Keeneland’s four-day January Horses of All Ages Sale opens Monday, Jan. 9 at 10 a.m. ET with a total of 1,618 horses – in-foal broodmares, broodmare prospects, newly-turned-yearlings, horses of racing age, stallions and stallion prospects – cataloged for the four-day auction that runs through Thursday, Jan. 12.
Canadian-related offerings include one of the most recent supplements to the sale – ANCIENT PEACE, a Sam-Son Farm-bred 3-year-old Ontario-bred filly by War Front who was impressive when she scored her first victory Dec. 30, 2022, on the turf at Santa Anita by 4¼ lengths. Out of Grade 2 winner Deceptive Vision, by A.P. Indy, Ancient Peace is from the family of Canadian Horse of the Year Quiet Resolve; additional Canadian champions Eye of the Sphynx, Eye of the Leopard and Desert Ride; and Grade 2 winner Cleopatra’s Strike. Ancient Peace is consigned by Indian Creek, agent.
SUE FOREMAN, as agent, has four catalogued:
Broodmare prospect
595 b. f. Ready Candy, 2019 Candy Ride (ARG) Ready Signal
Racing or broodmare prospects
433 b. m. Fortheloveoflydia, 2018 English Channel Stoupinator
618 ch. m. Sassy Justice, 2016 Super Saver Fun Given
801 dk. b./br. m. Divine Martha, 2017 Take Charge Indy Divine Heart
HILL ‘N’ DALE at XALAPA, as agent offers a selection of mares from Saintsbury Farm of Jay and Christine Hayden including BANGA RIDGE, dam of graded stakes winner Unspurned, BITTERSWEET RIDE, by Candy Ride (Arg) and BEYCHEVELLE, by War Front.
There are also a number of Canadian-bred yearlings in the two-day sale.
The January Sale also includes 54 horses in the dispersal of successful New York breeder Patricia Generazio and six stallions from Calumet Farm.
Each session of the January Sale begins at 10 a.m. The entire auction will be livestreamed at Keeneland.com.
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