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Five Star Momma goes to Evelyn Benoit for $550,000
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| Keeneland saw increases in average and median on Day 5
(Keeneland Photos) |
Keeneland realized increases in average and median prices
on Saturday, the fifth day of its November Breeding Stock Sale, which was topped
by the $550,000 paid by Evelyn Benoit's Star Guitar Inc. for Hip No. 1633, stakes winner FIVE
STAR MOMMA, in foal to Tiznow.
Five Star Momma is a seven-year-old daughter of Five Star Day
out of the winning Nureyev mare Momma in Law.
It is the second consecutive session in which Benoit has
purchased the highest-priced horse. She paid $850,000 on Friday for multiple
stakes winner Moment of Majesty in foal to Curlin. Benoit's homebred Star
Guitar, a winner in 24 of his 30 career starts with earnings of more than $1.7
million, stands at Clear Creek Stud in Louisiana.
Five Star Momma's colt by Violence brought the day's top price for a
weanling, selling to Mary A. Sullivan for $275,000 as Hip 1634.
Both Five Star Momma and her weanling colt were consigned
by Select Sales, agent.
On Saturday, Keeneland sold 226 horses for a total of
$13,975,700, just off last year's session gross of $14,099,000 for 236 horses.
The average price rose 3.51 percent from $59,742 in 2015 to $61,839. The median
of $47,000 was up 4.44 percent from last year's $45,000.
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Through the first five days of the 13-day sale, 921 horses
have been sold for $169,809,200, a dip of 5 percent from the same period in
2015 when 968 horses brought $178,778,000. The average price of $184,375 is
nearly even with the $184,688 recorded in 2015, while the median of $95,000 is
down five percent from last year's $100,000.
Machmer Hall paid the day's second-highest price of
$360,000 for Hip 1509, stakes-placed Addison Run, in foal to Constitution. Addison Run is
a six-year-old Unbridled's Song mare from the family of 2016 Metropolitan Handicap
(G1) winner Frosted and champion Midshipman. She was consigned by Taylor Made
Sales Agency, agent.
Machmer Hall was the session's leading buyer, purchasing
five horses for $569,000. Taylor Made Sales Agency ranked as the day's top consignor,
selling 33 horses for $2,548,000.
The November Sale continues through Sunday, November 20, with sessions
starting at 10 a.m. (ET). For complete results please visit keeneland.com.
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