Keeneland January Sale Surpasses 2017 Gross on Third Day of Selling

By Amy Owens —-

Click here for a video of Hip 977, Runway Doll, sold for $145,000

LEXINGTON, KY (Jan. 10, 2018) – Keeneland’s January Horses of All Ages Sale reached a milestone Wednesday when gross sales of $31,744,700 through three days of the four-day auction exceeded total sales of $28,785,500 recorded during last year’s entire five-day auction.

The total for 651 horses sold this year is 27.03 percent higher than the corresponding period last year when 581 horses brought $24,989,500. The average of $48,763 rose 13.37 percent from last year’s $43,011, while the median declined 15 percent from $20,000 to $17,000.

On Wednesday, Keeneland sold 236 horses for $3,442,700, for an average of $14,588 and a median of $7,750. Total sales were slightly above last year when 197 horses brought $3,415,900. The session average declined 15.87 percent from last year’s $17,340, while the median was 882 percent below $8,500 in 2017.

Springhouse Farm paid $145,000 for the session-topper, Runway Doll, a 4-year-old daughter of Majestic Warrior cataloged as a racing or broodmare prospect. Consigned by ELiTE, the filly is out of the Boundary mare French Line and is a half-sister to stakes winner Song Warrior. She is from the family of Grade 2 winner Conquest Panthera and Grade 3 winner Happy Like a Fool.

With the purchase, Springhouse Farm was the session’s leading buyer.

A yearling colt by Violence brought the day’s second-highest price of $130,000 from Summers Street Stable. James M. Herbener Jr., agent, consigned the colt, who is out of the winning Arch mare Ms Arch Stanton. He is from the family of Grade 1 winners Healthy Addiction and My Sweet Addiction.

Taylor Made Sales Agency, agent, sold 46 horses for $669,200 to lead all consignors Wednesday.
The January Sale, which is streamed live at Keeneland.com, concludes Thursday. The session begins at 10 a.m. ET.

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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.