On the first day of sale from Volume 3 at the November Livestock Share Sale in Keeneland, November 10, trading was stable from start to finish. Young Honor code mare, Brockovich , marked for the day, denoted Hip 1050 by Lane’s End. 3 year old mare sold as foal for first year stallion Quack received $450,000 from Jody Huckabay, agent.
Thursday’s trading session saw 248 horses change hands with an offer of 338 with a total value of $20,988,500, up 2.6% from 2021. Matching an average price of $84,631 and the median of $65,000, both showing positive gains at 8.4% and 4.8%, respectively. Ninety unsold horses, representing an RNA ratio of 26.6%.
In its fourth session in 2021, Keeneland reported 262 of the 330 horses through the ring changed hands with a total turnover of $20,447,500. The median price was $78,044 and an average of $62,000 was recorded. Sixty-eight individuals failed to meet their reserves, representing an RNA ratio of 20.6%.
Cumulating over the past four days of selling, Keeneland reports 823 of the 1,081 horses to go under the hammer were sold for a total of $163,085,500, matching the $198,160 median and 125,000 median. dollars. There were 258 individuals who did not meet their reserve, accounting for an RNA ratio of 23.9%.
At this point in 2021, 873 of the 1,082 horses through the ring have been sold for a total of $149,942,500 with an average price of $171,755 and a median of $115,000. Two hundred and nine unsold horses, representing 19.3% RNA.
The Spinning candy Weanling filly, consigned as Hip 1270 by Nursery Place, won the top honor on Thursday, selling for $380,000 to the Bay Shore Stable. Dirty people who finished 2nd grade were placed in Ours to run bred in Kentucky by Mary K. Grum.
“Overall, it was a good purchase,” commented Tommy Eastham of Legacy Bloodstock. “It’s unique in the barn; the number of our programs isn’t that great at weaning. The mares have had a small amount of impressions, but the weaned ones have dropped by about 30%. Everyone here is okay. serious about the game and an industry pro, everyone who comes to the barn comes in and buys, and we don’t have any tire kickers.”
The perennial top shipper, Taylor Made Sales Agency, sold 23 horses from their banner on November 10 for a total of $2,613,000, making it the top shipper of the day.
Taylor Made consigned the second and third highest priced weaning services of the day. Hip 1370, a Sightstown colt out Tempers Rising a mare is graded 2 by Bayern , was sold to Sycamore Hall Farm for $360,000. One Evaporation colt out of the Light of the Nile, from family Pioneer of the Nile sold as Hip 1223, grossing $325,000 from XXY Stud.
“If you have a young mare that has a good chance of giving birth to a beautiful horse, the buyer will give her something, but they don’t want the horses exposed,” says Walker Hancock of Claiborne Farms. . “I believe it’s starting to swing towards a buyer’s market at this point in the sale. The first few days are definitely a seller’s market.”
2022 Keeneland Livestock stock sale in November Adrian Regan Brockovich Claiborne Farm End lane Fergus Galvin Hunter Valley Farm Incubation place Jody Huckabay Kentucky Legacy Bloodstock Light of the Nile Mary K. Grum Purebred sales Rivet XXY Sales agency made by Taylor Sightstown Stable Bay Shore Sycamore đồi Hill Farm Tommy Eastham Walker Hancock
