Blind Luck figures to heat up Keeneland January

Last updated: 1/11/15 3:39 PM

Blind Luck sold for $2.5 million at Keeneland November in 2011
(Keeneland Photo)

Keeneland begins its 57th January Horses of All Ages Sale on Monday. A total
of 1,610 horses were cataloged to the sale, which runs through Thursday.

The January Sale catalog includes 605 broodmares, 135 racing or broodmare
prospects, 563 yearlings, 282 horses of racing age and 25 stallion prospects.
Numerous leading sires of 2014 are covering sires and/or are represented by
yearlings in the sale.

Offerings include Eclipse champion BLIND LUCK (Pollard’s Vision); stakes
winner FOXY DANSEUR (Mr. Greeley), in foal to North America’s record-setting
leading sire of 2014, Tapit; and UP, a Group 2-winning daughter of Galileo in
foal to the globally successful stallion War Front. Up’s yearling filly by War
Front also is cataloged.

Broodmares in the catalog are in foal to a total of 168 stallions. In
addition to Tapit and War Front, sires include Animal Kingdom, Awesome Again,
Bernardini, Blame, Bodemeister, Candy Ride, Congrats, Curlin, Empire Maker, Into
Mischief, Lemon Drop Kid, Lookin at Lucky, More Than Ready, Orb, Pioneerof the
Nile, Point of Entry, Quality Road, Scat Daddy, Shanghai Bobby, Speightstown,
Street Cry, Tapizar, The Factor, To Honor and Serve, Trappe Shot, Uncle Mo,
Union Rags and Violence.

The January Sale also is noted for short yearlings, which are horses that
officially turned a year old on January 1. Among the 2014 stakes winners sold as
yearlings at the sale are Grade/Group 1 winners Corozaleno and Hardest Core;
Grade 2 winners Alert Bay, Ball Dancing, Cairo Prince, Conquest Harlanate, Toast
of New York and Twilight Eclipse; and Grade 3 winners Fashion Alert, Five Iron,
Gamay Noir and Sheza Smoke Show.

Among the 168 sires of yearlings in the catalog are Bernardini, Bodemeister,
Candy Ride, City Zip, Congrats, Curlin, Distorted Humor, Giant’s Causeway, Hard
Spun, Harlan’s Holiday, Into Mischief, Kitten’s Joy, Lemon Drop Kid, Lookin at
Lucky, Malibu Moon, Medaglia d’Oro, More Than Ready, Pioneerof the Nile, Quality
Road, Speightstown, Street Cry, Tapizar, The Factor, To Honor and Serve, Trappe
Shot, Unbridled’s Song, Uncle Mo, Union Rags and War Front.

Sessions begin at 10 a.m. (EST) each day. The interactive January Sale
catalog is available online at keeneland.com, where the sale will be streamed
live.