Keeneland November Sales Supplements 18 Horses
Keeneland has added three horses—Lemon Belle, dam of 2023 grade 3 winner Raise Cain , who is in foal to Justify ; Troublesome, dam of 2023 stakes winner and Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf Sprint (G1T) contender Amidst Waves , who is in foal to Yaupon ; and grade 2 winner and multiple grade 1-placed Bellabel —to Book 1 of the 80th November Breeding Stock Sale Nov. 8. The session will begin at 1 p.m. ET.
Consigned by Warrendale Sales, Lemon Belle (Hip 249), is a 13-year-old winning daughter of Lemon Drop Kid out of grade 2 winner Queenie Belle, by Bertrando. She is a half sister to grade 1 winner Unrivaled Belle , dam of champion Unique Bella .
Lemon Belle’s sixth foal, Raise Cain, won this year’s Gotham Stakes (G3), ran in the Kentucky Derby (G1), and captured Keeneland’s Perryville Stakes Oct. 21.
Troublesome (Hip 250), who is consigned by Woods Edge Farm, is a 9-year-old winning daughter of Into Mischief . Her daughter Amidst Waves won the Bolton Landing Stakes at Saratoga and the Colleen Stakes at Monmouth Park and was second by a nose in Keeneland’s Indian Summer Stakes Oct. 8.
Bellabel (Hip 251), consigned by the Taylor Made Sales Agency, is a 4-year-old daughter of Belardo . In 2022, she won the San Clemente Stakes (G2T) at Del Mar and the Blue Norther Stakes at Santa Anita, was second in the Del Mar Oaks (G1T) and third in Keeneland’s Queen Elizabeth II Challenge Cup (G1T).
The November Breeding Stock Sale, which has cataloged 3,583 horses, covers a total of nine sessions through Nov. 16.
Keeneland will continue to accept supplements to Book 1 until the November Sale begins.
Fifteen horses supplemented to November Horses of Racing Age Sale
Fifteen horses, including millionaire grade 2 winner Smile Happy , have been supplemented to the Nov. 17 Keeneland November Horses of Racing Age Sale. A total of 300 horses have been cataloged for the auction, which will begin at noon.
Supplements include:
- Digitize, a 4-year-old gelding by Maclean’s Music , coming off two consecutive victories in New York with 91 and 94 Beyer figures. Consigned by ELiTE, he is from the family of grade 1 winner Complexity and grade 3 winner Valadorna .
- Kara and Colleen , a 3-year-old Bolt d’Oro filly who has hit the board in five of six career races. Out of the winning Distorted Humor mare Y’all, she is consigned by ELiTE.
- Miss Ellary , a 2-year-old daughter of Social Inclusion , was second in the Oct. 13 White Clay Creek Stakes at Delaware Park. Consigned by Buck Pond Farm (Douglas S. Arnold), she is out of the winning Kitten’s Joy mare Lillie’s Answer .
- Salimah , a 4-year-old filly by El Kabeir who won last year’s Winter Memories Stakes as well as a Saratoga allowance this summer, earning a 92 Beyer figure. She is consigned by ELiTE.
- Smile Happy , a 4-year-old son of Runhappy who has earned more than $1 million while winning the Alysheba Stakes (G2) with a 110 Beyer figure and the Kentucky Jockey Club Stakes (G2); running second in the Toyota Blue Grass Stakes (G1) and the Risen Star Stakes (G2), and third in the Oaklawn Mile Stakes (G3). Out of the winning Pleasant Tap mare Pleasant Smile, he is consigned by Gainesway.
- Strobe , a 4-year-old colt by Into Mischief who is multiple graded stakes-placed this year and has earned three triple-digit Beyer figures. Consigned by Taylor Made Sales Agency, agent for Godolphin, he was second in the Count Fleet Sprint Handicap (G3) and the Iowa Sprint Stakes and third in the True North Stakes (G2). Strobe, who is out of grade 1 winner Flashing , by A.P. Indy, is a half brother to stakes winner Floodlight and from the family of Canadian champion Key to the Moon, grade 1 winners Gorgeous, and Seaside Attraction along with group 3 winner Morning Pride.
Smile Happy wins the Alysheba Stakes at Churchill Downs
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Supplements to the November Horses of Racing Age Sale will be considered until the day of the sale.
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