{"id":8185,"date":"2011-09-27T08:10:06","date_gmt":"2011-09-27T13:10:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sallyharrison.com\/?p=8185"},"modified":"2011-09-27T08:10:06","modified_gmt":"2011-09-27T13:10:06","slug":"strong-domestic-market-at-keeneland-sale","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sallyharrison.com\/?p=8185","title":{"rendered":"Strong domestic market at Keeneland Sale"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sallyharrison.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/KeenelandDay2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sallyharrison.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/KeenelandDay2.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"KeenelandDay2\" width=\"252\" height=\"215\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-8186\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/apps.keeneland.com\/data\/salesumm.asp?saleid=201202\">Keeneland&#8217;s Thoroughbred Yearling Sale<\/a>, held September 11-24, attracted a global contingent of buyers representing 29 countries. The six yearlings that sold for $1 million or more, however, were all purchased by American buyers.<\/p>\n<p>Gross receipts for the 13-day sale totaled $223,487,800 for 2,921 horses, an increase of 12.7 percent over last year&#8217;s sale, when 3,059 sold for $198,252,900. <\/p>\n<p>The average price of $76,511 rose 18 percent from $64,810 in 2010, and the buyback rate of 20.8 percent dropped 22 percent from the 2010 rate.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We are pleasantly surprised by the market being up pretty consistently throughout the sale,&#8221; said William Farish, of Land&#8217;s End Farm, the sale&#8217;s leading consignor with 335 yearlings for $27,437,000. &#8220;The decrease in (the size of) the foal crop, lower production costs, and lower stud fees, have given buyers a new sense of confidence.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>A colt by leading sire A.P. Indy was the high-seller of the sale at $1.4 million. Consigned by Hill &#8216;n Dale and purchased by a group that includes Robert Evans and John Amerman, the colt is out of the Deputy Minister mare Malka, from the family of Kentucky Derby winner Super Saver.<\/p>\n<p>Frank Stronach&#8217;s Adena Springs purchased the second-highest seller, a $1.3 million colt by Awesome Again out of Legs Lawlor, a half-sister to 1997 Horse of the Year Favorite Trick. Stronach stands Awesome Again at Adena Springs in Kentucky. The colt was consigned by Greenwood Lodge Farm, owned by Bill McAlpin.<\/p>\n<p>The high-selling filly of the sale, at $1.3 million, is a daughter of Unbridled out of the Storm Bird mare Lady of Choice, a half-sister to graded stakes winner Multiple Choice. Consigned by Dromoland Farm, she was purchased by Besilu Stables, owned by Benjamin Leon.<\/p>\n<p>Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum topped the buyer&#8217;s list, paying $8,870,000 for 36 yearlings. He was followed closely  by Benjamin Leon, who purchased 13 yearlings totaling $8,175,000, including two of the $1 million consignments.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Keeneland&#8217;s Thoroughbred Yearling Sale, held September 11-24, attracted a global contingent of buyers representing 29&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8185","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-racing"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sallyharrison.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8185","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sallyharrison.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sallyharrison.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sallyharrison.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sallyharrison.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8185"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.sallyharrison.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8185\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8188,"href":"https:\/\/www.sallyharrison.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8185\/revisions\/8188"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sallyharrison.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8185"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sallyharrison.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8185"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sallyharrison.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8185"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}