KEE SALE: '17 gross ($273MM) passes '16 in just 7th session

[Kasept]

Hips to watch for Keeneland September
By Joe Nevills

Following are horses to watch during Books 1 and 2 of the Keeneland September yearling sale, which comprises the first four sessions. Horses were selected based on their pedigrees and past auction results of notable family members. Conformation, veterinarian records, outs, and pedigree updates after deadline were not taken into consideration.

Book 1

Hip No. 12, dk. b. or br. f., Pioneerof the Nile—General Jeanne, by Honour and Glory, consigned by Hill ‘n’ Dale Sales Agency, agent

General Jeanne is the dam of Grade 2 winners Chace City and Justwhistledixie. The latter’s produce record includes Breeders’ Cup Juvenile winner New Year’s Day and Grade 2 winner Mohaymen.

Hip No. 17, b. f., War Front—Grand Prayer, by Grand Slam, consigned by Gainesway, agent

Grade 1 winner Malibu Prayer and Grade 2 winner Valid are siblings to this filly.

Hip No. 20, b. c., Tapit—Her Smile, by Include, property of KatieRich Farms

The third foal out of Grade 1 winner Her Smile. Her second, the Tapit filly Pink Sands, sold for $625,000 at last year’s Fasig-Tipton Saratoga select yearling sale.

Hip No. 27, dk. b. or br. c., War Front—Iotapa, by Afleet Alex, consigned by Taylor Made Sales Agency, agent

The first foal out of multiple Grade 1 winner Iotapa.

Hip No. 29, b. c., Tapit—Justwhistledixie, by Dixie Union, consigned by Clearsky Farms, agent

A full brother to Grade 2 winner and $2.2 million yearling Mohaymen, and a half-brother to Breeders’ Cup Juvenile winner New Year’s Day.

Hip No. 30, dk. b. or br. f., Medaglia d’Oro—Kauai Katie, by Malibu Moon, consigned by Warrendale Sales, agent for Stonestreet

The first foal out of multiple Grade 2 winner Kauai Katie.

Hip No. 31, dk. b. or br. f., Pioneerof the Nile—K. D.’s Shady Lady, by Maria’s Mon, consigned by Lane’s End, agent for Dixiana Farms

The produce record for K. D.’s Shady Lady includes Grade 1 winner Lady of Fifty and stakes winners Lady Fifty Two and Forestry Steel.

Hip No. 32, b. c., Kitten’s Joy—Keertana, by Johar, consigned by Denali Stud, agent

Grade 3 winner Keertana’s first foal was Grade 3 winner Ticonderoga, who sold as a yearling for $850,000.

Hip No. 33, b. f., War Front—La Cloche, by Ghostzapper, consigned by Taylor Made Sales Agency, agent

Stakes winner Bellavais is a half-sister to this filly. Her second dam is Grade 1 winner Memories of Silver.

Hip No. 36, b. c., Tapit—Let Faith Arise, by Kafwain, consigned by Taylor Made Sales Agency, agent for Aaron and Marie Jones

The first foal out of Grade 1 winner Let Faith Arise, from the family of Moonshine Mullin.

Hip No. 40, dk. b. or br. c., War Front—Liscanna, by Sadler’s Wells, consigned by Four Star Sales, agent

Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf winner Hit It a Bomb and English Group 1 winner Brave Anna are full siblings to this colt.

Hip No. 48, gr. or ro. f., Scat Daddy—Mekko Hokte, by Holy Bull, consigned by Paramount Sales, agent

Irish Group 1 winner Caravaggio is a full brother to this filly, and Grade 2 winner My Jen is a half-sister.

Hip No. 49, gr. or ro. c., Tapit—Miss Besilu, by Medaglia d’Oro, consigned by Taylor Made Sales Agency, agent

The first foal out of Grade 1-placed Miss Besilu, who is a sibling to Horse of the Year Saint Liam and dam of Gun Runner.

Hip No. 62, ch. c., Malibu Moon—Oatsee, by Unbridled, consigned by Denali Stud, agent

Oatsee, the 2011 Broodmare of the Year, has produced Preakness Stakes winner Shackleford, Grade 1 winner Lady Joanne, and Grade 2 winner Afleeting Lady, among others.

Hip No. 69, gr. or ro. f., Tapit—Pretty ’n Smart, by Beau Genius, consigned by VanMeter-Gentry Sales, agent

A full sister to Grade 1 winner Cupid and a half to Grade 3 winners Heart Ashley and Ashley’s Kitty.

Hip No. 72, b. c., Uncle Mo—Promenade Girl, by Carson City, consigned by Trackside Farm, agent

Grade 2 winner Promenade Girl’s four winners from as many runners includes Grade 1 winner Cavorting and Grade 2-placed Thirstforlife.

Hip No. 73, b. c., War Front—Quarter Moon, by Sadler’s Wells, consigned by Hill ‘n’ Dale Sales Agency, agent

Quarter Moon, an Irish Group 1 winner, has had Group 1 winner Diamondsandrubies, Group 1-placed You’ll Be Mine, and Group 3 winner Born to Be King.

Hip No. 77, dk. b., or br. f., Giant’s Causeway—Rebridled Dreams, by Unbridled’s Song, consigned by Beau Lane Bloodstock, agent

The seven winners out of Rebridled Dreams include Grade 1 winners Carpe Diem and J. B.’s Thunder, Grade 2 winner Farrell, stakes winner Doncaster Rover, and Grade 2-placed Semper Fortis.

Hip No. 78, b. c., War Front—Refugee, by Unaccounted For, consigned by Eaton Sales, agent

Grade 1 winners Hoppertunity and Executiveprivilege are half-siblings to this colt.

Hip No. 82, b. f., Medaglia d’Oro—Sealy Hill, by Point Given, consigned by Gainesway, agent

All four of Canadian Horse of the Year Sealy Hill’s foals to race are winners, including Canadian champion sprinter Hillaby and Grade 3 winners Belle Hill and Gale Force.

Hip No. 84, ch. c., Flatter—Seeking Gabrielle, by Forestry, property of Hinkle Farms

A half-brother to champion and Kentucky Derby winner Nyquist.

Hip No. 86, dk. b. or br. c., Tapit—Serena’s Cat, by Storm Cat, consigned by Baccari Bloodstock, agent

Champion Honor Code, Grade 2 winner Noble Tune, and stakes-placed Lady Serena are half-siblings to this colt, who sold as a weanling for $1.05 million.

Hip No. 95, b. f., Frankel—Stormy Sunday, by Sir Cat, consigned by Gainesway, agent for Kendall E. Hansen, MD Racing

The sale’s lone offering by Frankel is a half-sister to champion Hansen. She was a $725,000 RNA as a weanling.

Hip No. 101, b. c., War Front—Take Charge Lady, by Dehere, consigned by Eaton Sales, agent

Out of 2013 Broodmare of the Year Take Charge Lady, this colt is a half to champion Will Take Charge, Grade 1 winner Take Charge Indy, and the dam of champion Take Charge Brandi.

Hip No. 113, dk. b. or br. f., Pioneerof the Nile—Weekend Whim, by Distorted Humor, consigned by Lane’s End, agent

Weekend Whim’s four foals to race are all winners, including Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf winner New Money Honey and stakes-placed Coconut Shrimp.

Hip No. 117, gr. or ro. c., Tapit—Wine Princess, by Ghostzapper, consigned by Denali Stud, agent

The second foal out of Grade 2 winner Wine Princess, who is a daughter of Horse of the Year Azeri.

Hip No. 118, gr. or ro. f., Tapit—Winter Memories, by El Prado, consigned by Darby Dan Farm, agent

The second foal out of multiple Grade 1 winner Winter Memories, who hails from a taproot Darby Dan family.

Hip No. 145, b. c., Smart Strike—Cascading, by A.P. Indy, consigned by Hill ‘n’ Dale Sales Agency, agent

One of just four foals from the late Smart Strike’s final crop. His third dam is 2007 Broodmare of the Year Better Than Honour.

Hip No. 149, dk. b. or br. c., War Front—Charming, by Seeking the Gold, consigned by Eaton Sales, agent

Irish Group 1-placed Courage Under Fire is a full brother to this colt, and champion Take Charge Brandi is a half-sister. His second dam is Broodmare of the Year Take Charge Lady.

Hip No. 161, gr. or ro. f., Giant’s Causeway—Dream of Summer, by Siberian Summer, consigned by Taylor Made Sales Agency, agent

A full sister to Grade 1 winner Creative Cause, Grade 2 winner Destin, and Grade 2-placed Vexatious.

Hip No. 162, dk. b. or br. f., Curlin—Dream Rush, by Wild Rush, consigned by Hill ‘n’ Dale Sales Agency, agent for Stonestreet

The three winners from five foals to race out of multiple Grade 1 winner Dream Rush are Grade 1 winner Dreaming of Julia, stakes winner Atreides, and stakes-placed Perchance.

[Kasept]

Keeneland September: New-look Book 1 yields soaring returns
By Joe Nevills

A full sister to Grade 1 winner Cupid sold to the Coolmore partnership for $2.7 million to lead the revamped Book 1 of the Keeneland September yearling sale.

A revamped, super-select first book of the Keeneland September yearling sale yielded the intended result on Monday, with average and median sale prices far exceeding last year’s Book 1, and a $2.7-million daughter of Tapit becoming the most expensive filly traded at the sale since 2008.

Keeneland condensed Book 1 of the 2017 auction to a single session with 167 elite yearlings cataloged before outs. Last year’s first book spanned three sessions with 607 entries.

Monday’s boutique session saw 95 horses change hands for revenues of $54,175,000. The Book 1 average sale price finished at $570,263, rising 64 percent from last year’s final Book 1 average of $347,471. The Book 1 median price grew 67 percent to $500,000 from $300,000. The buyback rate finished at 34 percent, compared with last year’s cumulative Book 1 figure of 31 percent.

“It by far exceeded our expectations,” Bob Elliston, Keeneland’s vice president of racing and sales, said. “We had a couple of goals in this new format. First and foremost was creating momentum right from the very beginning that we hope we can take right through the entire sale. The second one is have as many good horses as you can for this international buying group before the [sale’s dark day Friday].

“The fireworks are not over, I promise you that,” he continued. “It was hard getting a horse bought here tonight. There were a lot of folks that went home without orders filled, and these breeders are bringing incredible horses back for the next three days [of Book 2].”

At the top of the market, three horses sold for more than $2 million, leading eight horses who changed hands for seven figures. A total of 48 horses sold for $500,000 or more.


HIP 69 $2,700,000 filly by Tapit - Pretty 'n Smart, by Beau Genius M.V. Magnier VanMeter-Gentry Sales, agent

HIP 49 $2,600,000 colt by Tapit - Miss Besilu, by Medaglia d'Oro Whisper Hill Farm Taylor Made Sales, agent

HIP 105 $2,500,000 colt by Tapit - Tiz Miz Sue, by Tiznow Shadwell Estate Co. Paramount Sales, agent

HIP 27 $1,900,000 colt by War Front - Iotapa, by Afleet Alex Donato Lanni, agent Taylor Made Sales, agent

HIP 128 $1,600,000 filly by War Front - Aloof, by Galileo OXO Equine Timber Town Stables, agent

HIP 82 $1,250,000 filly by Medaglia d'Oro - Sealy Hill, by Point Given OXO Equine Gainesway, agent

HIP 104 $1,200,000 colt by War Front - Theyskens' Theory, by Bernardini Shadwell Estate Co. Bluegrass TB Services, agent

HIP 165 $1,100,000 colt by War Front - Dynamic Feature, by Rahy Kerri Radcliffe Bloodstock VanMeter-Gentry Sales, agent

HIP 136 $900,000 colt by Hard Spun - Azorina, by Empire Maker Mayberry Farm Gainesway, agent

HIP 156 $900,000 colt by Medaglia d'Oro - D'cats Meow, by D'wildcat Breeze Easy LLC Eaton Sales, agent

HIP 157 $900,000 colt by Speightstown - Devil by Design, by Medaglia d'Oro Shadwell Estate Co. Glennwood Farm, agent

[Merlinsky]

That doesn't even count the 7-figure RNAs. I know the full brother to Shared Belief RNA'd for $1.9 million and the Tapit-Serena's Cat colt RNA'd for $1.05 million. The latter had a full sister sell for $3 million so that was curious.

[Kasept]

BOOK 2; DAY 1 FINAL

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KEE Sept: Trio of seven-figure colts leads cracking session
By Joe Nevills. DRF

A colt from the final crop of Scat Daddy sold for $1.1 million to M.V. Magnier of the Coolmore partnership to lead Wednesday's session at the Keeneland September yearling sale. He was one of three yearlings sold for seven figures on the day.

The level of competition among buyers at Book 2 of the Keeneland September yearling sale jumped to the next level on Wednesday, featuring a trio of seven-figure transactions.

Wednesday’s session was the second of three comprising the bellwether auction’s Book 2 as part of an overhauled catalog. Books 1 and 2 of this year’s renewal are arranged with an ultra-select, single-session first book followed by three Book 2 sessions before the auction’s traditional dark day. By comparison, last year’s sale featured a three-day Book 1, followed by the dark day, then two Book 2 sessions.

At the end of Wednesday’s trade, a total of 194 yearlings changed hands for revenues of $47,018,000.

The average sale price closed at $242,361, while the median checked in at $180,000. Wednesday’s average marked a 79 percent gain from the second session of last year’s Book 2, which landed at $135,638. It also displayed a 63 percent rise from last year’s cumulative Book 2 average of $148,672.

The buyback rate finished at 33 percent on Wednesday, compared with 35 percent during the second session of last year’s second book and 33 percent for Book 2 of 2016 at large.

Led by the three yearlings that brought seven figures, a total of six horses sold for $750,000 or more, and 22 sold for $500,000 or more.

“Book 2 started off strong yesterday and continued on today,” Geoffrey Russell, Keeneland’s director of sales operations, said. “I think [the new format] has done what we’ve wanted it to do, and it continues to show the results we’d hoped and expected to get. Buyers have been involved all the way through, and prices have been very good.”

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[freddymo]

Full to Cloud Computing sells later today as well as an additional Macleans Music(Distorted Humor) x to a M'Doro dam. Sid has spoken on that specific cross a lot, although this own is upside down, still assuming they look the part expect BIG figs for each

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BOOK 3; DAY 1

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BOOK 3; DAY 2

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BOOK 4; DAY 1

RON MITCHELL, Bloodhorse: The buoyant pace continued at the Keeneland September yearling sale when gross sales of $273,298,000 through the Sept. 18 seventh session of the 12-day sale surpassed total sales of $272,890,500 recorded during last year's entire 13-day auction.

Monday marked the first of the two-day Book 4. Keeneland reported 276 horses sold for $18,385,000, for an average of $66,612 and a median of $50,000. A total of 75 horses did not sell, resulting in an RNA rate of 21.37%. Last year's comparative seventh session had 286 sell for a total of $20,935,500, with an average of $73,201 and a median of $57,500.
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Cumulatively, Keeneland has sold 1,455 horses for $273,298,000, for an average of $187,834 and a median of $120,000 so far this year.

[freddymo]

Originally Posted by Kasept

BOOK 4; DAY 1

RON MITCHELL, Bloodhorse: The buoyant pace continued at the Keeneland September yearling sale when gross sales of $273,298,000 through the Sept. 18 seventh session of the 12-day sale surpassed total sales of $272,890,500 recorded during last year's entire 13-day auction.

Monday marked the first of the two-day Book 4. Keeneland reported 276 horses sold for $18,385,000, for an average of $66,612 and a median of $50,000. A total of 75 horses did not sell, resulting in an RNA rate of 21.37%. Last year's comparative seventh session had 286 sell for a total of $20,935,500, with an average of $73,201 and a median of $57,500.
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Cumulatively, Keeneland has sold 1,455 horses for $273,298,000, for an average of $187,834 and a median of $120,000 so far this year.

You never know when you are going to be on the phone with Charlotte Webber and Mark Casse cuts in to buy hip 2365.. That was pretty funny

[Alabama Stakes]

Seems like folks are spending a lot of money to win how much ? How many of these hips will earn their keep ? Or pay for themselves?

[Kasept]

Originally Posted by Alabama Stakes

Seems like folks are spending a lot of money to win how much ? How many of these hips will earn their keep ? Or pay for themselves?

Very few pay for themselves. The biggest players buy colts looking for the grandest prizes in the game and to make a stallion to offset the losses. Those buying fillies are hoping to win some nice races and either sell high at the bloodstock sales or add to their broodmare band.

And don't forget that a certain (considerable) percentage of these purchases are pinhooking traders that are going to develop the yearlings into 2yo in training sales offers.