Keeneland January Horses of All Ages Catalog Now Online

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A weanling looks out into the shedrow at the Keeneland January Sale

Keeneland has cataloged 1,516 horses—consisting of broodmares and broodmare prospects, yearlings, and horses of racing age along with stallions and stallion prospects—for its 2022 January Horses of All Ages Sale, which will present four sessions from Jan. 10-13.

The January sale catalog is available online at Keeneland.com. Print catalogs are scheduled to be delivered the week of Dec. 20.

"Given the dynamic markets we've seen in September and November, the January sale will offer breeders another terrific opportunity to acquire quality broodmares and broodmare prospects in advance of the breeding season," Keeneland vice president of sales Tony Lacy said. "Additionally, horsemen with an eye toward the racetrack can shop a nice selection of short yearlings and horses of racing age to round out their orders."

For the January sale, Keeneland once again will offer online and phone bidding to accommodate buyers who cannot attend. More information for prospective buyers, including accessing the Keeneland Sales Portal, can be found on Keeneland's website.

The four sessions of the January sale all begin at 10 a.m. ET, with Book 1 to take place Jan. 10-11, and Book 2 slated for Jan. 12-13.

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The entire sale will be live-streamed on Keeneland's website. TVG2 will feature live coverage of the first two days of the sale, and the entire sale will be shown on the Watch TVG App.

Successful Stallions Represented

A number of prominent stallions and emerging young sires are represented in the January sale catalog with in-foal mares and yearlings. Among them are mares in foal to Kentucky Derby Presented by Woodford Reserve (G1) winner and Horse of the Year Authentic  , the leading covering sire at the Keeneland November Breeding Stock Sale.

Additional covering sires include American Pharoah  , Audible  , City of Light  , Constitution  Ghostzapper  , Gun Runner  , Hard Spun  , Into Mischief  , Justify  , Kitten's Joy  , Liam's Map  , Medaglia d'Oro  , Mendelssohn  , Munnings  , Speightstown  , Street Sense  , Twirling Candy  , and War Front  .

Also cataloged are broodmares carrying the final foals by Bernardini, English Channel, Laoban, and Malibu Moon.

Yearlings in the catalog include those by stallions whose first weanlings were popular at the November sale. Sires include Audible, Catalina Cruiser  , Mitole  , Omaha Beach  , and Vino Rosso  .

Other cataloged yearlings are by such popular stallions as American Pharoah, City of Light, Constitution, Ghostzapper, Good Magic  , Gun Runner, Hard Spun, Justify, Liam's Map, Medaglia d'Oro, Mendelssohn, Munnings, Not This Time  , Nyquist  , Practical Joke  , Quality Road  , Speightstown, Street Sense, Twirling Candy, Uncle Mo  , and War Front. 

Regal Glory, Juju's Map Among Graduates

With her win in the Nov. 28 Matriarch Stakes (G1T) at Del Mar, Regal Glory  became the latest grade 1 winner of 2021 to represent the January sale as a graduate. She sold as a horse of racing age at this year's January Sale for $925,000 to make her the co-sale topper going to buyer White Birch Farm, from the consignment of Lane's End, agent for the complete dispersal of the estate of Paul Pompa Jr. 

Hip 403, Regal Glory, 2021 Keeneland January Sale
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Regal Glory in the ring at the 2021 Keeneland January Sale

Country Grammer  also came out of the Pompa dispersal, purchased for $110,000, and went on to win the Hollywood Gold Cup Stakes (G1) in May for his new connections in WinStar Farm.

Graded stakes winners of 2021 who were offered as yearlings in previous January sales include Dr. Schivel , winner of the Bing Crosby Stakes (G1) in July and second-best in the Qatar Racing Breeders' Cup Sprint (G1) in November (offered by Hidden Brook in 2019 and bought back at $37,000); Juju's Map , who won the Darley Alcibiades (G1) at Keeneland's October meet, followed by a second in the NetJets Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies (G1) at Del Mar in November; Point Me By , who captured the Bruce D. Stakes (G1) at Arlington International Racecourse in August; Cilla , winner of the Prioress Stakes (G2) at Saratoga Race CourseBizzee Channel , who took the Arlington Stakes (G3T) in July; Informative , winner of the Salvator Mile Stakes (G3) at Monmouth Park in June; Major General , who took the Iroquois Stakes (G3) in September at Churchill Downs | BloodHorse.com Track Profile">Churchill Downs; Dubai transplant Mnasek , who won the U.A.E. Oaks Sponsored by New Jaguar F-Type (G3) in February; and Sainthood , who was best in the Pennine Ridge Stakes (G3) in May at Belmont Park.