Lexington, KY (November 20, 2009) – A weanling filly and two stallion prospects brought final bids of $50,000 each to headline Friday’s session of the Keeneland November Breeding Stock Sale.
Stoney Lane Farm paid $50,000 for a weanling filly from the first crop of Half Ours out of the unraced Meadowlake mare Fine Prospect. She was consigned by Baccari Bloodstock LLC, agent.
Sudan (IRE), winner of Italy’s Gran Premio di Milano (G1) and Golden Gate Fields Turf (G3), was purchased for $50,000 by Marcel Zarour. Consigned by Three Chimneys Sales, agent, Sudan is a six-year-old son of Peintre Celebre out of the Woodman mare Sarabande. He was sold as a stallion prospect.
Jason Hall, agent, went to $50,000 for the four-year-old stakes-winning Grand Minstrel, consigned by Lane’s End, agent, as a racing or stallion prospect. He is by Grand Slam out of multiple graded stakes winner Colonial Minstrel.
For the day, Keeneland sold 233 horses for $1,778,400, down 40.60 per cent from a year ago when 230 horses brought $2,993,700. Average price of $7,633 decreased 41.36 per cent from last year’s average of $13,016. The median price of $5,000 was down 50 per cent from the $10,000 posted in 2008.
With two days of the auction remaining, Keeneland has sold 2,494 horses for $157,728,400, down 11.82 per cent from the corresponding period in 2008 when 2,229 horses brought $178,869,000. The average of $63,243 represents a 21.19 per cent decrease from $80,246 in 2008. The median was down 22.58 percent from $31,000 in 2008 to $24,000 this year.

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