2017 JANUARY
HORSES OF ALL AGES SALE January 9-13, 2017 MEDIA KIT
January Sale Sessions Jan. 9-13 Keeneland Sales Pavilion
1,893 horses cataloged The catalog is available on Keeneland.com. The entire sale will be streamed live on Keeneland.com. All sessions begin at 10 a.m. ET Book 1 Mon., Jan. 9 Tues., Jan. 10
Hips 1-384 Hips 385-781A (398 head)
Book 2 Wed., Jan. 11 Thurs., Jan. 12
Hips 782-1173 (392 head) Hips 1174-1549 (376 head)
Book 3 Fri., Jan. 13
Hips 1550-1892 (343 head)
Media Contacts Director of Communications Amy Gregory Cell: 859 361-3490 agregory@keeneland.com Communications Associate Amy Owens Cell: 859 421-2566 aowens@keeneland.com
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Welcome to the 2017 Keeneland January Horses of All Ages Sale
eeneland has cataloged 1,892 horses for its 59th Horses of All Ages Sale, to be held Jan. 9-13, 2017. The catalog includes 726 broodmares, 147 broodmare prospects, 732 yearlings, 280 horses of racing age and seven stallions and stallion prospects. “The January Sale traditionally is a solid market for broodmares, broodmare prospects and short yearlings, which we expect will be popular because not all buyers filled their orders when weanlings were offered at the November Breeding Stock Sale,” Keeneland Vice President of Racing and Sales Bob Elliston said. “The January Sale also affords breeders the opportunity to replenish or upgrade their broodmare bands with many quality mares in foal to top stallions and numerous young broodmare prospects from which to choose.” Yearlings representing 165 of the world’s top sires are cataloged to the 2017 January Sale, including Arch, Awesome Again, Bodemeister, Cairo Prince, Candy Ride (ARG), City Zip, Declaration of War, Dialed In, Distorted Humor, Exceed And Excel (AUS), Ghostzapper, Giant’s Causeway, Into Mischief, Kitten’s Joy, Lemon Drop Kid, Malibu Moon, Medaglia d’Oro, More Than Ready, Orb, Pioneerof the Nile, Scat Daddy, Shanghai Bobby, Tapit, Tapizar, The Factor,
Uncle Mo, Union Rags, Verrazano and Violence. Grade 1 winners in 2016 who were consigned as yearlings to the January Sale include Miss Temple City, winner of Keeneland’s Maker’s 46 Mile and Shadwell Turf Mile and the Matriarch at Del Mar on Dec. 4; Mind Your Biscuits, winner of Santa Anita’s Malibu on Dec. 26; and Practical Joke, winner of the Hopeful and Champagne in New York. Grade 3 winners Alert Bay and Noholdingback Bear were purchased as yearlings at the January Sale.
Broodmares in foal to 173 premier stallions also will be offered at the January Sale. Among the covering stallions are American Pharoah, Awesome Again, Bernardini, Bodemeister, Candy Ride (ARG), City Zip, Declaration of War, Distorted Humor, Gemologist, Ghostzapper, Honor Code, Into Mischief, Kitten’s Joy, Liam’s Map, Malibu Moon, Medaglia d’Oro, More Than Ready, Orb, Pioneer of the Nile, Shanghai Bobby, Speightstown, Tapit, Tapizar, Tonalist, Twirling Candy, Uncle Mo, Union Rags, Verrazano and Violence.
2016 January Horses of All Ages Sale Session Breakdowns
Session
Date
1
Monday
2
Tuesday
# Sold
Gross
Average
Median Million $ RNAs
RNA %
Jan. 11
182
$13,631,200
Jan. 12
193
$13,020,400
$74,897
$39,500
0
89
32.8%
87
358
$67,463
$35,000
0
68
26.1%
100
361
Subtotal 375 $26,651,600 $71,071 $35,000
0
157
Outs Cataloged
29.5% 187
Jan. 13 220 $3,817,300 $17,351 $9,000 0 67 23.3% 79 3 Wednesday
Subtotal 595 $30,468,900 $51,208 $22,000
0
224
27.4% 266
4 Thursday Jan. 14 248 $3,204,000 $12,919 $7,250 0 45 15.4% 70
Subtotal 843 $33,672,900 $39,944 $15,000
0
269
24.2% 336
5 Friday Jan. 15 197 $1,790,100 $9,087 $5,000 0 78 28.4% 73
Totals
1,040 $35,463,000 $34,099 $11,000 3
0 347
25 409
719 366 1,085 363 1,448 348 1,796
KEENELAND SALES STAFF Bob Elliston | Vice President of Racing and Sales Bob Elliston joined Keeneland in August 2016 as Vice President of Racing and Sales. He previously held the position of Executive Vice President and COO of Breeders’ Cup Limited since 2012. Keeneland’s globally significant racing and sales business lines are consolidated under Elliston to align resources, foster relationships with horsemen and continuously improve the Keeneland experience from sales ring to winner’s circle. Elliston oversees departments that provide support for racing and sales, including Broadcast Services, Communications, Marketing and Sponsorship. Prior to joining Breeders’ Cup, Elliston was President and CEO of Turfway Park. He has earned the Kentucky HBPA’s Man of the Year distinction and the Kentucky Harness Horsemen’s Presidential Award for distinguished service. Previously, he was Executive Chairman of the National Thoroughbred Racing Association Board of Directors and Treasurer of the Kentucky Equine Education Project (KEEP) Board. He also is on the boards of the Thoroughbred Aftercare Alliance, Lexington Center Corporation and LexArts. Bob and his wife, Sharon, an attorney, have two daughters, Abby and Haley.
Mark Maronde | Director of Sales Development Mark Maronde brings more than 20 years of experience in the Thoroughbred industry to the Keeneland sales team, which he joined in April 2009. He assists with recruiting and marketing efforts for the 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.
Geoffrey G. Russell | Director of Sales Operations 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 at 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), International Grading and Race Planning Advisory Committee (IRPAC), and is Chairman of the Society of International Thoroughbred Auctioneers (SITA). He is also on the board of the Grayson-Jockey Club Foundation.
Thomas J. Thornbury | Associate Director of Sales Operations 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 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 Governor 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. 4
Ryan Mahan | Director of Auctioneers 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 company in the world. Mahan initially had his own auction company but in 1977 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 inspection team for Keeneland’s September Yearling Sale.
Suzy White | Director of Sales Accounting Suzy White oversees the entire accounting process related to Keeneland sales. This includes working closely with buyers and consignors for the collection and distribution of sales proceeds. White was born in Lexington, grew up in nearby Georgetown, Ky., and has family involvement in the industry. A graduate of the University of Kentucky, she has worked at Keeneland for 23 years.
Chip McGaughey | Sales Associate Chip McGaughey joined the Keeneland sales team on Feb. 1, 2015. A graduate of the University of Kentucky, McGaughey gained experience in racing through his father, Hall of Fame trainer C.R. “Shug” McGaughey, and while working as an inaugural Brand Ambassador for America’s Best Racing, The Jockey Club’s initiative to introduce young people to the sport. McGaughey formerly was an account planner at Cornett Integrated Marketing Solutions in Lexington, where, in addition to managing the Brand Ambassador Program, he was responsible for marketing America’s Best Racing and the Keeneland sales.
Jesse Ullery | Sales Associate Jesse Ullery, who has served as a Pedigree Announcer at Keeneland sales since January 2014, joined Keeneland’s Sales Department as Sales Associate on Feb. 22, 2016. He was the director of racing at Fair Meadows and Will Rogers Downs in Oklahoma. Born in Montana and raised in Phoenix, Ullery has a family heavily involved in racing. He was introduced to the sport by his grandfather Burton Farley, a trainer in the Northwest and at Turf Paradise, and by his aunt Coralee Farley, a longtime racing official. His mother, LeAnn Hickman, works for Coady Photography. Ullery’s first involvement in equine auctions came while working in the summers at a monthly sale in Montana managed by his father, Keith Ullery. He later gained experience at Thoroughbred sales conducted by the Canadian Thoroughbred Horse Society, Heritage Place and the Ocala Breeders’ Sales Company. The PA announcer for his high school sports teams, Ullery at 19 became the track announcer at Fair Meadows in Tulsa in 2007. He was named to the same post at Will Rogers and Blue Ribbon Downs in Oklahoma the following year. 5
January Horses of All Ages Sale 59th Annual Keeneland inaugurated the January Horses of All Ages Sales in the 1950s, 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 January Horses of All Ages Sale offers a variety of racing and breeding stock, including broodmares, broodmare prospects, yearlings, racing prospects and horses of racing age, stallions and stallion prospects, and stallion shares and seasons.
Highest Prices — January Horses of All Ages Sale Broodmares Price
Horse
Pregnancy Status
Purchaser
Consignor
Year
Mackie Desert Stormer Claxton’s Slew Escena Lucky Lucky Lucky Solar Slew Irish Cherry Highest Trump Limit
(in foal to Mr. Prospector) (in foal to Kris S.) (in foal to Storm Cat) (not bred) (in foal to Northern Dancer) (in foal to Deputy Minister) (in foal to Ghostzapper) (in foal to Northern Dancer) (in foal to Boundary)
Britton House Stud Ltd. Live Oak Stud John Magnier Reynolds Bell Jr., agent Shadwell Farm Inc. Lakland LLC Southern Equine Stables Nelson Bunker Hunt Adele Dilschneider
2000 2002 2000 1999 1986 2000 2008 1984 1998
2,500,000
Sangue
(in foal to Alydar)
Heronwood Farm
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
Price
Horse
Breeding
Purchaser
Consignor
Year
$ 1,150,000
Videographic
(Mr. Prospector-Video)
W.S. Farish
1998
1,100,000 525,000 500,000 400,000
Value Plus Up Sharpen Minister Slew Sun King
(Unbridled’s Song-Roll Over Baby) (Sharpen Up-Fargaze) (Deputy Minister--Slew Boyera) (Charismatic-Clever But Costly)
Buzz Chace, agent Narvick International J.B.K. Inventure Tracy Farmer
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
Price
Horse
Breeding
Purchaser
Consignor
Year
$ 3,400,000
Inkling
(Seeking the Gold-Number)
D.L. O’Byrne
1998
Bijou Wajd Elegant As Always
(Street Sense-Please Sign In) (Northern Dancer-Dahlia) (Nashwan-Bound)
Regis Farms Darley Stud Management D.L. O’Byrne
Wasnah Upfront Paris Collection
(Nijinsky II-Highest Trump) (War Front-Up (IRE)) (Riverman-Margravine)
Shadwell Estate Co. Ltd. Solis/Litt Bloodstock Robert Bricken, agent
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 Four Star Sales, agent Nelson Bunker Hunt Dispersal
Purchaser
Consignor
Year
Merrick-Allen Douglas F. Lane, agent
Claiborne Farm Preston Madden, agent for Buffalo Lark Syndicate
1990 1983
$ 5,000,000 3,600,000 3,300,000 3,250,000 3,000,000 2,800,000 2,700,000 2,500,000 2,500,000
1988
Yearling — Colts 2002 1988 2000 2003
Yearling — Fillies 1,450,000 1,300,000 925,000 850,000 800,000 700,000
2013 1988 1998 1988 2015 1988
Stallions Price $ 265,000 100,000
Horse Lode Buffalo Lark
(Stallion prospect)
Stallion Shares Price $ 625,000 550,000 350,000 260,000
Horse, Age
Purchaser
Consignor
Year
Share in Alleged, 9
Arthur I. Appleton
1983
Share in Mr. Prospector, 11 Share in Key to the Mint, 11 Share in Sir Ivor, 16
Del and Gail Chase North Ridge Farm William M. Buckner
Ashleigh Stud, agent for J. Robert Fluor (dispersal of all breeding stock) Echo Valley Horse Farm, agent Brookmeade Stable, Hermitage Farm, agent Anderson Farms
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1981 1980 1981
Leading Buyers by Gross Year
Buyer
Virginia Kraft Payson/Payson Stud Ran Jan Racing Ben Glass, agent Stonestreet Thoroughbred Holdings Bluegrass Hall Shadai Farm Adena Springs Farm Southern Equine Stables Southern Equine Stables Hill ‘n’ Dale Bloodstock Stonewall Farm/Atoka Gulf Coast Farm Frank Stronach Blandford Bloodstock Live Oak Stud Lisa Troutt
2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001
No. Purchased 3 1 30 5 31 3 15 8 10 11 9 19 48 17 2 1
Leading Consignors by Gross Gross $1,700,000 2,200,000 1,682,000 2,810,000 1,977,000 2,280,000 1,497,200 1,700,000 3,862,000 2,939,000 2,689,000 3,417,000 3,619,500 976,300 3,960,000 1,700,000
Year
Consignor
Taylor Made Sales Agency Taylor Made Sales Agency Taylor Made Sales Agency Lane’s End Farm Taylor Made Sales Agency Three Chimneys Sales Taylor Made Sales Agency Taylor Made Sales Agency Taylor Made Sales Agency Taylor Made Sales Agency Taylor Made Sales Agency Taylor Made Sales Agency Taylor Made Sales Agency Taylor Made Sales Agency Taylor Made Sales Agency Taylor Made Sales Agency
2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001
No. Sold 92 85 99 113 48 35 89 192 128 152 134 126 137 80 84 102
Gross $4,359,500 4,639,100 4,126,200 9,298,900 3,128,500 2,964,600 3,084,200 5,665,600 6,221,480 7,550,800 10,372,100 5,508,300 7,316,000 4,064,600 10,476,800 5,218,800
Sale-Topping Horses by Year — January Horses of All Ages Sale Year Horse
Breeding
Purchaser
Consignor
Price
2016 Summer Solo (in foal to Ghostzapper) Arch-Summer Solstice (IRE) Payson Stud Denali Stud, agent for the Part Dispersal of the Estate of Sarah J. Leigh $ 700,000 2015 Up (IRE) (in foal to War Front) Galileo (IRE)-Halland Park Lass Ran Jan Racing Four Star Sales, agent 2,200,000 2014 Ponche de Leona (in foal to Ponche-Perfect and Proud Brushwood Stable Blake-Albina Thoroughbred 775,000 Distorted Humor) Services LLC, agent 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 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
2016 0 0 0 0 0 0 N/A N/A N/A 2015 1 0 1 0 0 N/A N/A N/A N/A 2014 0 0 0 0 0 N/A N/A N/A N/A 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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History of January Horses of All Ages Sale
Year
No. Sold
Broodmares* Average
Gross
No. Sold
Yearlings
Average
Gross
No. Sold
Others** Average
Gross
2016 587 $36,612 $21,491,200 403 $32,450 $13,077,400 50 $17,888 $894,400 2015 603 40,684 24,532,200 324 31,847 10,318,300 21 21,667 455,000 2014 614 46,326 28,444,300 378 31,488 11,902,400 35 19,400 679,000 2013 637 46,096 29,363,300 429 34,736 14,901,900 39 24,156 942,100 2012 590 42,619 25,145,100 367 32,585 11,958,600 46 19,309 888,200 2011 576 29,444 16,959,950 399 19,206 7,663,200 45 13,860 623,700 2010 576 27,449 15,810,800 360 21,283 7,662,000 45 9,307 418,800 2009 800 30,300 24,240,600 454 16,075 7,298,100 84 15,301 1,285,300 2008 955 55,922 53,405,600 470 32,995 15,507,800 68 22,538 1,532,600 2007 1,134 45,641 51,757,400 625 29,868 18,667,800 99 22,960 2,273,000 2006 995 55,697 55,418,000 571 26,597 15,186,600 59 26,886 1,586,300 2005 801 46,598 37,325,200 517 29,374 15,186,800 43 21,070 906,000 2004 799 46,052 36,795,800 417 28,455 11,866,000 42 16,264 683,100 2003 805 27,143 21,850,800 330 26,492 8,742,500 50 11,854 592,700 2002 617 43,246 26,682,700 289 26,155 7,558,700 32 15,088 482,800 2001 783 40,326 31,575,600 389 18,997 7,389,900 36 19,519 702,700 2000 573 76,248 43,690,200 389 23,912 9,301,800 277 28,684 7,945,500 1999 640 38,758 24,805,200 388 20,128 7,809,500 175 55,978 9,796,200 1998 640 50,988 32,632,400 366 37,386 13,683,400 154 44,474 6,849,000 1997 509 31,019 15,788,800 310 13,911 4,312,500 184 21,418 3,941,000 1996 484 41,399 20,037,100 323 21,488 6,940,600 189 17,410 3,290,400 1995 512 24,390 12,487,500 321 14,530 4,664,000 199 11,217 2,232,100 1994 386 20,823 8,037,600 278 15,691 4,362,100 185 14,206 2,628,200 1993 420 17,607 7,395,000 279 10,628 2,965,300 138 11,180 1,542,800 1992 413 26,376 10,893,600 273 15,907 4,342,500 172 22,517 3,873,000 777 18,254 14,183,300 374 8,597 3,215,300 233 20,663 4,814,400 1991 1990 438 33,601 14,717,300 253 13,648 3,453,100 151 13,386 2,021,300 1989 511 32,492 16,603,900 262 9,936 2,603,400 125 10,047 1,255,900 1988 697 58,852 41,019,800 361 39,586 14,290,500 269 41,939 11,281,700 1987 336 33,395 11,220,700 191 11,391 2,175,600 117 12,203 1,427,700 1986 376 43,493 16,353,400 167 14,643 2,445,400 109 12,692 1,383,400 1985 295 45,859 13,528,300 141 13,772 1,941,800 133 33,208 4,416,700 1984 397 51,062 20,271,700 142 14,922 2,118,900 116 19,204 2,227,700 1983 374 43,617 16,312,600 99 17,222 1,705,000 92 41,214 3,791,700 1982 465 45,697 21,249,300 175 10,461 1,830,700 181 10,111 1,830,100 16,762,800 181 12,566 2,274,500 335 10,089 3,379,900 1981 500 33,526 1980 440 28,692 12,624,300 155 14,124 2,189,200 226 15,849 3,581,900 1979 369 17,282 6,736,900 167 7,534 1,258,100 230 6,989 1,607,500 1978 405 12,334 4,995,300 153 6,154 941,500 252 7,098 1,788,700 1977 280 11,769 3,295,400 108 4,374 472,400 182 7,319 1,332,000 1976 326 9,371 3,054,800 142 4,256 604,300 191 4,563 871,600 1975 396 8,341 3,303,200 191 4,176 797,600 191 3,980 760,100 1974 296 9,223 2,730,100 167 3,227 538,900 204 4,408 899,200 1973 264 8,434 2,226,700 177 3,979 704,300 216 4,127 891,500 1972 233 7,711 1,796,800 141 3,935 554,900 162 5,526 895,250 1971 178 5,152 917,100 77 3,864 297,600 94 3,059 287,500 1970 295 8,170 2,410,200 113 3,918 442,700 145 5,862 850,000 1969 177 7,184 1,271,500 109 2,391 260,600 126 2,629 331,200 1968 218 4,695 1,023,600 122 1,707 208,300 162 2,737 443,400 1967 249 10,380 2,585,200 117 4,258 498,200 136 3,358 456,700 1966 247 4,118 1,017,100 103 1,447 149,000 147 3,405 500,600 1965 162 6,195 1,003,600 78 3,824 298,300 114 2,368 270,000 1964 106 5,167 547,700 16 1,325 21,200 80 3,961 316,900 1963 96 1,984 190,500 61 1,166 71,100 71 1,745 123,900 1962 125 5,861 733,000 58 3,322 192,700 59 1,636 96,500 1961 42 9,960 418,300 22 6,573 144,600 26 5,115 133,000 1957 50 7,758 387,900 30 6,847 205,400 8 3,413 27,300 1956 23 30,239 695,500 16 14,287 228,600
* For 2001-2016, figures include broodmare prospects and racing or broodmare prospects. ** For 2001-2016, figures include stallions, stallion prospects and racing or stallion prospects.
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History of January Horses of All Ages Sale Year
Stallion Gross for Stallion Seasons/ Shares/Seasons/ Totals — Horses No. Shares Breeding Rights Breeding Rights No. Sold Average Median Gross Cataloged
2016 2015 2014 — — — 2013 — — — 2012 — — — 2011 1 — $3,500 2010 1 — 3,500 2009 — — — 2008 — — — 2007 4 — 170,000 2006 3 1 154,200 2005 — — — 2004 — 2 17,700 2003 — — — 2002 1 — 1,200 2001 — — — 2000 2 — 13,700 1999 — — — 1998 1 — 1,000 1997 — — — 1996 3 — 7,000 1995 — — — 1994 3 — 9,400 1993 3 — 15,500 1992 3 1 39,700 1991 6 — 24,700 1990 4 — 72,500 1989 8 1 134,000 1988 12 — 102,900 1987 12 3 905,800 1986 11 — 247,900 1985 21 — 464,600 1984 38 — 974,200 1983 36 — 2,527,400 1982 39 — 2,008,500 58 — 2,782,600 1981 1980 34 — 1,322,000 1979 32 — 227,900 1978 31 — 424,800 1977 17 — 108,700 1976 31 — 431,000 1975 20 — 193,000 1974 11 — 69,800 1973 7 2 27,100 1972 7 — 67,000 1971 9 — 53,100 1970 29 — 663,100 1969 — — — 1968 — — — 1967 — — — 1966 — — — 1965 — — — 1964 — — — 1963 — — — 1962 — — — 1961 — — — 1957 — — — 1956 — — —
1,040 948 1,027 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
$34,099 37,242 39,947 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
Horses and shares which failed to meet their reserve bid not included in totals after 1984.
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$11,000 16,000 20,000 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 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
$35,463,000 1,796 35,305,500 1,610 41,025,700 1,590 45,207,300 1,893 37,991,900 1,594 25,246,850 1,827 23,891,600 1,753 32,824,000 2,387 70,446,000 2,548 72,698,200 2,933 72,174,900 2,508 53,418,000 2,073 49,344,900 1,916 31,186,000 1,905 34,688,000 1,388 39,657,700 1,991 60,937,500 1,852 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
Total Lots Sold 1,040 948 1,027 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
$35,463,000 35,305,500 41,025,700 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
JANUARY SALES GRADUATES — Stakes Winners Sold as Yearlings 2011–2015 2016 stakes winners are listed in bold Horse
GSW Breeding
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Price Buyer
Alert Bay G2* City Zip-Hickory (CHI) $65,000 Ardmore Bay Bluegrass Cat-Collar $14,500 Awesome Slate Summer Bird-Awesome Chic $3,000 Bailoutbobby G2 Mizzen Mast-Ride Her Out $10,000 Ball Dancing G1 Exchange Rate-Ball Gown $55,000 Bears’way Tizway-Grand Traverse Bay $50,000 Be Proud Proud Citizen-Wild and Proud $35,000 Bern Identity G2 Bernstein-Maddalena $43,000 Birdatthewire G1* Summer Bird-My Limit $22,000 Call Me George G2 Point Given-Sassy Chimes $4,500 Cairo Prince G2* Pioneerof the Nile-Holy Bubbette $200,000 Cajun Schill Artie Schiller-Miss Louisiana $31,000 Candip Candy Ride (ARG)-Indefinable $8,500 Catapult Kitten’s Joy-Gata Bella $235,000 Ciao Bella Luna G2 Tribal Rule-Shadow of the Moon $6,500 Code Warrior Society’s Chairman-Lady Natalie $6,000 Concave G2 Colonel John-Galadriel $90,000 Concord Fast Concord Point-S. L. Tompkins $9,500 Conquest Boogaloo Scat Daddy-Jules Best $190,000 G2 Scat Daddy-Hangingbyamoment $150,000 Conquest Daddyo Conquest Harlanate G2* Harlan’s Holiday-Allison’s Pride $75,000 Conquest Strate Up Not Bourbon-Deputy $6,000 Crushed It Petionville-Enduring Charm $14,000 Disco Barbie Pure Prize-Cimmaron Lady $15,000 Dreamarcher Archarcharch-Dream Luck $22,000 El Jader Thewayyouare-Awesome Deduction $1,500 El Kurdo G2 Giacomo-Stormy Tuesday $3,500 Exaggerated Blame-Miz United States $170,000 Far Right G3 Notional-Zindi $2,500 Fashion Alert G3 Old Fashioned-Titan Queen $25,000 Fast N Fine Lookin Forestry-Somethingintheway $15,000 Fioretti G2 Bernardini-Move Clickly $92,000 Five Iron G3* Sharp Humor-Tee Off $17,000 Full Salute Speightstown-Mazucambera $130,000 Henny Hughes-Judy Soda $14,000 Germaniac Hardest Core G1 Hard Spun-Lilybuster $70,000 Hold the Giant Hold Me Back-Won by a Pole $2,500 I’m Mom’s Favorite Indian Charlie-Charming Toutsie $95,000 Kristofferson Rock Hard Ten-Celaeno (FR) $22,000 Mecke’s Madalyn Desert Party-Royal Mecke $22,000 Miss Temple City G1* Temple City-Glittering Tax $10,000 G1* Posse-Jazzmane $47,000 Mind Your Biscuits Ms Locust Point Dialed In-Whisper Number $17,000 Noholdingback Bear G3 Put It Back-Pleasant Quality $25,000 Party Boat Into Mischief-Pavati $52,000 Practical Joke G1* Into Mischief-Halo Humor $135,000 Midnight Lute-Silver Chieftress $65,000 Pricelesscommodity Queen Pearl G1 Stephen Got Even-Spinalong $4,000 Redstart Blame-Absolute Nectar $150,000 Sheza Smoke Show G3 Wilko-Avery Hall $25,000 Steel King G3 Rockport Harbor-Winner Takes All $20,000 Tizgorgeous Tizdejavu-Ayla $6,500 Toast of New York G2 Thewayyouare-Claire Soleil $35,000 Tower of Texas G2 Street Sense-Rare Opportunity $195,000 Underwood Old Fashioned-Exotic Wishes $37,000 Wait N C Spring Spring At Last-Ready Golden Girl $30,000 Why Two Bob and John-Maria’s Legend $19,000
Consignor
ARB, agent Three Chimneys Sales, agent RNA James B. Keogh, agent Brookstone Farm James B. Keogh, agent Bortolazzo Stable Hidden Brook, agent Pegasus Farm, agent Hidden Brook, agent Bear Stables Ltd. Hunter Valley Farm, agent Machmer Hall & Partners Idle Hour Farm, agent Dundrum Farm Paramount Sales, agent RNA Pauls Mill, agent Sunny Oak Farm Margaux Farm, agent Vinery Bloodstock St. George Sales, agent & Whisper Hill Farm Patrice Miller/EQB Denali Stud, agent Thumbs Up Farm Taylor Made Sales Agency, agent Philip Blake Castle Park Farm, agent RNA Havens Bloodstock Agency, agent Mal McGuire Shannondoe Farm, agent Vinery Bloodstock, agent Elm Tree Farm, agent C.W. Davis Romans Racing & Sales, agent Julie Cauthen, agent Taylor Made Sales Agency, agent Springhouse Farm Shannondoe Farm, agent Black Hawk Stables Four Star Sales, agent Atlantic Bloodstock Hunter Valley Farm, agent RNA Margaux Farm, agent Dundrum Farm Hartwell Farm Thomas Kutsukow Warrendale Sales, agent Comotu Eres Stable Four Star Sales, agent Spiderman Stables Taylor Made Sales Agency, agent Glencrest Farm Bluewater Sales, agent Jon Jazdzewski Darby Dan Farm, agent for Nossab LLC RNA Taylor Made Sales Agency, agent Sugar Valley Farm Hermitage Farm, agent John Gunther James M. Herbener Jr, agent Fred M. Allor Blackburn Farm, agent Tristan de Meric, agent Lakland Sales Imagine Four Star Sales, agent RNA Bluegrass Thoroughbred Services, agent Bling Bling Farm Trackside Farm, agent RNA Eaton Sales, agent RNA Darby Dan Farm, agent RNA Brookdale Sales, agent RNA Three Chimneys Sales, agent Machmer Hall Allied Bloodstock, agent Barzini Syndicate Paramount Sales, agent Bear Stables Ltd. Denali Stud, agent Solis/Litt Taylor Made Sales Agency, agent Clear Ridge Stables Vinery Sales, agent RNA Hill ‘n’ Dale Sales Agency, agent Brenda Steele Mill Ridge Sales, agent Kirkwood Stables, agent Sheppell Thoroughbreds, agent Our Stable Pope McLean, agent Sugar Valley Partners Frankfort Park Farm, agent RNA Scott Mallory, agent T. Hyde Hunter Valley Farm, agent for Ashleigh Stud Scott and Evan Dilworth Anderson Farms RNA Burleson Farms, agent H. Allen Poindexter Paramount Sales, agent RNA Dromoland Farm, agent 10
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Denali Stud
Location: Paris, Ky. Owners: Craig and Holly Bandoroff Website: denalistud.com Background: Craig and Holly Bandoroff’s Denali Stud sold 40 horses for $2,648,800 at Keeneland’s 2016 January Horses of All Ages Sale to be the sale’s third-leading consignor. Its high seller was Craig Bandoroff the $700,000 sale-topper, Summer Solo, in foal to Ghostzapper. Payson Stud acquired the daughter of Arch. Denali consigned the mare as agent for the Part Dispersal of the Estate of Sarah J. Leigh. The Bandoroffs have operated Denali Stud near Paris, Ky., since 1990. 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 industry. The Bandoroffs each gained experience working in various bloodstock and sales capacities, and the name of their operation is derived from the name given by the Eskimos to Mt. McKinley and means “the great one.” Denali has had success at other Keeneland sales. 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. Another notable sale for Denali occurred at Keeneland’s 2015 November Breeding Stock Sale, where it consigned Grade 1 winner Photo Call (IRE) by Galileo (IRE). Photo Call sold to Crupi’s New Castle for $3 million, the third-highest price of the auction. During Keeneland’s 2016 Fall Meet, Photo Call won the First Lady (G1) for Teresa Viola Racing Stables. Other 2016 graded stakes Denali consigned to Keeneland sales were five graduates of the September Sale: Grade 1 winners Constellation, Curalina and Melatonin; Grade 2 winner Made You Look; and Grade 3 winner Holy Lute. Denali also consigned 14 Hands
Winery Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies (G1) winner Champagne Room and Grade 2 winner Laoban as weanlings to the November Sale.
Denali consigned 2016 Grade 3 winner Noholdingback Bear as a yearling to the 2014 January Sale. He was purchased by Bear Stables for $25,000.
Eaton Sales Location: Lexington Owner: Reiley McDonald Sales Coordinator: Shanon Levering Website: eatonsales.com Background: Reiley McDonald purchased Eaton Sales from its founder, the late Lee Eaton, in the 1990s. In 2016, Eaton Sales was among the leading consignors to Keeneland’s January Horses of All Ages Sale, selling 26 horses for $1,094,700.
Reiley McDonald
In 2000, Eaton Sales, agent, sold the highest-priced horse in the history of the January Sale when Britton House Stud Ltd. paid $5 million for Grade 3 winner Mackie. The daughter of Summer Squall out of Broodmare of the Year Glowing Tribute, dam of Kentucky Derby (G1) winner Sea Hero, was sold in foal to Mr. Prospector. Among the Eaton Sales graduates of Keeneland auctions are 2016 Grade 1 winners Cavorting and Illuminant and Grade/ Group 3 winners California Music and Nemoralia. Eaton consigned Cavorting and Nemoralia as weanlings to the November Breeding Stock Sale and Illuminant and California Music to the September Yearling Sale. At the 2015 November Sale, Eaton Sales sold a weanling filly for $3.2 million, a North American record price for a weanling. Now named Lady Take Charge, the daughter of War Front is out of multiple Grade 1 winner Take Charge Lady, dam of champion Will Take Charge and Grade 1 winner Take Charge Indy and second dam of champion Take Charge Brandi. Lady Take Charge was purchased by Mandy Pope’s Whisper Hill Farm. Eaton Sales, agent, paid $4.2 million for Take Charge Lady, in foal to Seeking the Gold, at the 2004 November Sale. Eaton bred Will Take Charge and Take Charge Indy and consigned them to the September Sale. 11
A Maryland native, McDonald holds a degree in animal sciences from Cornell University and worked at various Maryland race tracks as an exercise rider and assistant trainer. He was an officer at another Thoroughbred auction house prior to buying Eaton Sales. McDonald is a Keeneland Director.
Four Star Sales Partners: Kerry Cauthen (Managing Partner), John T.L. Jones Jr., Dan Kenny Director of Sales: Ashley Bradshaw Sales & Bloodstock Consultant: Tony Lacy Location: Lexington Website: fourstarsales.com Background: Four Star Sales was one of the leading consignors at Keeneland’s 2016 January Horses of All Ages Sale, selling 45 horses for $1,028,600. Its top-priced horse was a yearling filly by Bernardini filly purchased by Springhouse Farm for $165,000. At the 2015 January Sale, Four Stars was the second-leading Kerry Cauthen consignor, selling 41 horses for $3,873,700. Among them were the auction’s two highest-priced offerings. Four Stars sold the $2.2 million sale-topper, Up (IRE), a daughter of Galileo (IRE) in foal to War Front, to Ran Jan Racing (Robert Naify) and Jan Vandebos. It sold Up’s yearling filly by War Front to Solis/Litt for $800,000. The filly is now named Upfront. Several of Four Stars’ Keeneland sales graduates became 2016 stakes winners. They include Grade 1 winners Al’s Gal, Bradester and Haveyougoneaway and English Group 2 winner Roly Poly. In 2002, Kerry Cauthen, John T.L. Jones Jr., Dan Kenny and the late David Greathouse founded Four Stars. Cauthen serves as Managing Partner of the operation. Cauthen is a third-generation Kentucky horseman whose brothers are Racing Hall of Fame jockey Steve Cauthen and bloodstock adviser Doug Cauthen. An attorney, Kerry Cauthen 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, continued on page 12
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continued September Yearling Sale. Since then, he has campaigned more than 165 stakes winners and bred more than 300 stakes winners, including Horses of the Year Mineshaft (2003) and A.P. Indy (1992). Farish won the Eclipse Award as leading breeder in 1992 and 1999.
John T.L. Jones III, and Robert Trussell and remains involved with the farm as Director Emeritus. 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.
James B. Keogh (Grovendale) Owners: James B. Keogh Location: Versailles, Ky. Background: At the 2016 Keeneland January Horses of All Ages Sale, James B. Keogh (Grovendale) sold 41 horses for $1,070,500. Keogh’s highest-priced James B. Keogh horse was the Empire Maker mare Team, who sold in foal to Malibu Moon for $300,000. The buyer was Three Chimneys, agent for Repole Stables. Keogh, a native of Ireland, came to the U.S. in 1982 and worked at Gainesway for eight years before launching Grovendale His career in the Thoroughbred industry includes partnering with Jim Fitzgerald on Fitzgerald/Keogh Sales Agency. Among the 2016 stakes winners sold by Keogh at Keeneland sales are Grade 1 winner Giulia and Grade 3 winners Bellamy V. and Thatlookonyourface. At recent Keeneland sales, Keogh has been the buying agent for Evelyn Benoit, who has been acquiring mares to breed to her Louisiana-bred champion and Louisiana sire, Star Guitar. Keogh’s wife is Anne M. Eberhardt, an award-winning photographer for The BloodHorse.
Will Farish
Bill Farish
Lane’s End Location: Versailles, Ky. Principals: William S. Farish and his son, Bill Website: lanesend.com Background: Will Farish and his son, Bill, operate Lane’s End, which 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. In 2010, Lane’s End, agent, sold the January Sale-topper, Miss Isella, for $1.08 million. Adena Springs bought the daughter of Silver Charm. In 2016, Lane’s End’s high seller at the January Sale was Conquest Harlanate, a daughter of Harlan’s Holiday. She sold to Shimokobe Farm for $450,000. During the auction, Lane’s End sold a total of 47 horses for $2,873,700 to be the sale’s second-leading consignor by gross sales. Notable 2016 stakes winners consigned by Lane’s End to Keeneland’s September Yearling Sale include Dancing Rags, a daughter of Lane’s End stallion Union Rags who won the Darley Alcibiades (G1) at Keeneland. Other stakes winners last year included Grade 1 winner Too Much Tip; Grade 2 winners Family Tree, Nonna Mela, Stanford and Taareef; and Grade 3 winners Confrontation, Fair Point, Journey Home, Tonopah, Valid and Zipessa. During Keeneland’s 2016 November Breeding Stock Sale, Lane’s End was agent for the Complete Dispersal of Conquest Stables. The dispersal sold 100 horses for $11,207,500. At $1.5 million, its high seller was Grade 1 winner My Conquestadory, in foal to Tapit. She was purchased by SF Bloodstock and Newgate Farm. A lifelong horseman, Will Farish bought his first Thoroughbred at the 1963 Keeneland 12
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, home to 15 stallions, covers more than 2,300 acres in Woodford County, Ky., and leases another 1,000 acres in Fayette County known as its Oak Tree Division. The farm has welcomed such guests as President George H.W. Bush, his son, President George W. Bush, and Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II.
Mill Ridge Sales Location: Lexington Managing Partner: Headley Bell Website: millridge.com Background: Mill Ridge Sales is a division of Dr. John and Alice Chandler’s Mill Ridge Farm, located not far from Keeneland. Since April 2008, Alice Chandler’s son Headley Bell has managed day-to-day operations of the farm.
Headley Bell
At the 2016 Keeneland January Horses of All Ages Sale, Mill Ridge Sales sold 23 horses for $1,539,500. Its high seller was Roan Inish, a daughter of Elusive Quality in foal to Arch. Star Guitar Inc. purchased Roan Inish for $500,000. Among the 2016 stakes winners sold by Mill Ridge Sales at Keeneland auctions are Grade 2 winners Lewis Bay and Scuba and Grade 3 winner Bitumen. In 1979, Bell founded Nicoma Bloodstock, the consulting arm of Mill Ridge Farm. 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 a co-founder of Keeneland and its first President.) Nicoma
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produced five stakes winners, and her sale enabled Chandler to develop Mill Ridge into a top breeding and sales operation. Bell’s son Price Bell Jr. assists his father in Nicoma and Mill Ridge Sales. The younger Bell, a graduate of Vanderbilt University with a degree in economics, was active in the founding of Horse Country, an online central booking agency that enables people to tour Thoroughbred farms and other equine businesses in Central Kentucky. 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, Alice Chandler received the Eclipse Award of Merit for a lifetime of outstanding achievement in Thoroughbred racing.
vice operation, Foxtale Farm. Costello and Duignan first became partners when they created a successful pinhooking operation called “The Lads.” Paramount sold the 2006 January Saletopper, Girl Warrior, for $1 million. The daughter of Elusive Quality was purchased by Northwest Farms.
Other 2016 other graded stakes winners sold by Paramount at Keeneland sales were Grade 1 winners Brody’s Cause, Gormley and V. I. P. Zone and Grade 3 winner Dark Nile. Another major winner sold by Paramount at Keeneland was Sir Dudley Digges, who won the Queen’s Plate, Canada’s most prestigious race.
Taylor Made Sales Agency
Gabriel Duignan
Paramount Sales LLC Location: Lexington Owners: Pat Costello (Managing Officer) and Gabriel Duignan Website: paramountsales.net Background: At the 2016 Keeneland January Horses of All Ages Sale, Paramount Sales sold 50 horses for $1,148,900. At $180,000, its high seller was the Stormy Atlantic filly Windy Forecast purchased by Rick Grimes as a racing or broodmare prospect. Paramount Sales was founded in 2001 by Irishmen Pat Costello and Gabriel Duignan. Costello moved to Central Kentucky in the early 1980s, first developing and managing Crescent Hill Farm. From there he opened 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 full-ser-
Mark Taylor
Frank Taylor
Ben Taylor
In 2013, Paramount consigned the weanling Nyquist to Keeneland’s November Breeding Stock Sale. Nyquist became the champion 2-year-old male of 2015 and won last year’s Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands (G1).
Location: Nicholasville, Ky. Owners: Duncan, Ben, Frank and Mark Taylor; Pat Payne Website: taylormadefarm.com Pat Costello
Duncan Taylor
Background: Taylor Made Sales Agency was the leading consignor at the 2016 Keeneland January Horses of All Ages Sale, selling 92 horses for $4,359,500. The highestpriced member of its consignment was Bahnah, a daughter of Elusive Quality cataloged as a racing or broodmare prospect. She sold for $285,000 to Brookdale, agent. Taylor Made has ranked as the January Sale’s leading consignor 14 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 1976, Taylor Made was founded as a boarding operation by Duncan Taylor, the eldest son of noted horseman Joe Taylor who at the time was 19. Joe Taylor, an acknowledged authority on Thoroughbred breeding, developed John Gaines’ Gainesway Farm into a leading stallion farm during his 40year management. Taylor Made quickly evolved into a fullservice breeding and sales facility and now covers more than 1,600 acres. Duncan serves as the operation’s president and CEO. He is 13
joined by his brothers Ben (vice president of stallions), Frank (vice president of boarding) and Mark (vice president of marketing and public sales). Pat Payne (vice president of sales) is also a partPat Payne ner. The farm is home to six stallions and will add Horse of the Year California Chrome to its roster after his racing career. 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 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 paid for a horse at any Keeneland sale. Among the successful horses of 2016 sold at Keeneland by Taylor Made is Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf (G1) winner New Money Honey. Taylor Made consigned the filly by Medaglia d’Oro to the 2015 September Sale, where she was purchased by Mike Ryan, agent, for $450,000. Other 2016 graded stakes winners consigned to Keeneland sales by Taylor Made are Grade 1 winner Union Strike; Grade/ Group 2 winners Boynton, Destin, Mokat, Rocketazo and Venus Valentine; and Grade/ Group 3 winners American Patriot, Cactus Kris, Cover Song, Dark Nile, Eskenformoney, Hathal, Mrs McDougal, Rocket Heat, Theory and Wellabled.
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