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Competitive trade fuels solid market at Keeneland
Karakontie colt takes top honours on Tuesday Going into this year’s yearling sales season, trainer Mark Casse changed his approach to his buying pattern. Rather than buying the elite, pricey horses with the best sire power, best female families, and flawless veterinary reports, he and primary client John Oxley decided to take it back a... Read More
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Kinane sets September Sale record with showstopping buy for Hong Kong Jockey Club
Kinane sets September Sale record with showstopping buy for Hong Kong Jockey Club A brother to unbeaten Acomb Stakes (Gr 3, 7f) winner Gear Up set a Tattersalls Ireland September Yearling Sale record on Monday, when the Hong Kong Jockey Club’s Mick Kinane went to £325,000 (approx. AUD$576,500) for the son of Teofilo (Galileo), who... Read More
Ghostzapper filly tops Book 4 opening day at Keeneland
Officials reported 237 horses sold for $11,516,500 Sunday’s session of the Keeneland September Yearling Sale continued to be heavily shopped by buyers and experienced solid trade as the auction prepared to enter its second week. Book 4 got underway as a total of 237 horses from 322 offered changed hands for $11,516,500 (approx AUD$15,855,250). Keeneland... Read More
$1 million Into Mischief colt tops Keeneland’s day four offering
Session-topping yearling another example of Spendthrift stallion’s prowess If there has been one certainty about the Keeneland September Yearling Sale taking place in uncertain times, it’s that horses bred by Stonestreet Thoroughbred Holdings and offspring of Spendthrift Farm’s Into Mischief (Harlan’s Holiday) are in high demand. Those forces combined on Thursday when a striking... Read More
Keeneland September enters new realm with Book 2 session
Wednesday’s trade topped by $950,000 Uncle Mo colt The Keeneland September Yearling Sale entered a new realm and price point during Wednesday’s session that began Book 2 after a one-day break that followed the two-day Book 1 in which 14 horses were sold for seven figures. No individual broke through the $1 million mark as... Read More
Shadwell back in business as $2 million Tapit colt stars at Keeneland
Atmosphere and electricity return to the ring in frenetic conclusion to Book 1 With a barrage of bidding firepower lighting up the board at Keeneland, the final minutes of the September yearling sale’s elite Book 1 were so electric on Monday that buyers and sellers alike could almost forget about the coronavirus cloud that has... Read More