A jewel of hospitality nestled in the heart of Kentucky’s bluegrass, the center of the Thoroughbred industry in the United States, Keeneland Racecourse would seem to be the perfect spot for one of the sport’s premier events, the annual Breeders’ Cup, created by some of the people who own the breeding farms that surround the…
At the Keeneland September sale of yearlings in September, Bridlewood Farm’s John Malone set a personal record when he bought a $1.1 million filly, more than he’d ever paid for a Thoroughbred. Bidding again at Keeneland yesterday, he went one better, setting a North American record for a weanling when he went to $3 million…
In September, the Keeneland Association in Lexington, Kentucky held its world-renowned September sale of yearling Thoroughbreds; 2,819 racing hopefuls went through the ring, selling for an average of nearly $100,000 each and a total of $280.5 million. Following its boutique, three-week October racing meeting, Keeneland will turn its sales eyes next to the November sale of Thoroughbred…
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