Keeneland's position at the center of the global Thoroughbred industry reaches a pinnacle Nov. 4 and 5 when the track hosts the Breeders' Cup World Championships and continues Nov. 7 for Book 1 of the November Breeding Stock Sale. The sale, which covers 10 sessions through Nov. 16, features a number of proven producers, broodmare prospects, and weanlings with connections to horses entered in the Breeders' Cup.
Keeneland will hold the November Horses of Racing Sale, Nov. 17 as a stand-alone auction for this segment of the market.
Half Sister to Cave Rock is Latest Supplement
Take Charge Angel, whose half brother Cave Rock is the undefeated 4-5 morning-line favorite for the FanDuel Breeders' Cup Juvenile Presented by Thoroughbred Aftercare Alliance (G1), has been supplemented to Book 1.
In foal to McKinzie, Take Charge Angel is a daughter of Will Take Charge out of the Bellamy Road mare Georgie's Angel. She won her career debut at Churchill Downs and two races later in her 3-year-old debut finished a half-length behind future champion Covfefe in a Keeneland allowance.
Gainesway, agent, consigns Take Charge Angel and her first foal, a weanling colt by McKinzie, who is Hip 193 in Book 1.
Thirteen Supplemented to Horses of Racing Age Sale
The latest round of supplements to the Nov. 17 November Horses of Racing Age Sale consists of 13 horses, including:
Amy C, a 4-year-old filly by Charming Thought who won the Oct. 29 Senator Ken Maddy Stakes at Santa Anita. A four-time winner in France, Belmont Park, and Santa Anita, Amy C is out of Alzahra, a daughter of Australian-bred Exceed And Excel and from the family of European champion Attraction . Cataloged as a racing or broodmare prospect, Amy C is consigned by ELiTE, agent.
Anywho, a 2-year-old filly by Bolt d'Oro out of stakes-placed Fancy and Flashy, by Zensational, who captured her Oct. 23 career debut in maiden special weight company at Belmont at the Big A. From the family of grade 1-placed stakes winner Lacquaria, she is cataloged as a racing or broodmare prospect and consigned by ELiTE, agent.
Provocateur, a 3-year-old Into Mischief colt who this year won the Hutcheson Stakes at Gulfstream Park and the Jersey Shore Stakes at Monmouth Park and was third in the Woody Stephens Stakes Presented by Mohegan Sun (G1) at Belmont. A full brother to grade 3 winner One Liner, he is out of the Cherokee Run mare Cayala. Provocateur, who is cataloged as a racing or stallion prospect, is consigned by ELiTE, agent.
Breeders' Cup Ties to the Breeding Stock Sale
Among the cataloged in-foal mares are these producers of Breeders' Cup hopefuls:
Argent Affair, dam of Xigera (Juvenile Fillies Turf, G1T), in foal to Street Boss. Consigned as Hip 1015 with Lisa and Tim Turney, agent.
Gio's Lil Angel, half sister to Chi Town Lady (Filly & Mare Sprint), in foal to Dialed In. Consigned by Paramount Sales, agent, as Hip 1532.
Midnight Bisou, half sister to Verifying (Juvenile), in foal to Tapit. Consigned as Hip 235 with Hill 'n' Dale at Xalapa, agent.
Napier, half sister to Obligatory (Filly & Mare Sprint), in foal to Maxfield. Consigned by Taylor Made Sales Agency, agent, as Hip 225.
Norma's Love, half sister to Slow Down Andy (Dirt Mile, G1), in foal to Nyquist. Hip 468 with Taylor Made Sales Agency, agent.
Prevaricate, half sister to Elite Power (Sprint), in foal to Improbable. Consigned by Lane's End, agent, as Hip 1282.
Smiling Cruise, half sister to Happy Saver (Classic), in foal to Bolt d'Oro. Consigned as Hip 922 with Taylor Made Sales Agency, agent.
Summer Mate, half sister to King Cause (Mile), consigned as Hip 1354, a broodmare prospect with Vinery Sales, agent.
Trevise, half sister to Chi Town Lady (Filly & Mare Sprint), consigned as a broodmare prospect with Hunter Valley Farm, agent as Hip 972.
Tuff But Fair, half sister to And Tell Me Nolies (Juvenile Fillies), in foal to Tacitus. Vinery Sales, agent, consigned her as Hip 2208.
Wow, half sister to Manny Wah (Sprint), in foal to Maclean's Music. Denali Stud, agent, consigns her as Hip 995.
Zia's Song, half sister to Cyberknife (Dirt Mile), in foal to Gun Runner. Consigned as Hip 1 with Denali Stud, agent.
Other standouts in Book 1:
Callingmissbrown, in foal to Uncle Mo with a full sibling to Belmont (G1) winner Mo Donegal. Consigned by Ashview Farm as Hip 211.
Grade 1 winner Juju's Map, racing or broodmare prospect. Consigned as Hip 214 with Taylor Made Sales Agency, agent.
Weanling half sister to multiple grade 1-winning 3-year-old Jack Christopher. She is by first-crop sire Complexity. Consigned by Paramount Sales, agent, as Hip 151.
Weanling colt by Into Mischief who is the first foal out of multiple grade 1 winner Separationofpowers. Consigned as Hip 159 with Hunter Valley Farm, agent.
Flightline Fractional Interest Offered
At 12:30 p.m. ET, before the 1 p.m. start of the Book 1 session Nov. 7, a 2.5% fractional interest in Breeders' Cup Classic (G1) morning-line favorite Flightline will be offered for sale with in-person, online, and phone bidding available. Bidders must pre-register to bid on this fractional interest (Hipn1F). For more information, visit Keeneland.com/flightline.
The auction is being launched in conjunction with a first-of-its-kind Metaverse experience designed to replicate the excitement of the November Breeding Stock Sale.
Photo: Anne M. Eberhardt
Flightline schooling in the paddock ahead of the Breeders' Cup at Keeneland
November Sales Schedule
More than 3,700 horses are cataloged to the November Breeding Stock Sale, which will present the following schedule:
Book 1 - Monday, Nov. 7. Session begins at 1 p.m. with 240 horses in the catalog.
Each remaining session begins at 10 a.m.:
Book 2 - Tuesday-Wednesday, Nov. 8-9. A total of 756 horses are cataloged over the two days.
Book 3 - Thursday-Friday, Nov. 10-11. A total of 827 horses are cataloged over the two days.
Book 4 - Saturday-Sunday, Nov. 12-14. A total of 812 horses are cataloged over the two days.
Book 5 - Monday-Wednesday, Nov. 14-16. A total of 1,070 horses are cataloged over the three days.
November Horses of Racing Age Sale - Thursday, Nov. 17. A total of 333 horses are presently cataloged to the sale, which begins at noon.
All Keeneland sales are livestreamed at Keeneland.com.