Keeneland will kick off 2026 with its Horses of All Ages Sale Jan. 12-13 in Lexington. The sale, which spans two days, in comparison with three classes final yr, encompasses a catalog of 1,105Â horses, together with breeding inventory, racing prospects, and quick yearlings. Every session will start at 10:00 a.m. ET.
Following a extremely profitable 2025 gross sales season, Keeneland’s vp of gross sales, Tony Lacy, is optimistic that demand will stay robust.
“This sale appears like an extension of the November Sale,” Lacy mentioned. “There’s plenty of high quality in right here, in all probability extra so than regular for a January Sale. We’re very excited.
“Over the previous couple of days, there have been only a few scratches, which is actually encouraging as a result of folks really feel constructive in regards to the market. The consumers have plenty of orders they have not fulfilled, or pinhookers that have not gotten their quota but.”
Lacy mentioned the choice to change to a two-day format was made with the intent to keep up a constant market and guarantee a swift course of for consumers.Join BloodHorse Day by day
“The intention was, when folks make an effort to be right here, they would like to get on with it and preserve transferring, quite than letting the market end at 4-5 o’clock within the afternoon and have to come back again the following day and begin one other day,” he mentioned.
“If we made the choice to go to a few days, I feel we would have discovered that sooner or later might be a little bit flat. We needed to attempt and ensure we made it as concise as doable.”
Some highlights of the sale embody Tiffany Case, the dam of Alabama Stakes (G1) winner and Breeders’ Cup Distaff (G1) runner-up Nitrogen . She is consigned as Hip 465 and supplied by Taylor Made Gross sales Company, agent for a D.J. Secure graduate, in foal to main sire Not This Time  .
D.J. Stables held a curated discount on the November Breeding Inventory Sale, leading to 31 head bringing $6,443,000. Jon Inexperienced, co-owner of D.J. Stables, is aware of to strike whereas the iron is scorching. As he talked about previous to the November Sale, the market can not appear to satisfy the demand for high-quality mares.Â
“If you’re promoting a mare like Tiffany Case, there are plenty of elements that go into it, as a result of she is the blue hen mare that each program would like to personal,” Inexperienced mentioned.
“We have been sitting down and deciding what to do with our broodmare band final yr, and we made the choice to place 32 mares into the Keeneland November Sale, with the concept we have been going to undergo a discount; and all of these mares offered, so clearly the market actually appreciated what we have been bringing to the desk.”
Inexperienced mentioned Nitrogen was acting at a prime degree across the time of the November Sale and, when trying over D.J. Stables’ inventory, he realized that the market was nonetheless ravenous for top-rated mares. The choice was made to enter Tiffany Case within the January Sale.
Picture: Anne M. EberhardtTiffany Case, consigned as Hip 465, on the Keeneland January Sale
Inexperienced purchased the mare on the 2019 Keeneland November Sale for $320,000, carrying her first foal by Violence  , who went on to be the a number of graded stakes-placed mare Like to Store, who topped final yr’s version of the January Sale at $700,000.
Nitrogen is simply the second foal of the mare, and has by no means completed off the board in all 12 profession begins, profitable six of them in 2025, and defeating grade 1 winners Good Cheer , Lush Lips , Scylla , and Thorpedo Anna  beneath the care of Corridor of Fame coach Mark Casse.Â
Being a daughter of the nice broodmare sire Uncle Mo solely provides to Tiffany Case’s enchantment.
“I really feel like she’s being very well-received, and rightfully so,” Inexperienced mentioned.
Lacy was equally optimistic in regards to the mare: “She’s comparatively younger, she’s in foal to the appropriate stallion (Not This Time). Her second foal, Nitrogen, is an Eclipse finalist for 3-year-old filly. She’s received (graded stakes) on each surfaces.
“The Greens had a discount sale with us in November, and that was very profitable. She’s extremely interesting, particularly to the high-end consumers, as a result of she is the dam of a possible Eclipse champion, in addition to a filly who’s acquired nothing however blue skies forward of her for the approaching yr, and if not, a few years.”
Denali Stud will deal with the Full Dispersal of Woodford Thoroughbreds (Section 2), which incorporates broodmare and racing prospects, broodmares in foal to prime sires comparable to Good Magic  , McKinzie  , Not This Time, and first-crop sire Taiba  , and a handful of quick yearlings.
4 Star Gross sales will provide graded stakes winner and $1 million King’s Plate Stakes winner Mansetti  (Hip 527). The 4-year-old son of Collected  is obtainable as a racing or stallion prospect. He’s out of the a number of stakes-producing Sky Mesa mare Gidget Lady. He has received 5 of his 11 profession begins and racked up earnings of $776,003 beneath the care of Kevin Attard.
In direction of the tip of the primary session, consumers can have the prospect to purchase the dam of world record-setter and first-crop sire Cogburn  . In a Jif, consigned as Hip 536 by Taylor Made Gross sales Company, is obtainable in foal to the main 2-year-old sire of 2025, Yaupon  . Succeeding In a Jif is her Into Mischief  colt (Hip 537), additionally consigned by Taylor Made.Â
Maybe essentially the most particular providing at this yr’s sale is Hip 413, Merely in Entrance , who achieved grade 1 success at Keeneland within the First Girl Stakes (G1T) for coach Eddie Kenneally and proprietor Colebrook Farms. The daughter of Summer season Entrance has earned greater than $2.8 million from 16 lifetime begins. She is obtainable as a broodmare prospect by Richard Hogan, agent for Colebrook Farms.Â
“It is nice to have a latest grade 1 winner right here,” Lacy mentioned about Merely in Entrance. “She’s one who has plenty of enchantment. She’s by Summer season Entrance, who’s a really versatile stallion, by Warfare Entrance. You possibly can breed her to something. She’s a beautiful filly.”
Final yr’s three-day sale noticed 724 horses change fingers for a gross of $35,225,900, together with personal gross sales. Three horses offered for a prime value of $700,000, all mares. The typical was $48,655, with a median of $22,000. A complete of 206 horses failed to fulfill their reserve, leading to an RNA fee of twenty-two.2%.
Taylor Made Gross sales Company was the main consignor, promoting 100 head from their draft for a complete of $4,260,200. Pin Oak Stud was the main purchaser with two purchases totaling $730,000.
As of Sunday night, Keeneland had reported 109 outs within the first session.
