More than two dozen Canadian-bred yearlings brought bids of six figures through the first seven sessions of the Keeneland September Sale which has five more days of sales.
Business at the biggest yearling sale in the world has been nothing short of an embarrassment of riches, with dozens of horses selling for $1 million or more.
Through Book 3, or six sessions that completed on Sunday, Sept. 14, Keeneland has sold 1,216 horses through the ring for $417,622,000, for an average of $343,439 and a median of $250,000. The gross is 24.14% higher than the same period last year, when 1,166 yearlings brought $336,408,000. The average is 19.04% above $288,515 from 2024, while the median is 19.05% higher than last year’s $210,000.
Fifty-six yearlings have sold for $1 million or more compared to 36 last year.
From the first two sessions, there were a few Canadian/Ontario-breds to go through the ring as reported on last week on CanadianThoroughbred.com:
- A Curlin filly from Shadowing, $700,000, Lester Stable, Hill ‘n’ Dale at Xalapa, agent. This grey gal is from the winning mare Shadowing, whose dam is Grade 1 winner Streaming. From the immediate family of Rags to Riches.
- An Uncle Mo – Sister Nation colt, $300,000, Uma Uma, Woods Edge Farm, agent V (bred by Mark Dodson). From stakes winner Sister Nation, whose half sister Sister Nova is the dam of multiple stakes winner Notorious Gangster
- A Curlin – Summer in Saratoga filly, $600,000, Shadai Farm, Anderson Farms, agent (bred by David Anderson, agent). Third foal of Grade 3 winner Summer in Saratoga by Hard Spun.
- Talbot Magic, a $175,000 colt, DJ Stable Good Magic – Catch the Fire, Paramount Sales, agent IV – (bred by Karen Carroll) Half-brother to stakes-placed Legal Catch and King Rosso.
The highest price for an Ontario-bred was surpassed a couple of sessions later when an INTO MISCHIEF filly out of BLUE CURL brought $775,000 from Mike Ryan, agent from Anderson Farms, agent. The filly was bred by David Anderson and Don Ferguson. The filly’s dam is by Curlin and the first foal of the mare is Isle Blue, who is nearing a debut run in New York.
Anderson was the listed buyer of Blue Curl in 2021 at the Keeneland November sale, paying $275,000 for the mare in foal to Speightstown. That foal, Isle Blue, was a $375,000 yearling and last year’s yearling from Blue Curl, a Charlatan, brought $200,000.
Ted Burnett’s Josham Farms sold a colt by McKinzie for $650,000 to Belladonna Racing, West Point Thoroughbreds and Woodford Racing. The colt is from the placed mare Shan’s Tiger by Cahill Road. Shan’s Tiger, bought in foal to McKinzie for $201,000, is one of the last foals of her dam Shandra Smiles, who produced Grade 1 winner Smiling Tiger.
Dave Clancy’s Track West Racing had two big sales: an Omaha Beach out of the mare Spider Dust by Broken Vow brought $425,000 from Tracy Farmer, and a Jackie’s Warrior colt from his stakes-winning mare Marie MacKay (Noble Mission (GB)) he owns by Don Whalen for $225,000.
PAUL BRAVERMAN sold an Omaha Beach colt from In Jail for $450,000 to Chad Summers, agent. Braverman bought In Jail for $75,000 in foal to Catholic Jackie through Reade Baker and he has sold yearlings for $240,000 and $100,000.
Adrian Munroe’s Highfield Investment Group had a big score with a colt by Maclean’s Music from the mare Wild N Ready, which brought $450,000 from agent Donato Lanni. Highfield bought Wild n Ready in foal to Maclean’s Music for $60,000.
Another Anderson-bred, a grey filly by Charlatan – Halo’s Verse, was bought by social media personality David Portnoy and his Go Go Gray Horses group.
Some Canadian-breds sold:
746 – colt, Veloma – Hold the Applause, $325,000 Harrell Ventures, Starlight Racing – consigned by Taylor Made Sales Agency CXXXVI
902 – filly Liam’s Map – Sequist, $250,000 Gervais Racing LLC – consigned by Cara Bloodstock, agent for Saintsbury Farm
971 – f. Ghostzapper – Unpsurned, $385,000 SGV, agent for George Weaver – consigned by Cara Bloodstock, agent for Saintsbury Farm
1026 – f. Into Mischief – Blue Curl, $775,000 Mike Ryan, agent – consigned by Anderson Farms, agent. (David Anderson bought the mare for $275,000 in 2021 in foal to Speightstown, sold that one for $375,000, sold Charlatan for $200,000)
1071 – c, Charlatan – Dixie Chicken, $240,000 Catherine Day Phillips-agent for Sean Fitzhenry – consigned by Vinery Sales, agent (bred by John Ropes who bought Dixie Chicken carrying this foal for $77,000 from Fitzhenry)
1079 – f. Olympiad – Duchess Dancer, $150,000, D.J. Stable – consigned by Cara Bloodstock, agent
1107 – c. Nyquist – Fragrance – $350,000, Kerri Raddcliffe, agent for Mountmellick Farm – consigned by Paramount Sales, agent
1188 – c. Jackie’s Warrior – Marie MacKay, $225,000, Saints of Sinners/Mark Glatt, agent – consigned by Paramount Sales agent XXXV (Dave Clancy’s Track West Racing Inc. and Don Whalen bred and raced Marie MacKay, she won the Shady Well Stakes in 2021)
1282 f. Ghostzapper – Serapha, $185,000, BSW-Crown, agent (consign. by Hill ‘n’ Dale @ Xalapa)\
1284 c. McKinzie – Shan’s Tiger, $650,000 Belladonna, West Point, Woodford Racing (consigned by Hill ‘n’ dale @ Xalapa). (Josham Farms bought mare in foal to McKinzie for $210,000)
1285 c. Early Voting – She’s Got Moves, $100,000, Cavalier Blood consigned by Taylor Male Sales Agent, agent CXL
1311 filly Omaha Beach – Spider Dust, $425,000 Tracy Farmer – consigned by Eaton Sales, agent. (Dave Clancy’s Track West Racing bought Spider Dust for $18,000 at Horses of Racing Sale 2013, Clancy bought back this yearling last year for $95,000)
1371 – colt Golden Pal – Tulsa, $125,000 Oak Tree Farm, con. by Hill ‘n’ Dale at Xalapa
1417 – colt Macleans Music – Avie’s Samurai $235,000, TB Bloodstock, Hill ‘n’ Dale/Xalapa. (bred by Tall Oaks Farm)
1444 – colt McKinzie – Boo, $285,000, Nauti Filly Ventures, Eaton Sales, agent
1530 colt Practical Joke – Gamble’s Candy, Al and Bill Ulwelling $200,000 Hill ‘n’ Dale at Xalapa
1561 – filly Classic Empire – Hopping Not Hoping, $210,000 Evermore Bloodstock – Hill ‘n’ Dale. (Bred by Murray Smith and Shawn Minshall)
1788 – filly Speightstown – Turning Point, $105,000 Al & Bill Ulwelling (bred by Apricot Valley)
1805 colt Maclean’s Music – Wild n Ready, $350,000, Donato Lanni, agent for SF Bloodstock, Starlight Racing and Madaket, Mill Ridge Sales, agent. (Highfield Investment Group bought the mare in foal to Maclean’s Music for $60,000)
1951 – filly Maclean’s Music – Game (Fr), $150,000 Ken McPeek, agent, consigned by Elite Sales, agent
1956 – colt Omaha Beach – Glowing Sunset, $130,000 Ilium Stable – consigned by Mulholland Springs, agent XXXI
1969 – filly Charlatan – Halo’s Verse, $300,000 Go Go Gray – BSW – Crown – Anderson Farms, agent
1988 – colt by Omaha Beach – In Jail, $450,000 Chad Summers, agent, Norevale Farm, agent – bred by Paul Braverman
2051 filly Maclean’s – Miss Lovely, $170,000 – Macadamia Lake Enterprises – Gainesway agent XIII
2066 – filly Munnings – Monkeys Uncle, $95,000, Hoppel, Denali Stud, agent X
2257 – Talbot Evolution, colt Golden Pal – Another Flashback, $200,000, Ken McPeek, agent – Paramount Sales, agent IV – bred by Karen Carroll
2265 filly Charlatan – Atlantic Voyage, $65,000 Paper Rock Scissors Bloodstock, Hill ‘n Dale @ Xalapa
2315 – colt Army Mule – Classic Neel, $185,000 Nancy Guest Hill n Dale Xalapa
2335 filly Corniche – Decor, $70,000 Decor Stable, Hill n Dale @Xalapa
2350 – colt Yaupon – Embur’s Melody, $195,000 Car Guys and Alexandria Stable
Canadian buyers were few. Gail Cox bought an Epicenter filly for $95,000, Nancy Guest bought a Canadian-bred Army Mule colt for $185,000 and Canuck Racing bought a $10,000 Charlatan yearling.
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