LEXINGTON, Ky. — Keeneland’s 2018 November Breeding Stock Sale, the largest and most important sale of its kind in the world, opens its 12-day run Monday at noon with an exclusive Book 1 session featuring 251 graded stakes-winning and stakes-producing fillies and mares and notable weanlings.
Throughout the sale are a number of horses with connections to the Breeders’ Cup World Championships being held today and tomorrow at Churchill Downs.
The 4,513 horses cataloged to the entire sale, which runs through Friday, Nov. 16, include 2,259 broodmares and racing or broodmare prospects, 1,789 weanlings, 454 horses of racing age and 11 stallions. The sale also includes the dispersal of Edward A. Cox Jr., Claiborne Farm agent, which has cataloged 22 horses, including broodmares and weanlings.
Book 1 includes such highly prized offerings as champion Lady Eli, bred to War Front for her first foal; Grade 1 winner Zipessa, bred to Medaglia d’Oro for her first foal; and these Grade 1 winners cataloged as racing or broodmare prospects: Lady Ivanka, Sailor’s Valentine, Union Strike and Vasilika.
Weanlings cataloged in Book 1 include a Tapit filly out of champion La Verdad and weanling half-sisters of champion and Breeders’ Cup Classic (G1) winner Arrogate and champion Honor Code.
Keeneland will stream the entire November sale live on Keeneland.com.
TVG will present live coverage of the first five sessions of the sale.
Books 2-7, which begin with the second session on Tuesday, Nov. 6, and run through the 12th session on Friday, Nov. 16, begin at 10 a.m.
Horses of racing age highlight sessions on Monday, Nov. 12, and Tuesday, Nov. 13. Consignors include Lane’s End, WinStar Farm, Taylor Made Sales Agency and ELiTE.
Among the 2018 graded stakes winners sold as horses of racing age during the November Sale are Whitney (G1) and Suburban (G2) winner Diversify, Highlander (G1) winner Long On Value and Leofric, recent winner of Keeneland’s Hagyard Fayette (G2).
Breeders’ Cup Connections
Horses cataloged to the November Sale with ties to the horses entered in the Breeders’ Cup include:
$6 million Classic (G1)
Accelerate: Half-sister Darlin’issues in foal to Street Sense is Hip 344.
Gunnevera: Half-sister Consolidator Girl in foal to Constitution is Hip 1557.
McKinzie: Half-sister Malibu Model in foal to Curlin is Hip 134.
Mendelssohn: Half-sister Victory Party in foal to Classic Empire is Hip 1052.
West Coast: Half-sister Stormy Caress in foal to Flatter is Hip 1003.
Toast of New York (AE): Half-sister English Belle in foal to Creative Cause is Hip 3647.
$2 million Distaff (G1)
Midnight Bisou: Half-sister Deliteful Diva in foal to Midnight Lute is Hip 1163.
$2 million Maker’s Mark Filly and Mare Turf (G1)
Paved: Half-sister Tarkia in foal to Quality Road is Hip 1020; half-sister Shiawassee in foal to Noble Mission (GB) is Hip 3396.
Santa Monica (GB): Racing or broodmare prospect is Hip 179.
$2 million Mile (G1)
Catapult: Half-sister Ha Ha Tonka in foal to Dialed In is Hip 1653.
Oscar Performance: Half-sister Understudy in foal to Munnings is Hip 1894.
$2 million TwinSpires Sprint (G1)
Promises Fulfilled: Half-sister Marquee Miss, a racing or broodmare prospect, is Hip 475.
Roy H: Half-sister Libbyris in foal to More Than Ready is Hip 462.
$1 million Dirt Mile (G1)
Catalina Cruiser: Half-brother Shoreline, a racing or stallion prospect, is Hip 3127.
Isotherm: Full sister Isoclone, a broodmare prospect, is Hip 833.
$1 million Filly and Mare Sprint (G1)
Finley’sluckycharm: Weanling full brother by Twirling Candy is Hip 740.
Highway Star: Half-sister Skinnydipper in foal to Cupid is Hip 1411.
Kirby’s Penny: Racing or broodmare prospect is Hip 107.
Marley’s Freedom: Half-sister Indian Carlie in foal to Pioneerof the Nile is Hip 424; weanling half-brother by Shackleford is Hip 966; half-sister Crack Your Whip in foal to Kantharos is Hip 2406.
Mia Mischief: Dam Greer Lynn in foal to Goldencents is Hip 399.
Miss Sunset: Dam Tuscan Sunset in foal to Mastery is Hip 229.
$1 million Turf Sprint (G1)
Chanteline: Racing or broodmare prospect is Hip 34; weanling half-brother by Cairo Prince is Hip 861.
Insta Erma (AE): Racing or broodmare prospect is Hip 91.
$2 million Sentient Jet Juvenile (G1)
Complexity: Half-sister Microburst in foal to Maclean’s Music is Hip 1727.
Game Winner: Half-brother Flagstaff, a racing prospect, is Hip 3117.
Gunmetal Gray: Dam Classofsixtythree in foal to Gun Runner is Hip 38.
Knicks Go: Weanling half-brother by Broken Vow is Hip 2521.
Mr. Money: Weanling half-brother by Awesome Again is Hip 1780.
$2 million Tito’s Handmade Vodka Juvenile Fillies (G1)
Sippican Harbor: Half-sister Bodacious Babe in foal to Arrogate is Hip 24; dam Blossomed in foal to Honor Code is Hip 299; weanling three-quarter brother by Malibu Moon is Hip 298.
$1 million Juvenile Turf (G1)
Current: Half-sister Morea in foal to Frosted is Hip 144.
Opry: Dam That Voodoo Youdo in foal to Practical Joke is Hip 1027; weanling full sister by Declaration of War is Hip 1028.
$1 million Juvenile Fillies Turf (G1)
Belle Laura: Weanling half-brother by Dialed In is Hip 2767.
Pakhet: Weanling half-brother by Exaggerator is Hip 822.
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