Keeneland April Two-Year-Olds in Training Sale Catalog Now Online

By Amy Owens —-

Click here for the online catalog of juveniles in the April Sale.

Keeneland April Two-Year-Olds in Training Sale Catalog Now Online

LEXINGTON, KY (March 10, 2020) – Keeneland has cataloged 70 juveniles for its 2020 April Two-Year-Olds in Training and Horses of Racing Ages Sale, to be held Tuesday, April 7.

The Two-Year-Olds in Training Sale catalog is available online at Keeneland.com. Print catalogs will be mailed Friday, March 13.

For horses of racing age cataloged to the April Sale, a digital catalog – featuring Daily Racing Form past performances and Thoro-Graph and Ragozin sheets – will be posted online on Tuesday, March 24. A print version of the catalog for horses of racing age will be available Tuesday, March 31.

Keeneland is accepting supplemental entries for the April Sale.

“The April Sale returned to the Keeneland calendar last year to positive reviews from buyers and consignors, who like the timing of the auction,” Keeneland Vice President of Racing and Sales Bob Elliston said. “Scheduling the sale during the Spring Meet ensures a deep buying bench of owners, trainers, bloodstock agents and others, which produces a strong, competitive market.”

The April Sale follows the four-day opening weekend of the Spring Meet, April 2-5, which is headlined by nine stakes worth $2.85 million. The April 4 race card presents five stakes led by the $1 million Toyota Blue Grass (G2) and $500,000 Central Bank Ashland (G1), respective major preps for the Kentucky Derby Presented by Woodford Reserve (G1) and Kentucky Oaks (G1).

Sale action kicks off Monday, April 6, with Preview Day, which features breezes over both the dirt track and turf course for sale 2-year-olds. Preview Day begins at 11 a.m. ET.

The April Sale starts the following day at 2 p.m. beginning with the offering of horses of racing age and followed by the 2-year-olds in training. The auction will be streamed live on Keeneland.com with coverage on TVG.

Topping the 2019 April Sale was the 2-year-old Tapit filly Miss Tapirado, at $1.3 million. Horses of racing age from last year’s auction included Higher Power, who four months later won the TVG Pacific Classic (G1).

Keeneland conducted its April Two-Year-Olds in Training Sale from 1923-2014. Graduates include six classic winners: Kentucky Derby (G1) and Preakness winner and champion Big Brown; Preakness (G1) winner and champion Lookin At Lucky; Belmont (G1) winner Palace Malice; Kentucky Derby and Belmont winner and champion Thunder Gulch and Kentucky Oaks (G1) winners Gal in a Ruckus and Keeper Hill.

Champions Beautiful Pleasure, Lady Eli and Roy H also are April Sale graduates.

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For more than 80 years, the Keeneland Association has devoted itself to the health and vibrancy of the Thoroughbred industry. The world’s largest Thoroughbred auction house, Keeneland conducts four sales a year, in January, April, September and November, and 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. Keeneland hosted the Breeders’ Cup World Championships in 2015 and will hold the event again on Nov. 6-7, 2020. Uniquely structured, Keeneland is a privately held company with a not-for-profit mission that returns its earnings to the industry and the community in the form of higher purses and millions of dollars donated in support of horse industry initiatives and charitable contributions for education, research and health and human services throughout Central Kentucky. Keeneland also maintains the Keeneland Library, a world-renowned public research institution with the mission of preserving information about the Thoroughbred industry. To learn more, visit Keeneland.com.