Positive Numbers Continue at KEESEP

The double digit gains seen in the first session of Book 3 Monday continued yesterday with improved total sales, average and median. This made Tuesday’s session the third consecutive session with increases in all three categories. 

Day 8 saw 298 yearlings sell for a total of $18,562,000, which is a 13.3% increase over last year. The average of $62,289 marked a 15.2% increase, while the $50,000 median accounted for an 11% increase from 2013. 

Ben Glass was the leading buyer yesterday, acquiring three of the four highest priced yearlings for a total of $765,000. Bidding for Gary and Mary West, he scooped up a full brother to GI Del Mar Debutante S. heroine Sunset Glow (Exchange Rate), hip 2052, for a session-topping $280,000. Glass also signed the tickets on hip 2250, a $260,000 Super Saver colt consigned by Millenium Farms, and hip 2338, a $225,000 Mineshaft colt consigned by Hermitage Farm. 

Tuesday’s leading consignor was Taylor Made Sales Agency, which sold 41 horses for a total of $2,366,000. 

The two-day Book 4 begins today at 10 a.m. and the sale continues through Sunday, Sept. 21. For more, visit www.keeneland.com.