Keeneland kicked off its 2022 September Yearling Sale today with an opening session that was electric from start to finish, sparking vibrant trade among a full house of the world’s top buyers that generated double-digit increases in gross, average and median prices. Leading the nine yearlings sold for $1 million or more was a colt by Quality Road for $2.5 million, the highest amount paid for a Thoroughbred yearling in North America and the second-highest price recorded anywhere in the world this year.
“It was a great day from beginning to end,” Keeneland President and CEO Shannon Arvin said. “Seeing the many people in the packed Sales Pavilion is a testament to the excitement of racing and of our sport in the state of Kentucky in particular. We have a lot of principals here, which is what we want. We want them to enjoy this tremendous sport and be looking to acquire their next champion. The atmosphere was fun, and the energy was high. It has been that way around the grounds for the past three days. To see it culminate with the prices and results we saw today is really exciting.”
Monday marked the first of two sessions of the prestigious Book 1 catalog of the September Sale, and Keeneland sold 114 yearlings for a total of $57,095,000, for an average of $500,833 and a median of $450,000. Total sales were up 48.99 percent from last year’s first session gross of $38,322,000. The average increased 25.46 percent from $399,188 in 2021, and the median rose 38.46 percent from $325,000.
In addition to the day’s healthy results, additional stats spoke to the strength of the session:
- Nine horses brought at least $1 million for the most seven-figure yearlings sold on Day 1 since 2007.
- The top 15 highest-priced horses were bought by 11 different buyers.
- Of the 114 horses sold, 48 brought $500,000 or more.
- The first horse through the ring Monday, a son of Medaglia d’Oro consigned by Lane’s End, agent, sold for $850,000 to Talla Racing and West Point Thoroughbreds. The price is the highest for the horse assigned Hip 1 of the September Sale since at least 1999.
The first Canadian/Ontario bred yearling sells today. Hip number 326 considered by Anderson Farms is a filly by Hard Spun from Loving Vindication , dam of champion Wonder Gadot.
List of Ontario-bred yearlings at Keeneland by consignor HERE.
List of Ontario-bred Yearlings in Catalogues
326
435 438 610 626 633 687 712
749 769 980 981 1014 1048 1081
1111
1140 1153 1185 1219 1270 1366 1367
1549 1638 1654 1711 1717 1729 1738
1772 1774 1781 1793 1840 1870 1879
1917 1958
1969 1971 2057 2063 2115 2166 2191
2271 2274 2356 2361 2373 2399 2418
2430 2465 2496 2536 2543 2553 2612
2634 2638 2639 2723 2742 2749
2783 2855 2859 2933 2973 3001 3011
3019 3024 3032 3069 3097 3117 3152
3216 3227 3238 3309 3334 3348 3385
3449 3467 3477 3488 3498
3621 3623 3728 3741 3759 3798 3893
3894 3987 4015 4022 4067 4114
BC Bred 1990
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