The Keeneland November Breeding Stock Sale ended on November 11, with 1,976 horses changing hands for a total of $245,901,400, including after-ring sales, a 25% increase over last year’s gross of $196,492,900 from 2,159 head. The eight-day sale was the highest-grossing November sale since 2007. The November 2007 Breeding Stock Sale raised $340,877,220 over 15 […]
Whitethorn, a 3-year-old Not this time filly from the family of multiple-time champion Malathaat, sold to Repole Stable for $475,000 to headline the seventh session of the Keeneland November Breeding Stock Sale on November 9. Whitethorn, signed by Taylor Made Sales Agency, agent for Juddmonte, and cataloged as a racing or broodmare candidate, is out […]
A weaned foal passing by Jaap (Hip 2054) consigned by Serendipity Farm, agent, sold to Al Jawzaa General Trading for $290,000 on November 9, the highest price of the sixth session of the Keeneland November Breeding Stock Sale. From the Munnings mare Gypsy’s Feather, he comes from the champion family Hurried autumn and grade 1 […]
The Keeneland November Breeding Stock Sale surpassed last year’s gross of $196,492,900, including after-ring sales, at the end of the fifth session on November 8. A total of 1,176 horses have changed hands to date for $221,832,000, a 29% increase from the same point last year and already 13% more than all of last year’s […]
Luscious lips the winner of the October 11 Queen Elizabeth II Challenge Cup Stakes (G1T), drew strongly on November 4 during Book 1 of the Keeneland November Breeding Stock Sale, which ended with a price of $3.7 million. Lush Lips, by agent Taylor Made Sales Agency, shipped as Hip 129, was purchased by Dixiana Farm, […]
Amr Zedan and his Zedan Racing Stables have had their share of success in thoroughbred racing. But one notable absence from the resume is a victory on the sport’s biggest day: the Kentucky Derby (G1). The motivation to erase that void is what led Zedan through Donato Lanni, agent, to go for $2.2 million for […]