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What's Going On Here - New Formula

What's Going On Here - New Formula

Keeneland's September sale tweaks benefit everyone.

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 Tuesday, March 19, 2013
New Keeneland Sale Format Gets Thumbs Up

New Keeneland Sale Format Gets Thumbs Up

Top consignors commented favorably about Keeneland's new format for a four-day 'Book 1' of its September yearling sale for 2013.

 Thursday, March 14, 2013
What's Going On Here: Salebration

What's Going On Here: Salebration

More horses changed hands with sellers collectively making more money.

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 Tuesday, September 25, 2012
Ladies Day at Keeneland; Sale Gains Continue

Ladies Day at Keeneland; Sale Gains Continue

The first half of Book Four of the Keeneland September yearling sale sees fillies fill the top three price slots.

 Monday, September 17, 2012
A.P. Indy's Last Yearling Crop

A.P. Indy's Last Yearling Crop

Esther Marr talks with Mt. Brilliant farm owner Greg Goodman and farm manager Jody Alexander, and Ted Voute of Clearsky Farm, about their A.P. Indy yearling fillies to be sold at the September Sale.

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 Sunday, September 09, 2012
Tips From Fred Hertrich's Commercial Success

Tips From Fred Hertrich's Commercial Success

Bloodstock & Markets: Doing one's homework, value shopping among keys

 Tuesday, March 20, 2012
Bloodstock & Markets - The New and the Twos

Bloodstock & Markets - The New and the Twos

A look at first-crop yearling sires and next year's 2-year-old sales calendar

 Wednesday, October 12, 2011

Evans Estate to Disperse Stock at Keeneland

The estate of the late Edward P. (Ned) Evans will disperse its Thoroughbred yearlings, weanlings, broodmares, and racing stock at Keeneland's September yearling and November breeding stock sales.

 Friday, March 11, 2011
Keeneland Makes Adjustments to September Sale

Keeneland Makes Adjustments to September Sale

Keeneland Association officials have made several adjustments to the format for its 2011 September yearling sale.

 Wednesday, February 16, 2011
West Coast Regional: Sharp Shooters

West Coast Regional: Sharp Shooters

You look at Steve Bajer and John O'Hara moving around the sales at Keeneland each September and November, and they seem like two guys who took a wrong turn on the way to a fishing trip.

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 Tuesday, November 16, 2010
Six-Figure Filly Tops Keeneland's Day 12

Six-Figure Filly Tops Keeneland's Day 12

A filly from the first crop of Eclipse Award-winning grass male English Channel topped Day 12 of the 14-day Keeneland September yearling sale in Lexington Sept. 24. The filly sold for $110,000.

 Friday, September 24, 2010
Vic Carlson: The Man Behind the Musket

Vic Carlson: The Man Behind the Musket

Owner Vic Carlson leaned against the wall of Barn 41 April 29 at Churchill Downs waiting for his Musket Man to head to the track for his morning gallop. The one-time high school athletic director turned money-machine magnate has been to the Kentucky Derby before, but not with some skin in the game.

 Wednesday, April 29, 2009
Keeneland Saturday: Gross Down 35.4%

Keeneland Saturday: Gross Down 35.4%

Saturday's session of the Keeneland September yearling sale was quite similar to the previous day's trading, as key indicators remained dramatically down from last year's figures.

 Saturday, September 20, 2008
Keeneland: Book 6 Figures Tumble

Keeneland: Book 6 Figures Tumble

Selling yearlings at the Keeneland September sale got a lot tougher during Friday's session in Lexington, as all major indices fell hard against previous year's figures.

 Friday, September 19, 2008
Paulson Seeks Partner for Azeri Colt

Paulson Seeks Partner for Azeri Colt

Michael Paulson said he hopes to find a partner that will let him keep a portion of Azeri's yearling colt to race.

 Monday, September 08, 2008

Emphasis on Conformation, Foreign Buyers, Boost Book 3

The marathon Keeneland September yearling sale did not lose any momentum by taking a day off Sept. 14, with the following sessions on Saturday and Sunday continuing the upward tick shown during the "open" sessions of the auction.

 Sunday, September 16, 2007
Exchange Rate Fuels Keeneland Buys by Europeans

Exchange Rate Fuels Keeneland Buys by Europeans

With the exchange rate in their favor, a plethora of Europeans flocked to the Keeneland September sale to take advantage of bargains they simply couldn't find in their native countries.

 Thursday, September 13, 2007

Decade of Dominance by Top-10 Fillies From '97 Sale

Ten years figures to be long enough to assess the impact of some of the top-priced yearlings at the 1997 Keeneland September sale.

 Sunday, September 09, 2007

World Gross Sales Mark Falls at Keeneland

Keeneland set a world record for gross sales at a Thoroughbred auction on Thursday when 10-day totals reached $385,707,000. The sale surpassed the world record mark of $384,349,900 set at last year's 14-day September sale.

 Thursday, September 21, 2006

The Big Battles

By Dan Liebman - Many famous bidding wars have taken place at Keeneland, but never has the competition been as fierce as that between the ruler of Dubai, and the master of Ireland-based Coolmore Stud.

 Tuesday, September 19, 2006

Johannesburg Colt Tops Keeneland's Sixth Session

A Johannesburg colt that brought $525,000 became the top seller during Sunday's session of the Keeneland September yearling auction in Lexington. Purchased by John Brocklebank, the bay colt was consigned by Dave Parrish Jr., agent, under the name Indian Creek.

 Sunday, September 17, 2006

September Sire Power: Young and Old Rule at Keeneland

While it was Sheikh Mohammed who drove the market during the two-day select sessions of Keeneland's September yearling sale Monday and Tuesday, it was powered by the sires of those yearlings. The leading sires from Book One are a heady mix of the old guard with a trio of young shooters making some interesting headway.

 Tuesday, September 12, 2006

Locks

By Ray Paulick - Last time I looked there were no sure things in racing. There are, however, some pretty safe bets. Here are a few I see.

 Wednesday, September 06, 2006

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

It's Just Business

By Ray Paulick - The bidding duel between Dubai's Sheikh Mohammed and Ireland's John Magnier for the $9.7-million sale-topping Storm Cat--Tranquility Lake colt wasn't the only drama at Keeneland in the opening days of the annual September yearling auction.

 Tuesday, September 20, 2005

High Drama

By Dan Liebman - Keeneland sales director Geoffrey Russell said the action during the select sessions of the September yearling sale was "like theater, the best theater anybody's seen in a long time."

 Tuesday, September 20, 2005

Keeneland Sale Surpasses All-Time Record; Seventh Session Numbers Soar

The marathon Keeneland September yearling sale set a record for gross receipts at any equine auction when Bruno de Berdt signed the ticket early in the session Monday for an Officer colt bought for $45,000 from the consignment of Peter O'Callaghan's Woods Edge Farm.

 Monday, September 19, 2005

Unbridled's Song Colt Sells for $700,000 Thursday

Day four of the Keeneland September sale was just underway for about an hour when a colt by Unbridled's Song sold for $700,000.

 Thursday, September 15, 2005

Storm Cat Scales New Heights at Keeneland Sale

There was a huge run on the market for sons and daughters of Storm Cat by the ultimate high-end buyers at the select sessions of the Keeneland September yearling sale. Leading the charge, of course, was the fall sale record $9.7 million bid by Sheikh Mohammed for a dark bay or brown colt by Storm Cat out of multiple grade I winner Tranquility Lake.

 Wednesday, September 14, 2005

Casners to Match Up to $1 Million Raised for Katrina Relief at Sale

Keeneland, with a $1-million commitment from Central Kentucky horseman Bill Casner and his wife, Susan, and in partnership with the Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders Association and Thoroughbred Charities of America, will accept donations during the Sept. 12-26 yearling sale to help victims of Hurricane Katrina.

 Tuesday, September 06, 2005

Lane's End Not Selling at Fasig-Tipton Saratoga

Lane's End Farm, a perennial leader at the Fasig-Tipton Saratoga yearling sales, will not have a consignment at this year's sale held in Saratoga Springs, N.Y. Aug. 10-12. Instead, the sales agency of the Woodford County farm will focus its yearling prospects to Keeneland's September yearling sale in Kentucky, to be held Sept. 13-25.

 Friday, July 02, 2004

Lewises Buy Forestry Colt for $950,000

A colt from the second-crop of Forestry brought a final bid of $950,000 from Bob and Beverly Lewis to get the fourth day of the Keeneland September yearling sale off to another strong start Thursday.

 Thursday, September 11, 2003

TVG to Televise Keeneland September Sale

TV Games Network will offer exclusive live network coverage of the Keeneland September Yearling Sale next Monday through Wednesday (September 8-10), with reports from the Keeneland Sales Pavilion beginning each day at 1 p.m. Eastern and continuing until 7 p.m.

 Thursday, September 04, 2003

M & M Racing Buys Menifee Colt at Keeneland

M & M Racing paid a top price of $120,000 for a colt from the first crop of Menifee during Wednesday's session of Keeneland's September Yearling Sale.

 Wednesday, September 18, 2002