Keeneland November Horses of Racing Age Sale

A day after the Keeneland November Breeding Stock Sale closed with new records in the average and median prices, there were more headlines made Wednesday afternoon when recent GIII Forty Niner Stakes winner Bishops Bay (Uncle Mo--Catch My Drift, by Pioneerof the Nile) was knocked down to bloodstock agent Pedro Lanz, agent for Saudi Arabia's KAS Stables, for a record $1.3 million in the first 30 minutes of trade during the auction house's standalone Horses of Racing Age Sale. The previous Keeneland HORA Sale record was the $1 million paid...

Keeneland's Horses of Racing Age, slated to begin Wednesday, Nov. 12 at noon ET, has 216 catalogued entries including the latest supplement in Grade III-placed Crevalle d'Oro (Constitution), the auction house announced Monday. The daughter of Constitution, consigned by Taylor Made Sales Agency, was third in the GIII Selene Stakes in Canada and came a half-length short of hitting the board last out Nov. 1 in Del Mar's GIII Goldikova Stakes in a blanket finish for the minors. The winner of that race, MGSW & GISP Special Wan (Ire) (Belardo...

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...

With 184 horses set to be offered at the Nov. 12 Keeneland November Horses of Racing Age Sale, the sales company has released the online catalogue. The one-day sale will be held the day after the Keeneland November Breeding Stock Sale concludes. Horses in the catalogue--comprised of 42 2-year-olds, 82 3-year-olds, and 38 horses aged four and up--will be stabled in Barns 20-26. "The November Horses of Racing Age Sale is a trusted marketplace for proven racehorses and promising prospects," said Keeneland Senior Director of Sales Operations Cormac Breathnach. "With...

St. Elias Stable's 'TDN Rising Star' Captain Cook (Practical Joke) breezed a half-mile in :49 (14/79) Wednesday over the Belmont Park dirt training track as he prepares for the GII Wood Memorial S. at Aqueduct Apr. 5. Trained by Rick Dutrow, Jr., the bay was completing his sixth workout since capturing the nine-furlong Listed Withers Feb. 1. "It was mostly maintenance," said Blake Dutrow, Dutrow Jr.'s nephew and Belmont-based assistant. "He's ready so we are just trying to keep him happy and stay out of his way, because we feel...

A pair of horses have been supplemented to the Keeneland November Horses of Racing Age Sale, which will be held Thursday in Lexington. Supplemented to the one-session auction are: Rosato (Gift Box), a 2-year-old filly who scored a five-length victory at Churchill Downs six days ago in a starter allowance race and is consigned by Hunter Valley Farm, agent; and Sbagliato (Quality Road), a 4-year-old gelding who is a two-time winner and consigned by ELiTE, agent. Bidding on the Horses of Race Age sale begins Thursday at noon. To view...

Keeneland has supplemented 10 horses to its Horses of Racing Age Sale scheduled for Thursday, Nov. 14, the sales company said in a Thursday press release. A total of 234 horses have been cataloged to the single-session auction, which will begin at noon ET. Additional supplements will be considered until the day of the sale. Trained by Kevin Attard and owned by X-Men Racing, Madaket and SF Racing, Tripolina is a 3-year-old by Constitution. The filly won the Display Stakes and was the runner-up in the GIII Mazarine Stakes to...

Keeneland has supplemented 10 horses, including two-time winning juvenile Delightful Flame (Flameaway), to its Horses of Racing Age Sale which begins at noon ET on Thursday, Nov. 14, the auction company said in a release Thursday. A total of 221 horses have been catalogued to the single-session auction and most will be stabled at Keeneland in Barns 18-26 with some being offered remotely from their training locations. Additional supplements will be considered until the day of the sale. Internet and phone bidding will be available. Delightful Flame is a 2-year-old...

RED TR-Racing's 2022 GI Kentucky Derby winner Rich Strike (Keen Ice) posted his second work back off an extended layoff, breezing over Saratoga Race Course's Oklahoma training track Friday morning. Hall of Fame trainer Bill Mott said that he caught Keen Ice--with Neil Poznansky in the irons--covering three furlongs solo in :38 (10/16). Rich Strike stepped onto the fast track from the first turn in the company of a pony immediately after the second renovation break and was brought up to the top of the stretch to stand watch for...

Keeneland has cataloged 277 horses to the November Horses of Racing Age Sale, set to be held on Nov. 17, the day after the conclusion of the November Breeding Stock Sale, the auction company announced on Tuesday. The catalog features Daily Racing Form and Equibase past performances along with Thoro-graph and Ragozin sheets, race replays and more. The single-session sale consists of 66 2-year-olds, 126 3-year-olds and 85 older horses by top stallions such as Arrogate, Candy Ride (ARG), Constitution, Curlin, Good Magic, Gun Runner, Into Mischief, Justify, Munnings, Not...

An unraced 2-year-old colt by record-setting sire Into Mischief brought $1 million from Mick Wallace, agent, on behalf of Gandharvi Racing, to dissolve a partnership very late in the day to top Keeneland's single-session November Horses of Racing Age Sale Thursday. Produced by Gaudete (Distorted Humor)--an unraced half-sister to leading young sire Munnings (Speightstown)--Hip 5352 was consigned by Highgate Sales, Agent XXXV. The topper previously brought $350,000 from China Horse Club/Gandharvi Racing at last year's Keeneland September Sale. His yearling half-brother by Violence brought $300,000 from Repole Stable and St....

Entries are now open for the Keeneland November Horses of Racing Age Sale, which will be held Nov. 17, the day after the conclusion of the company's November Breeding Stock Sale. The single-session auction will start at 12 p.m. ET to enable trainers and racing entities to complete their morning activities before the sale. "The success of the Horses of Racing Age portion of the 2021 November Sale coupled with the energy surrounding our April Horses of Racing Age Sale, which was held on the final day of the Spring...