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LEXINGTON, KY - The Keeneland November Breeding Stock Sale marched into Book 3 Thursday in Lexington with continued competitive bidding. Nine horses sold for $200,000 or over during the session, led by the 3-year-old broodmare prospect Saucy Dame (Distorted Humor) who sold to Stonestreet Thoroughbred Holdings for $320,000. Two weanlings topped the $200,000 mark, with a colt by Speightstown bringing the top foal price of the day when selling to Evergreen Stable for $285,000. In all, 259 horses sold Thursday at Keeneland for a total of $17,381,000. The session average...

No Nay Never (Scat Daddy), Europe's leading first-season sire, will have his fee quadrupled next season at Coolmore, jumping to €100,000 from €25,000. The G2 Coventry S. and G1 Prix Morny winner started out at a fee of €20,000 in 2015. He dipped to €17,500 for the subsequent two seasons, but was bumped back up to €25,000 this year after his first yearlings were very well received by the market last fall. Those rosy predicaments translated to success on the track this year: No Nay Never is Europe's leading first-crop...

A gregarious figure who represented a different era in racing, when it was more a sport and less a business, Bob Levy died Wednesday, Nov. 7, at the age of 87. He passed away peacefully and died of natural causes close to his home in Bryn Mawr, Pa. Rarely seen without a smile on his face, Levy campaigned at least three top horses in 1987 GI Belmont S. winner Bet Twice, 1990 and 1991 sprint champion Housebuster and GI Hopeful S. winner Smoke Glacken, who he owned along with partners...

Showcasing (GB), who has stood for £35,000 at Whitsbury Manor Stud the past two seasons, will get a significant fee hike to £55,000 for 2019. The son of Oasis Dream has enjoyed another productive year both on the racetrack and in the sales rings: he added a Group 1-winning juvenile in Advertise (GB) in addition to four new Group 2 winners including Soldier's Call (GB). In the ring, his yearlings made up to 650,000gns. "This reflects his fantastic results at the sales and the considerable interest we have already had,...

LEXINGTON, KY - Demand remained strong during Wednesday's final Book 2 session of the Keeneland November Breeding Stock Sale in Lexington, with Greg Goodman's Mt. Brilliant Farm making the day's highest bid of $750,000 to acquire the Juddmonte mare Miss Exclusive (Unbridled's Song) from the Mill Ridge Sales consignment. "I think we are at a very good spot," Keeneland's Director of Sales Operations Geoffrey Russell said at the close of business Wednesday. "I think Book 2 was a good, solid book from start to finish. Obviously, today was highlighted by a...

What once seemed like an impossibility--that Triple Crown winner Justify (Scat Daddy) would not be named 2019 Horse of the Year--now seems at least slightly within the realm of possibility. In the most comprehensive poll of Horse of the Year voters released so far, the NTRA's Top 10 Thoroughbred poll, GI Breeders' Cup Classic winner Accelerate (Lookin at Lucky) received 24 first-place votes to 19 for Justify. Enable (GB) (Nathaniel {Ire}), the winner of the GI Breeders' Cup Turf, received the remaining three first place votes, but is not considered...

Just days removed from scoring a landmark win for Godolphin in the G1 Melbourne Cup with Cross Counter (Ire) (Teofilo {Ire}), trainer Charlie Appleby was looking ahead and, unsurprisingly, still aiming high. "My ambitions are to carry on and to try to be successful and do the best we can for Godolphin and his Highness Sheikh Mohammed and having international winners," said Appleby, who also gave the Ruler of Dubai his first Epsom Derby winner in his Godolphin silks this year with Masar (GB) (New Approach {Ire}). Both Masar and...

With the major European yearling sales having been and gone, Amy Lynam caught up with seven bloodstock agents to get their highlights of the past few months. Having bought at all levels of the market in multiple countries, they take a moment to reflect on the yearling action before looking ahead to the foal and breeding stock sales. What was your favourite yearling that you purchased this year? Eamon Reilly (BBA Ireland): A Camelot (GB) filly I bought at the Goffs Orby Sale for Gerrardstown House Stud (lot 277). She...

LEXINGTON, KY--Strong trade continued at the Keeneland November Sale Tuesday with Marquee Miss (Cowboy Cal) topping the first of two Book 2 sessions when selling to WinStar Farm for $750,000. A total of 223 horses grossed $34,942,000 for an average of $156,691 and a median of $125,000. A total of 79 horses failed to meet their reserves for a buyback rate of 26.16%. Through the first two sessions, 343 horses have realized $91,371,000 with an average of $266,388 and a median of $180,000. Overall, 129 horses have left the ring...

The catalogue for the Arqana December Breeding Stock Sale, featuring a filly foal by Dubawi (Ire) out of MG1SW Just the Judge (Ire) (Lawman {Fr}) (lot 175), is now available online. A total of 1030 lots have been catalogued, with 505 broodmares, 183 fillies, 328 foals and two stallions set to go under the hammer at Deauville from Dec. 8-11. One of the stars of the show, the Just the Judge filly, a full-sister to the €1.4 million Arqana August Yearling Sale topper, is one of 62 lots from the...

Claiborne stallion Blame (Arch-Liable, by Seeking the Gold)'s fee has been raised to $30,000 for 2019. The 2010 GI Breeders' Cup Classic hero and Eclipse winner has sired 13 stakes winners in 2018 led by Grade I winners Fault and Marley's Freedom and other GSWs Maraud, Miss Kentucky and Beyond Blame. Fault was knocked down to Shadai Farm for $1.2 million at the Fasig-Tipton November Sale Sunday. Among all North American fifth-crop sires cumulatively, the three-time Grade I victor sits second behind only Quality Road (Elusive Quality) by number of...

MELBOURNE, Australia--Though the heavens opened over Flemington, rain failed to stop play and the race that stops a nation delivered a result which has long eluded Sheikh Mohammed and Godolphin. In the interlude between torrential showers, the sun made a brief appearance to shine brightest on Charlie Appleby and his rising young star Cross Counter (GB) (Teofilo {Ire}), who had trailed the field the first time the runners passed the post but conjured a magical flying finish under Kerrin McEvoy to snare the G1 Lexus Melbourne Cup. Once the field...