The Keeneland November Breeding Stock Sale concluded its nine-day run in Lexington Wednesday with vibrant trade from a diverse buying bench leading to across-the-board increases where were highlighted by a new sales record median. “Overall, this was a very strong, fair market from start to finish,” Keeneland Vice President of Sales Tony Lacy said. “Book [...]

LEXINGTON, KY -The two-session Book 3 section of the Keeneland November Breeding Stock concluded Saturday, producing double-digit increases in average and median compared to its 2023 counterpart. Keeneland sold 499 horses through the ring during Book 3 for a gross of $37,747,000. The section's average was $75,645–up 20.98% from last year's Book 3–and the median [...]

LEXINGTON, KY – The Keeneland November Breeding Stock Sale continued to produce strong results as the nine-day auction continued into its Book 3 section Friday with double-digit gains over last year's corresponding session. During Friday's session, 244 head grossed $18,195,500 for an average of $74,572 and a median of $60,000. The average increased 20.71% and [...]

The Fasig-Tipton November Sale–looking to keep a streak of $100 million-plus gross renewals going into a fourth year–will be held Monday at Newtown Paddocks in Lexington. Bidding on the 321 catalogued offerings begins at 2 p.m. and kicks off with an offering of 159 weanlings before continuing on with a glittering array of fillies and [...]

For over a decade, Eclipse Thoroughbred Partners has built a reputation for racing Grade I-winning fillies who go on to prove successful, both in the sales ring, and then in the breeding shed. The operation was part of the partnership which sold champion Nest (Curlin) for $6 million last year and it sold Feathered (Indian [...]

LEXINGTON, KY – The Fasig-Tipton October Yearlings Sale smashed its previous records for gross and average and produced its lowest buy-back rate in 11 years when it concluded its four-day run in Lexington Thursday. ” All in all, I am somewhere between thrilled and ecstatic with the results of these four days,” Fasig-Tipton President Boyd [...]

LEXINGTON, KY – The Fasig-Tipton October Yearlings Sale continued its brisk pace Wednesday, with figures tracking towards a record gross figure as the auction heads into its final session Thursday. “It was another excellent session of the October sale,” said Fasig-Tipton President Boyd Browning, Jr. “The sale continued to show strength and consistency in bidding [...]

LEXINGTON, KY – The Fasig-Tipton October Yearlings Sale reached its halfway mark with a vibrant day of trade topped by a $550,000 son of Curlin who was one of the last horses through the ring Tuesday. “It was tremendous second session of the 2024 Kentucky October Yearling sale,” said Fasig-Tipton President Boyd Browning, Jr. “There [...]

LEXINGTON, KY – The Fasig-Tipton October Yearlings Sale opened Monday with a session which tracked right on par with the auction's 2023 renewal and with a pair of colts sharing top billing when selling for matching $350,000 bids. A total of 265 yearlings sold Monday for a gross of $13,198,000. The average was $49,804 and [...]

The Fasig-Tipton Kentucky October Yearlings Sale, with a catalogue of 1,614 head, brings the curtain down on what has been a record-setting yearling sales season with its four-day run beginning Monday in Lexington. Bidding for each session begins at 10 a.m. Consignors are optimistic that the competitive market that has been prevalent from the season's [...]

The inaugural Keeneland Championship Sale–part glitzy party, part horse auction–will be held in the Del Mar paddock Oct. 30, offering invitation-only attendees, as well as off-site bidders, the chance to become owners of horses running in the Breeders' Cup at the oceanside oval just days later. The catalogue for the auction was released Thursday, revealing [...]

When the Fasig-Tipton Saratoga Fall Mixed catalogue came out, Blaine Isaacs earmarked one page in particular and when he was driving home to Lexington Wednesday, he had acquired his objective, purchasing the $230,000 sale-topping daughter of Cyberknife (hip 301) Tuesday in upstate New York. “When they released the catalogue about a month ago, I did [...]