Amy Lynam
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SALES: History rewritten in Kentucky (opens the original)
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EVEN the most optimistic of folk couldn’t have been confident that this year’s Keeneland September Yearling Sale could better the 2025 renewal, which produced the highest turnover of any thoroughbred sale in history. Plenty has happened in the US and further afield since then, but the bloodstock bubble appears to be largely unaffected, as a new record was set after just nine of the 12 sessions had taken place. Last year’s blockbuster sale ended with an aggregate of $510,539,900 and by close of b
Brant and Magnier bag Gunthers' $3.7 million top lot (opens the original)
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MV Magnier and White Birch Farm upped the ante on a record-breaking second day at the Keeneland September Yearling Sale, stretching to $3.7 million for Tuesday’s session topper, while Kia Joorabchian’s Amo Racing later gave $3.1 million for a Gun Runner colt. The second and final day of the sale’s prestigious Book 1 segment saw 23 yearlings sell for $1 million or more – bringing the two-day total to 41 – each individual records, 12 months on from a sale that set new highs across the board.
$ 2.8million Gun Runner colt heads hot Keeneland opener (opens the original)
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The 2026 renewal of the Keeneland September Yearling Sale broke smartly and set a strong pace in measuring up to last year’s record-breaking edition, the highest-grossing thoroughbred sale of all time. Monday saw 18 yearlings sell for seven figures, with a total of 97 posting gross sales of $71,770,000. The average price of $739,897 marked a 13% increase from the corresponding figure in 2025, while the median grew by 16% to $625,000.
NEWS: Blue Bolt a cut above in Matron Stakes (opens the original)
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Juddmonte and their trainers’ decision to send Blue Bolt and Item to Leopardstown boosted their respective Group 1 targets, and they were rewarded with the first of their British runners when Andrew Balding’s brilliant mare Blue Bolt strode clear in the Coolmore America 'Justify' Matron Stakes. The daughter of Blue Point was sent off 4/5 favourite to make it five from five this season and complete a Group 1 treble, kickstarted by victories in the Falmouth Stakes and Prix Rothschild.
NEWS: Hotazhell springs 50/1 shock in Irish Champion thriller (opens the original)
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As John Gosden has alluded to on more than one occasion, the Leopardstown straight has staged a number of high-profile dramas in Irish Champions Stakes over the years, and it was once again the case in the Royal Bahrain-sponsored feature of the 2026 Irish Champions Festival. Many hoped that the 10-furlong contest would provide a clearer picture to the division following a dramatic Juddmonte International at York, where Item edged out Almaqam from Constitution River, who had over-raced, with a be
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