Enthralling, a half-sister to this year’s Epsom Derby (G1) hero Lambourn was the headline act on November 21 at the opening session of Goffs November Breeding Stock Sale, when she sold for €780,000 (US$898,000, €1=US$1.15). A team from Katsumi Yoshida’s Northern Farm had made the journey from Hokkaido, Japan, to Kildare, Ireland, but encountered a […]
The second and final session of NZB’s Ready To Run Sale took the auction to another record-breaking conclusion on November 13, with the total rising past NZ$41 million (US$23,179,145, NZ$1=US$0.57) and both the NZ$156,255 (US$88,338) average and NZ$100,000 median. ($56,535) reaches an all-time high. The results underlined the auction’s continued growth as one of the […]
Three-time winner of the Rank 3 stakes Bishops Bay kicked off the opening hour of the Keeneland November Horses of Racing Age Sale on November 12 with the sale for the top price of $1.3 million to KAS Stables agent Pedro Lanz. The seven-figure price was a record for the sale, which Keeneland began in […]
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 […]
After a record-breaking November Breeding Stock Sale, Keeneland hopes to continue that success with the November Horses of Racing Age Sale. The single-session sale begins on November 12 at noon ET and features a catalog of 215 racing-age horses, many in top form and from some of the most in-demand sires. “We are very encouraged […]
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 […]
The father-son team of Len and Jon Green saw a business opportunity to offer a compound reduction of their broodmare bond on the horizon with the One Big Beautiful Bill Act that implemented a permanent 100% bonus depreciation, allowing buyers to write off 100% of a racehorse purchase in the first year of ownership. During […]
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, […]