McKinzie has stamped himself as one of many main first-crop sires with a pair of grade 1 winners in Chancer McPatrick and Scottish Lassie . His fame has prolonged to the public sale ring as he was the main protecting sire and weanling sire Nov. 11 through the seventh session of the Keeneland November Breeding Inventory Sale, the place he additionally had the highest-priced weanling filly at $120,000 to conclude Ebook 4.
“It is sort of a three-way battle for main freshman sire proper now,” mentioned Brian Graves, normal supervisor at Gainesway Farm. “McKinzie separated himself when he obtained two grade 1 winners and two different horses that had been grade-1 positioned as properly. He simply retains placing an excellent, good horse on the bottom. You go and have a look at one, and so they’ve all obtained these lengthy lovely necks, properly balanced, good stroll. They’re appropriate, one proper after the opposite, and the gross sales outcomes are displaying that.”
McKinzie’s 4 weanlings introduced a complete of $320,000, with two broodmares in foal to the son of Avenue Sense bringing $220,000.
The highest-priced weanling, a colt by Upstart out of Honey Muffin, went for $155,000 to Cherry Knoll Farm. Hip 2680 was consigned by Indian Creek, agent.
Hip 2436, a McKinzie filly bred and consigned by Stoneriggs Farm, commanded $120,000 from John Donahue. She is the third foal of the mare Store American, by American Pharoah . Join BloodHorse Each day
Belle Gallantey , in foal to McKinzie, was the co-highest priced broodmare of the day at $120,000, promoting to Chad Schumer/KGS. She is the dam of a number of stakes winner Avana and graded stakes-placed Morning , who was third within the Emirates Holidays Mahab Al Shimaal (G3).
Third on the first-crop sire listing, McKinzie has had 20 weanlings promote so far within the sale for $2,842,000, with a mean of $142,100. Sixteen broodmares have bought in foal to the stallion for $1,815,000.
“We’re hopeful he retains rolling, and we’re fairly assured he’ll,” mentioned Graves.
Photograph: Anne M. EberhardtBrian Graves at Keeneland
Day 7 Stats
The conclusion of Ebook 4 noticed a gross of $8,571,600 from the 283 horses to alter fingers, together with personal gross sales. The typical was $30,288, with the median at $23,000. A 13.7% RNA represented the 45 horses who failed to satisfy their reserve.
“The foal market has been fairly savage, actually,” Graves mentioned. “I imply it is each good child you chase up there. I believe actually, simply from Ebook 1 all the way down to this degree, they’ve gotten costlier as you go. Individuals are working out of choices, and so they’re simply preventing more durable to get a pleasant weanling to promote.
“Mares in foal on a modern cowl are promoting fairly properly, however something that is obtained just a little hole in it, is not fairly.”
Mahmud F. Mouni was the main purchaser with eight purchases totaling $278,000. Taylor Made Gross sales Company led the consignors, promoting 32 head for $1,088,000.
Final yr’s seventh session noticed 277 horses promote for $7,260,900, together with personal gross sales, with a mean of $26,213, and a median of $20,000.
The Keeneland November Breeding Inventory Sale continues Nov. 12 at 10 a.m. with Ebook 5, with a complete of 660 horses cataloged over the subsequent two days. As of Monday night, Keeneland has reported 63 outs for the eighth session.
