From the Keeneland Media Team / Amy Owens:

Cumulative Sales at Keeneland November Breeding Stock Sale
Roll Past 2024 Total with Three Days Remaining

 

LEXINGTON, KY (Nov. 8, 2025) – Keeneland’s November Breeding Stock Sale reached a milestone Saturday on Day 5 of the eight-day auction when cumulative through-the-ring sales of $214,871,000 surpassed the gross of $187 million in through-the-ring sales for the entire nine-day auction last year.

Through five days, the gross for 1,125 horses sold through the ring is up 31.54% from the same period last year when 1,055 horses sold for $163,353,500. Average price rose 23.25% from $154,837 to $190,996. The median of $130,000 increased 36.84% from last year’s $95,000.

On Saturday, Keeneland sold 259 horses through the ring for $25,328,500, a 29.55% jump from the fifth day last year when 255 horses grossed $19,551,500. The average of $97,793 was 27.55% higher than $76,673 in 2024, while the median rose 41.67% from $60,000 to $85,000.

Cary Bloodstock for Coteau Grove Farms paid $400,000 for today’s high seller, Way too Sexy, a 4-year-old daughter of Flatter in foal to McKinzie. Consigned by Hill ‘n’ Dale at Xalapa, she is out of stakes winner and Grade 3-placed Ready to Confess, by More Than Ready. A half-sister to stakes winner No Confession, Way too Sexy is from the family of Grade 1 winner Confessional.

The top-priced weanling was a son of Vekoma sold to En Fuego Stables for $375,000. Columbiana Farms, agent, consigned the colt, whose dam is the Nyquist mare Camelot’s Cup. He is from the family of Grade 2 winners Avie’s Fancy and St Averil.

Cherry Knoll Farm spent $335,000 for a weanling colt by Street Sense consigned by Gainesway, agent. Out of winning Grade 3-placed Mama Rina, by Gormley, he is from the family of champion Sacahuista.

Gainesway led consignors Saturday with sales of $3,807,000 for 37 horses.

Mulholland Springs, agent, consigned a colt from the first crop of Grade 1 winner Gunite purchased by Faris Breeding for $310,000. From the family of Grade 1 winner Stormy Lucy, he is out of the Stormy Atlantic mare Lucy Buckner.

Faris Breeding spent $930,000 on six horses to lead buyers during the session.

Bringing $275,000 from Green Lantern Stables was the aforementioned Mama Rina. Gainesway, agent, also consigned the 6-year-old mare, who is in foal to Charlatan.

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The November Sale continues Sunday and runs through Tuesday, Nov. 11 with all sessions beginning at 10 a.m. ET.

On Wednesday, Nov. 12, Keeneland will hold the November Horses of Racing Age Sale. The auction starts at noon.

Keeneland sales are streamed live on Keeneland.com.

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Since its first race meet 89 years ago, the Keeneland Association has devoted itself to the health and vibrancy of the Thoroughbred industry. The world’s largest Thoroughbred auction house, Keeneland conducts five on-site sales a year, in January, April, September and November. Graduates of Keeneland sales dominate racing across the globe at every level. In April and October, Keeneland offers some of the highest caliber and richest Thoroughbred racing in the world. Keeneland will host the Breeders’ Cup World Championships in 2026 for the fourth time, following 2015, 2020 and 2022. Uniquely structured, Keeneland is a privately held company with a not-for-profit mission that returns its earnings to the industry and the community in the form of higher purses and millions of dollars donated in support of horse industry initiatives and charitable contributions for education, research, and health and human services throughout Central Kentucky. Keeneland also maintains Keeneland Library, a world-renowned public research institution with the mission of preserving information about the Thoroughbred industry. To learn more, visit Keeneland.com.

For more information please email Keeneland Communications Associate Amy Owens at aowens@keeneland.com