breeding stock

Keeneland has catalogued 3,075 horses for its upcoming November Breeding Stock Sale, the company announced Tuesday. The sale will run for eight days beginning Tuesday, Nov. 4 and running through Wednesday, Nov. 11, with the stand-alone November Horses of Racing Age Sale held the following day. Click here for the Breeding Stock Sale catalog, which features exciting broodmare prospects along with proven mares in foal to prominent stallions and well-bred weanlings by established stallions and popular young sires. Among the horses featured are the first mares in foal to such...

Goffs has catalogued 75 lots for its upcoming British NH Breeders Showcase, which takes place Friday, Oct. 31. In its third year, the sale will offer 65 NH foals in addition to 10 breeding stock lots, several of which at offered in foal to NH sires. The sale will feature foals by Bathyrhon, Capri, Choeur du Nord, Cracksman, Frontiersman, Jack Hobbs, Jeu St Eloi, Logician, Moises Has, Order of St George, Poet's Word, Postponed, Stradivarius, Subjectivist and Yeats. The breeding stock segment of the sale will follow the foal session....

A total of 97 entries have been catalogued for the Fasig-Tipton June Digital Sale, which can now be viewed online at digital.fasigtipton.com. Bidding has commenced and will remain open through Tuesday, June 3, beginning at 2 p.m. ET. Among the entries are horses of racing age, breeding stock--including mares with foals at foot--2-year-olds in training and yearlings. Some of the top offerings include:   Hip 2, Strada Del Sogno (Street Boss), a debut third in the May 10 Royal Palm Juvenile Fillies Stakes at Gulfstream behind Lennilu (Leinster), who is...

Bidding is now open for the Fasig-Tipton February Digital Sale, which includes among its 240 offerings a 'no guarantee' season to sire Street Sense with a portion of the proceeds going to recent Special Eclipse Award winner Stable Recovery, the auction company said via a release Thursday. The online sale will close Tuesday, Feb. 25 at 2:00 p.m. ET. The catalogue offers horses of racing age, breeding stock--including mares with foals at foot, 2-year-olds in training, yearlings, a stallion prospect, and a no guarantee stallion season. "We are heating things...

Athenian Beauty (Corinthian--I'm Out First, by Allen's Prospect), whose 3-year-old son Speed King (Volatile) caused a 14-1, front-running upset in the GIII Southwest Stakes Jan. 25, is among the latest supplements to the Fasig-Tipton Kentucky Winter Mixed Sale to be held Monday, Feb. 3 in Lexington. Catalogued as hip 413 and offered by Taylor Made Sales Agency, the 14-year-old mare is out of a winning daughter of four-time stakes winner and Grade III-placed Im Out First, whose MSW & GSP daughter Im A Dixie Girl (Dixie Union) is responsible for...

In the latest round of November Sale supplements, Keeneland has added broodmare prospect Beyond Oscar--a 3-year-old half-sister to Horse of the Year Bricks and Mortar (Giant's Causeway)--to Book 1 of the Breeding Stock Sale, and three were added to the Horses of Racing Age Sale, the company said in a Thursday release. Consigned by Bluewater Sales, agent, Beyond Oscar is a daughter of Oscar Performance out of Broodmare of the Year Beyond the Waves, by Ocean Crest. She is from the family of GISW Bordonaro and GISP Miss Empire. More...

Keeneland has catalogued 209 horses to the November Horses of Racing Age Sale to be held Nov. 14, the day after the conclusion of the November Breeding Stock Sale, the auction company said in a Wednesday press release. The sale will start at noon ET., which will enable trainers and racing entities to complete their morning activities. The majority of horses in the catalogue will be stabled at Keeneland in Barns 18-26 with some horses offered remotely from their training locations. The catalogue comprises 42 juveniles, 106 3-year-olds and 59...

Keeneland has cataloged 3,373 horses for its 81st November Breeding Stock Sale, which will begin Tuesday, Nov. 5 and run nine sessions through Wednesday, Nov. 13, with the stand-alone November Horses of Racing Age Sale the following day. Click here for the full catalog for the Breeding Stock Sale, which features proven broodmares, young broodmare prospects and well-bred weanlings. Among the horses in the catalog are the first mares in foal to 2023 Horse of the Year Cody's Wish and the first weanlings by 2022 Horse of the Year Flightline....

For the third consecutive year, Arqana's Summer Sale broke the €10-million barrier by gross, with 326 lots (67%) marked as sold from 488 offered in Deauville. Buyers, more selective than in 2023 when the sale boasted an 83% clearance rate, paid €10,711,000 across the three day stand. However, the 2024 catalogue was bolstered by an additional 113 horses compared to the 2023 version. The average closely tracked last year's edition as well at €32,856 (-3%), while the median dropped 19% to €16,000. Thursday's session, which featured breeding stock, added €1,142,500...

With a total of 1,467 entries, Keeneland has supplemented eight horses to the 2024 January Horses of All Ages Sale, which will cover four sessions Jan. 8-11, the organization said in a release Thursday. Consigned by Mill Ridge Sales, agent, as a broodmare prospect, Dolce Zel (hip 839) concluded her racing career in November at Del Mar by winning the Kathryn Crosby S. The daughter of Zelzal (Fr) was a winner in her native France and in 2022 won or placed in five of six races--all stakes--led by victories in...

by Jessica Martini & Christina Bossinakis LEXINGTON, KY - After a vibrant afternoon-into-night of bidding, the Fasig-Tipton November Sale grossed over $100 million for the third straight year with champions Nest (Curlin) and Goodnight Olive (Ghostzapper) leading the way when bringing matching $6-million final bids Tuesday at Newtown Paddocks. "It was another remarkable horse sale, literally from start to finish," said Fasig-Tipton President Boyd Browning. "It's really humbling to think that we've been able, for three years in a row, do over $100 million in sales in a single night....

Keeneland has added three horses, including recent Fall Meet winner Halmstad (Nyquist), to its Horses of Racing Age Sale, which brings the single-session auction catalogue set for Friday, Nov. 17 at noon ET to 303, the organization said in a release Thursday morning. Halmstad (hip 4302) scored a 3 3/4-length maiden special weight victory at Keeneland Oct. 27 in his third lifetime start. Consigned by Taylor Made Sales Agency, agent, the 3-year-old gelding is a half-brother to SW Spycraft (Discreet Cat) and is out of Sugarcraft, by Bernardini. The other...