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By Nicole Sauer Keeneland's November sale is the largest grossing breeding stock sale in North America, and the perception seems to be that it includes higher quality stock than Keeneland January. The 80% difference in average sale price of in-foal mares between the two sales can be accounted for by November's typically younger and/or more proven ...

By Nicole Sauer It will be seven years since an entering sire in North America breached $100,000 for a first-year fee. Animal Kingdom holds the highest announced fee for the coming season at $35,000, the highest fee for any incoming stallion since Curlin in 2009 ($75,000). While many bemoan the long drought of six-figures entering fees as a sign ...

By Nicole Sauer The September issue of MarketWatch included profiles of eight sires that we considered to be undervalued based on their yearling averages, earnings per starter, and/or progeny statistics compared with their 2013 fees. Now that most 2014 fee announcements have been made, let's review the stallions and their current ...

By Nicole Sauer This year’s Keeneland November sale realized significant gains in all categories, following the trend of growth seen in almost every major North American auction in 2013. Since 2008, the broodmare and weanling markets have been slower to rebound than yearlings, but Keeneland November made tremendous improvement this year and ...

By Nicole Sauer Tiznow entered his stud career as the only horse to win two Breeders' Cup Classics, but there's only so long a stallion can ride his racing laurels before the commercial market decides his fate. As the only high-profile Relaunch line stallion in Kentucky at the time, the odds were not necessarily in his favor. After two strong ...

By Nicole Sauer Buying yearlings by young stallions is always a high-risk investment. Young stallions are largely unproven as sires, which means that the market is less accurate in its valuation of their progeny. In this small study, we tracked yearling averages and earnings per starter for four stallions—A.P. Indy, Awesome Again, Pulpit, and ...

By Nicole Sauer Over the past three years (2010-12), 458 yearlings have been sold through the Keeneland September sale that were the produce of either grade I-winning or grade I-producing dams, or the rare dams that are both. Buyers have responded similarly to the first two groups, averaging $206,994 for progeny of grade I-winning dams and ...