Keeneland September Sale Exceeds 2016 Gross Sales on Seventh Day of Selling

By Amy Gregory —-

LEXINGTON, KY (Sept. 18, 2017) – The buoyant pace continued at Keeneland on Monday when gross sales of $273,298,000 through seven sessions of the 12-day September Yearling Sale surpassed total sales of $272,890,500 recorded during last year’s entire 13-day auction.
Monday marked the first of the two-day Book 4. Keeneland sold 276 horses for $18,385,000, for an average of $66,612 and a median of $50,000.
Cumulatively, Keeneland has sold 1,455 horses for $273,298,000, for an average of $187,834 and a median of $120,000.
“Today’s session was strong, and there was a lot of activity in the barn area with buyers inspecting horses for tomorrow’s session,” Keeneland Director of Sales Operations Geoffrey Russell said.
Mike Ryan, as agent, paid the day’s top price of $350,000 for a colt from the first crop of Cairo Prince. Consigned by Lane’s End, agent, the colt is out of the winning Horse Chestnut (SAF) mare Precious Princess. He is a half-brother to Grade 3 winner Zipessa, who finished second by a neck in the Kentucky Downs Ladies Turf (G3) on Sept. 9.
Glen Hill Farm’s Craig Bernick spent $285,000 on a filly by Orb consigned by Claiborne Farm, agent. She is out of the winning Langfuhr mare Maxinkuckee Miss and from the family of Grade 3 winner Fly’n J. Bryan.
Select Sales was the day’s leading consignor, selling 35 horses for $2,374,000.
EQB, agent, purchased four yearlings for $485,000 to be the leading buyer.
The September Sale continues through Saturday, with all sessions beginning at 10 a.m. ET. The entire sale is streamed live at Keeneland.com.
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For more than 80 years, the Keeneland Association has devoted itself to the health and vibrancy of the Thoroughbred industry. As the world’s largest Thoroughbred auction company, Keeneland conducts sales every January, September and November. Its sales graduates dominate racing across the globe at every level. In April and October, Keeneland offers some of the highest caliber and richest Thoroughbred racing in the world. In 2015, Keeneland hosted the Breeders’ Cup World Championships. Uniquely structured, Keeneland is a private, for-profit corporation that returns its earnings to the industry and the community in the form of higher purses, and it has donated millions of dollars in charitable contributions for education, research and health and human services throughout Central Kentucky. To learn more about Keeneland, visit Keeneland.com.