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Keeneland has cataloged 3,691 horses for its 79th November Breeding Stock Sale, which will begin Monday, Nov. 7 after Keeneland hosts the Breeders' Cup World Championships the preceding Friday and Saturday.

Click here for the catalog for the sale, which features proven producers, coveted broodmare prospects who were successful racehorses and royally bred weanlings at all levels of the market. The sale runs through Wednesday, Nov. 16.

Print catalogs are to arrive the week of Oct. 17.

“The euphoria of the recent record-breaking Keeneland September Yearling Sale, coupled with the highly anticipated Fall Meet and Breeders' Cup, has heightened the excitement leading into the November Sale,” Keeneland Vice President of Sales Tony Lacy said. “Owners and breeders are eager to reinvest in quality bloodstock and foals given the positive energy surrounding racing right now.”

The November Breeding Stock Sale will open with a single-day Book 1 that begins at 1 p.m. ET and will showcase an exceptional selection of highly prized broodmares, broodmare prospects and weanlings.

The catalog includes more than 1,800 broodmares and broodmare prospects and 1,523 weanlings. 

Keeneland's November Horses of Racing Age Sale, a stand-alone auction for this segment of the market, will be held Thursday, Nov. 17. The online catalog for that sale will be available by the end of the week of Oct. 17. Keeneland will continue to accept approved supplements for that auction until sale day.

Breeding Stock Sale schedule

The November Breeding Stock Sale will present the following schedule:

Book 1 – Monday, Nov. 7. Session begins at 1 p.m. with 226 horses in the catalog. Keeneland will consider supplements to Book 1 until the auction starts.

Every remaining session begins at 10 a.m.:

Book 2 – Tuesday-Wednesday, Nov. 8-9. A total of 756 horses are cataloged over the two days.

Book 3 – Thursday-Friday, Nov. 10-11. A total of 827 horses are cataloged over the two days.

Book 4 – Saturday-Sunday, Nov. 12-14. A total of 812 horses are cataloged over the two days.

Book 5 – Monday-Wednesday, Nov. 14-16. A total of 1,070 horses are cataloged over the three days.

 All Keeneland sales are livestreamed at Keeneland.com. As always, online and phone bidding will be available.

Sire power in November

Weanlings and in-foal mares cataloged to the November Breeding Stock Sale represent established stallions and popular young sires.

A total of 170 stallions have weanlings in the catalog, including Horse of the Year Authentic with 16 members of his first crop. Other sires represented by their first weanlings include champions Game Winner, Improbable and Maximum Security; Preakness winner War of Will; and Grade 1 winners Complexity, McKinzie, Tiz the Law and Vekoma.

 Additional notable sires of weanlings include American Pharoah, Bolt d'Oro, Candy Ride (ARG), City of Light, Constitution, Curlin, Girvin, Good Magic, Gun Runner, Into Mischief, Justify, Munnings, Not This Time, Omaha Beach, Quality Road, Speightstown, Tapit, Uncle Mo and War Front.

 Broodmares in the catalog are in foal to 168 stallions, among them American Pharoah, Constitution, Curlin, Girvin, Gun Runner, Justify, Medaglia d'Oro, More Than Ready, Omaha Beach, Quality Road, Speightstown, Tapit, Uncle Mo, Upstart, War Front and Wootton Bassett.

 In addition, the sale also includes the first mares in foal to Horse of the Year Knicks Go, champion Essential Quality and Grade 1 winners Charlatan, Maxfield, Silver State and Yaupon. 

Weanling purchases are successful 

Weanlings acquired at the November Sale include a pair of Grade 1-winning juveniles of 2022: Cave Rock (Runhappy Del Mar Futurity) and Forte (Hopeful).

Another noteworthy graduate of the November Sale, where he sold as a weanling, is Rattle N Roll, who won Keeneland's Grade 1 Claiborne Breeders' Futurity in 2021 and recently captured the G3 Oklahoma Derby.

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The Louisiana Thoroughbred Breeders Association's Breeders Sales of Louisiana held its 2022 Yearling Sale followed by Mixed Session on Saturday, Oct. 1 at the Equine Sales Facility in Opelousas, La. 

A total of 138 yearlings were cataloged with 18 outs. From that group, 101 yearlings sold for a gross of $1,690,600, and an average of $16,739 and a median of $10,000. There were 19 RNAs.

Three weanlings sold for a gross of $20,000 and an average of $6,667. One horse of racing age sold for $7,000, and broodmares sold for a gross of $67,800 and an average of $7,530. The gross for the overall sale was $1,785,400.

Hip 60, out of the Brehon Farm consignment, topped the sale, bringing down the hammer at $63,000. The colt, by Cupid, who is among the leading second-crop sires in North America, is out of Bronze Abe, a multiple stakes-winning stakes-producing Two Punch mare, and he was purchased by Mintmere.

Hip 23, out of the Clear Creek Stud consignment, was purchased by Valene Farms for $62,000 for the second highest price of the day.  The dark bay or brown colt is by the late stallion Half Ours, a four time leading Louisiana stallion out of the multiple stakes winning Louisiana bred mare Smitty's Sunshine, and is a full brother to multiple stakes winner Smitty's Cougar.

Complete results can be found on the LTBA website here.

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Much like the Thoroughbred auction marketplace, the Standardbred industry is enjoying record returns in the sales ring despite waves of economic and political uncertainty on a global scale.

Ahead of the Lexington Selected Yearling Sale, set to begin Monday, Harness Racing Update spoke with six experts in the Standardbred bloodstock field about how events like the war in Ukraine and inflation are affecting their corner of the marketplace, and how it might affect it in the future.

The two common themes among the respondents was that the unsteady parts of the global marketplace have not had a noticeable effect on the wealthy buyers who would purchase racehorses, and that the bloodstock marketplace operates differently from other economies.

“No one is less rich than they were 15 months ago,” Tom Grossman, owner of Blue Chip Farm in Wallkill, N.Y. “Despite everything you read, most people with disposable income have never been richer in this country, which is a whole weird concept.”

The experts were divided over how closely the Standardbred industry follows its Thoroughbred counterparts in terms of marketplace ebbs and flows.

Among the trends that mirrored the Thoroughbred realm was the idea that a high purse structure at the races is helping draw interest and dollars into the auction market to take advantage. Another common theme is that both markets are becoming less dependent on the whims and bidding wars of a small handful of extremely wealthy participants to carry the fortunes of the overall market.

“I think the horse economy has quietly diversified itself,” Grossman said. “Our reliance on our top 10 buyers is much lower, in my mind, than it ever has been. The next group of 40, 50, 60, 70 people that can and will sign $100,000 for Standardbred and $250,000 for Thoroughbred is much deeper than it ever has been.”

Read more at Harness Racing Update.

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Tony Bradshaw is a lifelong fan of horse racing. He has been attending races since he was a kid accompanying his grandfather to Miles Park in Louisville, Ky. This fall, Bradshaw will step into a new realm of the business as he prepares to purchase his first racehorse at the 2022 ITOBA Fall Mixed Sale set for Saturday, Oct. 15 at Horseshoe Indianapolis.

Bradshaw's journey into horse ownership began with his participation in the Road to Louisville contest based on the Kentucky Derby prep races leading up to the first Saturday in May. Bradshaw took the lead among 405 other players en route to the $1,000 grand prize and $30,000 toward the purchase and care of a racehorse. The sum is in partnership between Horseshoe Indianapolis and the Indiana Thoroughbred Owner's and Breeder's Association. It will cover up to $15,000 toward the purchase of a yearling from the sale and the remaining $15,000 will cover expenses incurred by the horse during its first year of preparation, training, and racing. 

“I've thought about it from time to time on owning a racehorse, and I'm thrilled to have this opportunity to be part of that side of racing,” said Bradshaw, who resides in Louisville, Ky. and played in the contest at the Caesars Sportsbook in Clarksville, Ind. “Having a foot in the game and being part of the ownership experience is thrilling. Having a horse racing in my name and potentially getting my picture taken in the winner's circle is exciting to think about.”

Bradshaw attended a “horses in training sale” more than 20 years ago at the former Churchill Downs Sports Spectrum. He enjoyed seeing the horses working out, but he was not a buyer, just an observer. This time, he will be raising his hand at the sale with assistance from Tony Granitz, who he has chosen as his trainer.

“I noticed that Tony (Granitz) is a really good trainer on the Midwest circuit,” said Bradshaw. “I'm a big grass horse bettor, so that caught my attention about Tony, not that I'll be able to get a grass horse, but he's just a good trainer. He seems to do well with younger horses too, so that helped me make my decision on selecting a trainer.”

The two “Tonys” have already connected. Pre-event inspections of the horses in the sale are underway, and they hope to have a shorter list of horses to watch the day of the sale. A total of 115 yearlings are currently cataloged for the sale. The 2021 sale topper was Honey Red, a daughter from the first crop of Bucchero who fetched a price of $48,000 through the sales ring. She already has a win this season and Bradshaw hopes to have the same luck with his new purchase. 

“I basically want to look over some things for the sale, but I'll defer to someone else to look at confirmation and guide me,” said Bradshaw. “I can't wait to be part of it. It's pretty exciting.”

The ITOBA Fall Mixed Sale will be conducted in the receiving barn at Horseshoe Indianapolis. A preview will be offered the night before from 6-8 p.m. Friday, Oct. 14. The sale is set to begin at 1 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 15. Arrangements are already in place for care and boarding of Bradshaw's new racehorse until it is brought in and begins training for the 2023 racing season at Horseshoe Indianapolis.

“We wanted to offer something unique and partnering with ITOBA was a perfect fit for building our ownership program for the Indiana Thoroughbred industry,” said Eric Halstrom, vice president and general manager of racing. “We have such a big following through our online contests, we felt this was a good way to reach out to people that support our program through the Road to Louisville contest and hopefully, give them an experience of a lifetime as a new owner. We can't wait to see Tony in the winner's circle next summer at Horseshoe Indianapolis.”

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