Keeneland Book 3 Offers Mares From Recent G1 Families
When Book 3 begins at the Keeneland November Breeding Stock Sale Nov. 7, a few mares from the families of recent grade 1 winners will be on offer.
When Book 3 begins at the Keeneland November Breeding Stock Sale Nov. 7, a few mares from the families of recent grade 1 winners will be on offer.
Shisospicy and Bentornato are back in their stalls at Palm Meadows, Gulfstream Park's satellite training facility in Palm Beach County, happy and sound, but the Jose D'Angelo-trained Breeders' Cup winners are hardly going to rest on their laurels.
The Melbourne Cup Carnival concludes Nov. 8 with a trio of group 1 races at Flemington Racecourse: the 1,200-meter (about 6-furlong) Champions Sprint (G1), Champions Mile (G1), and Champions Stakes (G1) at 2,000 meters (1 1/4 miles).
Brian Hernandez Jr., who suffered numerous broken ribs, a collapsed lung, and a lacerated liver in a fall at Churchill Downs on Sept. 21, is set to resume riding next week at Louisville, Ky. track.
Nyquist, sire of four grade 1 winners in 2025 including Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile (G1) winner Nysos, will stand for a fee of $175,000 at Darley's Jonabell Farm in 2026.
Raging Torrent Syndicate bought the graded-placed daughter of Bolt d'Oro to breed to its new stallion Raging Torrent.
Both weanlings were bought by people intending to race them. Randy Hartley bought a Cody's Wish filly for owner/breeder Tom Durant, while Glen Hill Farm's Craig Bernick, bought an Elite Power colt for his mother to race.
Each one of the 15 horses offered in the first half of D. J. Stable's curated reduction sold during the Keeneland November Breeding Stock Sale Nov. 4-5, totaling $5,755,000.
Day 2 saw a 52% increase in the gross from last year's corresponding session, with 243 horses changing hands for $48,117,000, including post-ring sales.