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Half to Classic Empire brings seven figures at Keeneland
"It is up to (Three Chimneys Chairman Goncalo) Torrealba whether we put her back into training for the rest of the year," West added. "The long-term plan is that she is going to be added to the broodmare band. We will sit down and talk about it after the sale and figure out what we are going to do." Classic Empire, by Pioneerof the Nile, also won Keeneland's Breeders' Futurity (G1) in October. CONQUEST SERENADE, a three-year-old filly by Unbridled's Song, sold to Stonestreet Stables for $800,000. Consigned by Lane's End, agent for the Complete Dispersal of Conquest Stables, Conquest Serenade is a half-sister to Canadian Horse of the Year Fatal Bullet and stakes winner Millennia. She is out of the Regal Classic mare Saralegal. "She is by Unbridled Song, a great broodmare sire," John Moynihan said. "We are praying that she is going to win a stakes for us, so we will send her back to (trainer) Mark (Casse). She is a real pretty Unbridled Song (filly), she is a half to a champion and she can run some. We just thought we would take a shot. (Mark) likes her." Conquest Serenade has two wins in four starts with $74,800 in earnings. Adena Springs Farm paid $480,000 for CONQUEST VIVI, a two-year-old daughter of Court Vision who is undefeated in three starts at Woodbine this year, including the Nandi and Victorian Queen Stakes. Out of the Victory Gallop mare Keen Victory, she is a half-sister to stakes winner Conquest Enforcer, who is cataloged to sell Tuesday. "She's just a very nice, quality filly," Adena Springs Kentucky General Manager Eoin Ryan said. "She's got a great race record. She's three-for-three, dual stakes winner. She's Ontario-sired, Ontario-raced. She fits the program up there at Woodbine. We think she can go on. We'll give her a break most likely and have her ready for next spring. We think she can be a very nice three-year-old. "We've got quite a few horses in training at Woodbine with several trainers, so (who will condition her) will be up to (Adena Springs owner) Frank (Stronach)." Sea Horse Breeders paid $400,000 for CONQUEST CURLGIRL, also from the Conquest dispersal. The four-year-old daughter of Curlin is from the family of Grade 1 winner Tiz Miz Sue and Grade 2-placed stakes winner Easyfromthegitgo. On Monday, Keeneland sold 254 horses for $13,221,100, up 78.5 percent from the comparable session in 2015 when 256 horses sold for $7,406,700. The average of $52,052 jumped 79.9 percent from $28,932 last year. The median of $27,000 was 28.6 percent above $21,000 recorded in 2015. Cumulatively, Keeneland has sold 1,408 horses for $193,177,300, down 2.4
percent from the $197,934,700 paid for 1,462 horses during the corresponding
period in 2015. The average of $137,200 was up slightly from last year's
$135,386, while the median of $65,000 is unchanged.
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