The Keeneland November Breeding Inventory Sale does not finish till Nov. 13, however it already has surpassed final 12 months’s gross for the whole sale. Heading into the ninth and remaining day, the development is about $8 million and counting.
On Nov. 11, the seventh day of the nine-day public sale, complete gross sales reached $181.4 million, nearly $5 million greater than the gross of $176.5 million for final 12 months’s nine-day sale. The eighth session concluded Nov. 12 with 240 head offered for $3,190,100, together with non-public gross sales, up barely from final 12 months’s opening day of E book 5. The common was $13,292, with a median of $10,000.
“We have been more than happy at the moment. The clearance fee was the spotlight for us at the moment, it was nearly 90%,” stated Tony Lacy, vp of Keeneland Gross sales. “Everybody appears to be very content material. Horses are discovering new houses and it’s a vibrant market from high to backside. We’re more than happy to see that we handed our final 12 months’s complete yesterday. And it simply looks like it’s getting higher and higher. There’s no actual signal of slowing down.
“It’s a really worldwide market nonetheless—the demand for American bloodstock is as excessive because it’s been in current reminiscence.”
A filly (Hip 2935) by WinStar Farm’s Nashville topped the session at $85,000, going to Music Metropolis Stables from the Buckland Gross sales consignment. She was bred in Kentucky by Jason Corridor, Mike Riordan, Herschel Martindale, Mike White, and ITR Racing. She is the third foal of the Cindago mare Be a Woman.
Nashville stood his first 12 months in 2024 for an marketed price of $15,000 at WinStar Farm in Versailles, Ky. The speedy son of Speightstown broke his maiden on debut at Saratoga Racecourse, then went on to win the Perryville Stakes at Keeneland.
The best-priced weanling colt was Hip 2835, a son of Oscar Efficiency . Machmer Corridor bought the Kentucky-bred from the Claiborne Farm consignment, representing breeder Bruce Lunsford. He’s the second foal of the Ghostzapper mare Screenwriter and hails from the household of millionaire and grade 1 winner Arravale .
Machmer Corridor additionally bought Secret Poll, the highest-priced broodmare of the day at $52,000. The daughter of Brave Cat is in foal to Belmont Stakes (G1) winner Arcangelo . She is out of the a number of graded stakes-producing mare Non-public Standing, making her a half sister to millionaire and grade 1 winner Secret Standing, who’s the dam of grade 1-placed Dunkirk .
Mahmud F. Mouni was the main purchaser for the second day in a row, with 11 purchases totaling $191,200. Lane’s Finish Farm was the main consignor with 25 horses offered for a gross of $492,500. Spendthrift Farm’s Mo Donegal was the main sire with 4 weanlings promoting for $114,000.
Final 12 months’s eighth session had a gross of $3,132,300, together with non-public gross sales. The common was $11,776, with a median of $9,000.
The November Breeding Inventory Sale concludes Nov. 13, with its remaining session starting at 10 a.m. ET. As of Tuesday night, Keeneland reported 68 outs.
The Horses of Racing Age Sale will comply with, beginning Nov. 14 at 12 p.m. 2 hundred thirty-six horses have been cataloged for the one-day sale.
“We’re trying ahead to the Horses of Racing Age Sale,” Lacy stated. “There’s already a powerful curiosity from the Center East and regional markets right here within the U.S.”
