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Keeneland Day 3: Picky Buyers Shop Carefully

Keeneland Day 3: Picky Buyers Shop Carefully

While the young and beautiful have generated most of the financial fireworks at the Keeneland November breeding stock sale so far, the third session turned out to be the time for an older horse to sparkle.

 Thursday, November 08, 2012
Prices Sizzle as Keeneland Nov. Sale Opens

Prices Sizzle as Keeneland Nov. Sale Opens

Fueled by well-bred horses owned by the late Edward P. "Ned" Evans, the market at the Keeneland November breeding stock sale burned white-hot during its opening session.

 Monday, November 07, 2011
Ashford Buys Christmas Kid for $4.2 Million

Ashford Buys Christmas Kid for $4.2 Million

The wild bidding spree for fancy horses continued at the Keeneland November breeding stock sale when grade I winner Christmas Kid brought $4.2 million around 12:20 p.m. (EST) during the auction's first session.

 Monday, November 07, 2011
Gross, Average Rise in Keeneland Opener

Gross, Average Rise in Keeneland Opener

The Keeneland November breeding stock sale got off to what the company's director of sales, Geoffrey Russell, called a "solid start."

 Monday, November 08, 2010
Coolmore Buys Second Seven-Figure Mare

Coolmore Buys Second Seven-Figure Mare

Golden Ballet, a stakes-winning and grade I producing broodmare by Moscow Ballet, brought $1.4 million during the first session of the Keeneland November breeding stock sale.

 Monday, November 08, 2010
Society Selection Sells for $1.85 Million

Society Selection Sells for $1.85 Million

Broodmare Society Selection was the first horse to crack the seven-figure price barrier at the Keeneland November breeding stock sale, bringing $1.85 million early in the auction's opening session Nov. 8 in Lexington.

 Monday, November 08, 2010
Missvinski Brings $400,000 at Keeneland

Missvinski Brings $400,000 at Keeneland

French stakes winner and group I-placed Missvinski attracted a final bid of $400,000 to headline the Jan. 14 session of the Keeneland January horses of all ages sale.

 Thursday, January 14, 2010

Fusaichi Pegasus Breeding to Aid Katrina Victims

Ashford Stud will donate a nomination to Fusaichi Pegasus to be auctioned at Fasig-Tipton's Kentucky Selected Mixed Sale on Nov. 6, with the proceeds directed to the American Red Cross to aid their work with the victims of Hurricane Katrina.

 Saturday, September 24, 2005

Fees Rise for Giant's Causeway and Fusaichi Pegasus

Ashford Stud is raising the stud fees on two if its high profile stallions, freshman sires Giant's Causeway and Fusaichi Pegasus.

 Thursday, November 04, 2004

Dam of Cajun Beat Brings $850,000 at Keeneland Tuesday

Beckys Shirt brought $850,000 Tuesday to get the second session of the Keeneland January horses of all ages sale off to a fast start.

 Tuesday, January 13, 2004

Hold That Tiger, Van Nistelrooy to Ashford

French group I winner Hold That Tiger and Van Nistelrooy, an Irish group II winner, will stand the 2004 season at Ashford Stud near Versailles, Ky.

 Sunday, November 02, 2003