A yearling colt by Gun Runner sold for $1.55 million to M.V. Magnier and Peter Brant’s White Birch Farm to lead the Sept. 11 fourth session of the Keeneland September Yearling Sale, through 4 p.m. ET. Magnier represents interests from Coolmore. The bay colt, bred by Three Chimneys Farm and consigned as Hip 969 by…
The Florida Thoroughbred Breeders’ and Owners’ Association announced Sept. 11 that the Florida Gaming Control Commission has approved an amended 2025 awards plan that sets in-state breeder and stallion award rates at 15% of the announced gross purse, effective Sept. 1. FTBOA also unveiled an innovative new Florida-bred export incentives program for 2026 that will…
Forty minutes into the Sept. 11 fourth session of the Keeneland September Yearling Sale, a Flightline colt bred and consigned by Dixiana Farms grabbed the sale’s spotlight, selling for $1.4 million. April Mayberry of Mayberry Farm signed the ticket for Hip 794 as agent on behalf of Lee and Susan Searing’s C R K Stables. Flightline holds…
Sale histories for horses in the Sept. 18 10th session of the Keeneland September Yearling Sale and second session of Book 5A. Sale histories for horses in the Sept. 18 10th session of the Keeneland September Yearling Sale and second session of Book 5A. The session begins at 10 a.m. ET. Download PDF Source link
Trainer Bob Baffert has been on the buying end of numerous high-value horses through the years at the Keeneland September Yearling Sale. On Sept. 10, he was on the receiving end of one. Hip 731, a son of Gun Runner out of the stakes-placed Quality Road mare Ginja bred by GRS and Baffert, lit up…
Almost 10 years ago, bloodstock agent Mike Ryan set his sights on a strapping son of Curlin at the 2016 Keeneland September Yearling Sale, who brought $1 million during the second day of Book 2. That colt became grade 1 winner and sire Good Magic . On Sept. 10, during the third session of the September sale,…
Only one yearling by leading sire Gun Runner brought seven figures during the Sept. 10 third session of the Keeneland September Yearling Sale but a colt sold as Hip 731 attracted the day’s highest price of $1.9 million from buyer Spendthrift Farm. Hill ‘n’ Dale at Xalapa as agent consigned the colt that was co-bred by…
George Messina and Michael Lee’s Fionn was as game as could be in the $2 million Dueling Grounds Oaks Invitational Stakes (G3T) Sept. 10, proving best in an all-out slugfest to the wire with Candy Quest for her third consecutive graded victory. Fionn’s win secured the first Kentucky Downs training title for her conditioner Brad…
Shares in leading young stallions Ole Kirk and Southport Tycoon, both by Written Tycoon , dominated bidding in the Inglis Digital September (Early) Online Sale, finishing as the two highest-priced lots when the sale closed Sept. 10. The Ole Kirk share topped the sale, selling to Eric Yeung for AU$600,000 (US$397,086, AU$1=US$0.66). The 1% share result saw Ole…
In 2019, bloodstock agent Jacob West bought a son from Liam’s Map ‘s first crop for $1.2 million at the Ocala Breeders’ Sales Spring Sale of 2-Year-Olds in Training for Robert and Lawana Low. The hefty gamble paid off, as that colt turned out to be multiple grade 1 winner and now sire Colonel Liam . During the…
