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November Breeding Stock Sale
Bonne Chance and Woodford Thoroughbreds Dispersals
Keeneland Release
LEXINGTON, Ky. – Keeneland’s 82nd November Breeding Stock Sale has cataloged 3,075 horses for eight days beginning Tuesday, Nov. 4 and running through Wednesday, Nov. 11, with the stand-alone November Horses of Racing Age Sale the following day. Click here for the Breeding Stock Sale catalog, which features exciting broodmare prospects along with proven mares in foal to prominent stallions and well-bred weanlings by established stallions and popular young sires.
Among the horses in the catalog are the first mares in foal to such stallions as Preakness (G1) winner Seize the Grey, Belmont (G1) winner Dornoch and Breeders’ Cup winner More Than Looks along with the first weanlings by stallions including Horse of the Year Cody’s Wish and Kentucky Derby (G1) winner Mage.
The November Breeding Stock Sale will open with a single-day Book 1 with a select group of 213 broodmares, broodmare prospects and weanlings in the catalog. The session begins at 2 p.m. ET. Keeneland will accept select supplements to Book 1 until the auction starts.
The November Sale catalog also includes these offerings:
- Dispersal of Bonne Chance Thoroughbreds — Gainesway is consigning seven broodmares and six weanlings. Hidden Brook is consigning 10 broodmares, one broodmare prospect and one weanling.
- Dispersal of Woodford Thoroughbreds (Phase 1) — Denali Stud is handling the sale of seven broodmares and one broodmare prospect. Taylor Made Sales Agency is consigning three racing or broodmare prospects.
- Previously announced curated reduction of bloodstock owned by Leonard and Jon Green’s D.J. Stable. Taylor Made Sales Agency is consigning 31 broodmares, racing or broodmare prospects and one broodmare prospect. Hill ‘n Dale at Xalapa is consigning one mare in foal to Curlin.
“With the November Breeding Stock Sale, we carry forward the tremendous momentum of our record September Yearling Sale,” Keeneland Vice President of Sales Tony Lacy said. “The September Sale underscored the power of this community when we stand together, and the quality of the offerings in November give us reason to be optimistic about the road ahead.”
Print catalogs for the November Breeding Stock Sale are scheduled to arrive in the mail the week of Oct. 13.
Sale schedule
The catalog for the November Breeding Stock Sale includes 1,360 weanlings along with 1,715 broodmares and broodmare prospects; racing or broodmare prospects; and stallions and stallion prospects. The auction will present the following schedule:
Book 1 (Session 1) – Tuesday, Nov. 4. Session will begin at 2 p.m. with 213 horses in the catalog.
Every remaining session begins at 10 a.m.:
Book 2 (Sessions 2-3) – Wednesday-Thursday, Nov. 5-6. A total of 790 horses are cataloged over the two days.
Book 3 (Sessions 4-5) – Friday-Saturday, Nov. 7-8. A total of 837 horses are cataloged over the two days.
Book 4 (Sessions 6-8) – Sunday-Tuesday, Nov. 9-11. A total of 1,235 horses are cataloged over the three days.
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This year, Keeneland has adjusted the format of Book 4 to include three sessions. Sessions 6 and 7, which comprise the regularly scheduled Book 4, will sell Sunday, Nov. 9 and Monday, Nov. 10. On Tuesday, Nov. 11, Sessions 8 and 9 will be combined into a single day of selling. Horses cataloged to Session 8 will sell in the morning and will be immediately followed by horses cataloged to Session 9. Consignors with horses in Session 9 will sell those horses in the afternoon of Session 8 with the morning hours available for showing.
“This adjustment means buyers have a full day of breeding stock to evaluate, rather than two shorter sessions at the close of the sale,” Keeneland Senior Director of Sales Operations Cormac Breathnach said. “We believe this format will maintain the dynamic marketplace for all participants.”
Keeneland sales are livestreamed at Keeneland.com. As always, online and phone bidding is available.
November sire strength
Broodmares cataloged to the November Breeding Stock Sale are in foal to 156 stallions, including American Pharoah, Bolt d’Oro, Candy Ride (ARG), City of Light, Constitution, Curlin, Flightline, Good Magic, Gun Runner, Hard Spun, Into Mischief, Justify, Liam’s Map, Life Is Good, Maclean’s Music, Maxfield, Medaglia d’Oro, McKinzie, Munnings, Not This Time, Nyquist, Omaha Beach, Practical Joke, Quality Road, Street Sense, Tapit, Twirling Candy, Vekoma and War Front.
Joining the aforementioned Seize the Grey, Dornoch and More Than Looks as stallions with their first in-foal mares in the catalog are such sires as Grade 1 winners Arabian Knight, Blazing Sevens, Bright Future, Casa Creed, Classic Causeway, Cogburn, Domestic Product, Gun Pilot, Kingsbarns, Muth, National Treasure, Newgate, Prince of Monaco, Shirl’s Speight, Tapit Trice and Timberlake; and Grade 2 winner Charge It.
A total of 140 stallions have weanlings in the catalog, including the aforementioned Cody’s Wish and Mage. Other stallions with first-crop weanlings include champions Elite Power, Forte and Up to the Mark; Preakness (G1) winner Rombauer; Belmont winner Arcangelo; and Grade 1 winners Annapolis, Arabian Lion, Country Grammer, Dr. Schivel, Gunite, Proxy, Taiba and Zandon; Grade 2 winner Pappacap; and Grade 3 winners Fulsome and Two Phil’s.
They join additional sires of weanlings such as American Pharoah, Bolt d’Oro, Candy Ride (ARG), City of Light, Constitution, Curlin, Girvin, Good Magic, Gun Runner, Hard Spun, Into Mischief, Justify, Maclean’s Music, Maxfield, McKinzie, Not This Time, Nyquist, Omaha Beach, Practical Joke, Quality Road, Tapit, Uncle Mo, Volatile, War Front and Yaupon.
Weanlings become Grade 1 winners
Weanlings who are graduates of the November Breeding Stock Sale include these 2025 graded stakes winners as of Sept. 30:
Grade 1 — Ag Bullet (Jaipur), Bottle of Rouge (Del Mar Debutante).
Grade 2 — Bear River (Mint Kentucky Turf Sprint), Crazy Mason (Carter Presented by NYRA Bets), Gal in a Rush (Presque Isle Downs Masters), Idratherbeblessed (Muniz Memorial Classic Presented by Horse Racing Nation), Indy Bay (Charles Towns Oaks), Katonah (San Pasqual), Magnitude (Risen Star), Nysos (San Diego), Ole Crazy Bone (KTDF Kentucky Turf Cup Invitational).
Grade/Group 3 — Caitlinhergrtness (Belle Mahone and Ontario Matron), Bracket Buster (Oklahoma Derby), Desert Gate (Best Pal), Destino d’Oro (Pucker Up), Funtastic Again (Dominion Day), Owen Almighty (Lambholm South Tampa Bay Derby), Qareeb (Jebel Ali Mile Sponsored by A.R.M. Holding), Rattle N Roll (Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques Cup), Regaled (Delaware H.), Speed King (Southwest).
The catalog for Keeneland’s November Horses of Racing Age Sale is scheduled to be online Wednesday, Oct. 15. Keeneland will accept approved supplements for the auction until the Nov. 12 sale day.
