Tony Lacy

Ignacio Correas IV and Ezequiel Valle have been appointed Keeneland's South American sales representatives, as the company looks to further strengthen its global outreach and engagement with buyers and sellers across the region, according to a Thursday press release. Correas retired from training in 2025 and brings decades of experience and relationships across both North and South America. Valle, based in Argentina, adds extensive relationships across breeding, racing and farm management, currently serving as a leader at Haras Firmamento. "Keeneland has long taken a global approach to recruitment, building relationships...

First-year trainees from the Godolphin Flying Start program, currently based in Lexington Kentucky, hosted their USA conference, "Passion Unbridled, Purpose Driven," at Copper Roux Wednesday. Executive Director Clodagh Kavanagh traveled from Ireland and opened the conference which drew a diverse audience of Godolphin Flying Start alumni, Godolphin staff including Dan Pride, Michael Banahan, farm rotation and externship hosts including Tony Lacy, Fergus and Kate Galvin, and Amplify mentees. Twelve trainees from Ireland, UK, India, Spain, New Zealand and Morocco, shared stories highlighting their passion for horses while addressing specific target demographics,...

Before Josh Peters entered the Stable Recovery program, nothing was going right with a life that had been overtaken by addiction. "Before I came to Stable Recovery, my wife, my family, and my two kids, they didn't want to have anything to do with me at all," Peters said. "With the program, that's all changed. It's just a blessing, it really is." Founded by Christian Countzler and Frank Taylor, Stable Recovery is a recovery program meant to help individuals overcome addiction, stay sober, and rebuild their lives and purpose. Those...

Keeneland has named Reed Ringler to its sales team beginning May 1, the auction house via a press release on Wednesday. In this new role, he will focus on client services, global recruitment and sales development. Ringler brings a wealth of experience and deep industry relationships to Keeneland, having built a respected career across multiple facets of the Thoroughbred industry. A California native, Ringler began his career in the Thoroughbred industry on the nominations team at Darley America. Following his time at Darley, he joined the auction team at Fasig-Tipton,...

Jethorse LLC paid $375,000 for General Graham (Omaha Beach), a 3-year-old undefeated ridgling who won in starter allowance company Keeneland on April 8, to post the highest price of Friday's April Selected Horses of Racing Age Sale which followed the races on closing day of the Spring Meet. Consigned by Kenneally Racing, agent, General Graham is from the family of Horse of the Year Sovereignty. He is out of Grade I-placed Giant's Causeway mare Flying Spur. "We're delighted with General Graham," consignor Eddie Kenneally said. "Two for two, hasn't done...

Trendsetter (Modernist), winner of the GIII Stonestreet Lexington Stakes at Keeneland Apr. 11, has been supplemented (Hip 32) to the Keeneland April Selected Horses of Racing Age Sale to be held the evening of Friday, Apr. 24 following the races on closing day of the Spring Meet, the sales company said via a press release on Friday. Colebrook Racing, agent for Midway Racing, is consigning Trendsetter, a 3-year-old gelding by Modernist. At 2, Trendsetter began his career with two wins on the dirt and ran fifth in Keeneland's 5 1/2-furlong...

The catalogue for the 2026 Keeneland April Selected Horses of Racing Age Sale, to be held the evening of Apr. 24 following the final day of racing at the Keeneland Spring Meet, is now available online. The auction will be streamed live online at www.keeneland.com beginning at 6:30 p.m. ET. "The April Sale really captures the momentum of spring racing at its peak," Keeneland Vice President of Sales Tony Lacy said. "Because it's held on closing day of the Spring Meet, which concludes just days before the Kentucky Derby, it...

LEXINGTON, KY - The 2026 Keeneland January Horses of All Ages Sale concluded its compressed two-day run Tuesday. "Another really good day," said Keeneland Vice President of Sales Tony Lacy. "Overall, it was a great, solid day of trading. Everyone felt like it was a very honest and strong market overall." That market strength and diversity was on display with as the top 25 horses came from 18 different consignors and sold to 24 individual buyers. The top 13 yearlings were also each by different stallions. After a three-day sale...

Keeneland's January Horses of All Ages Sale, which produced 2025 GI Breeders' Cup Turf Sprint winner Shisospicy, has cataloged 1,046 horses for the 70th edition of the auction, which will cover two sessions on Jan. 12-13, 2026, that each begin at 10 a.m. ET. Click here for the catalog, which offers broodmares and broodmare prospects, newly turned yearlings, horses of racing age and stallion prospects. "The January Sale is where breeders and owners are able to launch the new year with confidence," Keeneland Vice President of Sales Tony Lacy said....

Grade I winner and $2.8 million earner Simply in Front (Summer Front--Complicated, by Blame) has been cataloged to the 2026 January Horses of All Ages Sale on Monday, Jan. 12. Richard G. Hogan, agent for Colebrook Farms, is consigning the 4-year-old who is cataloged as a broodmare prospect. Simply in Front is a three-quarter sister to both GISW And One More Time (Omaha Beach) and stakes winner Churchtown (Air Force Blue). She is a half-sister to Grade II winner Honor D Lady (Honor Code). "Simply in Front is a gorgeous...

Keeneland will offer the dam of top-ranked 3-year-old filly Nitrogen (Medaglia d'Oro), Tiffany Case (Uncle Mo)--who is in foal to red-hot sire Not This Time--during the 2026 January Horses of All Ages sale on Monday, Jan. 12, the auction company said via a Friday release. Taylor Made Sales Agency, agent, is consigning the 12-year-old, a winning stakes-placed mare whose two foals to race are both stakes winners. "Tiffany Case transcends mere investment value--she's young, proven and in foal to arguably the top stallion in the country," said Jonathan Green, general...

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...