2009 sales

The Keeneland January sale is about a month away. The sale will be the first of the new year which many believe will be a continuation of the rough market experienced in 2008. There are a lot of quality horses in the January sale but it will be interesting to see exactly how many stay in the sale and what kind of reserves are being set. Azeri is the highest profile mare in the sale and supposedly she will be sold as part of some sort of tax reorgainzation or estate plan. I dont know that she will bring the huge prices that would have been expected for her just last year. CES is selling two lots, a PA bred yarling by Grand Reward and a broodmare prospect by Minardi named Moonlight Flite. They sell as hips 1320 and 2085 and will be sold with no reserve. I expect the colt to attract some attention as he is a well made horse by a sire who will get his first runners to the track next year and the demand for good looking PA breds has never been higher. The mare who is being sold as a broodmare prospect, however she could be put into training, has a nice family and is very correct as she was a $160,000 two year old in training purchase.