Taylor Made Sales Agency, agent, consigned From the Hood, a 6-year-old half-sister to champion Folklore, stakes winner Divided Attention and stakes-placed Delightful Quality, dam of undefeated 2020 TVG Breeders' Cup Juvenile Presented by Thoroughbred Aftercare Alliance and G1 Claiborne Breeders' Futurity winner Essential Quality.

A total of 255 horses sold Wednesday for $4,378,300, for an average of $17,170 and a median of $7,000.

Taylor Made Sales Agency, agent, was the session's leading consignor, selling 54 horses for $1,108,800. With its purchase of From the Hood, Baccari Bloodstock was the leading buyer.

Through three days, Keeneland sold 708 horses for $39,793,100, for an average of $56,205 and a median of $20,000.

Today's session marked the conclusion of the Spry Family Farm Dispersal for which Hill 'n' Dale Sales Agency served as agent. The second high seller on Wednesday, purchased by WinStar Farm for $180,000, was the Spry mare Heavenly Sis. A half-sister to Grade 1 winner Instilled Regard, Heavenly Sis is a 5-year-old daughter of Hard Spun out of Enhancing, by Forestry. She is from the family of champion Heavenly Prize and Grade 1 winners Oh What a Windfall and Good Reward and Grade 2 winner Pure Prize.

Another Spry horse to sell Wednesday was Mo Emma, a 4-year-old broodmare prospect by Uncle Mo out of American Cleopatra, by Pioneerof the Nile, a full sister to Triple Crown winner American Pharoah. She sold to Zilli Racing for $120,000.

A total of 41 Spry horses sold at the January Sale for $1,405,900, led by Sand Hill Stables' purchase of the Maclean's Music yearling colt Mac's Prize on Monday for $200,000.

On Wednesday, two daughters of Into Mischief – racing or broodmare prospect Risk Model and broodmare Ten Demerits – sold for $160,000 apiece.

Hidden Brook, agent, purchased Risk Model, a 4-year-old filly consigned by ELiTE, agent. A half-sister to stakes winner Hi Holiday, she is out of the graded stakes-placed Proud Citizen mare Boleyn and from the family of Grade 1 winner Magnificent Lindy.

Trackside Farm acquired Ten Demerits, a 6-year-old daughter of multiple Grade 1 winner Pussycat Doll, by Real Quiet, in foal to Girvin. Hunter Valley Farm, agent, consigned Ten Demerits, a half-sister to Grade 1 winner Aquaphobia from the family of additional Grade 1 winners Hookedonthefeelin and Jimmy Creed.

At $70,000, the session-topping yearling was a colt by Laoban purchased by Rascal Bloodstock. Consigned by Bill Murphy, agent, he is out of Jade, a daughter of Colonel John and from the family of Grade 1 winner Play Fellow.

The January Sale concludes Thursday with a session beginning at 10 a.m. ET. The session includes 19 broodmares, yearlings and horses of racing age consigned by Lane's End, agent for the Complete Dispersal of the Estate of Paul P. Pompa Jr.

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A colt by Laoban (hip 1053) was the session’s top-priced short yearling when selling to Rascal Bloodstock for $70,000. Bred in Ohio by Mark Toothaker and Gigi Chiandussi, the dark bay colt was consigned by Bill Murphy.

During Wednesday’s third session of the four-day auction, 255 horses sold for $4,378,300. The average was $17,170 and the median was $7,000.

At the third session of the five-day 2020 January sale, 226 head sold for $5,105,200 for an average of $22,589 and a median of $12,000.

Taylor Made Sales Agency was the session’s leading consignor, selling 54 horses for $1,108,800.

“It’s typical Book 2 January,” said Taylor Made’s Mark Taylor. “You have one walk in there and it’s life and death trying to get someone to raise their hand at $1,000. Then you have another walk in that’s a good-vetting foal and you’ll have 10 people trying to bid and there is a good bit of action. At Book 2 of January, you get a little bit of everything. What I think is very, very apparent is that anything that is in the bottom 20% of the market, nobody that is paying the fees and the bills that it takes in Central Kentucky wants to be operating in that environment. They’re fleeing to quality. Here it’s about trying to find these horses a good home where they can go on and hopefully be successful in a regional market or elsewhere. That’s the lay of the land and that is where we are at right now.”

Baccari agreed the market was all hit or all miss.

“I think it’s like anything, if you have something they are looking for, it’s very competitive to get them bought,” Baccari said. “If you miss the mark, you miss it completely. But if you are on the mark, you are probably going to be good to go.”

Wednesday’s session concluded the dispersal of Spry Family Farm. The day’s second-highest offering, Heavenly Sis (Hard Spun), who sold for $180,000 to WinStar Farm, came from the dispersal, which was handled by Hill ‘n’ Dale Sales Agency. A total of 41 Spry horses sold at the January sale for $1,405,900, led by Sand Hill Stables’ purchase of the Maclean’s Music yearling colt Mac’s Prize (hip 275) Monday for $200,000.

The Keeneland January sale concludes with a final session Thursday. Bidding begins at 10 a.m.

Baccari in the Hood

Chris Baccari went to $375,000 to acquire the well-related From the Hood (Street Sense) (hip 1019) from the Taylor Made Sales Agency consignment at Keeneland Wednesday. The 6-year-old mare, in foal to Fast Anna, is a half-sister to champion Folklore (Tiznow) and to Delightful Quality (Elusive Quality), dam of likely 2-year-old Eclipse champion Essential Quality (Tapit). Folklore is also the second dam of last year’s Japanese Triple Crown winner Contrail (Jpn) (Deep Impact {Jpn}).

“The thing with her family, that female pedigree, all of those daughters are reproducing if you look down the list right now,” Baccari said. “All of them are reproducing.”

Baccari already has another member of the family in Miss Moon (Malibu Moon), a daughter of Folklore, whose son Savile Row (Quality Road) was a first-out winner for trainer Bob Baffert and SF Racing, Starlight Racing, Madaket Stables, Golconda Stables, Siena Farm and Robert Masterson.

“Miss Moon just throws really good-looking individuals that can run,” Baccari said. “That’s very hard for me, as a person who both races and sells commercially, to find. If I am selling commercially, I have to have mares that are going to throw the quality look that you need with the pedigree behind it. And she has that.”

Baccari continued, “I really want to have the best mares I can get my hands on to bring them back to the farm, so people will know that we raise a good quality horse. And you have to have good mares who can get big results.”

Baccari said mating plans were still undecided on From the Hood, but added, “The best thing about this mare is you can breed her to anything. She has the size, the scope, the strength, she has enough bone. There is nothing really to fix on her.”

From the Hood, bred by Godolphin and a $47,000 Keeneland September yearling purchase in 2016, made just one start for V-Leaf Stables and trainer Michael Tomlinson.

“It’s arguably the hottest pedigree going,” said consignor Mark Taylor. “You could have a [Kentucky] Derby winner out of that pedigree and you have Contrail, who is a Japanese equivalent to a Triple Crown winner. The whole page has just exploded. I think it was a fair price. I had her in the $350,000 to $500,000 range. She’s a beautiful mare and I think Chris Baccari made a good buy. I think that he’s got a good shot to make money in the long run whether he keeps her or turns her over.”

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Despite swirling uncertainties caused by the global pandemic, the market proved resilient and surprisingly deep when Keeneland staged its September Yearling Sale and November Breeding Stock Sale last fall. Sales officials look for those trends continue into the January marketplace.

“I think the November sale was similar to the September market,” said Keeneland’s Director of Sales Operations Geoffrey Russell. “In September, we were very apprehensive going into the second week about where we were going to be and it worked out very well. And it was the same in the November sale. We were worried about the middle and lower-end markets and they stood up very well. We hope all that continues on in January.”

The three dispersals in the January catalogue figure to increase interest in the auction.

“I think it will be a slightly different January sale as we’ve got three very nice dispersals in here,” Russell said. “Obviously, we’d prefer they weren’t dispersing, but if they had to, we are glad they are doing it with us.”

The Sam-Son Farm dispersal features 21 in-foal broodmares, all of whom were paraded before prospective buyers Saturday morning at Keeneland.

The dispersal of the late Paul Pompa, which is being handled by the Lane’s End consignment, includes 39 broodmares, yearlings, broodmare and stallion prospects and horses of racing age. The dispersal continued to generate updates as sale time approached, with homebred Carillo (Union Rags) tabbed a ‘TDN Rising Star’ with a debut win at Aqueduct Friday. Both the sophomore (hip 1556) and his dam, Proper Mad (Bernardini) (hip 793), will be offered at Keeneland this week.

The Spry dispersal with Hill ‘n’ Dale Sales Agency, agent, cataloged 46 broodmares and broodmare prospects, yearlings and racing prospects.

“The Sam-Son horses had a nice show this morning and the Pompa horses seem to be doing very well on the racetrack,” said Russell. “So that is all very positive. Quality dispersals, as these are, bring in more people.”

The January sale will be the third auction at which Keeneland will offer buyers the opportunity to bid on-line. It is an option, first necessitated by the coronavirus pandemic and ensuing travel restrictions, which continues to grow in popularity.

“We have the same system set up and we expect it to continue to be very popular,” Keeneland President Shannon Arvin said of the internet bidding. “It opens up a lot of doors.”

Russell added, “I think, of all the things we have done because of COVID, I think the internet bidding is definitely something that is here to stay. I think as each sale has gone on–not just ours, but at other sales companies, as well–I think buyers are getting more comfortable with it.”

The Keeneland January sale continues through Thursday with each session beginning at 10 a.m.

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Keeneland will continue to offer online and phone bidding to enable buyers to participate in the January Sale remotely while employing onsite COVID-19 protocols similar to those used during its two recent auctions.

January Sale catalogs are available online at Keeneland.com. Print catalogs are scheduled to be delivered by Dec. 22.

The catalog consists of 808 broodmares and broodmare prospects, 697 newly turned yearlings, 78 horses of racing age and five stallions or stallion prospects.

Sam-Son Farm, a multiple Eclipse Award- and Sovereign Award-winning breed-to-race operation based in Ontario, will offer 21 broodmares in foal to Accelerate, American Pharoah, Bernardini, Candy Ride (ARG), City of Light, Distorted Humor, Hard Spun, Into Mischief, Kantharos, Kitten's Joy, Lookin At Lucky, Malibu Moon, Munnings, Omaha Beach, Speightstown, Street Sense, Twirling Candy, Uncle Mo and War Front. They include:

• Danceforthecause, a daughter of Giant's Causeway who is the dam of Grade 1 winner Say the Word and Grade 2 winner Rideforthecause and is in foal to Twirling Candy;
• Deceptive Vision, a Grade 2-winning, Grade 1-placed mare out of Canadian champion Eye of the Sphynx and a full sister to Canadian champion Eye of the Leopard who is in foal to War Front;
• Fun in the Desert, a Distorted Humor mare who is a half-sister to Deceptive Vision and Eye of the Leopard and is the dam of Canadian champion Desert Ride, by Candy Ride (ARG). She is carrying a full sibling to Desert Ride; and
• Southern Ring, a Grade 3-winning, Grade 2-placed daughter of Speightstown in foal to Into Mischief.

Hill 'n' Dale Sales Agency, agent, will handle 46 horses cataloged in the Dispersal of Spry Family Farm. They include:

• 11 mares, including seven in foal to Ghostzapper, Speightstown, Maclean's Music, Midshipman and Take Charge Indy;
• 10 foals of 2020 by Creative Cause, Ghostzapper, Maclean's Music and Tapiture;
• Nine foals of 2019 by Lea, Maclean's Music and Temple City; and
• 16 racing or broodmare prospects by such sires as Uncle Mo, Frankel (GB), Invincible Spirit (IRE), Medaglia d'Oro and Kodiac (GB).

As previously announced, the 39 horses in the Complete Dispersal of the late Paul P. Pompa Jr., Lane's End, agent, are broodmares, foals of 2020, horses of racing age and broodmare or stallion prospects. Click here for more information.

“This year's January Sale is especially deep because of the Sam-Son, Paul Pompa and Spry Family Farm dispersals, which offer one-of-a-kind opportunities to obtain breeding and racing stock from established, successful operations,” Keeneland President-Elect and Interim Head of Sales Shannon Arvin said. “These dispersals further enhance the January Sale's reputation for being a source of quality broodmares prior to breeding season and a popular market for newly turned yearlings and horses of racing age.”

Each session of the January Sale will begin at 10 a.m. ET. The auction will be streamed live on Keeneland.com.

TVG2 will feature live coverage of the first two days of the sale from 10 a.m. until 7:30 p.m. The entire sale will be shown on the Watch TVG App.

Online, Telephone Bidding Available

Remote bidding options at Keeneland sales integrate directly with the live auction experience in real time, just as if a buyer were standing in the Sales Pavilion.

Buyers who plan to attend the January Sale or participate in the auction remotely should register for an account and establish credit within the Keeneland Sales Portal. Keeneland recommends doing so two weeks before the sale.

Online bidding: Buyers may watch a real-time video view of the live sale and bid simultaneously from Keeneland's online bidding platform accessible through their accounts in the Keeneland Sales Portal.

Phone bidding: Buyers can use the Keeneland Sales Portal to participate in bidding on horses in the January Sale by phone. Please notify Keeneland at least 24 hours prior to bidding. A Keeneland representative will call back prior to the bidding.

The Keeneland Sales team is available to answer any questions about expanded bidding options and the January Sale. Please contact Director of Sales Accounting Brent Hacker at 859 288-4231 or bhacker@keeneland.com.

Sire power represented

The 2021 January Sale features broodmares in foal to a number of established sires and promising young stallions, including American Pharoah, Bernardini, Candy Ride (ARG), City of Light, Constitution, Distorted Humor, Ghostzapper, Gun Runner, Into Mischief, Justify, Kitten's Joy, Malibu Moon, Mastery, Medaglia d'Oro, More Than Ready, Not This Time, Nyquist, Quality Road, Speightstown, Twirling Candy, Uncle Mo and War Front.

The auction also offers opportunities to purchase the first yearlings by such sires as Accelerate, Always Dreaming, Bolt d'Oro, City of Light, Collected, Good Magic, Good Samaritan, Justify, Mendelssohn, Mo Town, Oscar Performance, Tapwrit and West Coast.

Additional yearlings in the catalog are by American Pharoah, Arrogate, Bernardini, Candy Ride, Constitution, Distorted Humor, Empire Maker, Frosted, Ghostzapper, Gun Runner, Into Mischief, Kitten's Joy, Malibu Moon, Medaglia d'Oro, More Than Ready, Not This Time, Nyquist, Practical Joke, Speightstown, Tapit and Uncle Mo, among others.

Graduates perform well in 2020

Leading the 2020 stakes winners who were cataloged as yearlings at the January Sale are Grade 1 winners Dr. Schivel (Runhappy Del Mar Futurity) and Mucho Gusto (Pegasus World Cup Invitational Presented by Runhappy), Grade 2 winners Skywire (Eclipse and Autumn), Wells Bayou (Twinspires.com Louisiana Derby) and Weston (Best Pal) and Grade 3 winner Toinette (Wilshire).

Beau Recall (IRE), who won the 2020 Churchill Distaff Turf Mile (G2), was offered at the January Sale as a horse of racing age.

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The catalogue features horses from the dispersals of Sam-Son Farm, the late Paul Pompa, Jr., and Spry Family Farm.

Sam-Son Farm, a multiple Eclipse Award- and Sovereign Award-winning breed-to-race operation based in Ontario, will offer 21 broodmares in foal to Accelerate, American Pharoah, Bernardini, Candy Ride (Arg), City of Light, Distorted Humor, Hard Spun, Into Mischief, Kantharos, Kitten’s Joy, Lookin At Lucky, Malibu Moon, Munnings, Omaha Beach, Speightstown, Street Sense, Twirling Candy, Uncle Mo and War Front.

Hill ‘n’ Dale Sales Agency, agent, will handle 46 horses cataloged in the Dispersal of Spry Family Farm, including 11 mares in foal to stallions Ghostzapper, Speightstown, Maclean’s Music, Midshipman and Take Charge Indy; 10 foals of 2020 by Creative Cause, Ghostzapper, Maclean’s Music and Tapiture; nine foals of 2019 by Lea, Maclean’s Music and Temple City; and

16 racing or broodmare prospects by such sires as Uncle Mo, Frankel (GB), Invincible Spirit (Ire), Medaglia d’Oro and Kodiac (GB).

The 39 horses in the Complete Dispersal of the late Paul P. Pompa Jr., Lane’s End, agent, are broodmares, foals of 2020, horses of racing age and broodmare or stallion prospects.

“This year’s January sale is especially deep because of the Sam-Son, Paul Pompa and Spry Family Farm dispersals, which offer one-of-a-kind opportunities to obtain breeding and racing stock from established, successful operations,” Keeneland President-Elect and Interim Head of Sales  Shannon Arvin said. “These dispersals further enhance the January sale’s reputation for being a source of quality broodmares prior to breeding season and a popular market for newly turned yearlings and horses of racing age.”

Each session of the January sale will begin at 10 a.m. ET. Keeneland will continue to offer online and phone bidding to enable buyers to participate in the January sale remotely while employing onsite COVID-19 protocols similar to those used during its two recent auctions.

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