Keeneland has cataloged 1,827 horses for its 2011 January Horses of All Ages
Sale, to be held January 10-14.
Catalogs for the January Sale will be available on Keeneland’s
website beginning Monday
and print catalogs will be mailed
the week of December 20.
Recent graduates of the January Sale include Grade 1 winners
Afleet Express (Travers), E Z’s Gentleman (Yankee Gentleman) (Triple Bend) and
Smiling Tiger (Hold That Tiger) (Bing Crosby, Ancient Title); Grade 2 scorers Cat by the
Tale (Tale of the Cat) (San Gorgonio) and Dancinginherdreams (Tapit) (Pocahontas); and Grade 3
vixen Touching Beauty (Tapit) (Comely).
“The January Sale is well-known as a market for stakes-winning broodmare
prospects,” said Geoffrey Russell, Keeneland’s director of sales. “And it is
also proving to be a solid market for yearlings, offering a broad representation
for pinhookers and end-users alike, as well as those interested in horses of
racing age or stallion prospects.”
Broodmares covered by 184 different stallions, among them such sought-after
sires as Afleet Alex, Arch, Bernardini, Bluegrass Cat, Candy Ride (Arg), Curlin,
Empire Maker, Indian Charlie, Malibu Moon, More Than Ready, Mr. Greeley,
Speightstown, Street Cry (Ire), Tapit, Tiznow and Unbridled’s Song, are
cataloged.
Yearlings representing 196 prominent stallions, including Afleet Alex, Arch,
Bernardini, Bluegrass Cat, Distorted Humor, Elusive Quality, Giant’s Causeway,
Indian Charlie, Malibu Moon, Medaglia d’Oro, More Than Ready, Mr. Greeley,
Speightstown, Tale of the Cat, Tapit, Tiznow and Unbridled’s Song, also have
been consigned.