2014
January Horses of All Ages Sale January 6-9, 2014 MEDIA KIT
January Sale Sessions Jan. 6-9 Keeneland Sales Pavilion 1,590 horses cataloged
Book 1
Monday, Jan. 6 Tuesday, Jan. 7
Book 2
Wednesday, Jan. 8 Thursday, Jan. 9
Hips 1-396 Hips 397-792
Hips 793-1191 Hips 1192-1590
Sales Coverage
Keeneland will stream the entire sale live on Keeneland.com. The January Sale catalog is available on Keeneland.com.
Media Contacts Director of Communications Amy Gregory Cell: (859) 361-3490 agregory@keeneland.com Media Relations Manager Matt May Cell: (859) 806-7463 mmay@keeneland.com Communications Associate Amy Owens Cell: (859) 421-2566 aowens@keeneland.com
We’re here to assist in your coverage The entire January Sale will be streamed live at Keeneland.com. Keeneland will provide wrap-up releases at the conclusion of each session. Additionally, Keeneland will post select photos and video on its ftp site. Scenic photos will be posted on Sunday, Jan. 5. Scenics and photos of toppriced horses, consignors, buyers and other notable personalities will be posted during the opening two sessions. January Sale broll is currently available on the site, and videos of top-priced horses will be uploaded following the first session. Photos and video are intended for editorial, noncommercial use only. Keeneland’s ftp site: https://sftp.keeneland.com Login: editorialphotos Password: spring2014 Directory: editorialphotos Folder: 2014 January Sale Please credit photos as “Keeneland photo” or “Keeneland video.” Everyone can follow the January Sale action via Facebook and Twitter. Session updates and daily wrap-up releases will be posted on these social media sites and on Keeneland’s website, Keeneland.com.
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Welcome to the 2014 January Horses of All Ages Sale
Four-day sale catalogs 1,590 horses Keeneland has cataloged 1,590 horses for its 2014 January Horses of All Ages Sale, which will be held Jan. 6-9. The sale comprises 545 broodmares, 154 racing or broodmare prospects, 615 yearlings, 272 horses of racing age and four stallions. Keeneland will offer broodmares in foal to 148 stallions, including Arch, Bernardini, Blame, Distorted Humor, Elusive Quality, Galileo (IRE), Ghostzapper, Harlan’s Holiday, Kitten’s Joy,
Trappe Shot, Uncle Mo, Wilburn and Zensational. Recent January Sale alumni include these 2013 stakes winners: Grade 1 winner Joyful Victory; Grade 2 winners Bear No Joke, Cairo Prince, Ciao Bella Luna, Concave and Twilight Eclipse; and Grade 3 winners Corozaleno, Five Iron, Hogy, Steel King and Unbridled’s Note.
Malibu Moon, Smart Strike, Speightstown, Tapit, Tiznow, Unbridled’s Song and War Front. Yearlings represent 165 stallions, including Arch, Awesome Again, Bernardini, Blame, Curlin, Elusive Quality, Ghostzapper, Giant’s Causeway, Harlan’s Holiday, Kitten’s Joy, Malibu Moon, Medaglia d’Oro, Mizzen Mast, More Than Ready, Scat Daddy, Speightstown, Street Cry (IRE), Street Sense, Super Saver, Tapit, Tiznow,
2013 January Horses of All Ages Sale Session Breakdowns
Session
Date
1.
Monday
Jan. 7
2.
Tuesday
Jan. 8
Subtotal
# Sold
Gross
Average
201
$15,331,400
$76,276
$30,000
1
104
34.1%
81
386
248
$20,013,700
$80,700
$40,000
2
51
17.1%
82
381
$78,200
$35,000
3
449 $35,345,100
Median Million $ RNAs
155
RNA % Outs Cataloged
26% 163
3. Wednesday Jan. 9 227 $4,953,900 $21,823 $13,000 - 70 23.6% 86 Subtotal
676 $40,299,000
$59,614
$25,000
3
225
25% 249
4. Thursday Jan. 10 248 $3,389,600 $13,668 $7,000 - 57 18.7% 79 Subtotal
924 $43,688,600
$47,282
$20,000
3
282
23% 328
5. Friday Jan. 11 181 $1,518,700 $8,391 $4,000 - 90 33.2% 88 Total
1105 $45,207,300 $40,912 $15,000 3
3
372
25% 416
767 383 1150 384 1534 359 1893
Keeneland Sales Staff Walt Robertson | Vice President of Sales
Julie Cauthen | Director of Owner and Client Development
Walt Robertson, a longtime leader in the equine auction industry, was named to the newly created position of Vice President of Sales in January 2011. Robertson, who joined Keeneland following 35 years at Fasig-Tipton, oversees and directs all functions of the Keeneland sales. In addition to his extensive work in the Thoroughbred industry, Robertson has been active in the Central Kentucky community for many years. He has served as the chairman of the Kentucky Horse Park Commission, is a former director and past president of the Thoroughbred Club of America and is a past member of the Sayre School and The Lexington School boards of trustees. He continues to serve as president/auctioneer for SwinebroadDenton, Inc., a full-service real estate auction company in Lexington.
Julie Cauthen is tasked with expanding Keeneland’s efforts domestically to draw new owners to the Thoroughbred industry and managing relationships with existing Keeneland clients. Before joining Keeneland in April 2013, Cauthen was chief operating officer of Donegal Racing. She selected horses and managed their training, and was a liaison with clients of the racing syndicate. Donegal’s standouts include 2012 Toyota Blue Grass (G1) winner Dullahan. Cauthen, who grew up in Midway, Ky., represents the fourth generation of her family involved in the Thoroughbred industry. Her uncle is longtime Keeneland trustee Charles Nuckols III. Her husband, Kerry Cauthen, also is involved in the industry.
Geoffrey G. Russell | Director of Sales
Ryan Mahan | Senior Auctioneer
Geoffrey Russell has served as Keeneland’s Director of Sales since June 2001. Born in Dublin, Ireland, Russell gained early experience at Coolmore Stud and as a bid spotter at Goffs. He came to the U.S. in 1982, first working at Fasig-Tipton and then Elmendorf Farm. He returned to Fasig-Tipton as vice president of Fasig-Tipton Appraisals and director of sales administration prior to joining Keeneland in 1996 as Assistant Director of Sales to Rogers Beasley. Russell represents Keeneland on the Sales Integrity Task Force, International Catalogue Standards Committee (NA) (ICSC) and the Society of International Thoroughbred Auctioneers (SITA), having served as the organization’s chairman in 2003 and 2004. He also sits on the board of the Grayson-Jockey Club Research Foundation.
Keeneland’s senior auctioneer, Ryan Mahan, considered following his stepfather, Dr. Robert Copelan, into veterinary medicine. Instead, he finds himself in the auction stand at the leading Thoroughbred sales in the world. Mahan initially had his own auction company, but in 1977 he came to work at Keeneland as a bid spotter and later chief announcer for several years following the departure of Tom Hammond. Promoted to auctioneer in the mid-1980s, he succeeded the late Tom Caldwell in 2001 as senior auctioneer. Mahan also serves on the yearling inspection team.
Mark Maronde | Sales Account Executive
Mark Maronde brings more than 20 years of experience in the Thoroughbred industry to the Keeneland sales team, which he joined in April 2009. As account executive, he assists with recruiting and marketing efforts for Keeneland sales and serves as a member of the yearling inspection team. Maronde spent five years in the bloodstock division of WinStar Farm prior to Keeneland. He honed his inspection and sales recruiting skills as national field representative for Barretts’ Equine Ltd. (1996-2009) and with the Canadian Thoroughbred Horse Society (2007-2009). He also worked for Cromwell Bloodstock from 1990-1995.
Thomas J. Thornbury | Associate Director of Sales
Tom Thornbury was named Keeneland’s Associate Director of Sales in June 2002. In his position, Thornbury acts as liaison to consignor interests, cultivates relationships with horsemen in emerging racing markets, and serves as a member of the yearling inspection team. Thornbury grew up on the farm owned by his father, John Thornbury, and his partner, Dr. Robert Copelan, where he was involved in training and farm management, and assisted in equine orthopedic surgery. Thornbury spent nearly 10 years at Airdrie Stud, owned by former Kentucky Gov. and Mrs. Brereton C. Jones, working first as yearling manager and later as general manager. He is a past president of the Thoroughbred Club of America and the Kentucky Thoroughbred Farm Managers’ Club, and formerly served on the board of the Kentucky Thoroughbred Association and Kentucky Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders.
Will Mayer | Sales Associate
Will Mayer joined the Keeneland sales team in July 2011 following his graduation from the Darley Flying Start program. During that two-year course, he worked at stud farms and racing stables in five countries and completed internships under some of the world’s top trainers, including Sydney’s leading metropolitan trainer Chris Waller. He interned with Keeneland in 2008-2009, and previously worked at Fares Farm. A native of Winchester, Ky., Mayer is a 2008 magna cum laude graduate of Transylvania University, where he earned a B.A. in finance and French. 4
January Horses of All Ages Sale 56th Annual Keeneland inaugurated the January Horses of All Ages Sales five decades ago, conducting the first editions of the sale in 1956 and 1957. Following a three-year hiatus, the January Sale was resumed in 1961 and has been held annually since. As the name implies, the sale offers a variety of racing and breeding stock, including broodmares, broodmare prospects, yearlings, racing prospects, stallions and stallion prospects, and stallion shares and seasons.
Highest Prices — January Horses of All Ages Sale Broodmares
Price Horse
Pregnancy Status
Purchaser
$ 5,000,000 Mackie (in foal to Mr. Prospector) Britton House Stud, Ltd. 3,600,000 Desert Stormer (in foal to Kris S.) Live Oak Stud 3,300,000 Claxton’s Slew (in foal to Storm Cat) John Magnier 3,250,000 Escena (not bred) Reynolds Bell Jr., agent 3,000,000 Lucky Lucky Lucky (in foal to Northern Dancer) Shadwell Farm, Inc. 2,800,000 Solar Slew (in foal to Deputy Minister) Lakland LLC 2,700,000 Irish Cherry (in foal to Ghostzapper) Southern Equine Stables 2,500,000 Highest Trump (in foal to Northern Dancer) N.B. Hunt 2,500,000 Limit (in foal to Boundary) Adele Dilschneider 2,500,000 Sangue (in foal to Alydar) Heronwood Farm
Consignor
Year
Eaton Sales, agent Taylor Made Sales Agency, agent for Norfields Lane’s End, agent for Brookside Farms Lane’s End, agent Spendthrift Farm, agent Lane’s End, agent for Brookside Farms Hill ‘n’ Dale Sales Agency, agent Spendthrift Farm, agent Claiborne Farm, agent for the Complete Dispersal of Claiborne Farm and Nicole Perry Gorman Nelson Bunker Hunt Dispersal
2000 2002 2000 1999 1986 2000 2008 1984 1998 1988
Yearling — Colts
Price Horse
Breeding
Purchaser
$ 1,150,000 Videographic (Mr. Prospector–Video) W.S. Farish 1,100,000 Value Plus (Unbridled’s Song–Roll Over Baby) Buzz Chace, agent 525,000 Up Sharpen (Sharpen Up–Fargaze) Narvick International 500,000 Minister Slew (Deputy Minister––Slew Boyera) J.B.K. Inventure 400,000 Sun King (Charismatic–Clever But Costly) Tracy Farmer
Consignor
Year
Claiborne Farm, agent for the Complete Dispersal of Claiborne Farm and Nicole Perry Gorman Taylor Made Sales Agency, agent Nelson Bunker Hunt Dispersal Taylor Made Sales Agency, agent James D. Conway, agent
1998 2002 1988 2000 2003
Yearling — Fillies
Price Horse
Breeding
Purchaser
Consignor
Year
Claiborne Farm, agent for the Complete Dispersal of Claiborne Farm and Nicole Perry Gorman Hurstland Farm, agent Nelson Bunker Hunt Dispersal Claiborne Farm, agent for the Complete Dispersal of Claiborne Farm and Nicole Perry Gorman Nelson Bunker Hunt Dispersal Nelson Bunker Hunt Dispersal
1998
Purchaser
Consignor
Year
Merrick–Allen Douglas F. Lane, agent
Claiborne Farm Preston Madden, agent for Buffalo Lark Syndicate
1990 1983
Consignor
Year
Ashleigh Stud, agent for J. Robert Fluor (dispersal of all breeding stock) Echo Valley Horse Farm, agent Brookmeade Stable, Hermitage Farm, agent Anderson Farms
1983
$ 3,400,000 Inkling (Seeking the Gold–Number) D.L. O’Byrne 1,450,000 Bijou (Street Sense–Please Sign In) Regis Farms 1,300,000 Wajd (Northern Dancer–Dahlia) Darley Stud Management 925,000 Elegant As Always (Nashwan–Bound) D.L. O’Byrne 850,000 Wasnah (Nijinsky II–Highest Trump) Shadwell Estate Company, Ltd. 700,000 Paris Collection (Riverman–Margravine) Robert Bricken, agent
2013 1988 1998 1988 1988
Stallions
Price Horse
$ 265,000 100,000
Lode (Stallion prospect) Buffalo Lark
Stallion Shares
Price Horse, Age
Purchaser
$ 625,000 Share in Alleged, 9 Arthur I. Appleton 550,000 Share in Mr. Prospector, 11 Del and Gail Chase 350,000 Share in Key to the Mint, 11 North Ridge Farm 260,000 Share in Sir Ivor, 16 William M. Buckner
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History of January Horses of All Ages Sale
Broodmares
Yearlings
Others
Year Number Average Gross Number Average Gross Number Average Gross 2013 630 $46,503 $29,296,800 2012 375 46,279 17,354,700 2011 338 25,518 8,625,000 2010 575 27,458 15,788,800 2009 800 30,300 24,240,600 2008 938 56,594 53,085,600 2007 1,135 45,603 51,760,400 2006 994 55,736 55,402,000 2005 801 46,598 37,325,200 2004 799 46,052 36,795,800 2003 805 27,143 21,850,800 2002 616 43,259 26,647,700 2001 763 41,073 31,339,400 2000 573 76,248 43,690,200 1999 640 38,758 24,805,200 1998 640 50,988 32,632,400 1997 509 31,019 15,788,800 1996 484 41,399 20,037,100 1995 512 24,390 12,487,500 1994 386 20,823 8,037,600 1993 420 17,607 7,395,000 1992 413 26,376 10,893,600 1991 777 18,254 14,183,300 1990 438 33,601 14,717,300 1989 511 32,492 16,603,900 1988 697 58,852 41,019,800 1987 336 33,395 11,220,700 1986 376 43,493 16,353,400 1985 295 45,859 13,528,300 1984 397 51,062 20,271,700 1983 374 43,617 16,312,600 1982 465 45,697 21,249,300 1981 500 33,526 16,762,800 1980 440 28,692 12,624,300 1979 369 17,282 6,736,900 1978 405 12,334 4,995,300 1977 280 11,769 3,295,400 1976 326 9,371 3,054,800 1975 396 8,341 3,303,200 1974 296 9,223 2,730,100 1973 264 8,434 2,226,700 1972 233 7,711 1,796,800 1971 178 5,152 917,100 1970 295 8,170 2,410,200 1969 177 7,184 1,271,500 1968 218 4,695 1,023,600 1967 249 10,380 2,585,200 1966 247 4,118 1,017,100 1965 162 6,195 1,003,600 1964 106 5,167 547,700 1963 96 1,984 190,500 1962 125 5,861 733,000 1961 42 9,960 418,300 1957 50 7,758 387,900 1956 23 30,239 695,500
429 $34,737 $14,901,900 46 $21,926 $1,008,600 367 32,585 11,958,600 261 33,251 8,678,600 398 19,179 7,633,200 285 31,551 8,992,150 360 21,341 7,682,800 46 9,130 420,000 454 16,075 7,298,100 84 15,301 1,285,300 470 32,995 15,507,800 85 21,795 1,852,600 625 29,868 18,667,800 98 23,163 2,270,000 571 26,590 15,186,600 59 26,886 1,586,300 517 29,374 15,186,800 43 21,070 906,000 417 28,455 11,866,000 42 16,264 683,100 330 26,492 8,742,500 50 11,854 592,700 289 26,154 7,558,700 31 15,535 481,600 389 18,997 7,389,900 55 16,880 928,400 389 23,912 9,301,800 277 28,684 7,945,500 388 20,128 7,809,500 175 55,978 9,796,200 366 37,386 13,683,400 154 44,474 6,849,000 310 13,911 4,312,500 184 21,418 3,941,000 323 21,488 6,940,600 189 17,410 3,290,400 321 14,530 4,664,000 199 11,217 2,232,100 278 15,691 4,362,100 185 14,206 2,628,200 279 10,628 2,965,300 138 11,180 1,542,800 273 15,907 4,342,500 172 22,517 3,873,000 374 8,597 3,215,300 233 20,663 4,814,400 253 13,648 3,453,100 151 13,386 2,021,300 262 9,936 2,603,400 125 10,047 1,255,900 361 39,586 14,290,500 269 41,939 11,281,700 191 11,391 2,175,600 117 12,203 1,427,700 167 14,643 2,445,400 109 12,692 1,383,400 141 13,772 1,941,800 133 33,208 4,416,700 142 14,922 2,118,900 116 19,204 2,227,700 99 17,222 1,705,000 92 41,214 3,791,700 175 10,461 1,830,700 181 10,111 1,830,100 181 12,566 2,274,500 335 10,089 3,379,900 155 14,124 2,189,200 226 15,849 3,581,900 167 7,534 1,258,100 230 6,989 1,607,500 153 6,154 941,500 252 7,098 1,788,700 108 4,374 472,400 182 7,319 1,332,000 142 4,256 604,300 191 4,563 871,600 191 4,176 797,600 191 3,980 760,100 167 3,227 538,900 204 4,408 899,200 177 3,979 704,300 216 4,127 891,500 141 3,935 554,900 162 5,526 895,250 77 3,864 297,600 94 3,059 287,500 113 3,918 442,700 145 5,862 850,000 109 2,391 260,600 126 2,629 331,200 122 1,707 208,300 162 2,737 443,400 117 4,258 498,200 136 3,358 456,700 103 1,447 149,000 147 3,405 500,600 78 3,824 298,300 114 2,368 270,000 16 1,325 21,200 80 3,961 316,900 61 1,166 71,100 71 1,745 123,900 58 3,322 192,700 59 1,636 96,500 22 6,573 144,600 26 5,115 133,000 30 6,847 205,400 8 3,413 27,300 16 14,287 228,600
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History of January Horses of All Ages Sale Stallion Gross for Totals — Horses Stallion Seasons/ Shares/Seasons/ Year Number Average Median Gross Shares Breeding Rights Breeding Rights 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999 1998 1997 1996 1995 1994 1993 1992 1991 1990 1989 1988 1987 1986 1985 1984 1983 1982 1981 1980 1979 1978 1977 1976 1975 1974 1973 1972 1971 1970 1969 1968 1967 1966 1965 1964 1963 1962 1961 1957 1956
1,105 1,003 1,020 981 1,338 1,493 1,858 1,624 1,361 1,258 1,185 936 1,207 1,239 1,203 1,159 1,003 996 1,032 849 837 858 1,384 842 898 1,327 644 652 569 655 565 821 1,016 821 766 810 570 659 779 667 657 536 349 553 412 502 502 497 354 202 228 242 90 88 39
$40,912 37,878 24,752 24,354 24,532 47,184 39,127 44,443 39,249 39,225 26,317 37,060 32,856 49,183 35,254 45,870 23,970 30,390 18,783 17,701 14,221 22,272 16,050 23,981 22,788 50,182 23,019 30,954 34,950 37,585 38,600 30,341 22,064 22,406 12,066 9,538 8,947 6,875 6,241 6,249 5,818 6,058 4,304 6,696 4,523 3,337 6,913 3,354 4,440 4,385 1,691 4,224 7,732 7,052 23,695
$15,000 15,000 7,500 8,000 9,500 17,000 16,000 16,000 13,000 13,000 10,000 12,750 10,500 14,000 12,500 13,000 10,000 8,000 9,000 9,000 7,000 9,000 4,500 8,500 6,700 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
$45,207,300 37,991,900 25,246,850 23,891,600 32,824,000 70,446,000 72,698,200 72,174,900 53,418,000 49,344,900 31,186,000 34,688,000 39,657,700 60,937,500 42,410,900 53,163,800 24,042,300 30,268,100 19,383,600 15,027,900 11,903,100 19,109,100 22,213,000 20,191,700 20,463,200 66,592,000 14,824,000 20,182,200 19,886,800 24,618,300 21,809,300 24,910,100 22,417,200 18,395,400 9,242,500 7,725,500 5,099,800 4,530,700 4,861,400 4,168,200 3,822,500 3,246,900 1,502,200 3,702,900 1,863,300 1,675,300 3,470,500 1,666,700 1,571,900 885,800 385,500 1,022,200 695,900 620,600 924,100
— — 1 1 — — 4 3 — — — 1 — 2 — 1 — 3 — 3 3 3 6 4 8 12 12 11 21 38 36 39 58 34 32 31 17 31 20 11 7 7 9 29 — — — — — — — — — — —
— — — — — — — 1 — 2 — — — — — — — — — — — 1 — — 1 — 3 — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2 — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
Horses and shares that failed to meet their reserve bid not included in totals after 1984.
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— — $3,500 3,500 — — 170,000 154,200 — 17,700 — 1,200 — 13,700 — 1,000 — 7,000 — 9,400 15,500 39,700 24,700 72,500 134,000 102,900 905,800 247,900 464,600 974,200 2,527,400 2,008,500 2,782,600 1,322,000 227,900 424,800 108,700 431,000 193,000 69,800 27,100 67,000 53,100 663,100 — — — — — — — — — — —
Total Lots 1,105 1,003 1,021 982 1,338 1,493 1,862 1,628 1,361 1,260 1,185 937 1,207 1,241 1,203 1,160 1,003 999 1,032 852 840 862 1,390 846 907 1,339 659 663 590 693 601 860 1,074 855 798 841 587 690 799 678 666 543 358 582 412 502 502 497 354 202 228 242 90 88 39
Grand Total $ 45,207,300 37,991,900 25,250,350 23,895,100 32,824,000 70,446,000 72,868,200 72,329,100 53,418,000 49,362,600 31,186,000 34,689,200 39,657,700 60,951,200 42,410,900 53,164,800 24,042,300 30,275,100 19,383,600 15,037,300 11,918,600 19,148,800 22,237,700 20,264,200 20,597,200 66,694,900 15,729,800 20,430,100 20,351,400 25,592,500 24,336,700 26,918,600 25,199,800 19,717,400 9,470,400 8,150,300 5,208,500 4,961,700 5,054,400 4,238,000 3,849,600 3,313,900 1,555,300 4,366,000 1,863,300 1,675,300 3,470,500 1,666,700 1,571,900 885,800 385,500 1,022,200 695,900 620,600 924,100
Leading Buyers by Gross No. Purchased
Leading Consignors by Gross
Year
Buyer
Gross
Year
Consignor
No. Sold
2013
Stonestreet Thoroughbred Holdings
5
$2,810,000
2013
Lane’s End Farm
113
$9,298,900
Gross
2012
Bluegrass Hall
31
1,977,000
2012
Taylor Made Sales Agency
48
3,128,500
2011
Shadai Farm
3
2,280,000
2011
Three Chimneys Sales
35
2,964,600
2010
Adena Springs Farm
15
1,497,200
2010
Taylor Made Sales Agency
89
3,084,200
2009
Southern Equine Stables
8
1,700,000
2009
Taylor Made Sales Agency
192
5,665,600
2008
Southern Equine Stables
10
3,862,000
2008
Taylor Made Sales Agency
128
6,221,480
2007
Hill ‘n’ Dale Bloodstock
11
2,939,000
2007
Taylor Made Sales Agency
152
7,550,800
2006
Stonewall Farm/Atoka
9
2,689,000
2006
Taylor Made Sales Agency
134
10,372,100
2005
Gulf Coast Farm
19
3,417,000
2005
Taylor Made Sales Agency
126
5,508,300
2004
Frank Stronach
48
3,619,500
2004
Taylor Made Sales Agency
137
7,316,000
2003
Blandford Bloodstock
17
976,300
2003
Taylor Made Sales Agency
80
4,064,600
2002
Live Oak Stud
2
3,960,000
2002
Taylor Made Sales Agency
84
10,476,800
2001
Lisa Troutt
1
1,700,000
2001
Taylor Made Sales Agency
102
5,218,800
Sale-Topping Horses by Year — January Horses of All Ages Sale Year Horse
Breeding
Purchaser
Consignor
Price
2013 Bijou Street Sense–Please Sign In Regis Farms Hurstland Farm, agent $ 1,450,000 2012 Topliner (in foal to Medaglia d’Oro) Thunder Gulch–To the Hunt Katsumi Yoshida Hill ‘n’ Dale Sales Agency, agent 1,400,000 2011 Ave (GB) Danehill Dancer (IRE)– Shadai Farm Three Chimneys Sales, agent 1,400,000 Anna Amalia (GB) 2010 Miss Isella Silver Charm–La Cucina (IRE) Adena Springs Farm Lane’s End, agent 1,085,000 2009 Island Fashion (in foal to Ghostzapper) Petionville–Danzigs Fashion Katsumi Yoshida Pope McLean (Crestwood Farm), 950,000 agent for Everest Stables (Reduction Phase I) 2009 Almonsoon Giant’s Causeway–Garimpeiro Southern Equine Stables Hill ‘n’ Dale Sales Agency, agent 950,000 2008 Irish Cherry (in foal to Ghostzapper) Irish Open–Eston Southern Equine Stables Hill ‘n’ Dale Sales Agency, agent 2,700,000 2007 Point Ashley Point Given–Golden Thatch Hill ’n’ Dale Bloodstock Hill ‘n’ Dale Sales Agency, agent 1,800,000 2006 Girl Warrior Elusive Quality–Qhazeenah (GB) Northwest Farms Paramount Sales, agent 1,000,000 2005 Cozzene’s Angel (in foal to Pulpit) Cozzene–Charming Pan (FR) Eaton Sales, agent Hill ‘n’ Dale Sales Agency, agent 1,350,000 2004 Beckys Shirt (in foal to Woodman) Cure the Blues–Thundertee BBA (Ireland) Hill ‘n’ Dale Sales Agency, agent 850,000 2003 Belle Nuit (in foal to Unbridled’s Song) Dr. Carter–Belle Noel Louis Brooks Ranch Ltd. Taylor Made Sales Agency 475,000 2002 Desert Stormer (in foal to Kris S.) Storm Cat–Breezy Stories Live Oak Stud agent for Norfields Taylor Made Sales Agency 3,600,000 2001 Magicalmysterycat Storm Cat–Nannerl Lisa Troutt Eaton Sales, agent for Padua Stable 1,700,000 2000 Mackie (in foal to Mr. Prospector) Summer Squall–Glowing Tribute Britton House Stud Ltd. Eaton Sales, agent 5,000,000
Million-Dollar Horses — January Horses of All Ages Sale Sale
Total
Session 1
(Number Sold by Total Sale and Session) Session 2 Session 3 Session 4 Session 5
Session 6
Session 7
Session 8
2013 3 1 2 0 0 0 N/A N/A N/A 2012 1 1 0 0 0 N/A N/A N/A N/A 2011 1 1 0 0 0 0 N/A N/A N/A 2010 1 0 1 0 0 0 N/A N/A N/A 2009 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 N/A N/A 2008 4 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 N/A 2007 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2006 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 N/A 2005 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 N/A N/A 2004 0 0 0 0 0 0 N/A N/A N/A 2003 0 0 0 0 0 0 N/A N/A N/A 2002 3 3 0 0 0 N/A N/A N/A N/A 2001 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 N/A N/A 2000 6 0 6 0 0 0 N/A N/A N/A
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2008–2013 Stakes Winners Sold as Yearlings at the January Sale
Horse
GSW Breeding
Price Buyer
Consignor
Sale
Afleet Express G1 Afleet Alex-Expanse $245,000 Oxbow Racing Gainesway, agent Al Qasr G1* Aptitude–Majestic Dy $8,500 Dante Zanelli, agent Waterford–Millford Farm, agent Bear No Joke G2 It’s No Joke-Nithi $72,000 El Scott Farm Taylor Made Sales Agency Beautician Dehere–Caroni $42,000 H. Allen Poindexter Legacy Bloodstock, agent Bellacourt Lion Heart–Gold Court $23,000 Boone Farm Darby Dan Farm, agent Bern Identity G2 Bernstein-Maddalena $43,000 Dundrum Farm Paramount Sales, agent Bet Seattle Seattle Fitz (ARG)-Second Bet $1,500 Hugh H. Robertson Buck Pond Farm Cairo Prince G2 Pioneerof the Nile-Holy Bubbette $200,000 Vinery Bloodstock St. George Sales & Whisper Hill Farm Ciao Bella Luna G2 Tribal Rule-Shadow of the Moon $6,500 RNA Havens Bloodstock Agency Concave G2 Colonel John-Galadriel $90,000 Vinery Bloodstock Elm Tree Farm Corozaleno G3 Don’t Get Mad-Flaming Bay $1,000 RNA Penn Sales Dancinginherdreams G2 Tapit–Mayan Milagra $40,000 Anna Gojanovich, agent Elm Tree Farm LLC, agent Der Meister Out of Place–Bronze Glow $3,000 Murray Rojas, agent Penn Sales, agent for Hillaire Racing Elusive Noise Elusive Quality–Noisette $110,000 Lane’s End Bloodstock Taylor Made Sales Agency, agent Five Iron G3 Sharp Humor-Tee Off $17,000 Fred M. Allor Blackburn Farm Flashpoint G2* Pomeroy–Two Punch Lil $115,000 Foxtale Farm Legacy Bloodstock, agent Frontside War Front-Azarba $15,000 Jacoda Stables Viking Stud, agent Hogy G3 Offlee Wild-Floy $17,000 Halvorson Bloodstock, agent Care Brook Farm, agent Hotlantic Stormy Atlantic–Chinook Gale $37,000 RNA James M. Herbener Jr., agent I’m Mom’s Favorite Indian Charlie-Charming Toutsie $95,000 RNA Eaton Sales Joyful Victory G1* Tapit-Wild Lucy Black $60,000 Michael Sucher Eaton Sales, agent King Congie Badge of Silver–Wise Ending $30,000 Jacks Creek Bloodstock Legacy Bloodstock, agent Kingofthebluegrass Petionville–Two to Waltz $13,000 McCauley Farm Pope McLean, agent for Everest Stables Lady Attack Mutakddim–She’s a Slewpy $105,000 Hill ‘n’ Dale Bloodstock Lane’s End, agent Lookinforchange Gilded Time-Thatholeinmypocket $0 RNA Margaux Farm Lou’s Angel Cactus Ridge-Natural Genius $1,200 Jerry Rowe Four Star Sales, agent Love Theway You are G1 Arch-Diversa $24,000 RNA Hartwell Farm, agent Meeznah G2* Dynaformer–String Quartet (IRE) $120,000 Marion G. Montanari Hill ‘n’ Dale Sales Agency, agent for Swettenham Stud Nechez Dawn Indian Charlie-Valid Annie $7,000 RNA Warrendale Sales, agent for Hargus & Sandra Sexton and Pauls Mill Positive Response Pomeroy–Lisa’s Approval $15,000 Gofastandwin Moreau Bloodstock International Inc Prize Winner Pure Prize–Marine Odyssey $12,000 RNA Two Creeks Farm, agent Roarin Discovery Roaring Fever-Discover Silver $2,700 Team Work Horseman Group Topsmeade, agent Smiling Tiger G1* Hold That Tiger––Shandra Smiles $32,000 RNA Katalpa Farm, agent Smoke It Right Smoke Glacken–Bride in the Wings $8,000 RNA Stony Point, agent Srumdiddlyumptious Roman Ruler-Lifealifeoflove $85,000 Rocky Mountain Equine Trackside Farm, agent Steel King G3 Rockport Harbor-Winner Takes All $20,000 Sugar Valley Partners Frankfort Park Farm Touching Beauty G3 Tapit–Victory Road $35,000 Straightaway Farm Gainesway, agent Twilight Eclipse G2* Purim-My Twilight Dancer $1,000 John Langemeier Select Sales, agent Two Months Rent G3 Purim-Sharp Tradition $4,000 Ronald Nicholson Idle Hour Farm, agent Unbridled’s Note G3 Unbridled’s Song-Siberian Fur $150,000 Gulf Coast Farm Taylor Made Sales Agency, agent Willy Beamin G1 Suave-Big Tease $3,000 John Little Three Chimneys Sales, agent *Indicates multiple graded stakes wins 2013 stakes winners are listed in bold
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Prominent January Sale Consignors Denali Stud
Location: Paris, Ky. Owners: Craig and Holly Bandoroff Website: denalistud.com Background: Craig and Holly Bandoroff’s Denali Stud near Paris, Ky. is one of the Thoroughbred industry’s leading bloodstock consignors. Craig Bandoroff was a jockey in New Jersey in the early 1970s until a spill at Garden State Park in 1974 left him without the use of his right arm, forcing him to explore other career paths within the Craig Bandoroff industry. The Bandoroffs each gained experience working in various bloodstock and sales capacities, and in 1990 they opened Denali Stud. “Denali” is derived from the name given by the Eskimos to Mt. McKinley and means “the great one.” In the late 1990s, Bob Lewis and his wife, Beverly, sent their champion racemare Serena’s Song to Denali when she was retired. Denali has sold several of Serena Song’s offspring, including Group 1 winner Sophisticat, by Storm Cat, for $3.4 million at the 2000 Keeneland July Selected Yearling Sale; Grade 2 winner Harlington, by Unbridled, for $2.8 million at the 2003 Keeneland September Yearling Sale; and Colourful Score, a colt by Storm Cat, for $3.5 million, at the 2005 September Sale. At the 2013 Keeneland January Horses of All Ages Sale, Denali’s high seller at $300,000 was stakes winner Clarinet, by Giant’s Causeway. Heatherway, agent for Shimokobe Farm, purchased the 6-year-old, whose dam, Legs Lawlor, by Unbridled, is a half-sister to Horse of the Year Favorite Trick. As agent, Denali Stud also was active as a buyer at the sale. It paid $1 million for multiple Grade 3 winner and millionaire Keertana.
Eaton Sales
Location: Lexington Owners: Reiley McDonald Website: eatonsales.com
Background: Eaton Sales Inc. is owned by Reiley McDonald, who purchased the sales agency from its founder, the late Lee Eaton, in the 1990s. A Maryland native, McDonald holds a degree in animal sciences from Cornell University and worked at various Maryland racetracks as an exercise rider and assistant trainer. He was an officer of Fasig-Tipton
Company Inc. prior to buying Eaton Sales. Eaton Sales served as agent for the dispersal of the W.T. Young family’s Overbrook Farm, which in 20092010 sold 205 horses for $38,606,000. At Reiley McDonald the time, the dispersal was the second largest in Keeneland sales history. It is now third behind the Edward P. Evans Spring Hill Farm dispersal, which sold 221 horses for $62,364,000 million in 2011-2012, and the Nelson Bunker Hunt dispersal, which sold 580 horses for $46,912,800 in 1988. In 2000, Eaton Sales, agent, sold the highest-priced horse in the history of the Keeneland January Horses of All Ages Sale when Britton House Stud Ltd. paid $5 million for Grade 3 winner Mackie. The daughter of Summer Squall is out of Broodmare of the Year Glowing Tribute, dam of Kentucky Derby (G1) winner Sea Hero, and was sold in foal to Mr. Prospector. Eaton Sales sold two 2013 stakes winners as yearlings at the January Sale: I’m Mom’s Favorite and Grade 1 winner Joyful Victory.
Four Star Sales
Location: Lexington Partners: Kerry Cauthen (managing partner), John T.L. Jones Jr. and Dan Kenny Website: fourstarsales.com Background: In 2002, Kerry Cauthen, John T.L. Jones Jr., Dan Kenny and the late David Greathouse formed Four Star Sales. Cauthen serves as managing partner of the organization. Kerry Cauthen Cauthen is a thirdgeneration Kentucky horseman whose brothers are Racing Hall of Fame jockey Steve Cauthen and bloodstock adviser Doug Cauthen. An attorney, he previously worked as counsel and bloodstock adviser at Walmac Farm, which Jones developed into an international stallion station with such leading sires as Nureyev, Miswaki and Alleged. In 2005, Jones sold Walmac to his son, John T.L. Jones III, and Robert Trussell and remains as director emeritus. Dan Kenny 10
Kenny honed his bloodstock skills in Canada and California before moving to Kentucky in 1993. He purchased future Broodmare of the Year In Neon for John Franks and bought the dams of champions Chilukki and Phantom Light prior to their stakes-producing success. Greathouse, who died Oct. 8, 2013, was a prominent horseman who helped run his family’s Glencrest Farm near Midway, Ky. At the 2013 Keeneland January Horses of All Ages Sale, Four Star Sales was agent for the late Barbara Hunter’s Brownwood Farm. Its high seller was Keertana, purchased for $1 million by Denali Stud, agent. For Brownwood, Four Star also sold Grade 3 winner Snow Top Mountain for $950,000 to Audley Farm Equine.
Gainesway
Location: Lexington President: Antony Beck General Manager: Neil Howard Director of Sales: Michael Hernon Website: gainesway.com Background: Located on Paris Pike, Gainesway is a 1,500-acre, full-service Thoroughbred farm that stands seven stallions, including Tapit. Gainesway was founded by John R. Gaines, who was famous for his innovations in the Thoroughbred industry, including the concept Antony Beck that became the Breeders’ Cup World Championships. In 1989, Graham J. Beck, a successful businessman, wine maker and Thoroughbred horseman in his native South Africa, purchased the farm from Gaines. Beck died in July 2010. Today, his son, Antony, oversees farm operations as president. The younger Beck recently was elected to a two-year term as vice chairman of Breeders’ Cup, Ltd. Gainesway includes two historic operations, Greentree Stud and the C.V. Whitney farm. Beck and his wife, Angela, have nurtured Gainesway into a facility known for more than Thoroughbreds. An emphasis on trees and spectacular gardens helped the farm earn official status as an arboretum from the American Public Garden Association.
Hill ‘n’ Dale Sales Agency
Location: Lexington President: John Sikura Website: hillndalefarms.com
Background: Hill ‘n’ Dale Sales Agency is
Prominent January Sale Consignors continued the sales arm of John Sikura’s Hill ‘n’ Dale Farm near Lexington. Sikura was mentored by his father, the late John Sikura, Jr., a Canadian entrepreneur and founder of Hill ‘n’ Dale Farm in Ontario. The younger Sikura grew John Sikura up attending the sales and races with his father, and he learned the business while working at Hill ‘n’ Dale’s Kentucky division in the 1980s. Following the death of his father in 1994, Sikura began to build the Kentucky farm into a prominent breeding and sales operation. Today, Hill ‘n’ Dale encompasses 1,300 acres and stands 10 stallions, including Midnight Lute and Stormy Atlantic. The farm is the final resting place of 1977 Triple Crown winner and leading sire Seattle Slew. At the 2007 Keeneland November Breeding Stock Sale, Hill ‘n’ Dale Sales Agency, agent for Swettenham Stud, sold the highest-priced horse in the sale’s history – Playful Act (IRE) – for $10.5 million. The amount is the third-highest price ever paid for a horse at any Keeneland sale. At the Keeneland January Horses of All Ages Sale, Hill ‘n’ Dale Sales Agency, agent, has sold the sale-topping horses six times since 2004.
Bill and Will Farish
Lane’s End
Location: Versailles, Ky. Principals: William S. Farish and his son, Bill Website: lanesend.com Background: Lane’s End was the leading consignor at the 2013 Keeneland January Horses of All Ages Sale, selling 113 horses for $9,298,900. The highest-priced members of its consignment were two mares sold for $800,000: Supreme and Salty Strike. Both horses were purchased by Stonestreet Thoroughbred Holdings. Owner William S. Farish manages the 3,000-acre Lane’s End with his son, Bill. The farm is home to 17 stallions, including Curlin, English Channel, Lemon Drop Kid, Mineshaft and Smart Strike. The farm has welcomed such guests as President George H.W. Bush, his son, President George W. Bush, and Queen Elizabeth II.
A lifelong horseman, the elder Farish bought his first Thoroughbred at the 1963 Keeneland September Yearling Sale. Since then, he has campaigned more than 165 stakes winners and bred more than 290 stakes winners, including Horses of the Year Mineshaft (2003) and A.P. Indy (1992). Farish won the Eclipse Award as outstanding breeder in 1992 and 1999. At Keeneland, Lane’s End handled the highest-grossing Thoroughbred dispersal in North American history as agent for the Edward P. Evans Spring Hill Farm dispersal. The dispersal sold 221 horses for $62,364,000 million in 2011-2012. One of them was the weanling Medaglia d’Oro filly Miss Besilu, who brought a North American record $2.6 million when she was sold to Besilu Stables. Lane’s End also was agent for the Complete Dispersal of Saud bin Khaled’s Palides Investments N.V., Inc. in 2011. The dispersal sold 40 horses for $17,926,500 at the Keeneland September Yearling Sale. The elder Farish has served on Keeneland’s Board of Directors since 1985. In October 2006, he succeeded James E. “Ted” Bassett III as a Keeneland Trustee. Bill Farish’s involvement in the industry includes serving as chairman of the board of Breeders’ Cup Ltd. He also races horses and in 2005 founded Woodford Racing LLC, a partnership that includes friends and others he has introduced to Thoroughbred racing. Lane’s End has sold three of the 10 highest-priced broodmares in the history of the Keeneland January Horses of All Ages Sale. In 2002, Lane’s End, agent for Brookside Farms, sold Claxton’s Slew, in foal to Storm Cat, for $3.3 million to John Magnier. In 2000, Lane’s End, agent for Brookside Farms, sold Solar Slew, in foal to Deputy Minister, for $2.8 million to Lakland LLC. In 1999, Lane’s End, agent, sold Escena for $3.25 million to Reynolds Bell Jr., agent.
Mill Ridge Sales
Location: Lexington Managing Partner: Headley Bell Website: millridge.com/sales Background: Mill Ridge Sales is a division of Dr. John and Alice Chandler’s Mill Ridge Farm, which is located not far from Keeneland. In April 2008, Alice Chandler’s son Headley Bell took over day-today operations of the Headley Bell farm. In 1979, Bell founded Nicoma Bloodstock. The agency is named for Nicoma, one of the first mares Alice Chandler purchased after she created Mill Ridge Farm from 286 acres she inherited upon her father’s death in 1962. (Her father, Hal Price Headley, was co-founder and inaugural President of Keeneland.) 11
Nicoma produced five stakes winners, and her sale enabled Chandler to develop Mill Ridge into a top breeding and sales operation. Mill Ridge has bred or raised such topflight horses as 1968 Epsom Derby (G1) winner Sir Ivor; 2001 Horse of the Year Point Given; 2008 Toyota Blue Grass (G1) winner Monba; 2005 Kentucky Derby (G1) winner Giacomo; and 2004 champion filly Sweet Catomine. In 2009, Chandler received the Eclipse Award of Merit for a lifetime of outstanding achievement in Thoroughbred racing. At the 2013 Keeneland January Horses of All Ages Sale, Mill Ridge Sales, agent, consigned the 5-year-old Smoke Glacken mare Hello. She became a stakes winner later during the season at Assiniboia Downs.
Pat Costello
Gabriel Duignan
Paramount Sales LLC
Location: Lexington Owners: Pat Costello (Managing Officer) and Gabriel Duignan Website: paramountsales.net Background: Irishmen Pat Costello and Gabriel Duignan founded Paramount Sales in 2001. Costello moved to Central Kentucky in the early 1980s, first developing and managing and Crescent Hill Farm. From there he opened his own Drumkenny Farm, a full-service boarding operation that caters to clients such as Sam-Son Farm of Canada. Duignan came to the U.S. in the mid1980s, first working for Circle O Farm and later managing Ironwood Farm in Western Kentucky. In 2001, he was named president of Castleton-Lyons near Lexington. Two years later, Duignan started his own fullservice operation, Foxtale Farm. Costello and Duignan first became partners when they created a successful pinhooking operation called “The Lads.”
Taylor Made Sales Agency
Location: Nicholasville, Ky. Owners: Duncan, Ben, Frank and Mark Taylor Website: taylormadefarm.com Background: Taylor Made was founded as a boarding operation in 1976 by Duncan Taylor, the eldest son of noted horseman Joe Taylor who was 19 years old at the time. Joe Taylor, an acknowledged authority on Thoroughbred breeding, developed John Gaines’ Gainesway Farm into a lead-
Prominent January Sale Consignors continued ing stallion farm during his 40-year management. Taylor Made quickly evolved into a fullservice breeding and sales facility. Duncan serves as the operation’s president and CEO. He is joined by his brothers Ben (stallions), Frank (boarding), and Mark (marketing and public sales). The farm is home to seven stallions. Represented by its first Keeneland consignment in 1978, Taylor Made has sold more than $1.6 billion in Thoroughbreds. Future champions sold at the September Yearling Sale are Anees, Farda Amiga and
Frank, Mark and Duncan Taylor
Ashado. Sold as a yearling for $170,000, Ashado brought $9 million – a world record for a broodmare prospect – when Taylor Made consigned her to the 2005 Keeneland November Breeding Stock Sale. The amount is the seventh-highest price ever
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paid for a horse at any Keeneland sale. In 2013 at Keeneland, Taylor Made was the leading consignor by gross at the September Yearling Sale and the November Breeding Stock Sale. Taylor Made has ranked as the Keeneland January Horses of All Ages Sale’s leading consignor 11 times since 2001. At the 2002 January Sale, Taylor Made, as agent for Norfields, sold Breeders’ Cup Sprint (G1) winner Desert Stormer, in foal to Kris S., for $3.6 million. The price is the second-highest ever paid for a horse at the sale. In 2013, Taylor Made was represented by two stakes winners it consigned as yearlings to January Sale: Bear No Joke and Unbridled’s Note.
Prominent January Sale Buyers Audley Farm Equine
Location: Berryville, Va. Website: audleyequine.com
Background: Audley Farm, which bred Grade 1 winner Bodemeister, occupies land where racing’s first Triple Crown winner, Sir Barton, was foaled in 1916. The 2,500-acre farm, which includes an Angus cattle operation, is “owned by the family of the late German breeder Hubertus Liebrecht, who acquired the farm in 1978,” reported The Blood-Horse in 2012. “The nursery’s previous owners and residents included members of George Washington’s family.” Over the years, Audley has acquired broodmares at Keeneland sales. At the 2007 November Breeding Stock Sale, Audley purchased Bodemeister’s dam, Untouched Talent, in foal to Unbridled’s Song, for $1.2 million. In 2013 at the January Horses of All Ages Sale, Audley acquired Grade 3 winner Snow Top Mountain, in foal to Blame, for $950,000. At the year’s November Sale, Audley paid $1.5 million for Grade 2 winner Arena Elvira, a daughter of Ghostzapper in foal to Tapit. Audley sold Bodemeister through Brookdale Sales, agent, at the 2010 Keeneland September Yearling Sale. Zayat Stables purchased Bodemeister, by Empire Maker, for $260,000. For the colt’s accomplishments, Audley for the fourth time was named Virginia Breeder of the Year. Bodemeister and Untouched Talent also were recognized by the Virginia Thoroughbred Association.
Blandford Bloodstock
Location: Newmarket, England Owners: Tom Goff and Richard Brown Website: blandfordbloodstock.com Background: Tom Goff formed Blandford Bloodstock in 2001 with noted international bloodstock agent Joss Collins. (Collins died in February 2004.) A former assistant to the late English champion trainer Major Dick Hern, Goff works in all aspects of the bloodstock industry, includTom Goff ing yearling purchases and the acquisition of horses in training for global markets. He also deals in stallion and breeding stock management, syndicates and partnerships. Richard Brown joined Blandford in 2001 after spending five years working with stallions and breeding stock in the United Kingdom, at Darby Dan Farm in Kentucky and at Windsor Park Stud in New Zealand. He specializes in acquiring yearlings and weanlings for pinhooking or racing, and
concentrates on purchasing and managing broodmares and stallions. Blandford has participated in numerous Keeneland sales. At the 2010 September Yearling Sale, Blandford purchased multiple Group 1 winner Elusive Kate for $70,000.
Regis Farms
Owner: Nat Rea Residence: Woodbridge, Ontario Background: At the 2013 Keeneland January Horses of All Ages Sale, Canadian Nat Rea paid $1.45 million for the sale-topper, a yearling Street Sense filly consigned by Hurstland Farm, agent. The filly, Nat Rea named Bijou, represented Rea’s grand entrance at the Keeneland Sales as he began to pursue developing a Thoroughbred racing operation. Nine months later at the Keeneland September Yearling Sale, Rea’s Regis Farms purchased six horses. Regis paid $1.1 million for an Unbridled’s Song colt out of Grade 1 winner Irish Smoke. In partnership with Stonestreet Thoroughbred Holdings, Regis acquired a Tapit colt out who is a half-brother to Grade 1 winner Sweet Lulu for $1.55 million. Runners in 2013 for Rea’s Regis Racing included Zinzay, a Smart Strike filly who was second in Keeneland’s JPMorgan Chase Jessamine (G3) in October. She is trained by Rusty Arnold. From Woodbridge, Ontario, Rea founded Martinrea International, an auto parts company from which he retired in 2012. “Horses and cattle have always been my passion,” Rea told Ron Mitchell of The Blood-Horse in January 2013. “I love horses and I have always been in the Quarter Horse business. I thought I would take the next step and get into this business” Rea owns Silver Springs Farm near Paris, Ky., and was reported to have purchased the former Hopewell Farm in Woodford County not far from Keeneland.
Lane Seliger (Baumann Stables)
Residence: Amarillo, Texas
Background: Lane Seliger, a businessman from Amarillo, Texas, drew a great deal of attention at Keeneland during the 2013 January Horses of All Ages Sale when he purchased Grade 1 winner Nereid for $1.3 million in the name of his Baumann Stables. At last year’s September Yearling Sale, he acquired a Bernardini filly who is a half-sister to champion Proud Spell for 13
$1.3 million. Seliger, who is developing a breeding operation, keeps his broodmares at Dr. Naoya and Marie Yoshida’s Winchester Farm near Lexington. He raced a small number of Lane Seliger horses in 2013 as Baumann Stables and in his name in several partnerships, campaigning at such tracks as Betfair Hollywood Park, Churchill Downs and Lone Star Park. Seliger’s family is well known in the Texas Panhandle. His younger brother, Kel, is a Texas State Senator who served four terms as mayor of Amarillo.
Shadai Farm
Location: Hokkaido, Japan Principal: Teruya “Terry” Yoshida Website: shadaifarm.jp/english/ Background: The Yoshida family’s Shadai Farm, which is located on the island of Hokkaido in Japan, is one of the world’s most famous Thoroughbred operations and an important patron of Keeneland Sales. Among Shadai’s purchases here was Grade 1 winner Ave (GB), who topped the 2011 January Horses of All Ages Sale when she brought $1.4 million. Shadai was that sale’s leading buyer with three horses purchased for $2.28 million. Principal Teruya “Terry” Yoshida’s grandfather, Zenuske Yoshida, was one of the first Japanese to import Thoroughbreds from the U.S. on a major scale. He died in 1946, leaving the family business to his son Zenya Yoshida (Terry’s father) and his two brothers. Zenya Yoshida founded Shadai in 1955. Zenya Yoshida formerly owned a stud farm in the Tokyo region that the Japanese government purchased in 1958 as part of the land for Narita International Airport. Yoshida used the money to buy land on Hokkaido, which is now Japan’s principal center of Thoroughbred breeding, and developed Shadai Farm. When Teruya Yoshida graduated after studying economics from Keoi University in 1969, his father sent him to Kentucky to manage Fontainebleau Farm, then the American branch of Shadai. He spent five years at Fontainebleau, during which time he spent $100,000 for Northern Taste, a son of Northern Dancer who won the 1974 Prix de la Foret at Longchamp. Northern Taste was the champion stallion in Japan for 11 consecutive years. Sunday Silence, winner of the 1989 Kentucky Derby (G1), Preakness (G1) and Breeders’ Cup Classic (G1), entered stud
Prominent January Sale Buyers continued at Shadai in 1991 and became a perennial leading sire. He died in 2002 at age 16. Shadai Stallion Station stands about 28 stallions. They include 2002 Kentucky Derby (G1) winner War Emblem and Sunday Silence’s son Deep Impact, sire of two-time Japan Cup (G1) winner Gentildonna.
Stonestreet Thoroughbred Holdings
Principal: Barbara Banke Residences: Healdsburg, CA, and Lexington Bloodstock agent: John Moynihan Website: stonestreetfarms.com Background: Stonestreet Thoroughbred Holdings represents the successful Thoroughbred operation founded by the late Jess Stonestreet Jackson and now operated by his widow, Barbara Banke. Jess Jackson, who died in April 2011, Barbara Banke and Barbara Banke built Jackson Family Wines into one of the world’s most popular brands. In 2005, they established Stonestreet Farm on the former Buckram Oak Farm not far from Keeneland. In December 2012, Banke acquired a breaking, training and rehab facility in Florida that was renamed the Stonestreet Training and Rehabilitation Center. In August 2013, she was elected to The Jockey Club. Stonestreet’s racing achievements includes campaigning 2007-2008 Horse of the Year Curlin, who stands at Lane’s End, and 2009 Horse of the Year Rachel Alexandra, who resides at Stonestreet. Stonestreet also has achieved success as a commercial breeder. At the 2008 Keeneland September Yearling Sale, Gainesway, agent for Stonestreet Thoroughbred Holdings LLC, sold the A.P. Indy filly Chimayo for $3.1 million. The amount is the fifthhighest price ever paid for a filly at the sale. At the 2010 September Sale, Gainesway,
agent for Stonestreet, sold future champion My Miss Aurelia for $550,000. Stonestreet raced the filly with George Bolton. Stonestreet has acquired a number of broodmares at Keeneland. At the 2012 November Breeding Stock Sale, Stonestreet purchased two seven-figure broodmares: Grade 1 Ask the Moon, in foal to War Front, for $1.8 million and Grade 1 winner R Heat Lightning, in foal to Bernardini, for $1.6 million. Stonestreet was the leading buyer at the 2013 Keeneland January Horses of All Ages Sale with the purchase of five horses for $2.81 million. They included three mares acquired for $300,000 each: Potesta; Supreme, in foal to Giant’s Causeway; and Salty Strike.
Summer Wind Farm
Location: Georgetown, Ky. Owners: Jane and Frank Lyon Jr.
Background: Jane and Frank Lyon Jr. of Arkansas founded Summer Wind Farm in 2005. Jane often has said her husband bought the farm “because I have always dreamed of raising horses in the Bluegrass.” The Lyons developed Summer Wind into a successful commercial breeding operation with the acquisition of a number of high-profile broodmares. Among the horses Summer Wind has bred is millionaire Mission Impazible, a $200,000 graduate of the 2009 Keeneland September Yearling Sale. Jane Lyon purchased Mission Impazible’s dam, La Paz, for $1.6 million at the 2000 Keeneland November Breeding Stock Sale. The Hold Your Peace mare was in foal to Storm Cat. Summer Wind continues to acquire broodmares at Keeneland. At the 2013 January Horses of All Ages Sale, Summer Wind paid $725,000 for Princess Arabella, a stakes-winning daughter of Any Given Saturday in foal to Tapit. At Summer Wind, which covers 700 acres in Scott County, Ky., the Lyons’ daughter Karen Bailey operates a nonprofit wildlife rehabilitation center called the Kentucky Wildlife Center (kywildlife.org). The center specializes in orphan raccoons, groundhogs and skunks, and will take in other
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mammals such as deer, foxes, opossums, beavers, squirrels, chipmunks, bobcats and coyotes. Jane and Karen have written two children’s books about horses they rescued: Skipingo Home: A Thoroughbred’s Second Chance and Primerica: A Home for the Brave.
Katsumi Yoshida
Farm: Northern Farm, Hokkaido, Japan Representative: Fumihiko Nakajima Website: northernfarm.jp/english/ Background: Prominent Thoroughbred breeder and owner Katsumi Yoshida in 1994 founded Northern Farm on the island of Hokkaido in Japan. The farm is home to a number of broodmares that were extremely successful in the U.S. Among them is Horse of the Year Azeri, whom Yoshida purchased in foal to Distorted Humor for $2.25 million at the 2009 Keeneland November Breeding Stock Sale. Yoshida’s additional recent acquisitions at the November Sale include Grade 1 winner Diamondrella (GB), purchased in foal to Distorted Humor for $1.5 million in 2013; Grade 1 winner Zazu, purchased for $2.1 million in 2012; Grade 1 winner Ticker Tape (GB), purchased in foal to Giant’s Causeway for $950,000 in 2011; and Grade 1 producer Fit Right In, purchased in foal to Curlin for $1.05 million in 2010. At the Keeneland January Horses of All Ages Sale, Yoshida has made several significant purchases. They include Topliner, who was purchased in foal to Medaglia d’Oro for $1.4 million and was the highestpriced horse offered at the 2012 sale. In 2009, Yoshida paid the sale-topping price of $950,000 for Grade 1 winner Island Fashion, in foal to Ghostzapper. Yoshida is a brother of Teruya “Terry” Yoshida of Shadai Farm. Their grandfather, Zenuske Yoshida, was one of the first Japanese to import Thoroughbreds from the U.S. on a major scale. He died in 1946, leaving the family business to his son Zenya Yoshida (Terry’s father) and his two brothers. Zenya Yoshida founded Shadai in 1955.