that was bought together by Repole and Viola during this year’s Keeneland Sale, to $ 1 million in book 1 on HIP 266, a son of Nyquist .
Despite the checking of the boxes of top stallion, successful female family and a champion racing partner, the thing that the deal for Repole and Viola sealed the breeder: Summer Wind Equine.
“He was raised by Bobby Spalding and the entire summer wind team, Mrs. (Jane) Lyons, you have a lot of confidence that you are buying off,” said West. “They are great people, have long been in play, raise good horses. It is a good starting place. We don’t know if he can run, but if you have the start he has had, you have a lot of confidence.
The second highest priced horse of the session was also a foal of this time-hip 1619, which sold for $ 775,000 to Bradley Thoroughbrreds, agent of the Dixiana Farms mission.
The best priced mandriffs of the session was HIP 1722, a Virginia merring of Virginia by Verspanthrift Farm’s Bolt d’Oro He sold it to Susan Naylor for $ 600,000.
September sales will go on September 15 at 10:00 am and runs every day until 20 September.
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