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82 September Jeling Sales
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Lexington, Ky. – The yearling sales in September in September, internationally recognized as the most important source of thoroughbreds that excel in the most important races of the sport, has catalogs 4,686 horses to be offered more than 12 sessions from Monday 8 September to Saturday, September 20. Click here For the online catalog of yearlings in the 82nd edition of the auction.
Print catalogs are planned to start in the post in the week of August 18.
Last year, September sale was the world’s most profitable thoroughbred auction in history with more than $ 428 million in sales for 2,894 horses. A total of 36 yearlings sold for $ 1 million or more, which marks the highest number since 2006. The average of $ 147,926 and the median of $ 70,000 were both records.
“The September sale is the largest and most important auction of its kind, and Keeneland feels a great responsibility to guarantee its success,” said Shannon Arvin, President and CEO of Keeneland. “The power of this year’s catalog and the increased number of submissions are a direct reflection of industry’s trust in the market. We welcome buyers from all over the world who come to Keeneland in search of Excellence – and they find it. Recently graduates like mindframe that the best older horse can be bought here.”
September sales schedule
Catalog for 12 sessions auction now online
For the fifth consecutive year, books 1 and 2 have cataloged more than 1,000 yearlings during the first four days of the September sale as the best individuals of the auction based on conformation and on certain family trolleis factors such as family sales history, spin tribe and father’s ability. This placement enables large domestic and international buyers to possibly inspect the largest number of exceptional horses before the “dark day” on Friday 12 September when no sale is kept.
The auction will resume on Saturday 13 September and again follows the original schedule of 12 days, but has a two -part book 5. Horses in Book 5Awill sell Wednesday 17 September and Thursday 18 September. Yearlings in Book 5b will sell on Friday, September 19 and Saturday 20 September.
“Although this shift in terminology is subtle, we believe that it more accurately reflects the quality of these sessions and drives the right buyer involvement – ensuring that these yearlings receive the buyers and attention they deserve,” said Keeneland Vice President of Sales Tony Lacy. “Various encouraging developments have brought this decision: the strength of the individuals, the continuous growth of the catalog and the developing commercial breeding practices that continue to increase the general standard that is offered. This has resulted in a depth and consistency of quality during all 12 days of sale as opposed to everything we have seen before.”
Strategic placement of all yearlings in the entire catalog is intended to guarantee visibility and to enable buyers to encounter diversity in every phase of the sale. In recent years, Keeneland has seen a long -term interest of leading buyers during the last day, a powerful indicator for the power of sale.
“The September sale continues to attract more buyers than any other yearling sales in the world, and we are committed to structure sales in a way that supports the success of our sellers at every level of the market,” said Keeneland Senior Director of Sales Operations Cormac Breathnach.
Here is the September sales schedule:
Week 1
Book 1 -MONDAY-TUESDAY 8-9 SEPTEMBER. Sessions start at 1 p.m. et. Monday’s catalog has 180 horses. The catalog of Tuesday has 181 horses.
Book 2 -Wensdag-DAUTE 10-11 September. Sessions start at 11 am Wednesday that the catalog has 392 horses. Thursday’s catalog has 382 horses.
Dark day – Friday, September 12. No sale is carried out.
Week 2
Book 3 -Saturday-Sunday, 13-14 September. Starting sessions at 10 am Saturday catalog has 424 horses. Sunday’s catalog has 423 horses.
Book 4 -MONDAY-TUESDAY 15-16 September. Sessions start at 10 am on Monday catalog has 420 horses. The catalog of Tuesday has 419 horses.
Book 5a -Woensdag-Danddag 17-18 September. Sessions start at 10 am on Wednesday that the catalog has 425 horses. Thursday’s catalog has 426 horses.
Book 5B -Freestyle day, 19-20 September. Sessions start at 10 am. The catalog for each session has 507 horses.
Keeneland will be on the entire September sale live stream Keeneland.com. As always, online and telephone offer will be available.
Stallion choice
Yearlings in the September sales catalog – 2,398 Colts and 2,288 mares – represent 189 established stallions and exciting young sides. In particular, more than 1,400 yearlings by stallions are with their first turnovers, including Horse of the Year Flightline. He is the father of 63 horses in the catalog.
“This year’s catalog contains almost double the number of yearlings due to first-crop sires compared to last year, including 11 stalls that stood for $ 25,000 or more,” said Breathnach. “This speaks of the exceptional depth of this year’s sale and the quality level that buyers can expect to find when they come to Keeneland in September.”
Extra sides represented by their first crops of September sales year are Champions Corniche, Epicenter and Jackie’s Warrior; Kentucky Derby (G1) winner Mandaloun; Preakness (G1) winner early voices; Belmont (G1) winners Mo Donegal and Sir Winston; Breeders’ Cup winners Aloha West, Golden Pal and Life is good; Extra degree/group 1 winners Cyberknife, Drain the Clock, Happy Saver, Idol, Jack Christopher, Mystic Guide, Olympiad, Pinehurst and Speaker’s Corner; And successful runners great honor, highly motivated, Nashville, Sacred Life (FR), Tale of Silence and Title Ready.
This group joins popular sires such as American Pharoah, Candy Ride (Arg), Charlatan, City of Light, Complexity, Curlin, Essential Quality, Ghostzapper, Girvin, Good Magic, Gun Runner, Maxam, Kingman, Kingman, Kingman, Kingman, Kingman, Kingman, Kingman, Kingman, Kingman, Kingman, Kingman, Kingman, Kingman, Kingman, Kingman, Kingman, KingMan, Kingman -Famyhyhyhyhyhyhyhyhyhyhyhyhyhyhyhyhyhyhyhyhyhyhyhyhyhyhyhyhyhyhyhyhyhyhyhyhyhyhyhyhyhyhyhyhyhyhy, McKinzie, Medaglia D’Ornings, Night of Thender, Night of Thender, Night of Thender, Night of Then (IRE), Geen nee, nooit, niet deze keer, Nyquist, Oscar -uitvoering, praktische grap, kwaliteitsweg, Speightstown, Street Sense, Tapit, Tiz the Law, Twirling Candy, Uncle Mo, Upstart, Vekoma, Violence, War Front, Wootton Bassett (GB) and Yaupon.
Graduates win all over the world
This year, graduates from September sales have won 232 interests around the world with remarkable victories in North -America and in England, France, Hong Kong, Ireland, Japan, Saudi -Arabia, South Korea and the United Arab Emirates.
On 2 August, five September -graduates won graduates during the Prime Minister Meets in Saratoga and Del Mar. Saratoga were winners Deterministic (Fanduel Fourstardave-G1), Kilwin (Test-G1 presented by Ticketmaster), Beater (Saratoga Derby Invitational-G1) and Ewing (Saratoga Special-G2). At del Mar, Seismic beauty Won the Clement L. Hirsch (G1) presented by Oak Tree Racing Association.
Extra North -American grade 1 winners in 2025 that are alumni of the September sale, include AG Bullet (Jaipur), Knights (B. Wayne Hughes spectator Mile presented by Fanduel TV), Deterministic (Resorts World Casino Manhattan), Fionn (Belmont Oaks Invitational), Formidable man (Frank E. Kilroe Mile), A copy (Derby City Distaff presented by Kendall-Jackson Winery), Closed (Santa Anita Handicap presented by Yaamava ‘Resort & Casino), Mind frame (Churchill Downs Stakes presented by Ford and Stephen Foster), Furious (At Troienne), Raging flood (Hill ‘n’ Dale Metropolitan), Scottish lassie (Coaching Club American Oaks Invitational), She feels beautiful(New York Stakes presented by Rivers Casino) andSpirit of St. Louis (Pegasus World Cup Turf Invitational presented by Qatar Racing and Old Forester Bourbon Turf Classic).
This year, September sales also produced this International Group 1 winners: Darksmen (Dubai Golden Shaheen sponsored by Nakheel in Meydan in the United Arab Emirates) and Ruling court (Betfred 2000 Guineas in Newmarket in England).
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