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Strava Tops HORA Portion of KEENOV

Strava, a promising juvenile colt by super sire Into Mischief, topped Friday's 10th and final session of the Keeneland November Sale, bringing $825,000 from legendary University of Louisville basketball Denny Crum. Consignor and part-owner WinStar Farm stayed in for half.

There were 435 horses catalogued for Friday's session with the first 148 being broodmares and weanlings and the remaining 287 comprised of active racehorses. This was the first time the horse of racing age portion was consolidated into a single and final session.

A total of 231 horses grossed $9,122,400 Friday with an average of $39,491 and median of $14,000. The RNA rate was 11.83%. Of those, 127 were horses of racing age, which brought $8,029,000.

WinStar Racing led all consignors during the final session, selling 22 racehorses for $2,456,500 and an average of $113,932. Their consignment accounted for three of the top five sellers and six of the top 11, including three for Juddmonte. Elite was second with 21 head bringing $1,707,000. They represented four of the top 12.

The red-hot Into Mischief was the day's leading sire, with seven of his offspring selling for $1,163,000.

Crum Gets in the Game for Strava

Denny Crum, who put together a Hall of Fame career as the basketball coach for the University of Louisville, has been in the racing industry on and off over the years. However, he made a big splash at Keeneland November Friday when purchasing the promising juvenile colt Strava (Into Mischief) (Hip 3631) for $825,000 during the Horses of Racing Age Portion.

WinStar Farm, which bred, consigned and co-owned the colt with Siena Farm, stayed in for 50%. Strava will be returned to the care of trainer Dallas Stewart, who bid on Crum's behalf.

“He's had horses off and on,” Stewart said. “He's got a piece of another 2-year-old. He's been in the game a long time. He knows the ups and the downs. He has won a lot at the buzzer and he has lost a lot at the buzzer, so he knows what's going on.”

The conditioner continued, “It is hard to find the good ones. People are always like, 'When you find a good one let me know.' I was at a fish fry last night. I started talking to him about this colt and said, 'Do you want to go to the sale?' He said, 'Sure.' I showed him the race when he won at Keeneland. I was so impressed. We took the ride over there and he bought half of him and WinStar stayed in for half.”

Kenny Troutt's operation purchased the colt's dam SW & GISP Catch My Drift (Pioneerof the Nile) for $400,000 at the 2015 KEENOV sale. A $275,000 RNA at KEESEP, Strava won on debut for Stewart, WinStar and Siena Farm going six panels at Keeneland Oct. 9.

As for future plans for Strava, Stewart said, “He has been over at the sale a couple of days. You kind of back off of them a little bit going into the sale. He should be back at Churchill this afternoon. We will just ease him back into the training. We will put a campaign together for him later on. He will go back to the Fair Grounds this winter.”

Stewart and Crum have had success together before, most notably with a mare named Nasty Storm (Gulch). She won three graded events and placed in a pair of Grade Is before selling to Frank Stronach for $1.075 million at the 2002 KEENOV sale.

“We have had a couple horses together,” Stewart said. “We had one really, really nice filly named Nasty Storm. She was a graded stakes winner and we sold her for a lot of money to Mr. Stronach. We had a lot of fun with her.”

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Maximus Mischief Colt Tops Book 5 Opener

A colt from the first crop of Maximus Mischief (Into Mischief) (Hip 2804) topped the day's trade during the Book 5 opener of Keeneland November Wednesday, bringing $75,000 from Patillo Equine.

Consigned by Tim and Nancy Hamlin's Wynnstay Sales, Hip 2804 was bred in Indiana by Deann and Greg Baer DVM. The bay colt is out of the Uncle Mo mare Andapinkcarnation, who is a half to SW Desiraes My Candy (Candy Stripes).

“The colt is a first foal out of a mare and he just gets better by the day,” Tim Hamlin said. “He has a wonderful mind, is a wonderful mover, vets well and is a class act. I had a lot of people tell me he was the best foal in the sale today.”

Maximus Mischief was three-for-three as a juvenile, including a victory in the 2018 GII Remsen S. Third in his lone start at three in the GII Fasig-Tipton Holy Bull S., he was retired to stand alongside his sire at Spendthrift.

When asked his impressions of Maximus Mischief's first crop, Hamlin said, “I actually I bought one last night for a customer for $50,000 and this one sold well. I like them.”

The horseman added, “He is out of a daughter of Uncle Mo and he looks like an Into Mischief/Uncle Mo cross. He looks a bit more like his mother. I hope he is as fast as Uncle Mo and Into Mischief. They will do well with him.”

Another son of Maximus Mischief cracked the top 10 Wednesday when Gun Chai (Hip 2787) brought $57,000 from Machmer Hall.

The most expensive mare of the day was Chelsea Road (Speightstown) (Hip 2846), who brought $65,000 from St. Simon Place and Machmer Hall. Consigned by Buckland Sales, she sold in foal to new Lane's End stallion Gift Box.

A total of 260 horses changed hands Wednesday for a gross of $4,363,200. The average was $16,782 and the median was $12,000. The RNA rate was 18.24%. In the equivalent 2020 session, 256 Thoroughbred brought $3,797,300 with an average of $14,83 and median of $8,000. The RNA rate was 12.33%.

“I thought it was very strong,” Hamlin said. “There are a lot of people still shopping. We sold all of the horses we brought today, so we are very happy. It's been a great November Sale.”

There were 1,950 horses sold during the first eight days of the Keeneland November Sale for a total of $190,531,700. The average thus far was $97,709 and the median was $50,000. In 2020, 1,786 head brought $144,012,000 through the first eight sessions with an average of $81,455 and median of $32,000.

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Keeneland November Sale Passes 2020 Total With Five Sessions To Go

The buoyant pace continued at Keeneland on Sunday when gross sales of $166,206,000 through five sessions of the 10-day November Breeding Stock Sale surpassed total sales of $151,017,300 recorded during last year's entire 10-day auction.

Demand continued to drive healthy gains today, the final day of Book 3, when 282 horses sold for $19,590,500, up 50.33% over the corresponding session of the 2020 November Sale when 235 horses grossed $13,032,000. The average of $69,470 rose 25.27% from last year's $55,455. The median increased 35.71% from $42,000 to $57,000.

At the halfway point in the sale, Keeneland has sold 1,120 horses for $166,206,000, up 29.14% compared to $128,701,000 for 982 horses at this point in 2020. The average of $148,398 increased 13.23% from last year's $131,060, while the median of $95,000 rose 26.67% from $75,000.

Market strength also was reflected in the buy-back rate, which was 15.32%.

Susan Casner paid the day's highest price of $360,000 for a weanling filly from the first crop of Audible who is a half-sister to 2021 Grade 1 Darley Alcibiades winner and G1 NetJets Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies runner-up Juju's Map. She was consigned by Taylor Made Sales Agency, agent.

Super Simple, a winning 5-year-old daughter of Super Saver from the family of 2021 G1 Hopeful winner Gunite, who in foal to Volatile, sold for $300,000 to Woodford Thoroughbreds. Consigned by Warrendale Sales, agent, Super Simple is out of stakes winner Simplify, by Pulpit, and is a half-sister to stakes winner Simple Surprise.

A weanling colt from the first crop of champion Mitole sold for $285,000 to Corinne and Bill Heiligbrodt and Spendthirft Farm. Consigned by Mulholland Springs, he is out of the Quality Road mare Rode Warrior and from the family of G2 winner Three Peat and G3 winner Wacky Patty.

Natalma paid $250,000 and $235,000 for the session's next two highest-priced horses, both cataloged as racing or broodmare prospects.

The first was Union Maiden, a winning, stakes-placed 4-year-old daughter of Union Rags consigned by Indian Creek, agent. Out of Pantanal, by Congrats, Union Maiden is a half-sister to Grade 1-placed Borracho and from the family of graded stakes-placed Selva and Vanzzy.

Natalma's $235,000 purchase was Correctness, a winning 4-year-old daughter of Medaglia d'Oro out of the winning Distorted Humor mare Veracity. Consigned by Denali Stud, agent, Correctness is from the family of G1 winners Elate and Eastern Echo and G2 winners Yell, Roar, and Tax.

Code of Honor LLC/L.E.B., agent, purchased six horses for $690,000 to lead buyers for the second consecutive day.

The leading consignor was Taylor Made Sales Agency, agent, which sold 28 horses for $2,729,000.

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Keeneland November Kicks Off Wednesday

The sales action moves across town Wednesday with bidding on the first session of Keeneland November starting at 1 p.m. The 10-day auction, which runs through Nov. 19, opens with a single-session Book 1 comprised of 229 mares and weanlings, five of which were late supplements. The sale has five books in total and the last half of the final day will be dedicated to 285 Horses of Racing Age.

“We have a lot of optimism,” said Cormac Breathnach, Keeneland's Director of Sales. “We had an electric atmosphere starting in Book 1 of September and continuing through the very last day. We are seeing through the credit application process, the things we are hearing on the grounds and people coming over now that borders are open that the demand that we saw in September is going to roll over with renewed interest in breeding stock and weanlings to pinhook.”

The September sale also boasted a stronger middle market than the industry had seen in recent years, which is likely to trickle down into this auction.

“I think the middle market is going to be extremely strong,” Claiborne's Walker Hancock said. “Based off the September sales, you could buy a mare for $20,000 or $30,000 and sell the foal for at least double that. We are really seeing an increase in the strength of that part of the market, which is good for everybody.”

The Breeders' Cup provided some timely updates to a few members of the KEENOV catalogue. Charmaine's Mia (The Factor) finished third in Saturday's GI Breeders' Cup Turf Sprint and is offered here as Hip 172. Taylor Made offers an Audible half-sister to GI Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies runner-up Juju's Warrior (Hip 1801) and H idden Brook has a Hard Spun half-brother (Hip 251) to GI Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf third Haughty (Empire Maker).

“There is a lot of depth in the catalogue and mares in foal to exciting sires like Into Mischief,” Breathnach said. “Charmaine's Mia had a massive update on an already great page and [GISW] Paris Lights (Curlin) was a supplement, as was Jazz Tune (Johannesburg), dam of [GISW] Rattle N Roll (Connect).”

The November Sale is also known as a place too buy racehorses and they have reformatted that portion of the sale this year, placing it in a single session on the auction's final day.

“A new wrinkle we have for this year is we split the Horses of Racing Age section off onto the last day just to segregate it and we can have a later entry of supplement,” Breathnach said. “Even after scratches, we are expecting about 220 to get here middle of next week. We are hearing great feedback about that maneuver.”

Last year's Keeneland November was topped by Grade I winner Concrete Rose (Twirling Candy), who summoned $1.95 million from Larry Best's Oxo Equine. Best also purchased the second highest-priced offering, $1.9-million Indian Miss (Indian Charlie), who is the dam of champion Mitole (Eskendereya) and GISW Hot Rod Charlie (Oxbow). She sold in foal to red-hot sire Into Mischief.

The Triple Crown-winning duo of Justify and American Pharoah were responsible for the most expensive weanlings at the 2020 renewal of KEENOV. A colt from the first crop of Justify brought $600,000 from Donato Lanni and an American Pharoah half-brother to MGISW Jackie's Warrior (Maclean's Music) summoned the same price from Coolmore's M.V. Magnier.

At the 2020 auction, a total of 2,287 head sold, including post-sales, for a gross of $157,822,800. The average was $69,009 and the median was $25,000.

The Keeneland November Sale runs from Nov. 10 to Nov. 19 with the first session starting at 1 p.m. and the remaining nine sessions beginning at 10 a.m.

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