Keeneland Postpones January Sale Start a Day to Jan. 11
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A prospective buyer examines a horse during a snowy day at the 2016 January Horses of All Ages Sale at Keeneland
Due to a winter storm and hazardous travel conditions in Kentucky, Keeneland has shifted all operations related to its January Horses of All Ages Sale back one day and moved the start of the sale to Jan. 11.
The sale will end Jan. 14. All sessions will begin at 10 a.m. ET.
The January sale previously was scheduled to run Jan. 10-13, Monday through Thursday. It will now take place Tuesday through Friday.
Keeneland announced Jan. 6 that because of transportation challenges as well as vanning and shipping cancellations due to the heavy snow, it was delaying the ship-in date for horses to arrive on the grounds from Jan. 7-8. Nearly 10 inches of snow fell in the Lexington area Thursday.
Preview days will now be Jan. 9-10.
"Our top priority is the safety of the horses and sales participants, and the delayed start to the sale will allow for their safe arrival and give consignors adequate time to show their horses," said Keeneland vice president of sales Tony Lacy. "Our customers have been virtually unanimous in their recommendation to make this change."
Keeneland has cataloged 1,631 horses for the January Sale, which offers in-foal broodmares, broodmare prospects, newly turned yearlings, horses of racing age, stallions, and stallion prospects.
Click here for the online January Sale catalog