Keeneland has cataloged 111 horses for its April Selected Horses of Racing Age Sale, to be held April 26 following the races on closing day of the spring meet. Approved supplemental entries will be accepted until the sale date.
"The April Sale will benefit from the excitement generated by our spring meet and the fact that all eyes of the racing world are on the Bluegrass at this time of year," Keeneland vice president of sales Tony Lacy said. "The auction is well placed on the calendar because in many ways the summer racing season begins when the final race of our spring meet is run. Buyers will find tremendous opportunities to add to their stables at this sale on the eve of Kentucky Derby week."
Among the most accomplished horses cataloged in the sale are:
- Dana's Beauty, a 6-year-old daughter of Not This Time who won her past two races, most recently the Latonia Stakes by 2 3/4 lengths March 23. She is out of the winning City Zip mare City Siren, a half sister to recent Keeneland stakes winner Bo Cruz, who took the Commonwealth Stakes (G3), and from the family of 2017 Preakness Stakes (G1) winner and sire Cloud Computing .
- Dynamic One, a 6-year-old horse by Union Rags who captured the 2022 Suburban Stakes (G2) and was second in the 2021 Wood Memorial Stakes (G2) and 2022 Ben Ali Stakes (G3). From the family of Hall of Famer Personal Ensign, Dynamic One is entered in the Ben Ali April 20.
- Escapologist, a 4-year-old colt by Good Magic is coming off a victory in a March 30 allowance optional claimer at Oaklawn Park, where he earned a 104 Equibase Speed Figure. He is out of the winning After Market mare Revealing Moment, a full sister to multiple grade 1 winner Belle Gallantey.
- Expected Value, a 4-year-old colt by Flatter who won his most recent race at Aqueduct Racetrack in March. His dam is stakes winner Midnight Visit, by Henny Hughes.
- Fuerteventura, a 5-year-old gelding by Summer Front who is a multiple stakes winner and grade 3-placed runner. In March, he took the Cotton Fitzsimmons Stakes on turf at Turf Paradise.
- Noted, a multiple stakes-winning and grade 2-placed 3-year-old colt by Cairo Prince . Out of the winning Proud Citizen mare Sea View Millie, he is from the family of grade 2 winner and sire Mark Valeski and grade 3 winner Albano.
- Sir London, a 5-year-old gelding by Malibu Moon, who is coming off a victory in March at Gulfstream Park.
- Smile Happy, a millionaire who is a multiple grade 2 winner and was second in Keeneland's 2022 Blue Grass Stakes (G1). The 5-year-old gelding by Runhappy is entered in the Ben Ali Stakes.
- Tiz the Bomb, a millionaire, grade 2-winning gelding who was second in the 2021 Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf (G1T). The 5-year-old is by Hit It a Bomb.
- Watchtower, a 3-year-old filly by Demarchelier who is unbeaten in two races this year on turf at Gulfstream Park and Tampa Bay Downs. She is out of Zloty, a winning stakes-placed daughter of Exchange Rate.
The catalog is available online and through the Equineline Sales Catalog iPad app, includes pedigrees, Equibase past performances and race videos, Daily Racing Form past performances, and Ragozin and Thoro-Graph figures. Consignors may upload photographs and walking videos.
See the online Keeneland April Sale catalog
A print catalog is available for pickup from the Welcome Center at Keeneland along with a separate booklet with Equibase past performances. A supplemental catalog also will be printed prior to the sale.
Because of the changeable nature of horses of racing age catalogs, consignments will be stabled and a barn order list produced and distributed around April 22 when the catalog, including supplements, is close to final.
The final race April 26 will go off at approximately 5:09 p.m., and the April Sale will begin at 6:30 p.m. The auction will livestreamed on Keeneland.com.
Recent graduates of the April Sale include Carmel Road, winner of the King Faisal Cup in Saudi Arabia, and these subsequent stakes winners: Brooke Marie (2022 Monrovia Stakes, G2T), Cazadero (2022 Nearctic Stakes, G2T); Scarlet Fusion (2023 John B. Connally Turf Cup Stakes, G3T); and Duvet Day (2023 Astra Stakes).
This press release has been edited for content and style by BloodHorse Staff.
