Keeneland will offer a horses-of-racing-age section at its 2021 November Breeding Stock Sale by creating a separate, single-day session to be held on the final day of the auction. A selection of breeding stock will be offered early in this final session, followed by the full group of racehorses cataloged to the sale.
“We are excited about this refreshed take on the racehorse segment, and we feel this change will provide a nice bookend to what we anticipate to be a lively market for the November Sale,” said Keeneland Vice President of Sales Tony Lacy.
The deadline to enter the horses-of-racing-age session is extended to Oct. 1. For the horses-of-racing-age section as well as Book 1 of the November Sale, Keeneland will continue to accept supplemental entries until the sale. This year, the online catalog for this session will denote the current location of each racehorse, giving sellers the opportunity to view the horses prior to their arrival on the sales grounds.
The horses-of-racing-age sale format will be similar to Keeneland's 2021 April Sale, with live auctioneers at Keeneland and with horses presented for sale both physically both in Lexington and off-site locations. Internet and telephone bidding options will be available for buyers who want to participate remotely.
“The timing of the sale–after the fall racing season and before horses ship to major winter destinations–is ideal for the trade of horses of racing age,” Keeneland Director of Sales Operations Cormac Breathnach said. “The later entry deadline and ability to supplement entries gives sellers more flexibility in identifying those horses they want to sell, thereby creating a vibrant catalog and marketplace.”
Among notable race horse graduates from the November sale, 2020 GI Kentucky Oaks winner Shedaresthedevil, a supplement in 2019, who sold for $280,000. She also won this season's GI La Troienne S. and Del Mar's GI Clement L. Hirsch S.
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