Keeneland November

Mill Ridge to Host Open House Through Friday

Mill Ridge Farm will host a stallion open house daily this week from Wednesday to Friday, highlighted by Oscar Performance, who has been established among the nation's leading sires; Casa Creed, whose first foals will be born in the spring; and Aloha West, whose first runners will debut in 2026. Both Casa Creed and Aloha West are part of the "Ride Together" incentive, qualifying the registered breeder for a free season to that stallion if the offspring wins a straight maiden as a 2-year-old. Mill Ridge is located at 2800...

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$2.2-Million Gun Runner Weanling Colt to Zedan Racing

A weanling colt by Gun Runner brought $2.2 million from Donato Lanni on behalf of Zedan Racing at Keeneland November Tuesday. He is a half-brother to GSW Ides of March (Ire) (Wootton Bassett). Hip 146, consigned by Denali Stud, Agent XXIV, was produced by GI Frizette S. heroine Nickname (Scat Daddy). He was bred by Three Chimneys Farm, LLC and Brookdale Racing. Record broken again! Hip 146, a weanling colt by Gun Runner out of Nickname, brings $2.2 million from the @DenaliStud consignment. pic.twitter.com/oP7HPjrbq5 — Keeneland Sales (@keenelandsales) November 4,...

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Lush Lips Brings $3.7 Million from Dixiana Farm at Keeneland November

Lush Lips (GB) (f, 3, Ten Sovereigns {Ire}--Lamyaa {GB}, by Arcano {Ire}), winner of last month's GI Queen Elizabeth II Challenge Cup S. at Keeneland, brought a sale-leading $3.7 million from Dixiana Farm at Keeneland November Tuesday. Lush Lips (Hip 129), campaigned in partnership by Medallion Racing, Parkland Thoroughbreds, Hoffman Thoroughbreds, LLC, Mrs. Paul Shanahan and Mrs. M. V. Magnier and trained by Brendan Walsh, was consigned as a racing/broodmare prospect by Taylor Made Sales Agency, Agent CLXXXIX. Lush Lips was an £82,000 yearling purchase by Avenue Bloodstock, Medallion Racing,...

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Justique Brings $2 Million from Mandy Pope at Keeneland November

Justique (m, 5, Justify--Grazie Mille, by Bernardini), a MSW & MGSP half-sister to GISW Mo Town (Uncle Mo), brought $2 million from Mandy Pope's Whisper Hill Farm at Keeneland November Tuesday. The $725,000 Keeneland September yearling and 'TDN Rising Star, presented by Hagyard' was campaigned by C R K Stable. Hip 107 was consigned as a broodmare prospect by Lane's End, agent. Justique commands $2 million at #KeeNov! The half-sister to G1W Mo Town was consigned by @LanesEndFarms and purchased by Whisper Hill Farm. pic.twitter.com/Wdsj90YVIa — Keeneland Sales (@keenelandsales) November...

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Walmac Farm Open Houses Begin Tuesday

Walmac Farm will host a daily Open House beginning Tuesday, Nov. 4 through the end of the Keeneland November Sale on Tuesday, Nov. 11. Breeders will have the opportunity to view Walmac Farm's 2026 stallion roster, led by Core Beliefs, Fulsome, Pappacap and Pinehurst, from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. each day. For more information about the Open House events, or to inquire about Walmac's 2026 stallion roster, contact Ken Wilkins at (859) 699-4887, by email, or visit the farm website.

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Taylor Made Open Houses Begin Monday

Taylor Made Stallions will hold its annual Stallion Open Houses during the November sales, beginning Monday, Nov. 3, and running through Nov. 12. Hours for the Open House will be 8:30 a.m.-12:00 p.m. each day with stallions available in the afternoons from 1:30 p.m.-3:30 p.m. by appointment. Anyone who attends the Open Houses and fills out a roster card will automatically be entered in a drawing for a $250 Malone's gift card. The giveaway is exclusively tied to the November sales, and the winner will be drawn after the Keeneland...

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Post-Breeders' Cup Notes: Journalism's Future TBD, Stable Stars Head Off for Retirement

The World Championships concluded Saturday with sterling efforts and drama abound, and the connections of the newly crowned took Sunday morning to provide updates on their charges as they look ahead. Trainer Michael McCarthy reported that all six of his Breeders' Cup horses came out of their races in good order, and plans for MGISW Journalism (Curlin)--whether to continue racing or retirement--will be finalized in the coming week. The colt finished fourth in the Classic under new rider Jose Ortiz. "This is more or less what we've seen from him...

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Keeneland Fall Meet Winners Divine Justice, Elston Gunnn Among Six Supplements to Horses of Racing Age Sale

Keeneland has supplemented Fall Meet winners Divine Justice (c, 3, Justify) and Elston Gunnn (g, 2, Mo Town) along with four other horses to the November Horses of Racing Age Sale to be held Wednesday, Nov. 12, the day after the conclusion of the November Breeding Stock Sale. The sale will begin at noon ET. Divine Justice won an Oct. 3 maiden special weight event at Keeneland, earning an 88 Beyer and 8 3/4 Ragozin in his second lifetime start. Out of the City Zip mare Rarities, a full sister...

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'Great Start': Fasig-Tipton October Sale Opens With a Bang

LEXINGTON, KY -- The Fasig-Tipton Kentucky October Yearlings Sale powered through its opening session in Lexington Monday, with figures up significantly from its record-setting 2024 renewal. "It was a great start to the October Yearling Sale in Kentucky," Fasig-Tipton President Boyd Browning said at the close of business Monday. "All of the statistical categories produced significant increases and we saw a continuation of the trends that we've seen from July carried through August, carried through September and now in October. There was tremendous demand at more levels than we've seen...

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Into Mischief Colt Danon Figo Goes For Three Straight at Kyoto

In this continuing series, we take a look ahead at US-bred and/or conceived runners entered for the upcoming weekend at the tracks on the Japan Racing Association circuit, with a focus on pedigree and/or performance in the sales ring. Here are the horses of interest for this Sunday running at Kyoto Racecourse: Sunday, October 20, 2025 10th-KYO, ¥35,040,000 ($234k), Allowance, 3yo/up, 1400m DANON FIGO (JPN) (c, 3, Into Mischief--Ollie's Candy, by Candy Ride {Arg}), a maiden winner in a pair of juvenile appearances, was off the board in his first...

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Dam Of BC Juvenile Turf Hopeful Final Score Supplemented To Keeneland November

Precious Dixie (Bernardini), the dam of leading GI Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf hopeful Final Score (Not This Time), is one of two new supplements to the Keeneland November Breeding Stock Sale to be held Tuesday, Nov. 4 in Lexington. Consigned to the sale by Taylor Made, the 11-year-old mare is offered in foal to Muth and is a daughter of the Grade II-winning and Grade I-placed turf distaffer Princess Haya (Street Cry {Ire}), herself the dam of GSW & GISP Lady Kate (Bernardini) and of the Irish Group 2-placed $1.8-million...

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Confessional A Debut Winner At Keeneland For Essential Quality

3rd-Keeneland, $110,000, Msw, 10-16, 2yo, 7f, 1:23.84, ft, 3 lengths. CONFESSIONAL (c, 2, Essential Quality--Speedy Vanessa, by American Pharoah) outran his 12-1 odds to graduate first out Thursday and become the 10th winner for his freshman sire (by Tapit). Wide of the speed from his outer draw, he stalked just off frontrunning Grand Slam Sam (American Pharoah) past the half-mile pole. Pushing past that rival into the stretch, he opened up three lengths to the wire. 'Insight' runners Colossus (Constitution) and Our Forefathers (Constitution) finished sixth and eighth respectively. Speedy...

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