Kyle Wilson, Dean Roethemeier Join Keeneland Sales Team

By Amy Gregory —-

LEXINGTON, KY (March 12, 2018) – Keeneland officials today announced that Kyle Wilson and Dean Roethemeier will join the sales team as Sales Associates effective March 19.
Wilson and Roethemeier bring a breadth of international experience to Keeneland gained while working with major industry organizations around the world. Both are graduates of the Darley Flying Start (now Godolphin Flying Start) program.
“We are pleased to welcome Kyle and Dean to Keeneland,” Keeneland Vice President of Racing and Sales Bob Elliston said. “Their knowledge of the global horse industry and hands-on experience with top breeding farms will be invaluable to our client services and recruitment efforts.”
As Stallion Seasons Director at WinStar Farm since 2015, Wilson was responsible for all stallion sales-related activity associated with the farm’s 22 stallions. He also has been involved in bloodstock sales and management at Three Chimneys Farm and with Bradley Thoroughbred Brokerage.
Roethemeier comes to Keeneland from Darley America, where he handled client development and nominations sales. Prior to Darley, he was the Marketing Executive at Dalham Hall Stud in Newmarket, England, and supported sales staff in Europe, Japan, Australia and the U.S.
Keeneland is the world’s largest Thoroughbred auction house, conducting three premier sales annually: the September Yearling Sale, November Breeding Stock Sale and January Horses of All Ages Sale. The September Sale will be held Sept. 10-22.
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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.