The numbers were up across the board on Monday at the Keeneland November Breeding
Stock Sale in Lexington, Kentucky. During the session, 257 horses sold
for $10,178,700, an increase of 24.4 percent compared to the same session last
year when 276 horses brought an aggregate of $8,180,700. The average price
jumped 33.6 percent, from $29,640 to $39,606, while the median price soared 42.9
percent, from $21,000 to $30,000.
With eight days of the 14-day auction in the books, 1,921 horses have changed
hands for $290,807,400, up 6 percent over last year’s total of $274,392,400 for
1,908 horses. The average price of $151,383 represents a 5.3 percent increase
over $143,812 in 2005. The median price of $75,000 represents a 25 percent
increase over $60,000 last year.
DREAMINGATDAYBREAK (Grand Slam), Hip No. 2698, sold for the top price of $200,000 to Ron
Gilbert, agent for C. R. Trout and Reata Thoroughbred Farm on Monday. The
six-year-old mare, in foal on a March 13 cover to Successful Appeal, was
consigned by Denali Stud (Craig and Holly Bandoroff), agent for Crystal Springs
Farm Dispersal, Phase I.
The unraced Dreamingatdaybreak is a half-sister to multiple Grade 3 winner
Dalhart (Forty Niner) and stakes winner Rose Frances (Crafty Prospector). She is also a half-sister
to Garimpeiro (Mr. Prospector), the dam of Grade 1 winner and $1.7-million
earner Geri (Theatrical
[Ire]) as well as A. P. Arrow (A.P. Indy), who finished second in the Hawthorne
Gold Cup H. (G2) in September.
A filly by Arch, Hip 2829, was the highest-priced weanling, selling for
$180,000 to Pat Garvey. The bay filly, consigned by Four Star Sales, agent, is
the fifth foal out of Grade 3 winner Move (Forty Niner).
As a two-year-old, Move won the Debutante S. (G3) and Kentucky Breeders’ Cup
S. for owner-breeder Cherry Valley Farm. She placed in three other black-type
events, including the Beaumont S. (G2), and earned $260,095 from a record of
12-5-2-1.
Move, who was carrying this filly at the time, sold for $37,000 at last
year’s Keeneland November sale. The 12-year-old mare is a half-sister to stakes
winners Reforest (Forestry) and Falling Sky (Star de Naskra).
The sale continues Tuesday at 10 a.m. (EST). For complete results, visit
keeneland.com.