Keeneland Raising Sale Commission to 5%
Keeneland is returning its sale commission to the industry standard of 5%, 10 years after reducing it to 4.5%. The change will take effect with this year's September yearling auction in Lexington.
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Keeneland Sale Shows Signs of Stabilization
The Keeneland April sale of 2-year-olds in training generated figures that were close to last year's results, providing more evidence that the Thoroughbred marketplace is in the process of stabilizing.
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Feedback Positive Prior to Keeneland 2YO Sale
The Keeneland sale of 2-year-olds in training April 11 in Lexington will close out this year's select juvenile selling season, which has produced mixed results.
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One of the Last Storm Cats in Keeneland Sale
The great sire Storm Cat had only three foals in his final crop and one of them will be offered April 11 during Keeneland's sale of 2-year-olds in training in Lexington.
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Keeneland Sale: These Juveniles Could Shine
Horses by Street Sense and War Front are among the horses getting a lot of attention prior to the Keeneland April sale of 2-year-olds in training.
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Racing Post: F-T Awaiting Payment on Crisp
Fasig-Tipton has not received payment for grade I winner Crisp and the broodmares Little Bonnet and Sky Mom, who were sold for more than $1.9 million combined during the 2010 Kentucky November select mixed sale.
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CDI: We'll Invest, But KY Must Remain Strong
During an event with political overtones, Churchill Downs Inc. introduced its renovated TwinSpires.com offices in Lexington Feb. 15 with a message: We'll invest in Kentucky as long as it remains horse capital of the world.
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Top Seasons Spice Up FTK Winter Mixed Sale
Seeking to add a little bit spice to their Kentucky winter mixed sale, Fasig-Tipton officials decided to devote a portion of the Feb. 7 auction in Lexington to no guarantee seasons to prominent stallions.
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Profit Difficult to Achieve at January Sale
Even though there were widespread stud fee reductions in 2009 and 2010, consignors and their clients still are struggling to make money.
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Market Roundup: Comments on January Sale
The Keeneland January horses of all ages sale enjoyed increases in the number of horses sold, gross, and average price during its five-day run in Lexington. Read what people had to say about the market.
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F-T Kentucky Winter Sale Has 321 Lots
The sale is scheduled for Feb. 7 in Lexington and will begin at 10 a.m. (EST).
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Gross, Average Rebound at Keeneland Jan. Sale
The slumping market in recent years at the Keeneland January horses of all ages sale took a turn for the better in several important statistical categories during the auction's latest edition in Lexington.
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Keeneland January Gross Surpasses 2010 Total
With four of the five sessions completed, the number of horses sold and average price are ahead of 2010's pace at the same point, the median is holding steady, and the buy-back rate is about the same.
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January Sale Chatter: Tough But Better
The Keeneland January sale, which ends its five-day run Jan. 14 in Lexington, is generating some positive results after declines in many of its key business figures in recent years. Read what people are saying.
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Third Session Results Positive at Keeneland
The Keeneland January sale turned in a solid third session even though the number of quality mares and yearlings on offer decreased significantly from the Central Kentucky auction's first two days.
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Cumulative Gross Up After Jan. Sale's Day 2
Average price also increases even though the second session wasn't as strong as the first during the 2011 Keeneland January horses of all ages sale in Lexington
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Alpha Kitten Hammered Down for $405,000
Grade II winner Alpha Kitten made a mid-afternoon appearance in Keeneland's auction ring and brought $405,000 during the second session of the January horses of all ages sale in Lexington.
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Secret Gypsy Sells for $540,000 at Keeneland
Grade II winner Secret Gypsy is headed to Japan after being sold for $540,000 early in the afternoon of the second session of the Keeneland January horses of all ages sale in Lexington.
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Princess Janie Goes for $330,000 at Keeneland
Princess Janie, a stakes-winning Elusive Quality mare who is in foal to Tiznow, brought $330,000 early in the afternoon of the Keeneland January horses of all ages sale's second session in Lexington.
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Candy Ride Colt Brings $300,000 at Keeneland
A strapping Candy Ride colt became the highest-priced yearling sold so far during the Keeneland January horses of all ages sale in Lexington when he brought $300,000 during the second session's first hour Jan. 11.
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Robertson 'Sure Happy' to be at Keeneland
Walt Robertson enjoyed his first day at a Keeneland auction in his new role as the Lexington company's vice president of sales.
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Keeneland January Sale Kicks Off With a Bang
The New Year started on a happy note at Keeneland as the January horses of all ages sale finished its opening session in Lexington Jan. 10 with huge increases of 62.2% in gross and 53.5% in average price from 2010.
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Ave Sells for $1.4 Million at Keeneland
Grade I winner Ave became the first horse to bring a seven-figure price at the Keeneland January horses of all age sale when she sold for $1.4 million three-quarters of the way through the first session in Lexington Jan. 10.
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Wickedly Perfect Brings $800,000
Wickedly Perfect, winner of the Darley Alcibiades Stakes (gr. I) at Keeneland in 2010, returned to Keeneland and brought $800,000 during the opening session of the January horses of all ages sale in Lexington Jan. 10.
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Negligee Sells For $625,000 at Keeneland
Negligee returned to the site of her former glory and made news again Jan. 10.
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Keeneland January Sale: Mood Is Upbeat
Even though the weather could have been better, the mood generally was positive in the barn area at Keeneland as horsemen prepared for the first major Thoroughbred auction of the year, the January horses of all ages sale.
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Keeneland Jan. Sale Set to Kick Off 5-Day Run
The two most recent winners of Keeneland's Alcibiades Stakes (gr. I), Negligee and Wickedly Perfect, are scheduled to go through the sale ring on the auction's opening day.
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Keeneland January Sale: What's New?
Keeneland will introduce a new member of its management team and a new technological innovation designed to aid buyers during its January horses of all ages sale, which begins its five-day run in Lexington Jan. 10.
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Alcibiades Winners in Keeneland January Sale
Wickedly Perfect and Negligee, the two most recent winners of the Darley Alcibiades Stakes (gr. I) at Keeneland, are among the horses cataloged for the 2011 Keeneland January horses of all ages sale.
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Get Rich Quick, Weanling Shine at Keeneland
Get Rich Quick, a stakes-winning son of Seeking the Gold sold as a stallion prospect, and a weanling colt by Ready's Image each brought $37,000 to top the 12th session of Keeneland's November breeding stock sale.
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Buyers, Consignors Reflect on Keeneland Sale
Read what buyers and consignors had to say about the market during the first week of the Keeneland November breeding stock sale in Lexington.
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Belmont Winner Da' Tara Sells for $180,000
Da' Tara, who captured the 2008 Belmont Stakes (gr. I), brought $180,000 Nov. 16 during the ninth session of the Keeneland November breeding stock sale.
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Buy-Back Rate Holding Steady at Keeneland
The buy-back rate was one of the best-performing statistics through three sessions of the Keeneland November breeding stock auction in Lexington. It stood at 21.1%, the same as in 2009, when selling ended for the day Nov. 1.
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Five Horses Bring Seven Figures at Keeneland
The robust market for top-end young mares continued during the second session of the Keeneland November breeding stock sale as five horses sold for seven-figure prices.
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Blind Luck's Dam Brings $1.85 Million
The mare, named Lucky One, is carrying a full sibling to the 2010 Kentucky Oaks (gr. I) winner.
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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."
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Carribean Sunset Goes for $1 Million
Broodmare prospect Carribean Sunset, a group III winner in Ireland and a stakes winner in this country, brought $1 million Nov. 8 during the opening session in the Keeneland November breeding stock sale in Lexington.
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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.
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Fasig-Tipton Mixed Sale Average Down
Grey Goose Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies (gr. I) winner Awesome Feather is the Kentucky auction's top seller, bringing $2.3 million.
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Uncle Mo's Dam Goes for $1.65 Million
Playa Maya, the dam of 2010 Grey Goose Breeders' Cup Juvenile (gr. I) winner Uncle Mo, sold for $1.65 million during the Fasig-Tipton Kentucky November breeding stock auction in Lexington.
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Awesome Feather Sells for $2.3 Million at F-T
Two days after winning the Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies (gr. I), undefeated Awesome Feather sold for $2.3 million Nov. 7, early during the Fasig-Tipton Kentucky November select mixed sale in Lexington.
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Some Breeders' Cup Runners Set to Be Sold
Some horses competing in the Breeders' Cup World Championships Nov. 5 and 6 at Churchill Downs will be headed to the sale ring at Fasig-Tipton and Keeneland immediately afterward.
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F-T Sale Ends With a 19% Increase in Gross
The Fasig-Tipton Kentucky fall yearling sale, which ended its three-day run Oct. 27 in Lexington, generated results that were "totally expected," according to the auction firm's chairman Walt Robertson.
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Hollywood Wildcat's Daughter Brings $310,000
A filly by Hard Spun is the highest-priced horse sold so far during the Fasig-Tipton Kentucky fall yearling sale.
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F-T Fall Yearling Sale Opens With Upswings
A Tapit colt brought the most expensive price of $280,000 from Canadian-based trainer Mark Casse, agent.
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F-T November Select Mixed Sale Has 180 Horses
The auction will be held Nov. 7 in Lexington, beginning at 4 p.m. (EST).
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Keeneland November Sale Has 4,695 Lots
The total for the breeding stock auction is about the same as it was for the 2009 edition of the sale.
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Courageous Comet Looking to Shine at WEG
Courageous Comet, a retired Thoroughbred ridden by Becky Holder, is looking to make his mark at the FEI World Equestrian Games in Lexington, which started Sept. 25.
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September Sale Gross Surpasses 2009 Total
The 2,387 yearlings sold through Sept. 23 have generated $192,884,100. The gross last year for the entire auction was $191,859,200.
