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The attendance at the 2015 Breeders' Cup set a record for the Keeneland race course. Over two days, total attendance was 95,102. [11] Attendance on Friday, October 30, at 44,947, was the highest for a Friday since the Breeders' Cup became a two-day event in 2007. [12] It also broke Keeneland's previous one-day record of 40,617, set in 2012. [11]
Keeneland Sales is an American Thoroughbred auction house in Lexington, Kentucky founded in 1935 as a nonprofit racing/auction entity on 147 acres (0.59 km 2) of farmland west of Lexington, which had been owned by Jack O. Keene. A division of Keeneland Association, Inc., it holds three annual horse auctions that attract buyers from around the ...
Keeneland is the world's largest Thoroughbred auction house, conducting three sales annually: The September Yearling Sale, November Breeding Stock Sale, and January Horses of All Ages Sale. [25] Horses sold at Keeneland sales include 82 horses that won 88 Breeders' Cup World Championship races; 19 Kentucky Derby winners; 21 Preakness winners ...
Photos and videos from the ongoing construction project at Keeneland, which includes a new Paddock Building and more ticketed experiences for horse racing fans. ‘A model racetrack.’
For a number of years, in the 1970s and 1980s, horses sired by Northern Dancer (1961–1990) held the top ten price records, with 174 Northern Dancer offspring selling for a total $160 million at the Keeneland Sales over 22 years. [13] The National Thoroughbred Racing Association calls him "one of the most influential sires in Thoroughbred ...
A new study outlines who visits Keeneland, and how much money they spend in Lexington when they do. Skip to main content. 24/7 Help. For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 ...
Fewer than 10,000 of the special-edition bottles will be available for purchase. Maker’s Mark said the commemorative bottles are generally gone within a day.
Combined over a period of 22 years, the top 174 Northern Dancer offspring at the Keeneland Sales sold for a total $160 million. [66] The bidding duels between John Magnier and Robert Sangster of Coolmore Stud and Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum of Darley Stud helped drive up the prices as both sought future breeding prospects.