Steady Trade Continues During Day 4 at Keeneland Nov.

On the first day of selling from Book 3 at the Keeneland November Breeding Stock Sale, Nov. 10 saw steady trade from start to finish. The young Honor Code   mare, Brockovich , highlighted the day, consigned as Hip 1050 by Lane's End. The 3-year-old mare sold in foal to first-year sire Charlatan  , realizing $450,000 from Jody Huckabay, agent.

Thursday's session saw 248 horses change hands of the 338 on offer for a gross of $20,988,500, showing a 2.6% increase over 2021. Suitable for an average price of $84,631 and a median of $65,000, both show positive increases at 8.4% and 4.8%, respectively. Ninety horses failed to sell, representing an RNA rate of 26.6%.

During the fourth session in 2021, Keeneland reported 262 of the 330 horses through the ring changed hands for gross receipts of $20,447,500. An average price of $78,044 and a median of $62,000 were recorded. Sixty-eight individuals failed to meet their reserve, representing an RNA rate of 20.6%.

Cumulatively over the past four days of selling, Keeneland reports 823 of the 1,081 horses to go under the hammer have sold for gross receipts of $163,085,500, suitable for an average of $198,160 and a median of $125,000. There have been 258 individuals who failed to meet their reserve, representing an RNA rate of 23.9%.

At this point in 2021, 873 of the 1,082 horses through the ring had sold for gross figures of $149,942,500 at an average price of $171,755 and a median of $115,000. Two hundred-nine horses failed to sell, representing an RNA rate of 19.3%.

The Twirling Candy   weanling colt, consigned as Hip 1270 by Nursery Place, took top honors Thursday, selling for $380,000 to Bay Shore Stable. The colt out of grade 2-placed Ours to Run  was bred in Kentucky by Mary K. Grum.

"Overall, it's been a good sale," Tommy Eastham of Legacy Bloodstock commented. "It's been unique in the barns; our show volume hasn't been great on weanlings. The mares have had a little show volume, but the weanlings have been down about 30%. Everybody here is serious about the game and a professional in the industry, everybody that has been coming by the barn is participating and buying, and we aren't having any tire kickers."

Perennial leading consignor, Taylor Made Sales Agency, sold 23 horses from their banner Nov. 10 for a gross of $2,613,000, to be the day's leading consignor.

Taylor Made consigned the day's second and third highest-priced weanling offerings. Hip 1370, a Speightstown   colt out of Tempers Rising , a grade 2-placed mare by Bayern ,  sold to Sycamore Hall Farm for $360,000. A Volatile   colt out of Light of the Nile, from the family of Pioneerof the Nile , sold as Hip 1223, which realized $325,000 from XXY Stud.

"If you have a young mare that has a chance to produce a nice horse, buyers are going to give something for it, but they don't want the exposed horses," Claiborne Farm's Walker Hancock said. "I believe it's starting to swing toward a buyer's market at this point in the sale. The first couple of days were definitely a seller's market."

Fergus Galvin and Adrian Regan of Hunter Valley Farm purchased five mares during the fourth session for gross receipts of $835,000, at an average price of $167,000, to be the day's leading buyer by gross.

Selling from Book 3 continues Nov. 11 with Hips 1409-1822 scheduled to head through the ring beginning at 10:00 a.m. ET. As of Thursday evening, 91 horses had been withdrawn from Friday's session.