New York-bred broodmare Ack Naughty, the dam of Grade 1 winner Practical Move, was one of 12 seven-figure purchases at the Keeneland November breeding stock sale. Keeneland Photo.

Sales of New York-bred weanlings played a role in the “incredibly strong” market for foals at the Keeneland November breeding stock sale that concluded Thursday in Lexington.

Six New York-breds sold for six figures during the sale, including a filly that landed a bid of $200,000 during last week’s opening session. Overall, Keeneland reported sales on 34 of the 39 New York-bred weanlings through the ring for $1,744,500, an average price of $51,309 and median of $35,000.

“It’s very encouraging to see the demand for New York-breds continue to remain strong in a competitive foal market,” said New York Thoroughbred Breeders Executive Director Najja Thompson. “A credit to our breeders in continuing to produce attractive foals and consignors offering to the public.

“We have implemented several initiatives working with the New York State Breeding and Development Fund and the New York Racing Association, Inc. to ensure participation in the New York-bred program remains robust and beneficial for breeders and owners. These measures include our recently updated mare residency rules for broodmares in-foal purchased at public auction, bonuses for New York-Sired progeny and purse parity for New York-breds on the NYRA circuit in 2026.”

Arthur Hoyeau, agent, went to $200,000 to purchase the top-selling weanling, Hip 111, a daughter of Justify and third foal out of the Australia mare San Saria. Bred by Lakland Farm and consigned by Sequel New York, the filly is a full sister to the unraced 2-year-old filly Guinevere, who sold for $925,000 at last year’s Keeneland September yearling sale.

Hip 86, a filly from the second crop of Horse of the Year Authentic, sold for $140,000 to Castleton Way during the opening session. Bred by Pine Ridge Stable LLC, foaled at Waldorf Farm in North Chatham and consigned by Taylor Made Sales Agency, agent, the filly is the fourth foal out of the stakes-placed Bretheren mare Onebrethatatime.

A half-sister to the filly by Not This Time sold for $170,000 at last year’s Keeneland November sale and an unnamed 2-year-old Audible filly sold for $190,000 at the 2022 Fasig-Tipton Saratoga New York-bred yearling sale.

The third highest-priced weanling was also a filly, Hip 1900, a daughter of multiple Grade 1 winner McKinzie named Pinky Brier. The filly sold for $130,000 to Chivalry Racing and Final Furlong as the last offering during Sunday’s fifth session of the sale.

Bred by Danzel Brendemuehl and Colleen Smith, foaled at The New Hill Farm in Hoosick Falls and consigned by Gainesway, the filly is the first foal out of the Grade 2-placed Tapiture mare Exchange Vows. A half-sister to Big City Lights, Exchange Vows finished third in the Grade 2 Sorrento Stakes at Del Mar.

The top-selling New York-bred colt, Hip 2714, a son of Tacitus and half-brother to New York-bred stakes winner Dream Central and stakes winner Dreamalildreamofu, sold for $125,000 to ELC Investments to highlight Book 4. Bred by and foaled at John Jayko’s Fedwell Farms in Saratoga Springs, the colt is out of the stakes-placed Deputy Wild Cat mare Dreamed to Dream. He was consigned by Sally Thomas, agent.

Dreamed to Dream is the dam of four winners led by Dreamalildreamofu, a daughter of Commissioner who earned $289,403, sold in foal to Maxfield for $340,000 at last year’s Keeneland November breeding stock sale. Dream Central, a daughter of leading New York sire Central Banker bred by Fedwell Farms, won the Suzie O’Cain Stakes at Saratoga Race Course and the Cupecoy’s Joy division of the New York Stallion Series Stakes at Belmont Park last season. Dreamed to Dream is also the dam of Whiskey Frens, a colt by Speightster who sold for $80,000 at this year’s Fasig-Tipton Saratoga New York-bred yearling sale.

The top price paid overall for a New York-bred was $1.8 million by Juddmonte for Ack Naughty, an 11-year-old daughter of Afleet Alex out of the stakes-placed General Meeting mare Dash for Money. Consigned by Sequel New York, agent for Chester and Mary Broman, Ack Naughty sold in foal to Into Mischief as Hip 246.

The Bromans purchased Ack Naughty, a four-time winner who finished second in the 2014 Chelsea Flower, second in the 2017 Mount Vernon and third in the 2017 John Hettinger, for $500,000 in foal to Upstart at this year’s Keeneland January horses of all ages sale. That sale came about a month after Practical Move, a son of the Into Mischief stallion Practical Joke, won the Grade 2 Los Alamitos Futurity. He later added the Grade 2 San Felipe and Grade 1 Santa Anita Derby to rank among the leading contenders for the Kentucky Derby before an injury knocked him out of the Triple Crown.

Ack Naughty did not produce a live foal in 2023 and is the dam of a yearling colt by Complexity that sold for $300,000 at the Keeneland September sale. Ack Naughty, who won four of 15 starts and earned $310,450, was bred by Waterville Lake Stables Ltd. LLC.

Stakes winner Gambling Girl, runner-up in this year’s Grade 1 Kentucky Oaks and third in the Grade 1 Coaching Club American Oaks at Saratoga Race Course, sold for $875,000 to Spendthrift Farm during the opening session. Offered as a racing or broodmare prospect as Hip 245, the 3-year-year-old daughter of Dialed In out of the winning Empire Maker mare Tulipmania was consigned by Highgate Sales, agent.

Bred by and foaled at Gallagher’s Stud in Ghent, Gambling Girl is 2-3-3 in 12 starts with $568,910 in earnings.

Purchased by Repole Stable for $200,000 at the 2021 Fasig-Tipton Saratoga New York-bred yearling sale, Gambling Girl won the 2022 Joseph A. Gimma Stakes and finished third in that year’s Grade 2 Demoiselle Stakes to earn champion New York-bred 2-year-old filly finalist honors. She competed exclusively in stakes company at 3, with runner-up finishes in the Busanda at Aqueduct, Grade 3 Gazelle at Aqueduct and a diminishing neck defeat in the Kentucky Oaks at Churchill Downs.

Hip 3277, a weanling filly from the first crop of Beau Liam, topped Thursday’s final session on a bid of $35,000 from Phil Hager’s Taproot, agent for Final Furlong Racing Stable. Bred by Fergus Galvin, Spruce Lane Farm, Mashnee Stables, Copper Beach Stables et al, foaled at McMahon of Saratoga Thoroughbreds in Saratoga Springs and consigned by Hunter Valley Farm, agent, the filly is out of the winning Arch mare Miss Nancy.

Keeneland wraps up its 2023 auction season with the horses of racing age sale at noon Friday.  Eighteen New York-breds were cataloged, including multiple stakes winner Eye Witness and stakes-placed Aggregation. Click here for a mini catalog of the New York-breds.

Hip 2714, a colt by Tacitus bred by John Jayko’s Fedwell Farms, sold for $125,000 Tuesday at Keeneland. Photo provided by Sally Thomas.

A colt by Tacitus became the sixth New York-bred weanling to sell for six figures at the Keeneland November breeding stock sale Tuesday in Lexington.

Hip 2714, a half-brother to New York-bred stakes winner Dream Central and stakes winner Dreamalildreamofu, sold for $125,000 to ELC Investments to highlight the Book 4 offerings. Bred by and foaled at John Jayko’s Fedwell Farms in Saratoga Springs, the colt is out of the stakes-placed Deputy Wild Cat mare Dreamed to Dream. He was consigned by Sally Thomas, agent.

Dreamed to Dream is the dam of four winners led by Dreamalildreamofu, a daughter of Commissioner who earned $289,403, sold in foal to Maxfield for $340,000 at last year’s Keeneland November breeding stock sale. Dream Central, a daughter of leading New York sire Central Banker bred by Fedwell Farms, won the Suzie O’Cain Stakes at Saratoga Race Course and the Cupecoy’s Joy division of the New York Stallion Series Stakes at Belmont Park last season. Dreamed to Dream is also the dam of Whiskey Frens, a colt by Speightster who sold for $80,000 at this year’s Fasig-Tipton Saratoga New York-bred yearling sale.

Hip 2665, a colt by Yaupon bred by Danzel Brendemuehl and Colleen Smith, sold for $80,000 Tuesday at Keeneland. Photo provided by Taylor Made Sales Agency.

Hip 2665, a weanling colt by Yaupon named Whiskey Point, sold for $80,000 to Rexy Bloodstock during Tuesday’s session.

Bred by Danzel Brendemuehl and Colleen Smith and foaled at The New Hill Farm in Hoosick Falls, the colt is the first foal out of the winning Bernardini mare Capable. He was consigned by Taylor Made Sales Agency, agent.

Capable, the winner of three of 22 starts and $52,839, is out of the Grade 1-placed stakes-winning City Zip mare Achiever’s Legacy and is a half-sister to stakes winner Tone It Up.

Cara’s Dreamer, a stakes-placed New York-bred daughter of The Factor who earned $259,280, brought the top price for a broodmare or broodmare prospect during Book 4 on a bid of $70,000 from JRita Thoroughbreds. Offered as Hip 2250 in foal to Yaupon, Cara’s Dreamer is  out of the North Light mare Dreaming of Cara.

Bred and raced by Richard Greeley, Cara’s Dreamer went 2-6-4 in 21 starts with a third in the John Hettinger Stakes and a second in the Ticonderoga Stakes in 2021 at Belmont Park.

The sale continues with the start of Book 5 and the first of the final two sessions at 10 a.m. Wednesday. The Keeneland November horses of racing age sale starts at noon Friday.

Hip 1900, a filly by McKinzie bred by Danzel Brendemuehl and Colleen Smith, sold for $130,000 to highlight Book 3 at the Keeneland November sale. Photo courtesy of Gainesway.

A trio of weanlings bred or foaled in New York landed six-figure bids to highlight the Book 3 portion of the Keeneland November breeding stock sale.

Hip 1900, a filly from the second crop of multiple Grade 1 winner McKinzie named Pinky Brier, landed the top price on a bid of $130,000 from Chivalry Racing and Final Furlong as the last offering during Sunday’s fifth session of the sale.

Bred by Danzel Brendemuehl and Colleen Smith, foaled at The New Hill Farm in Hoosick Falls and consigned by Gainesway, the filly is the first foal out of the Grade 2-placed Tapiture mare Exchange Vows. A half-sister to Big City Lights, Exchange Vows finished third in the Grade 2 Sorrento Stakes at Del Mar.

Hip 1078, a colt from the first crop of Grade 1 winner Yaupon, landed the top price for a weanling New York-bred colt during Book 3 on a bid of $120,000 from Bellarmine Stables during Saturday’s session.

Bred by and foaled at Saratoga Glen Farm in Schuylerville and consigned by Vinery Sales, agent, the colt is the third foal out of Fiftyplustip, a daughter of The Factor and half-sister to Grade 1-winning New York-bred Willy Beamin. The colt is a half-brother to a son of Global Campaign that sold for $60,000 at this year’s Fasig-Tipton Saratoga New York-bred yearling sale; and an unnamed 2-year-old colt by Sky Mesa that sold for $9,000 at last year’s Keeneland September yearling sale.

The third six-figure weanling also sold during Saturday’s session – Hip 1478, a colt from the first crop of multiple Grade 1 winner Raging Bull who brought $100,000 from CJ Thoroughbreds.

Bred and consigned by Elm Tree Farm LLC and foaled at The New Hill Farm, the colt is out of the stakes-placed Elusive Quality mare Elusive One. A half-sister to stakes winner and $164,704-earner Explain, Elusive One is the dam of winners Bourbon Heist, Tribal Transit and Gardenia Girl, along with a yearling colt by Carvaggio.

On the Good List, a half-sister to Grade 1 winner Dunbar Road, sold for $95,000 to leading breeder Peter E. Blum Thoroughbreds. Photo courtesy of Brookdale Sales.

Peter E. Blum Thoroughbreds – the breeder of classic winners Authentic and National Treasure among countless other major stakes winners – landed the top-priced New York-bred mare during Book 3. Hip 1620, a 6-year-old unraced daughter of Speightstown, sold for $95,000 out of the Brookdale Sales consignment.

A half-sister to Grade 1 winner and $1,698,740-earner Dunbar Road, On the Good list is out of the Bernardini mare Gift List. Bred by Jeffrey Drown and consigned by Brookdale Sales, On the Good List was sold in foal to classic winner Mo Donegal. On the Good List is the dam of the placed 2-year-old City of Light colt Ready to Storm, who sold for $80,000 at last year’s Keeneland September sale; a yearling filly by City of Light named Eiffel who sold for $50,000 at this year’s Keeneland September sale; and a weanling filly by Practical Joke born April 13.

The sale continues with the start of Book 4 and the sixth of nine sessions at 10 a.m. Monday.

Eloquent Speaker, a stakes-placed daughter of Flatter in foal to Quality Road, sold for $350,000 Thursday at Keeneland. Photo courtesy of Bluewater Sales.

Eloquent Speaker, a stakes-placed earner of $251,380, commanded a final bid of $350,000 to highlight the New York-bred offerings in Book 2 of the Keeneland November breeding stock sale.

Boomer Bloodstock purchased the 6-year-old Flatter mare, offered as Hip 660 by Bluewater Sales LLC, agent, during Thursday’s second session of the sale. Eloquent Speaker, in foal to Quality Road, went 4-3-3 in 19 starts with a runner-up in the 2022 La Verdad Stakes at Aqueduct.

Bred by Fred Hertrich III and John Fielding, Eloquent Speaker is out of the unraced Brokenn Vow mare Spoken Not Broken.

Snicket, a stakes-placed 6-year-old daughter of Lemon Drop Kid offered as Hip 885, sold for $240,000 to St. George Stables LLC during Friday’s session. Consigned by Brookdale Sales, agent for Highland. Yard LLC, Snicket is out of the winning Stormy Atlantic mare Ever So Pretty, who is a full-sister to Grade 1 winner Stormello and Grade 2 winner My Best Brother.

Bred by Stonewall Farm, Snicket originally sold to Highland Yard for $400,000 at the 2019 OBS March sale of 2-year-olds in training. She went 4-11-4 in 30 starts, earned $408,410 and placed in the 2022 Union Avenue Handicap at Saratoga Race Course and 2023 What A Summer Stakes at Laurel Park.

Book 2 also saw four weanlings bred and/or foaled in New York sell for an average of $52,500. Hip 412, a filly from the first crop of Grade 1 winner Yaupon, led that group on a bid of $70,000 from Chivalry Thoroughbred Racing LLC. Bred by Big Dom Racing Stable LLC and consigned by Turning Point Bloodstock, agent, the filly is out of the winning To Honor and Serve mare Pursuing Justice.

Out of Grade 2 winner and $392,830-earner Seeking the Ante, Pursuing Justice is the dam of the winning New York-bred 2-year-old Audible filly Lady Arwen and a New York-bred Tom’s d’Etat colt who sold for $85,000 at this year’s Fasig-Tipton Midlantic Eastern fall yearling sale.

The sale continues with the start of Book 3 and the fourth session at 10 a.m. Saturday.

Ack Naughty, the dam of Grade 1 winner Practical Move, was one of 11 seven-figure purchases Wednesday at the Keeneland November breeding stock sale. Keeneland Photo.

Ack Naughty, the stakes-placed dam of Grade 1 winner Practical Move, sold for $1.8 million and was one of 11 seven-figure purchases during Wednesday’s opening session of the Keeneland November breeding stock sale.

Juddmonte purchased the 11-year-old New York-bred daughter of Afleet Alex out of the stakes-placed General Meeting mare Dash for Money. Consigned by Sequel New York, agent for Chester and Mary Broman, Ack Naughty sold in foal to Into Mischief as Hip 246.

“Top end (of the market) is just killer strong,” Juddmonte General Manager Garrett O’Rourke said. “It’s like people buying art or something in a hot market. It’s hard to put a value on them at this level. And if you want them, you have to pay for them. I’m delighted to have something really nice to bring home and add to the Juddmonte broodmare band.”

The Bromans purchased Ack Naughty, a four-time winner who finished second in the 2014 Chelsea Flower, second in the 2017 Mount Vernon and third in the 2017 John Hettinger, for $500,000 in foal to Upstart at this year’s Keeneland January horses of all ages sale. That sale came about a month after Practical Move, a son of the Into Mischief stallion Practical Joke, won the Grade 2 Los Alamitos Futurity. He later added the Grade 2 San Felipe and Grade 1 Santa Anita Derby to rank among the leading contenders for the Kentucky Derby before an injury knocked him out of the Triple Crown.

Ack Naughty did not produce a live foal in 2023 and is the dam of a yearling colt by Complexity that sold for $300,000 at the Keeneland September sale. Ack Naughty, who won four of 15 starts and earned $310,450, was bred by Waterville Lake Stables Ltd. LLC.

“Mr. Broman still races quite a bit, but he is breeding to sell in a commercial market,” Sequel’s Becky Thomas said. “(Selling Ack Naughty) will be a chance to put cash back into the program, and that’s what we did.”

Gambling Girl, runner-up in this year’s Kentucky Oaks, sold for $875,000 Wednesday at Keeneland. Coady Photography.

Stakes winner Gambling Girl, runner-up in this year’s Grade 1 Kentucky Oaks and third in the Grade 1 Coaching Club American Oaks at Saratoga Race Course, sold for $875,000 to Spendthrift Farm. Offered as a racing or broodmare prospect as Hip 245, the 3-year-year-old daughter of Dialed In out of the winning Empire Maker mare Tulipmania was consigned by Highgate Sales, agent.

Bred by and foaled at Gallagher’s Stud in Ghent, Gambling Girl is 2-3-3 in 12 starts with $568,910 in earnings.

Purchased by Repole Stable for $200,000 at the 2021 Fasig-Tipton Saratoga New York-bred yearling sale, Gambling Girl won the 2022 Joseph A. Gimma Stakes and finished third in that year’s Grade 2 Demoiselle Stakes to earn champion New York-bred 2-year-old filly finalist honors. She competed exclusively in stakes company at 3, with runner-up finishes in the Busanda at Aqueduct, Grade 3 Gazelle at Aqueduct and a diminishing neck defeat in the Kentucky Oaks at Churchill Downs.

Arthur Hoyeau, agent, went to $200,000 to purchase Hip 111, a filly by Justify and the most expensive New York-bred weanling of the day. Bred by Lakland Farm, foaled at Sequel Stallions New York in Hudson and consigned by Sequel New York, the filly is the third foal out of the Australia mare San Saria.

Lakland also bred the filly’s full sister, the unraced 2-year-old filly Guinevere, who sold for $925,000 at last year’s Keeneland September yearling sale; and a yearling colt by Union Rags who sold for $50,000 at this year’s Keeneland September sale.

The sale continues with the start of Book 2 and the second session at 10 a.m. Thursday.

Stakes winner Toni Tools sold for $330,000 Tuesday at the Fasig-Tipton Kentucky November mixed sale. Photo provided by ELiTE.

The four New York-bred weanlings offered during Tuesday’s Fasig-Tipton Kentucky November “Night of the Stars” mixed sale sold for an average of $107,500.

Big Bear Bloodstock purchased the highest-priced weanling, going to $180,000 to land Hip 115, a colt from the first crop of champion and multiple Grade 1 winner Game Winner. Bred by Dr. Jerry Bilinski and foaled at his Waldorf Farm in North Chatham, the Jan. 21 colt is out of the winning D’wildcat mare D’fashion.

Consigned by Stuart Morris, agent for Waldorf Farm, the colt is the seventh foal out of D’fashion. Waldorf purchased D’fashion carrying the Game Winner colt in utero for $75,000 at last year’s Keeneland November breeding stock sale. She’s the dam of multiple stakes winner Strategic Dreams and winners D’archer, Canyouhearmenow, Light and Path and Garbar Boy.

Bilinski also bred and sold the highest-priced New York-bred weanling filly of the sale – Hip 117, a daughter of Grade 1 winner Yaupon purchased by Timothy Wickes for $115,000. The filly, also consigned by Stuart Morris and foaled at Waldorf Farm, is out of the winning Dialed In mare Draft.

Draft is the dam of the multiple placed New York-bred Army Mule filly Ukranian Princess and the unraced New York-bred Gun Runner 2-year-old filly Mommasgottagun who sold for $180,000 at last year’s Fasig-Tipton Kentucky October sale.

Hip 132, a weanling colt from the first crop of multiple Grade 1 winner Maxfield, sold for $110,000 to BDD Bloodstock. Bred by and foaled at Thirty Year Farm in Saratoga Springs and consigned by Taylor Made Sales Agency, the colt is the third foal out of the stakes-winning Even the Score mare Heavenly Score.

Heavenly Score is the dam of Score the Rock, a New York-bred colt by Kantharos who sold for $72,000 at this year’s OBS March 2-year-olds in training sale and yearling filly by City of Light that sold for $35,000 at this year’s Fasig-Tipton Saratoga New York-bred sale.

Hip 93, a filly from the second crop of Horse of the Year Authentic, sold for $100,000 to Erlandson LLC. Bred by Danzel Brendemuehl and Mare Madness LLC and foaled at The New Hill Farm in Hoosick Falls, the filly is out of the stakes-placed Indian Charlie mare Auspicious. Consigned by The New Hill Farm, agent, the filly is a half-sister to five winners including 2021 Albany Stakes runner-up and $111,100-earner Bobby Bo and $144,600-earner Fort Worth.

Auspicious is also the dam of the unraced 2-year-old Gun Runner colt Squirt Gun, who was bred by Brendemuehl and Classic Mares.

Hanzly Albina, agent for Newtown Anner, signed for the two highest-priced New York-breds at the sale – stakes-producing mares that brought $330,000 and $325,000.

Hip 254, the stakes-winning 9-year-old Roaring Fever mare Toni Tools, sold for $330,000. The dam of the 2-year-old Candy Ridge filly Candied, winner of the Grade 1 Darley Alcibiades at Keeneland and third in last Friday’s Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies at Santa Anita Park, Toni Tools was not pregnant when she went through the ring. She’s also the dam of a weanling New York-bred colt by New York-based sire Solomini and the winning 4-year-old Street Sense filly Wow Me Fast. Toni Tools was consigned Tuesday by ELiTE, agent.

Hip 140, the winning Mission Impazible mare Impazible Woman, sold for $325,000. Offered in foal to Not This Time, Impazible Woman is the dam of multiple stakes winner and $324,136-earner Tyler’s Tribe, the unraced 2-year-old Good Samaritan colt Austin Strong and a weanling filly by Enticed. Impazible Woman was consigned Tuesday by Clifton Farm LLC, agent.

The fall mixed sales season continues Wednesday with the start of the nine-day Keeneland November breeding stock sale.