A 2.5% stallion share in Flightline bought for $2.5 million Oct. 30 on the inaugural Keeneland Championship Sale on the Breeders’ Cup.
The Championship Sale was held on the Del Mar paddock simply days earlier than the World Championship.
A part of the attraction of this sale is the opportunity of shopping for right into a Breeders’ Cup runner, celebrating within the Del Mar winner’s circle, and even the the potential of reselling the horse or curiosity at both Keeneland or Fasig-Tipton’s upcoming November sale.
The occasion was as a lot an public sale because it was a social gathering. Keeneland hosted a celebration across the sale, which included entire possession or partial stakes in 10 horses together with some Breeders’ Cup runners.
However the star of the present was the stallion share in Flightline, the undefeated 2022 Horse of the Yr and champion older horse.
The fractional share was bought by Summer time Wind Equine, who bred the champion. The ticket was signed by Dr. Stephen Jackson.
“I’ve seen a number of his foals, and so they’re actually fancy, good horses, good foals,” Jackson stated.
He stated that Summer time Wind’s Jane Lyon would not have a selected mare in thoughts for Flightline, however famous that she has “loads of mare energy” with 10-12 choices at her disposal.
Jackson stated that the $2.5 million price ticket was near the restrict for what Summer time Wind was keen to go to in an effort to safe the fractional share of Flightline.
A share in Flightline was bought almost two years in the past within the 2022 Keeneland November Breeding Inventory Sale when the identical proportion stake bought for $4.6 million shortly after his profession finale within the 2022 Breeders’ Cup Basic (G1).
Along with his first weanlings set to undergo the ring on the upcoming November gross sales, Flightline stands at Lane’s Finish Farm close to Versailles, Ky. He’ll stand there for $150,000 in 2025.
Total, there have been 10 hips to undergo a nonexistent gross sales ring. With bidding achieved in individual and on-line, finally there have been 5 RNAs.
The opposite gross sales that have been accomplished have been:
- Agave Racing Steady purchased a 25% racing curiosity in Gold Phoenix , entered within the Breeders’ Cup Turf (G1T), for $125,000 out of the Little Crimson Feather Racing, Sterling Stables, and Marsha Naify consignment.
- A 2.5% fractional (one of 40) stallion share of Cogburn , who will run within the Nov. 2 Breeders’ Cup Turf Dash (G1T), bought for $475,000 to Richard and Connie Snyder out of the ELiTE, agent for Cogburn Syndicate, consignment.
- 2023 Sham Stakes (G3) winner Reincarnate bought for $375,000 as a racing or stallion prospect to South Korea-based Ok.O.I.D. out of the ELiTE, agent, consignment.
- LSU Stables went to $850,000 for Pandora’s Present as a racing or broodmare prospect. The daughter of Churchill , entered within the Breeders’ Cup Filly and Mare Dash (G1), was from the Stuart Williams Racing consignment.
These 5 gross sales generated gross receipts of $4,325,000, a median of $865,000, and a median worth of $475,000.
With the sale being the primary of its sort, Keeneland officers have been happy with how the night turned out.
“Anytime you begin one thing new, it is at all times a studying curve and an acceptance from the general public or from the business, understanding what it’s precisely,” stated Keeneland vp of gross sales Tony Lacy. “Clearly, we have been breaking new floor and promoting elements of horses, and horses who have been holding entries (within the Breeders’ Cup). There was a number of hoops we needed to bounce by means of to ensure this got here by means of. Nevertheless it labored actually, very well. And we stay up for doing this again and again, as a result of the suggestions we have gotten tonight has been extremely optimistic, and that is one thing that I feel is simply good for the game.”
Lacy stated that shifting ahead, Keeneland want to hold the sale roughly the identical measurement—giving it a boutique really feel. The concept will not be a sale that has a celebration, however a celebration that occurs to have a sale.
Attendees loved the laid-back environment accompanied by dwell music, meals, and drinks.
“I feel it was the proper measurement. I appreciated that we had the number of choices, and I feel we positively wish to proceed providing that. … We simply must hold that steadiness to get the proper variety of choices. And I feel this was near being proper,” stated Keeneland president and CEO Shannon Arvin.
