Enthusiasm For Dispersals Energizes Day Two Of Keeneland January Sale Sponsored by:
Hip 587, Danceforthecause from the Sam-Son Farm Dispersal, brings $925,000 at the Keeneland January Horses of All Ages Sale.
Two prominent dispersals – 20 broodmares, yearlings and horses of racing age sold by Lane s End, agent for the Complete Dispersal of the Estate of Paul P. Pompa Jr., and 21 in-foal broodmares owned by Sam-Son Farm, the acclaimed breed-to-race operation in Ontario – fueled brisk commerce on Tuesday s second day of the Keeneland January Horses of All Ages Sale.
A horse from each dispersal sold for $925,000 apiece to lead the session. Via phone bidding with a Keeneland representative, Peter Brant s White Birch Farm paid the amount for the third horse in the ring, Regal Glory, a multiple graded stakes winner for Pompa. Later in the day, Gainesway Farm purchased Danceforthecause, in foal to Twirling Candy, from Sam-Son to equal the price.
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Keeneland January Horses Of All Ages Sale Begins Monday; Five Supplemental Entries Added Sponsored by:
The Keeneland January Horses of All Ages Sale saw double-digit gains in total revenue, average and median price
Keeneland s 64th annual January Horses of All Ages Sale begins Monday, Jan. 11 at 10 a.m. ET with the first of four sessions of the auction, which includes the dispersals of Sam-Son Farm, Paul Pompa Jr. and Spry Family Farm.
A total of 1,608 broodmares and broodmare prospects, newly turned yearlings, horses of racing age and stallions or stallion prospects are cataloged to the sale, which runs through Jan. 14.