Keeneland Catalogs 73 Horses for April HORA Sale

Keeneland has cataloged 73 horses for its April Horses of Racing Age Sale, to be held April 29 following the races on closing day of the spring meet. The sale, which will begin at approximately 6:30 p.m. ET and be live-streamed on Keeneland.com, will be conducted as an integrated event, with live auctioneers at Keeneland and with horses presented for sale both physically at Keeneland and at off-site locations. Keeneland also will provide online and phone bidding for buyers who wish to participate remotely.

"We're really excited about hosting the April Sale as a complement to the spring meet this year," Keeneland vice president of sales Tony Lacy said. "Racing in the afternoon and the sale in the evening will combine to showcase what Keeneland does best and provide a fantastic experience for our clients. The date of the sale should accommodate horsemen as they transition to summer racing."

Post time for Keeneland's first race April 29 will be 12:30 p.m. to accommodate 10 races, led by the featured $300,000 Bewitch Stakes (G3T). The final race will go off at approximately 5:09 p.m., and the April Sale will begin around 6:30 p.m. 

Keeneland will continue to accept approved supplemental entries to the April Sale until the sale date.

The catalog, also available through the Equineline iPad app, includes pedigrees, Equineline past performances and race videos, Daily Racing Form past performances, and Ragozin and Thoro-Graph figures. Consignors may upload photographs and walking videos. 

Print copies of the catalog will be available at Keeneland beginning April 18. A printed supplemental catalog also will be available prior to the sale.

Barn assignments will be finalized April 22, and the information will be available at Keeneland and on both the online catalog and the Equineline iPad app.

Participating consignors in the April Sale include Candy Meadows Sales, Conley Bloodstock, Denali Stud, Eaton Sales, ELiTE, Four Star Sales, Gainesway, Highgate Sales, Indian Creek, James B. Keogh (Grovendale), Paramount Sales, Taylor Made Sales Agency, and Ian Wilkes. 

Among the horses cataloged in the sale are:

• Hip 16, Western River , a 3-year-old winning colt by Tapit   who is a full brother to Belmont (G1) winner Creator  and is being pointed at the May 14 Peter Pan (G3) at Belmont Park. The racing or stallion prospect is consigned with Gainesway.
• Acting Out , consigned by Taylor Made Sales Agency as Hip 23, the 5-year-old daughter of Blame   who won the April 2 Carousel Stakes at Oaklawn Park is being offered as a racing or broodmare prospect.
• Battle Bling , Hip 29 is a stakes-winning 4-year-old daughter of Vancouver , consigned as a racing or broodmare prospect by ELiTE.
• Hip 37, Cazadero , a 4-year-old son of Street Sense   out of grade 3 winner and millionaire Wild Gams  who won the 2020 Bashford Manor Stakes (G3) at Churchill Downs. He is consigned as a racing or stallion prospect with Eaton Sales, Agent for Stonestreet Stables.
• Cowan , Hip 40 consigned by ELiTE as a racing or stallion prospect. The 4-year-old stakes-winning colt by Kantharos   was second in the 2020 Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf Sprint (G2T) and won the 2022 Duncan F. Kenner Stakes on the turf.
• Hip 64, North Dakota , a 6-year-old son of Medaglia d'Oro   who is a half brother to leading sire War Front   and won the 2020 Red Smith Stakes (G3T) at Belmont. He is consigned as a racing or stallion prospect by Taylor Made Sales Agency.
• Sianara , Hip 5 with ELiTE Sales, is a 4-year-old winning daughter of Malibu Moon  who is a half sister to two-time grade 2 winner Forbidden Kingdom . She will be sold as a racing or broodmare prospect.

Last year's April Sale produced Brooke Marie , who won the April 9 Monrovia Stakes (G2T) at Santa Anita Park for her purchaser, Castleton Lyons. The Lemon Drop Kid mare sold for $210,000 from the ELiTE banner. This year ELiTE brings forward 24 horses of racing age to be on offer at the one-day sale.

Preparing for the April Sale 

Buyers who plan to attend the April Sale or participate remotely should register for an account and establish credit within the Keeneland Sales Portal. Keeneland recommends doing so two weeks before the sale. Buyers may watch a real-time video view of the live sale and bid simultaneously from Keeneland's online bidding platform accessible through their accounts in the Keeneland Sales Portal. Two options are available: a live, on-demand bid that occurs manually and a max bid, which allows the software to bid on your behalf up to a designated price.