Keeneland November to feature Windfields Farm, Overbrook
dispersals
Also featured among the 4,702 horses cataloged are mares in foal to such
“As the sale opens, there are positive signs emerging on both macro and
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Russell also commended the industry for its positive response to the internal
issue of
overproduction.
“There is improvement with regard to oversupply, which will likely be
overcome before the
macro issues are resolved,” he said. “The 2009 Report of Mares Bred is down,
which leads to less horses cataloged for November.”
The dispersals of Windfields and Overbrook Farms mark the end of a storied
era for Keeneland.
The Taylor family’s Windfields Farm bred a record 48 champions, including
Northern Dancer,
whose stature and influence as a Thoroughbred sire, and a sire of sires, is
unmatched and
inextricably tied to Keeneland. Northern Dancer won Keeneland’s 1964 Blue Grass
S. on his
way to becoming Canada’s first Kentucky Derby winner. As a sire, his
dominance of the
Keeneland sales is evidenced by the fact that he led the July Selected Yearling
Sale sire by
average price 12 times from 1974-1988. In 1984 his 12 yearlings sold for a
sale-record average
of $3,446.666. Brookdale Sales will serve as agent for the Windfields
consignment.
Northern Dancer’s prominence at Keeneland continued through grandson and
leading sire Storm
Cat, a homebred stallion from the Young family’s Overbrook Farm. Storm Cat
perennially led
the July and September yearling sales sire lists, and frequently topped the
November Sale sire
list. He was pensioned in 2008. Eaton Sales will serve as agent for the
Overbrook dispersal.
Also of unique interest this November will be 22 mares consigned by Adena
Springs with foals
by their sides that were produced by Southern Hemisphere-timed matings to such
stallions as
Awesome Again, El Prado (Ire) and Ghostzapper, among others.
Mares in foal to such young stallions as After Market, Bernardini,
Corinthian, First Samurai,
Hard Spun, Henny Hughes, Henrythenavigator, Invasor (Arg) and Street Sense,
among others,
also are cataloged.
Additionally, mares covered by such established sires as A.P. Indy, Awesome
Again, Birdstone,
Candy Ride (Arg), Danehill Dancer, Distorted Humor, Dixie Union,
Dynaformer, El Prado
(Ire), Elusive Quality, Empire Maker, Galileo (Ire), Ghostzapper, Giant’s
Causeway, Gone West,
Kingmambo, Medicean, More Than Ready, Mr. Greeley, Pulpit, Rock Hard Ten,
Smart
Strike, Speightstown, Street Cry (Ire), Tapit, Tiznow and Unbridled’s Song,
among others, will
be offered.
Weanlings representing many of the world’s top sires, such as A.P. Indy,
Birdstone, Candy Ride
(Arg), Distorted Humor, Dynaformer, Elusive Quality, Empire Maker, Ghostzapper,
Giant’s
Causeway, Gone West, Kingmambo, Lemon Drop Kid, Malibu Moon, Mr. Greeley,
Pulpit, Smart
Strike, Speightstown, Street Cry (Ire), Tapit, Tiznow and Unbridled’s Song,
among others, will
be offered.
Also consigned are weanlings by such promising young sires as After Market,
Any Given
Saturday, Bernardini, Bluegrass Cat, Bob and John, Borrego, Corinthian, Discreet
Cat, English
Channel, First Samurai, Flashy Bull, Half Ours, Hard Spun, Henny Hughes, Invasor
(Arg), Jazil,
Latent Heat, Lawyer Ron, Master Command, Medaglia d’Oro, Political Force,
Rockport Harbor,
Scat Daddy and Street Sense, among others.
Sale sessions begin daily at 10 a.m. (EST). Live coverage will be provided at
www.keeneland.com.