Keeneland Digital Sales Ring

Keeneland's Digital Sales Ring platform continues Tuesday, July 27 with the July Digital Sale. The July Sale catalog is now available at www.Keenelanddigital.com. Online bidding opens at 10 a.m. ET July 27 and will close that day at 2 p.m. Keeneland encourages buyers to register for an account in the Keeneland Digital Sales Ring before July 27. To log in to the Keeneland Digital Sales Ring, you should register for an account or log in through the Keeneland Sales Portal. Your universal login applies to both the Sales Portal and...

Connagh's Quay (Flintshire {GB}), a 3-year-old maiden colt, topped Keeneland's May Digital Sale Tuesday on a winning bid of $65,000 from Kirkwood Stables, agent. The bay was consigned by his owner/breeder Juddmonte as hip 5. Conditioned by Chad Brown up to this point, his best finish from five prior tries was a runner-up effort in Tampa maiden special weight company two back Feb. 28. He was most recently seventh, beaten just 2 1/4 lengths, in a 1 3/8-mile test at Belmont May 6. Connagh's Quay is out of an unraced...

Seven mixed sales for 2021 have been scheduled by Keeneland Digital Sales Ring, Keeneland's virtual stand-alone auction platform, with the first sale set to take place Tuesday, Mar. 23. The remainder of the 2021 digital sales will occur May 25, June 29, July 27, Aug. 31, Oct. 26, and Dec. 14, with entries opening anywhere from approximately two to four weeks prior, depending on the sale. Catalogues will be live five days before each sale. "We are excited to announce the 2021 schedule for the Keeneland Digital Sales Ring, which...

Felicita (More Than Ready), an unraced 4-year-old half-sister to Grade I-winning juvenile and Dayoutoftheoffice (Into Mischief), topped Tuesday's Keeneland December Digital Sale when hammering for $250,000 to Jon Clay's Alpha Delta Stables. The auction, Keeneland's third foray into the nascent online sale marketplace after its June Online Select Horses of Racing Age Sale and October Digital Sale, was seen by leading consignors as a clear improvement while still having kinks that need ironing out as the sector evolves. The one-day sale grossed $508,000 for 15 lots, for an average of...

The catalog for Keeneland's October Digital Sale, to be held this coming Thursday, Oct. 1, is now available for viewing at keenelanddigital.com and features 67 horses of racing age and yearlings. Buyers must first register for an account in the Digital Sales Ring prior to the sale. In order to log in to the Digital Sales Ring, buyers must register for an account through the Keeneland Sales Portal. The login may be used for both the Digital Sales Ring and the Sales Portal. Once signed in, prospective buyers are encouraged--prior...

Keeneland will start accepting entries of horses of racing age for its first October Digital Sale on Friday, Sept. 11, it announced Wednesday. The October Sale will be held Thursday, Oct. 1 via the new Keeneland Digital Sales Ring platform. The entry deadline for the October Sale is Monday, Sept. 21. The catalog will be available online Friday, Sept. 25. The Keeneland Digital Sales Ring successfully debuted June 23 with the inaugural Online Select Horses of Racing Age Sale. "The Keeneland Digital Sales Ring expands the scope of sales options...

by Brian DiDonato & Katie Ritz Regally bred 3-year-old filly Trapezium (Hard Spun) (hip 26) topped Keeneland's first-ever digital auction, the Select Horses of Racing Age sale, Tuesday on a winning bid of $327,000 from Vinnie Viola's St. Elias Stables. A Gulfstream maiden special weight runner-up in February, the granddaughter of blue hen Toussaud was consigned by her owner/breeder, Juddmonte Farms, Inc. The Juddmonte draft was responsible for four or the sale's top five lots at the close of trade. "The successful launch of the Digital Sales Ring marks a...

Keeneland officials have announced the launch of the Keeneland Digital Sales Ring, a stand-alone online auction platform accessible to buyers and sellers around the world at Keenelanddigital.com. Kicking off the new digital platform will be a Select Horses of Racing Age Sale scheduled for June 23. "The Keeneland Digital Sales Ring marks a significant milestone in our rich sales history and expands the realm of high-quality sales options Keeneland can deliver," Keeneland President and CEO Bill Thomason said. "This tool does not replace Keeneland's traditional live sales format but rather...