Keeneland September: 5 Sires have $20 million in sales
With just two sessions left at the Keeneland September yearling sale, total sales have surpassed $420 million including post-sale transactions, and just five sires have accounted for $128.7 million in sales, over 30 pwexwnr of the total.
The top five sires each eclipsed a whopping $20 million in sales at Keeneland. They are Gun Runner, Not This Time, Curlin, Into Mischief and first-crop sire Charlatan.
Looking at the entire sale, here are the top 20 sires by average sale price.
Next, let’s take an updated look at the first-year sires. Charlatan and Maxfield are leading the way averaging more than $200,000 each.
First-crop sires by average sale (Kee Sept. through Book 5)
Looking at second-year sires, we see the effect of the performance of current 2-year-olds on the racetrack. McKinzie, Vekoma and Complexity are all off to good starts.
Second-crop sires by average sale (Kee Sept. through Book 5)
Here is the full list of average sale prices by sire for books 1-5 of the Keeneland September yearling sale.
| Sire | Crop | Sold | Avg. Sale | Max | Min | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Curlin | 14 | 44 | $579,432 | $5,000,000 | $50,000 | $25,495,000 |
| Into Mischief | 14 | 41 | $543,902 | $1,750,000 | $80,000 | $22,300,000 |
| Gun Runner | 5 | 62 | $526,855 | $2,200,000 | $55,000 | $32,665,000 |
| Dubawi | 17 | 1 | $500,000 | $500,000 | $500,000 | $500,000 |
| Tapit | 18 | 22 | $440,545 | $1,200,000 | $15,000 | $9,692,000 |
| Lord Kanaloa | 9 | 1 | $375,000 | $375,000 | $375,000 | $375,000 |
| Constitution | 7 | 46 | $350,152 | $1,200,000 | $25,000 | $16,107,000 |
| Uncle Mo | 11 | 34 | $348,971 | $1,000,000 | $20,000 | $11,865,000 |
| Justify | 4 | 38 | $341,316 | $1,000,000 | $70,000 | $12,970,000 |
| Not This Time | 6 | 83 | $339,386 | $1,300,000 | $20,000 | $28,169,000 |
| Wootton Bassett | 11 | 2 | $325,000 | $350,000 | $300,000 | $650,000 |
| Nyquist | 6 | 45 | $323,556 | $1,300,000 | $30,000 | $14,560,000 |
| Quality Road | 12 | 34 | $320,853 | $1,050,000 | $10,000 | $10,909,000 |
| Medaglia d’Oro | 18 | 18 | $307,778 | $1,350,000 | $25,000 | $5,540,000 |
| No Nay Never | 8 | 5 | $273,000 | $350,000 | $185,000 | $1,365,000 |
| Charlatan | 1 | 79 | $254,684 | $1,400,000 | $18,000 | $20,120,000 |
| Kingman | 8 | 1 | $250,000 | $250,000 | $250,000 | $250,000 |
| Maxfield | 1 | 58 | $231,707 | $1,000,000 | $15,000 | $13,439,000 |
| Good Magic | 4 | 35 | $231,029 | $600,000 | $2,000 | $8,086,000 |
| Yaupon | 1 | 70 | $183,814 | $900,000 | $4,000 | $12,867,000 |
| Liam’s Map | 7 | 66 | $180,182 | $700,000 | $10,000 | $11,892,000 |
| Country House | 2 | 1 | $180,000 | $180,000 | $180,000 | $180,000 |
| Practical Joke | 5 | 49 | $176,939 | $900,000 | $35,000 | $8,670,000 |
| Essential Quality | 1 | 47 | $176,298 | $500,000 | $15,000 | $8,286,000 |
| Munnings | 12 | 44 | $171,716 | $700,000 | $9,500 | $7,555,500 |
| Candy Ride | 18 | 25 | $170,560 | $575,000 | $5,000 | $4,264,000 |
| McKinzie | 2 | 54 | $169,926 | $950,000 | $6,000 | $9,176,000 |
| American Pharoah | 7 | 30 | $166,033 | $1,350,000 | $5,000 | $4,981,000 |
| More Than Ready | 22 | 17 | $164,706 | $600,000 | $11,000 | $2,800,000 |
| Girvin | 4 | 7 | $157,429 | $300,000 | $17,000 | $1,102,000 |
| Vekoma | 2 | 38 | $155,158 | $625,000 | $20,000 | $5,896,000 |
| Siyouni | 12 | 1 | $150,000 | $150,000 | $150,000 | $150,000 |
| Street Sense | 15 | 30 | $146,500 | $550,000 | $20,000 | $4,395,000 |
| Speightstown | 18 | 13 | $146,308 | $500,000 | $5,000 | $1,902,000 |
| War Front | 16 | 10 | $143,700 | $325,000 | $2,000 | $1,437,000 |
| Twirling Candy | 11 | 54 | $134,583 | $410,000 | $4,000 | $7,267,500 |
| City of Light | 4 | 34 | $132,765 | $425,000 | $3,000 | $4,514,000 |
| Maclean’s Music | 10 | 63 | $131,921 | $625,000 | $3,000 | $8,311,000 |
| Complexity | 2 | 23 | $131,413 | $650,000 | $2,500 | $3,022,500 |
| Cupid | 5 | 1 | $130,000 | $130,000 | $130,000 | $130,000 |
| Oscar Performance | 4 | 14 | $119,429 | $335,000 | $25,000 | $1,672,000 |
| Ghostzapper | 17 | 16 | $119,125 | $460,000 | $5,000 | $1,906,000 |
| Authentic | 2 | 42 | $115,452 | $750,000 | $8,000 | $4,849,000 |
| Karakontie | 7 | 2 | $115,000 | $150,000 | $80,000 | $230,000 |
| Violence | 9 | 28 | $109,857 | $400,000 | $2,000 | $3,076,000 |
| Blame | 12 | 30 | $105,767 | $350,000 | $5,000 | $3,173,000 |
| Raging Bull | 1 | 8 | $96,875 | $420,000 | $7,000 | $775,000 |
| Hard Spun | 15 | 22 | $95,523 | $500,000 | $6,500 | $2,101,500 |
| Bolt d’Oro | 4 | 47 | $93,766 | $325,000 | $10,000 | $4,407,000 |
| Midshipman | 12 | 17 | $91,412 | $185,000 | $6,000 | $1,554,000 |
| Tacitus | 1 | 27 | $90,370 | $300,000 | $9,000 | $2,440,000 |
| Caracaro | 2 | 4 | $89,250 | $170,000 | $40,000 | $357,000 |
| Cairo Prince | 8 | 22 | $89,182 | $385,000 | $5,000 | $1,962,000 |
| Army Mule | 4 | 19 | $86,158 | $400,000 | $5,000 | $1,637,000 |
| Tiz the Law | 2 | 50 | $85,480 | $330,000 | $5,000 | $4,274,000 |
| Independence Hall | 1 | 32 | $85,203 | $350,000 | $4,500 | $2,726,500 |
| Beau Liam | 1 | 19 | $78,947 | $270,000 | $5,000 | $1,500,000 |
| Game Winner | 2 | 13 | $78,923 | $450,000 | $3,000 | $1,026,000 |
| Upstart | 6 | 35 | $78,571 | $260,000 | $3,500 | $2,750,000 |
| Omaha Beach | 3 | 46 | $77,261 | $500,000 | $10,000 | $3,554,000 |
| Echo Town | 2 | 1 | $67,000 | $67,000 | $67,000 | $67,000 |
| Knicks Go | 1 | 34 | $66,971 | $425,000 | $4,000 | $2,277,000 |
| Daredevil | 7 | 13 | $66,231 | $200,000 | $4,000 | $861,000 |
| Caravaggio | 5 | 14 | $65,786 | $200,000 | $10,000 | $921,000 |
| Volatile | 2 | 33 | $65,409 | $450,000 | $1,000 | $2,158,500 |
| Collected | 4 | 11 | $63,818 | $240,000 | $4,000 | $702,000 |
| Midnight Lute | 14 | 2 | $61,500 | $100,000 | $23,000 | $123,000 |
| Dialed In | 10 | 12 | $59,667 | $95,000 | $35,000 | $716,000 |
| Win Win Win | 2 | 6 | $59,583 | $100,000 | $7,500 | $357,500 |
| Flameaway | 3 | 6 | $59,500 | $200,000 | $10,000 | $357,000 |
| War of Will | 2 | 18 | $59,333 | $180,000 | $5,000 | $1,068,000 |
| Silver State | 1 | 50 | $57,630 | $260,000 | $4,000 | $2,881,500 |
| Kitten’s Joy | 17 | 13 | $57,154 | $270,000 | $3,000 | $743,000 |
| Kantharos | 12 | 11 | $56,909 | $120,000 | $10,000 | $626,000 |
| Divisidero | 3 | 2 | $56,500 | $110,000 | $3,000 | $113,000 |
| Frosted | 6 | 15 | $55,933 | $220,000 | $7,000 | $839,000 |
| Uncle Chuck | 1 | 5 | $55,800 | $150,000 | $22,000 | $279,000 |
| Global Campaign | 2 | 17 | $55,765 | $165,000 | $4,000 | $948,000 |
| Mitole | 3 | 22 | $55,409 | $160,000 | $8,000 | $1,219,000 |
| Connect | 5 | 32 | $55,250 | $250,000 | $4,000 | $1,768,000 |
| Flatter | 19 | 8 | $53,125 | $160,000 | $20,000 | $425,000 |
| Code of Honor | 1 | 2 | $52,500 | $80,000 | $25,000 | $105,000 |
| Street Boss | 14 | 12 | $50,083 | $110,000 | $4,000 | $601,000 |
| Mendelssohn | 4 | 25 | $50,000 | $165,000 | $5,000 | $1,250,000 |
| Jimmy Creed | 9 | 5 | $47,000 | $190,000 | $6,000 | $235,000 |
| Rock Your World | 1 | 19 | $45,842 | $220,000 | $6,000 | $871,000 |
| Honor A. P. | 2 | 14 | $45,143 | $140,000 | $7,000 | $632,000 |
| Yoshida | 3 | 1 | $45,000 | $45,000 | $45,000 | $45,000 |
| Union Rags | 10 | 12 | $42,917 | $75,000 | $21,000 | $515,000 |
| Lexitonian | 1 | 9 | $42,778 | $130,000 | $6,000 | $385,000 |
| Runhappy | 6 | 13 | $40,731 | $110,000 | $5,000 | $529,500 |
| Tonalist | 7 | 5 | $39,000 | $80,000 | $10,000 | $195,000 |
| Audible | 3 | 20 | $39,000 | $160,000 | $6,000 | $780,000 |
| Vino Rosso | 3 | 25 | $38,760 | $100,000 | $7,000 | $969,000 |
| Maximus Mischief | 3 | 14 | $35,393 | $95,000 | $4,000 | $495,500 |
| Instagrand | 2 | 9 | $35,111 | $130,000 | $7,000 | $316,000 |
| Good Samaritan | 4 | 1 | $35,000 | $35,000 | $35,000 | $35,000 |
| Improbable | 2 | 27 | $33,074 | $280,000 | $3,000 | $893,000 |
| Classic Empire | 5 | 9 | $32,778 | $75,000 | $6,000 | $295,000 |
| Enticed | 3 | 2 | $32,500 | $35,000 | $30,000 | $65,000 |
| Catalina Cruiser | 3 | 1 | $32,000 | $32,000 | $32,000 | $32,000 |
| Thousand Words | 2 | 7 | $31,000 | $70,000 | $4,000 | $217,000 |
| Ten Sovereigns | 3 | 3 | $30,667 | $75,000 | $5,000 | $92,000 |
| Known Agenda | 1 | 14 | $29,536 | $70,000 | $3,000 | $413,500 |
| Spun to Run | 2 | 7 | $28,714 | $100,000 | $3,000 | $201,000 |
| The Factor | 10 | 1 | $27,000 | $27,000 | $27,000 | $27,000 |
| Modernist | 1 | 5 | $26,200 | $52,000 | $10,000 | $131,000 |
| Cloud Computing | 4 | 2 | $26,000 | $27,000 | $25,000 | $52,000 |
| West Coast | 4 | 2 | $26,000 | $37,000 | $15,000 | $52,000 |
| Lookin At Lucky | 12 | 1 | $26,000 | $26,000 | $26,000 | $26,000 |
| Tom’s d’Etat | 2 | 3 | $26,000 | $42,000 | $6,000 | $78,000 |
| Unified | 5 | 2 | $25,500 | $40,000 | $11,000 | $51,000 |
| Mucho Macho Man | 8 | 1 | $25,000 | $25,000 | $25,000 | $25,000 |
| First Samurai | 16 | 1 | $25,000 | $25,000 | $25,000 | $25,000 |
| Take Charge Indy | 9 | 2 | $23,000 | $40,000 | $6,000 | $46,000 |
| Creative Cause | 10 | 1 | $22,000 | $22,000 | $22,000 | $22,000 |
| Higher Power | 2 | 1 | $22,000 | $22,000 | $22,000 | $22,000 |
| Preservationist | 3 | 3 | $20,667 | $30,000 | $12,000 | $62,000 |
| By My Standards | 1 | 2 | $20,500 | $30,000 | $11,000 | $41,000 |
| Mo Town | 4 | 8 | $19,875 | $50,000 | $2,500 | $159,000 |
| Maximum Security | 2 | 9 | $19,500 | $50,000 | $2,500 | $175,500 |
| Goldencents | 8 | 6 | $17,500 | $30,000 | $4,000 | $105,000 |
| Outwork | 6 | 1 | $15,000 | $15,000 | $15,000 | $15,000 |
| Tapiture | 7 | 1 | $15,000 | $15,000 | $15,000 | $15,000 |
| Bee Jersey | 4 | 1 | $11,000 | $11,000 | $11,000 | $11,000 |
| Catholic Boy | 3 | 4 | $9,500 | $17,000 | $4,000 | $38,000 |
| Tapwrit | 4 | 1 | $6,000 | $6,000 | $6,000 | $6,000 |
| Honest Mischief | 2 | 1 | $5,000 | $5,000 | $5,000 | $5,000 |
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