Vibrant Market Yields Positive Results Thursday at Keeneland September Sale

By Amy Gregory —-

Vibrant Market Yields Positive Results Thursday at Keeneland September Sale

LEXINGTON, KY (Sept. 20, 2018) – A colt by Union Rags brought $250,000 to headline another vibrant day of selling during Thursday’s 10th session of the Keeneland September Yearling Sale.

Keeneland sold 272 yearlings today for $9,019,400, up 37.55 percent from gross sales of $6,557,100 for 255 horses posted in 2017. The average of $33,160 increased 28.96 percent from $25,714 last year, while the median of rose 46.67 percent from $15,000 to $22,000.

With three days to go in the 13-day auction, Keeneland has sold 2,259 yearlings for $368,264,600, a 21.03 percent rise from last year’s $304,265,700 for 2,261 horses. The average rose 21.14 percent from $134,571 to $163,021. The median of $85,000 increased 13.33 percent over $75,000 in 2017.

Ben Glass, agent, purchased the session-topper, who is out of the winning Speightstown mare Town Flirt, a half-sister to stakes winner Financial Modeling. The colt was consigned by KatieRich Farms.

At $200,000, the second high seller was a son of Goldencents purchased by Bill Rucker Jr. Terrazas Thoroughbreds, agent, consigned the colt, who is out of the stakes-placed Tale of the Cat mare Sinister Tale and from the family of Grade 2 winner Three Peat and Grade 3 winner Wacky Patty.

Red Wings purchased four yearlings for $295,000 to be the session’s leading buyer.

The leading consignor was Warrendale Sales, which sold 18 horses for $791,500.

The September Sale runs through Sunday. All sessions begin 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. 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 in 2020. 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 millions of dollars donated in support of horse industry initiatives and charitable contributions for education, research and health and human services throughout Central Kentucky. To learn more, visit Keeneland.com.