Stakes winner Ocean Safari , a 4-year-old daughter of Temple City cataloged as a racing or broodmare prospect, brought $190,000 from Hugo Merry Bloodstock for Blue Diamond Stud to post the highest price of the Nov. 14 seventh session of the Keeneland November Breeding Stock Sale.
Consigned by the Taylor Made Sales Agency, the session’s leading consignor with sales of $1,374,000 for 38 horses, Ocean Safari is out of stakes winner Media Access, by Devil’s Bag, and is a half sister to stakes winners Access to Charlie and Bear Access .
On Tuesday, Keeneland sold 275 horses for $7,155,900, a 26% decline from the seventh session last year when 290 horses grossed $9,671,400. The average of $26,021 was 22% below $33,350 in 2022, while the median of $19,000 dipped 5% from $20,000.
Cumulative sales with two days remaining in the auction are $182,859,500 for 1,691 horses, for an average of $108,137 and a median of $50,000. The gross was 9.4% lower than the same period last year, when 1,640 horses sold for $203,042,300. The average declined 12.7% from $123,806 last year, while the median is 16.7% below $60,000.
Also on Tuesday, Woods Edge Farm acquired Carats and Cake, a 4-year-old daughter of Bernardini in foal to Good Magic , for $155,000. From the family of grade 1 winner Wild Rush, grade 2 winner Lewis Bay , and grade 3 winners Summer Raven , Misconnect , Winslow Homer , and Lost Raven , she is out of Wild Summer, by Unbridled’s Song.
Woods Edge Farm was Tuesday’s leading buyer, spending $195,000 for two horses.
JCB Stables paid $150,000 for Forenoon, a 3-year-old broodmare prospect by Arrogate from the family of champion Close Hatches , 2023 Breeders’ Cup Distaff (G1) victress Idiomatic , and grade 2 winner and sire Tacitus . Consigned by the Taylor Made Sales Agency, agent for Juddmonte, the filly is out of the winning Congrats mare Skywarn.
ELC Investments paid $125,000 for the session’s top-priced weanling, a colt by Tacitus consigned by Sally Thomas. A half brother to stakes winners Dreamalildreamofu and Dream Central , he is out of the winning stakes-placed Deputy Wild Cat mare Dreamed to Dream .
Wednesday and Thursday mark the final two days of the November Breeding Stock Sale. Both sessions start at 10 a.m. ET.
On Nov. 16, Keeneland will begin the November Horses of Racing Age Sale at noon.
This press release has been edited for content and style by BloodHorse Staff.
