The Keeneland November Breeding Stock Sale concluded Nov. 11 with a brisk market. A total of 2,025 horses changed hands for $253,091,700, including post-ring sales, a 2.9% jump from last year's $246,042,400 total for 1,986 head.
Pappacap, who will stand for $12,500, is followed by the farm's newest addition in grade 1 winner Stronghold, who will stand his initial season at stud for $10,000.
Following its strong November Breeding Stock Sale, Keeneland looks to maintain that momentum with the Nov. 12 November Horses of Racing Age Sale. The single-session auction features a catalog of 87 horses of racing age, with many in top form.
The Nov. 13 Bahrain International Trophy (G1) has attracted a starry cast for its first incarnation as a group 1 race, including Wimbledon Hawkeye, last year's winner Royal Champion, and dual Derby winner Lambourn.
Victory Achieved lived up to his name by taking the Oct. 3 Nearctic Stakes (G2T) in a 6-furlong contest on turf at Woodbine. Now, he sprints 6 furlongs on Woodbine's Tapeta main track in the Nov. 14 Kennedy Road Stakes (G2).
Star sprinter Almeraq and 2025 Prix Maurice de Gheest (G1) scorer Sajir will begin life at Beech House Stud in Newmarket, where Baaeed leads the roster and will stand for an unchanged figure.
Budds and Weatherbys bring 591 lots of racing history to the National Horse Racing Museum Nov. 18 in Newmarket for The Inside Track, a major auction spanning more than 300 years of the sport.