{"id":346,"date":"2007-11-20T23:58:49","date_gmt":"2007-11-21T04:58:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sallyharrison.com\/?p=346"},"modified":"2007-11-20T23:58:49","modified_gmt":"2007-11-21T04:58:49","slug":"record-keeneland-november-sale","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sallyharrison.com\/?p=346","title":{"rendered":"Record Keeneland November Sale"},"content":{"rendered":"

An internationally appealing catalog produced record sales of more than $340 million and a world-record $10.5 million broodmare at the Keeneland November Breeding Stock Sale, which ended Monday.
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\nGross receipts for the 15-day sale, held November 5-19, were a November Sale record, totaling $340,877,200. Keeneland surpassed the previous record gross of $317,666,000, established in November 1999, on the ninth day of selling. This year\u2019s total sales marked an 8.6 percent increase from last year\u2019s 14-day gross of $313,843,800.<\/p>\n

The average price of $100,821, the second-highest in sale history, was up from $99,728 in 2006. The RNA rate was 22 percent, down 3.5 percent from last year.
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\n\u201cThis sale was strong from beginning to end,” said Geoffrey Russell, Keeneland’s director of sales. “The figures indicate that we are selling more horses to a wide range of people.\u201d
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\nContributing to the increase was the sale of 39 horses for $1 million or more, equaling the record total sold during the 2000 November Sale. Last year, 27 horses topped the $1 million mark. Keeneland established a world-record price of $10.5 million for a broodmare on opening day when John Ferguson, on behalf of Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al Maktoum, purchased 5-year-old G1 stakes winner Playful Act (Ire), by Sadler’s Wells. Ferguson led the buyer\u2019s list, acquiring six horses for $19,450,000.
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\nWhile foreign buyers maintained a presence at the top end of the market, American buyers accounted for more than half of the sale\u2019s $1 million-dollar purchases, and two-thirds of total sales.
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\n\u201cKeeneland is unique in that we attract the broadest ‘buying bench’ of any auction house in the world,\u201d noted Russell. \u201cWhen you couple a very strong domestic market with this extraordinary influx of international buyers, it creates a ‘roiling boil’ that builds upon itself and produces great momentum even into the final days of the sale.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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