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Keeneland's September Yearling Sale saw total sales jump 23.35% on Tuesday to $30.2 million, with average prices climbing 14.63% as buyers competed for 297 yearlings. The market is running ahead of last year's pace with four sessions remaining.
Keeneland's September Yearling Sale posted strong gains in its seventh session Monday, with 285 yearlings selling for nearly $33 million, including a Yaupon colt that fetched $825,000.
Keeneland's September Yearling Sale posted $50.8 million in Book 3 trading Sunday with a Nyquist colt bringing $1.2 million as the session's top lot, representing a 5.54% increase from last year.
Keeneland's September Yearling Sale saw strong results in its fifth session, with average prices up 7.74% and median prices up 11.11% compared to last year. Four yearlings sold for $1 million or more, bringing the season total to a record 69 seven-figure sales.
Keeneland's September Yearling Sale concluded week one with record results, including 65 horses selling for $1 million or more—surpassing last year's 56-horse record—and total sales of $318.1 million for 633 yearlings.
A Nyquist colt sold for $2.25 million at Keeneland's September Yearling Sale on Wednesday, setting a session record as the auction continued to post strong sales numbers with 14 seven-figure horses and $89.5 million in gross sales.
Keeneland's September Yearling Sale reached record highs on Tuesday, with 111 yearlings grossing $79.6 million and 23 selling for $1 million or more in a single session, as an Into Mischief colt topped the sale at $3.7 million.
Keeneland's September Yearling Sale opened Monday with $71.77 million in gross sales and 18 horses sold for $1 million or more — the most on an opening day since 2005, signaling a strong market for thoroughbred yearlings.
Keeneland's 83rd September Yearling Sale opens Monday with 4,642 prospects cataloged across 12 sessions through Sept. 26, building on last year's record-breaking $531.7 million gross and debuting the new Paddock Building facility.
Scott Caldwell has retired from Keeneland after 52 years, concluding a family legacy at the thoroughbred sales company that began with his father in 1957. His departure coincides with the start of the 83rd September Yearling Sale, featuring nearly 4,600 horses.
Keeneland is recruiting seasonal workers for its October events, including the Fall Meet (October 2-24) and the Breeders' Cup World Championships (October 30-31), with positions available through online applications and in-person hiring sessions in September.
Keeneland is hosting approximately 2,600 fifth graders from Fayette County schools this week for hands-on learning about Kentucky's Thoroughbred industry and related careers.
Keeneland supplemented two yearlings to Book 1 of its September Yearling Sale, bringing the total catalog to 4,642 horses. The additions include a colt by leading freshman sire Yaupon and a filly by Tapit who is a half-sister to champion Forte.
Keeneland has supplemented five yearlings to Book 1 and Book 2 of its September Yearling Sale, which runs Sept. 14-26, with all horses consigned by leading sales agent Taylor Made Sales Agency.
Keeneland's third annual Championship Sale will take place Oct. 28 at historic Castleton Farm in a unique collaboration with Bluegrass Sotheby's International Realty, with the 951-acre property offered as the final lot.
Keeneland has cataloged 4,635 yearlings for its 83rd September Yearling Sale, scheduled for 12 sessions from Sept. 14-26, following a record-breaking 2025 auction that generated $531.5 million in sales.
Golden Tempo, the Keeneland-based Kentucky Derby and Belmont winner, breezed a half-mile in :48.40 Friday ahead of his scheduled move to Saratoga for the August DraftKings Travers.
Keeneland Race Course will celebrate its 90th anniversary with a 17-day Fall Meet from Oct. 2-24 featuring 22 stakes races worth $10.7 million, leading into the Breeders' Cup World Championships on Oct. 30-31.
Keeneland Library in Lexington has received the prestigious Thomas D. Clark Award of Excellence from the Kentucky Historical Society for its work preserving and promoting Thoroughbred racing heritage. The award recognizes the library's record-setting outreach that reached nearly 200,000 people from around the world.
Keeneland will be open for simulcasting this weekend to offer Lexington racing fans the chance to watch the Belmont Stakes Racing Festival at Saratoga. Red Mile will be closed for simulcasting as it hosts the Railbird music festival.
Golden Tempo, the Keeneland-based Kentucky Derby winner trained by historic champion Cherie DeVaux, completed his final workout Saturday before heading to New York for the Belmont Stakes on June 6.
Golden Tempo, trained by historic Kentucky Derby-winning trainer Cherie DeVaux, completed a maintenance workout at Keeneland on Saturday as he prepares for the June 6 Belmont Stakes at Saratoga Race Course.
Keeneland has appointed retired trainer Ignacio Correas IV and Argentinian horseman Ezequiel Valle as South American sales representatives to expand its global outreach and strengthen client engagement across the region.