2013 January Horses of All Ages Sale Media Kit

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2013 January Horses of All Ages Sale January 7-11, 2013 MEDIA KIT


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2013 January Horses of All Ages Sale January 7-11, 2013 History

January Sale Sessions January 7-11, 2013 All sessions start at 10:00 a.m. (ET) Keeneland Sales Pavilion 1,893 hips cataloged Book 1 Monday, January 7 Tuesday, January 8

Hips 1–386 Hips 387–767

Book 2 Wednesday, January 9 Thursday, January 10

Hips 768–1150 Hips 1151–1534

Book 3 Friday, January 11

Hips 1535–1893

Sales Coverage A PDF file of the 2013 January Horses of All Ages Sale catalog is available at www.keeneland.com/ sales. Keeneland will stream the entire sale at www.keeneland.com/sales. Media Contacts Amy Gregory

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Julie Balog

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top stallions as Arch, Awesome Again, Bernardini, Blame, Broken Vow, Candy Ride (ARG), Cape Blanco (IRE), Curlin, Distorted Humor, Drosselmeyer, Elusive Quality, Eskendereya, Ghostzapper, Giant’s Causeway, Hard Spun, Harlan’s Holiday, Henrythenavigator, Indian Charlie, Kitten’s Joy, Lemon Drop Kid, Lookin At Lucky, Majestic Warrior, Malibu Moon, Medaglia d’Oro, More Than Ready, Pulpit, Quality Road, Scat Daddy, Speightstown, Street Cry (IRE), Tapit, Tiz Wonderful, Tiznow, Trappe Shot, Unbridled’s Song, Uncle Mo and Zenzational.

Keeneland inaugurated the January Horses of All Ages Sale more than fifty years ago, conducting the first editions 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, stallions and stallion prospects, and stallion shares and seasons.

Fares Farm Dispersal Featured Among 1,893 Lots Cataloged for 2013 January Sale

Among the recent January Sale alumni are such graded stakes winners as Love Theway Youare (2012 Vanity H.-G1); Willy Beamin (2012 Foxwoods King’s Bishop S.-G1); Bern Identity (2012 Sanford S.-G2); Twilight Eclipse (2012 W.L. McKnight H.-G2); Joyful Victory (2011 Fantasy S.-G2 and 2012 Tiffany Lass S.); Stunning Stag (2011 Vigil S.-G3 and 2012 Ontario Jockey Club S.); Two Months Rent (2012 Hawthorne Derby-G3); Unbridled’s Note (2012 Eddie D S.-G3); and Ollie Olga (2012 Whiteley Clinic Prestige S.-G3).

Keeneland has cataloged 1,893 lots for its 2013 January Horses of All Ages Sale, to be held January 7-11. The January Sale will feature the complete dispersal of Issam Fares’ Fares Farm. The 80-horse consignment will be highlighted by Canadian champion Embur’s Song, in foal to Giant’s Causeway; Deputy Saint, a half-sister to two-time Horse of the Year Curlin, in foal to Lemon Drop Kid; and a yearling half-sister to Curlin by Distorted Humor. Lane’s End Farm will act as agent for the dispersal.

Comprising the 1,893 lots cataloged are 832 broodmares and broodmare prospects, 731 yearlings, 327 horses of racing age, two stallions and one share in Corinthian.

Keeneland will offer broodmares in foal to, and yearlings represented by, such

2012 January Horses of All Ages Sale Session Breakdowns

Session

Date

1

Monday

Jan. 9

2

Subtotal

Tuesday

Jan. 10

# Sold

Gross

Average

209

$13,932,200

$66,661

Median Million $ RNAs $32,000

1

80

209

$13,932,200

$66,661

$32,000

1

278

$16,183,100

$58,213

$27,000

0

Subtotal

487 $30,115,300 $61,838 $30,000

1

3.

263

0

Wednesday

Jan. 11

$4,255,900

$16,182

$7,500

Subtotal

750 $34,371,200 $45,828 $20,000

1

4

253

0

Thursday

Jan. 12

$3,620,700

$14,311

$8,500

27.6%

102

391

80

28%

102

391

52

15.7%

59

389

132 55 187 60

Subtotal

1,003 $37,991,900 $37,878 $15,000

1

247

1,003

1

247

Total

$37,991,900

$37,878

3

$15,000

RNA % Outs Cataloged

21% 161 17.3%

91

20% 252 19.1%

92

20% 344 19.7%

344

780 409 1,189 405 1,594 1,594


Keeneland Sales Staff Walt Robertson | Vice President of Sales

formerly served on the board of the Kentucky Thoroughbred Association and Kentucky Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders.

Walt Robertson, a long-time 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 also 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.

Ryan Mahan | Senior Auctioneer 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 ‘80s, he succeeded the late Tom Caldwell in 2001 as senior auctioneer. Mahan also serves on the inspection team for Keeneland’s September Yearling Sale.

Geoffrey G. Russell | Director of Sales 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 United States in 1982, first working at Fasig-Tipton Sales and then Elmendorf Farm. He returned to FasigTipton as Vice President of FasigTipton 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 Foundation.

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 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.

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, Mayer is a 2008 Magna Cum Laude graduate of Transylvania University, where he earned a B.A. in Finance and French.

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 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 4


January Horses of All Ages Sale 55th Annual Keeneland inaugurated the January Horses of All Ages Sale 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 January Horses of All Ages 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 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

Year 2000 2002 2000 1999 1986 2000 2008 1984 1998

Consignor 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

Year 1998

Consignor Claiborne Farm, agent for the Complete Dispersal of Claiborne Farm and Nicole Perry Gorman 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

Year 1998

Consignor Claiborne Farm Preston Madden, agent for Buffalo Lark Syndicate

Year 1990 1983

Consignor Ashleigh Stud, agent for J. Robert Fluor (dispersal of all breeding stock) Echo Valley Horse Farm, agent Brookmeade Stable, Hermitage Farm, agent Anderson Farms

Year 1983

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

2002 1988 2000 2003

Yearling — Fillies Price Horse Breeding Purchaser $ 3,400,000 Inkling (Seeking the Gold–Number) D.L. O’Byrne $ 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

1988 1998 1988 1988

Stallions Price Horse $ 265,000 Lode (Stallion prospect) $ 100,000 Buffalo Lark

Purchaser Merrick–Allen Douglas F. Lane, agent

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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1981 1980 1981


History of January Horses of All Ages Sale Broodmares Yearlings

Others

Year Number Average Gross Number Average Gross Number Average Gross 2012 375 $46,279 $17,354,700 367 $32,585 $11,958,600 261 $33,251 $8,678,600 2011 338 25,518 8,625,000 398 19,179 7,633,200 285 31,551 8,992,150 2010 575 27,458 15,788,800 360 21,341 7,682,800 46 9,130 420,000 2009 800 30,300 24,240,600 454 16,075 7,298,100 84 15,301 1,285,300 2008 938 56,594 53,085,600 470 32,995 15,507,800 85 21,795 1,852,600 2007 1,135 45,603 51,760,400 625 29,868 18,667,800 98 23,163 2,270,000 2006 994 55,736 55,402,000 571 26,590 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 616 43,259 26,647,700 289 26,154 7,558,700 31 15,535 481,600 2001 763 41,073 31,339,400 389 18,997 7,389,900 55 16,880 928,400 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 1991 777 18,254 14,183,300 374 8,597 3,215,300 233 20,663 4,814,400 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 1981 500 33,526 16,762,800 181 12,566 2,274,500 335 10,089 3,379,900 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 6


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 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

1,003 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

$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 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 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —

$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 which failed to meet their reserve bid not included in totals after 1984. 7

— $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

Grand Total

1,003 $ 37,991,900 1,021 25,250,350 982 23,895,100 1,338 32,824,000 1,493 70,446,000 1,862 72,868,200 1,628 72,329,100 1,361 53,418,000 1,260 49,362,600 1,185 31,186,000 937 34,689,200 1,207 39,657,700 1,241 60,951,200 1,203 42,410,900 1,160 53,164,800 1,003 24,042,300 999 30,275,100 1,032 19,383,600 852 15,037,300 840 11,918,600 862 19,148,800 1,390 22,237,700 846 20,264,200 907 20,597,200 1,339 66,694,900 659 15,729,800 663 20,430,100 590 20,351,400 693 25,592,500 601 24,336,700 860 26,918,600 1,074 25,199,800 855 19,717,400 798 9,470,400 841 8,150,300 587 5,208,500 690 4,961,700 799 5,054,400 678 4,238,000 666 3,849,600 543 3,313,900 358 1,555,300 582 4,366,000 412 1,863,300 502 1,675,300 502 3,470,500 497 1,666,700 354 1,571,900 202 885,800 228 385,500 242 1,022,200 90 695,900 88 620,600 39 924,100


Leading Buyers by Gross Year

Buyer

Year

Consignor

2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001

No. Purchased

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

31 3 15 8 10 11 9 19 48 17 2 1

Gross

$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

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Leading Consignors by Gross

Katsumi Yoshida paid a sale-topping $1.4 million for Topliner, dam of Grade 1 stakes winner Star Billing, at the 2012 January Sale.

2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001

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

No. Sold 48 35 89 192 128 152 134 126 137 80 84 102

Gross

$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

Sales Topping Horses By Year — January Horses of All Ages Sale Year Horse

Breeding

Purchaser

Consignor

Price

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

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 8


January Sales Graduates — Stakes Winners Sold as Yearlings 2007–2012 Horse

GSW Breeding

Price Buyer

Consignor

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 Be a Ginny Freud–Just a Ginny $6,500 J. Adalberto Roig Jr. Burleson Farms LLC, agent 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 Cumulonimble Stormy Atlantic–Crown Gulch $27,000 RNA Eaton Sales, agent 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 for Penn Sales, agent Hillaire Racing Elusive Noise Elusive Quality–Noisette $110,000 Lane’s End Bloodstock Taylor Made Sales Agency, agent Flashpoint G2* Pomeroy–Two Punch Lil $115,000 Foxtale Farm Legacy Bloodstock, agent Frontside War Front-Azarba $15,000 Jacoda Stables Viking Stud, agent Heart of a King Lion Heart–Saintlike $75,000 Athens Woods LLC Hunter Valley Farm, agent Hogy Offlee Wild–Floy $17,000 Halvorson Bloodstock, agent Care Brook Farm, agent Holly’s Way Seattle Fitz (ARG)–Cream Rises $17,000 RNA Beau Lane Bloodstock Hotlantic Stormy Atlantic–Chinook Gale $37,000 RNA James M. Herbener Jr., agent Joyful Victory G2* 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 Laureate Conductor Bernstein–Lavender Baby $30,000 Castleton Lyons Taylor Made Sales Agency, agent Legally Blanca Northern Afleet–Wishful Legacy $34,000 RNA Bluegrass Thoroughbred Services Inc, agent for Mueller Farms Inc Lou’s Angel Cactus Ridge-Natural Genius $1,200 Jerry Rowe Four Star Sales, agent Love Theway Youare 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 Mr. Rod G3 Scrimshaw–Call Her Clever $6,700 RNA Legacy Bloodstock, agent Nechez Dawn Indian Charlie-Valid Annie $7,000 RNA Warrendale Sales, agent for Hargus & Sandra Sexton and Pauls Mill One Smokin’ Lady Smoke Glacken–Pieria $97,000 Ted Campion/Dundrum Farm Walnut Green, agent 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 Proud Jefe Proud Citizen–Beseige $19,000 RNA Liberty Bloodstock, 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 Sugar Mom Monarchos–Plenty of Sugar $11,000 Bowling & Branham Claiborne Farm, agent for Complete Estate Dispersal of F. Eugene Dixon Jr. 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 West Side Bernie G3 Bernstein–Time Honored $62,000 Indian Hill Farm Hill ‘n’ Dale Sales Agency, agent Willy Beamin G1 Suave-Big Tease $3,000 John Little Three Chimneys Sales, agent

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Prominent January Sale Consignors Denali Stud

Location: Paris, Kentucky Owners: Craig and Holly Bandoroff Website: www.denalistud.com Background: Craig and Holly Bandoroff’s Denali Stud near Paris, Kentucky, is one of the Thoroughbred industry’s leading bloodstock consignors. Craig Bandoroff was a jockey in New Jersey Craig Bandoroff 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 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 September Sale; and Colourful Score, a colt by Storm Cat, for $3.5 million, at the 2005 September Sale. Denali sold champion Uncle Mo for $160,000 as a weanling at the 2008 November Sale.

Eaton Sales

Location: Lexington, Kentucky 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 deReiley McDonald gree 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 2009/2010 sold 205 horses for $38,606,000, ranking it as the third-largest dispersal in Keeneland sales history.

Eaton, as agent for longtime client Brushwood Stable, consigned the top-priced yearling at the 2012 September Sale, selling a colt by Distorted Humor out of Grade 1 winner Mushka, for $1.65 million to Shadwell Estate Company.

Four Star Sales

Location: Lexington, Kentucky Partners: Kerry Cauthen (Managing Partner), David Greathouse, John T.L. Jones Jr. and Dan Kenny Website: www.fourstarsales.com Background: Kerry Cauthen, David Greathouse, John T.L. Jones Jr. and Dan Kenny formed Four Star Sales in 2002. Cauthen, Four Stars’ Managing Partner, is a third-generation Kentucky horseman and brother to Racing Hall Kerry Cauthen of Fame jockey Steve Cauthen and bloodstock advisor Doug Cauthen. An attorney, Cauthen previously worked as counsel and bloodstock advisor at Walmac Farm. Greathouse helps run his family’s Glencrest Farm near Midway, Kentucky. Glencrest has developed a number of significant stallions, among them Clever Trick and Wavering Monarch. Such outstanding horses as David Greathouse Grade 1 winners Panty Raid, Honey Ryder and Devil May Care have carried the Glencrest Farm colors. A native of Texas, Jones developed Walmac Farm into an international stallion station with such leading sires as Nureyev, Miswaki and Alleged. In 2005, he sold Walmac to his son, John T.L. Jones III, and Robert Trussell and remains 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 Dan Kenny of champions Chilukki and Phantom Light prior to their stakes-producing success.

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Gainesway

Location: Lexington, Kentucky President: Antony Beck Website: gainesway.com Background: Located on Paris Pike, Gainesway is a 1,500-acre, full-service Thoroughbred farm that is home to such notable stallions as champion Afleet Alex, Mr. Greeley and Tapit. The late Graham J. Beck, who died in July 2010, was a successful businessman, wine maker and Thoroughbred horseman in his native South Africa. He purchased Gainesway Farm Antony Beck from founder John R. Gaines in 1989. Gaines developed the concept that became the Breeders’ Cup World Championships. Today, Beck’s son, Antony, oversees farm operations as President.

Hill ‘n’ Dale Sales Agency

Location: Lexington, Kentucky President: John Sikura Website: hillndalefarms.com

Background: Hill ‘n’ Dale Sales Agency is 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 SiJohn Sikura kura grew 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 nine stallions, including Stormy Atlantic, Roman Ruler, Midnight Lute and Zenzational. The farm is the final resting place of 1977 Triple Crown winner and leading sire Seattle Slew. Hill ‘n’ Dale Sales Agency is a prominent consignor at Keeneland, selling at the 2007 November Breeding Stock Sale, as agent for Swettenham Stud, the highest-priced horse in that sale’s history – Playful Act (IRE) – for $10.5 million. The amount is the thirdhighest price ever paid for a horse at any Keeneland sale. Hill ‘n’ Dale consigned two of the top three priced horses at the 2012 November Breeding Stock Sale, selling Grade 1 winner Pure Clan for $4.5 million to Borges Torre-


Prominent January Sale Consignors continued alba and Changing Skies (IRE), a full sister to Playful Act, for $4.2 million to Mandore International Agency.

Lane’s End

Bill and Will Farish

Location: Versailles, Kentucky Principals: William S. Farish and his son, Bill Website: lanesend.com Background: Lane’s End owner William S. Farish manages the 3,000-acre operation near Versailles, Kentucky, with his son, Bill. A lifelong horseman, the elder Farish has hosted former President George H.W. Bush, his son, President George W. Bush, and Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth, at Lane’s End. He was appointed by President George W. Bush as the United States Ambassador to the Court of St. James and served from 2001-2004. In October 2006, Farish, who has served on Keeneland’s Board of Directors since 1985, succeeded James E. (Ted) Bassett III as a Keeneland trustee. Farish bought his first Thoroughbred at the 1963 September Sale. Since then, he has campaigned more than 155 stakes winners and bred more than 280 stakes winners, including Horses of the Year Mineshaft (2003) and A.P. Indy (1992). He won the Eclipse Award as leading breeder in 1992 and 1999. Lane’s End is currently home to such stallions as Smart Strike, Candy Ride (ARG), Curlin, Lemon Drop Kid, Quality Road and Mineshaft. Lane’s End served as agent for the dispersal of Edward P. Evans’ Spring Hill Farm, which in 2011/2012 sold 211 horses for $62,364,000 to rank as the largest dispersal in Keeneland sales history. Bill Farish’s involvement in the industry includes serving a five-year term as Chairman of the Board of Breeders’ Cup Ltd, where he remains a Director. He also races horses and in 2005 founded Woodford Racing LLC, a partnership that includes friends and several people he has introduced to Thoroughbred racing.

Paramount Sales LLC

Location: Lexington, Kentucky Owners: Pat Costello and Gabriel Duignan Website: paramountsales.net Background: Paramount Sales LLC is owned by Pat Costello and Gabriel Duignan, who founded the operation in 2001. Costello

serves as Paramount’s Managing Officer. A native of Kilkenny County, Ireland, Costello moved to Central Kentucky in the early 1980s, first developing and managing Crescent Hill Farm. From there he opened Pat Costello his own Drumkenny Farm, a full-service boarding operation. Duignan, also a native of Ireland, came to the United States in the mid-1980s, first working for Circle O Farm and later managing Ironwood Farm in Western Kentucky. In 2001, he was named President of CastletonGabriel Duignan Lyons near Lexington. Two years later, Duignan started his own full-service operation, Foxtale Farm. Costello and Duignan first became partners when they created a successful pinhooking operation called “The Lads.”

Taylor Made Sales Agency

Frank, Mark and Duncan Taylor

Location: Nicholasville, Kentucky 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 leading stallion farm during his 40-year management. Taylor Made quickly evolved into a fullservice breeding and sales operation, currently standing such stallions as Unbridled’s Song and Forestry. Today the 1,600-acre farm near Nicholasville, Kentucky, is owned and operated by the Taylor brothers – Duncan (president), Ben (stallion operations), Frank (boarding operations), and Mark (public sales). Represented by its first Keeneland consignment in 1978, Taylor Made has sold more than $1 billion in Thoroughbreds. Future champions sold at the September Sale are Anees, Farda Amiga and Ashado. Sold as a yearling for $170,000, Ashado brought $9 million—a world record for a broodmare 11

prospect—when Taylor Made consigned her to the 2005 Keeneland November Breeding Stock Sale. The amount is the seventhhighest price ever paid for a horse at any Keeneland sale. Taylor Made consigned 2011 Kentucky Oaks (G1) winner Plum Pretty to the 2012 November Breeding Stock Sale, where she sold for $4.2 million to Whisper Hill Farm. Taylor Made has ranked as leading consignor at the January Sale every year but one since 2001.

Three Chimneys Sales

Location: Midway, Kentucky Owner: Robert N. Clay President: Case Clay Website: threechimneys.com

Background: Three Chimneys Sales, an extension of Three Chimneys Farm near Midway, Kentucky, has been representing clients in public and private sales of Thoroughbreds for nearly 40 years. In 1973, owner Robert N. Clay sold his first yearling as part of a one-horse consignment to the September Sale. The yearling was a son of Bold Tactics who was bred by Clay’s father, Albert. Consigned by Three Chimneys Farm, the colt was purchased by Frank Donovan for $37,000. Named George Navonod, he became a Grade 1 winner and the first stakes winner bred by Albert Clay. Robert Clay was a founding member of the National Thoroughbred Racing Association Board of Directors, served on the Board of Directors of the Breeders’ Cup, was president of the Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders Association and is a member of the Board of Directors of that organization. He is a member of The Jockey Club, the Keeneland Association and the Kentucky Thoroughbred Association. He is currently secretary of the American Horse Council. Clay’s son, Case, became President of Three Chimneys in 2008. Case currently serves on the Board of Directors of the Breeders’ Cup, the Gluck Equine Research Foundation and the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame, Case Clay among others. Three Chimneys Farm covers nearly 1,500 acres and is world renowned for its stallions, hosting thousands of visitors each year. Seattle Slew, the 1977 Triple Crown winner, stood the majority of his career at the farm. Today, Three Chimneys’ stallions include dual-classic winner and champion Big Brown, Flower Alley, Sky Mesa and Point Given.


Prominent January Sale Buyers Blandford Bloodstock

Owners: Tom Goff and Richard Brown Location: Newmarket Website: www.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, including 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. Brown also concentrates on purchasing and managing broodmares and stallions. Stuart Bowman recently joined Blandford, where he focuses primarily on the racing markets in Hong Kong, Australia, and America. Previously, he oversaw marketing in Europe for Sheikh Mohammed’s Darley Stud. A graduate of the Darley Flying Start program, Bowman spent two years as racing manager for John Messara’s Arrowfield Stud in New South Wales.

Hunter Valley Farm

Location: Versailles, Kentucky Owners: Fergus Galvin, Tony Hegarty, Adrian Regan and John Wade Website: www.huntervalleyfarmky.com Established in 2004, the 200-acre Hunter Valley Farm, located near Versailles, Kentucky is owned by Irish natives Fergus Galvin, Tony Hegarty, Adrian Regan and John Wade. Though a relatively young operation, Hunter Valley has made a mark in the Thoroughbred industry as both a consignor and buyer. At the 2012 January Sale, the partnership paid $775,000, the sale’s second-highest price, for graded stakes winner Spice Island, dam of Florida Derby (G1) winner Ice Box. Hunter Valley consigned Grade 1

winner Negligee to the November Breeding Stock, Sale, where she sold for $1.25 million to Mandore International Agency. Hunter Valley also consigned multiple Grade 1 stakes winner Scat Daddy as a yearling to the 2005 September Sale, where he sold to Todd Pletcher for $250,000.

Shadai Farm

Location: Hokkaido, Japan Principal: Teruya “Terry” Yoshida

Katsumi Yoshida

Farm: Northern Farm Location: Hokkaido, Japan Background: Katsumi Yoshida, son of legendary Japanese horseman Zenya Yoshida and brother of Terry Yoshida, founded Northern Farm, located on the northern island of Hokkaido in Japan, in 1994. Northern Farm is both a breeding and training facility which is home to 2,400 horses that include broodmares, stallions and racing stock.

Background: The Yoshida family’s Shadai Farm, one of the world’s most prominent Thoroughbred operations, is operated jointly by brothers Katsumi and Teruya Yoshida, known collectively as the Shadai Group.

The Yoshida family is a dominant force in Japanese racing and breeding. Northern Farm ranked as Japan’s leading breeder in 2012, unseating Terry Yoshida’s Shadai Farm, which finished second.

The Yoshida brothers’ grandfather, Zenuske Yoshida, was one of the first Japanese to import Thoroughbreds from the United States on a major scale. He died in 1946, leaving the family business to his son Zenya Yoshida, who founded Shadai in 1955.

Among the many prominent horses bred by Northern Farm are two-time Japanese Horse of the Year and Triple Crown winner Deep Impact, a son of Sunday Silence who is now exerting his influence as a leading sire in Japan; champion older mare Admire Groove, twice winner of the Queen Elizabeth II Commemorative Cup in Japan; the hugely popular filly Buena Vista, winner of the 2011 Japan Cup (G1); and recent Group 1 stakes winners Vermillion (Kawasaki Kinen), Apapane (Japan Oaks, 1,000 Guineas and Victoria Mile), Rose Kingdom (Japan Cup), and Joie de Vivre (Hanshin Juvenile Fillies), among others.

Zenya Yoshida had 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, the northern island that is now Japan’s principal center of Thoroughbred breeding, and developed Shadai Farm there. Shadai Stallion Station currently stands about 28 stallions, headlined by 2002 Kentucky Derby (G1) winner War Emblem and two-time Japanese Horse of the Year and leading sire Deep Impact. The latter is a son of Sunday Silence, winner of the 1989 Kentucky Derby (G1), Preakness (G1) and Breeders’ Cup Classic (G1) who entered stud at Shadai in 1991 and became a perennial leading sire. He died in 2002 at the age of 16. Shadai has been a prominent buyer at Keeneland, paying a sale-topping $1.4 million for Grade 1 winner Ave (GB) at the 2011 January Sale, and $1.85 million for Lucky One, carrying a full sibling to champion Blind Luck, at the 2010 November Sale.

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Yoshida has purchased a number of high-profile race fillies and mares at Keeneland, paying $1.4 million for Grade 1 stakes producer Topliner, in foal to Medaglia d’Oro, to top the 2012 January Sale; $2.1 million for Grade 1 stakes winner Zazu at the 2012 November Breeding Stock Sale; and $2.25 million for Horse of the Year Azeri at the 2009 November Sale.


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