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$5.2-Million Quietside Tops Vibrant Keeneland November Book 1

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by Jessica Martini, Christina Bossinakis, and Stefanie Grimm

LEXINGTON, KY – The Keeneland November Breeding Stock Sale opened Tuesday with a day of vibrant trade that saw 23 horses–including four weanlings–sell for $1 million or more.

“It was an incredible day,” said Keeneland President Shannon Arvin. “It was an incredible horse sale. The catalogue was deep and the buying bench was diverse and deep and it just had a great energy to it all day long. I think it really was a very successful Book 1.”

In all, 152 horses sold at Keeneland Tuesday for a gross of $95,929,000. The average of $631,112 was up 5.85% from 2025, while the median declined 5.33% to $400,000.

During Keeneland 2025 November Book 1, 122 horses sold for $72,737,000 for an average of $596,205 and a median of $422,500.

With 46 horses reported not sold, the buy-back rate was 23.23%. It was 24.22% a year ago.

“I think one thing you notice is the confidence of the buyers,” said Keeneland Vice President of Sales Tony Lacy. “There was an enthusiasm for quality stock and we had an abundance of it today, for which we’ve got to thank our sellers, the consignors and the owners who entrusted their stock with us. This is sort of like the benchmark for the breeding side of things because this is the very foundation of the industry, the broodmares and the weanlings. This is where everything starts. And watching breeders and owners that have successfully raced some of these fillies gain true reward in the ring today was great. There were a lot of happy people.”

The 4-year-old broodmare Quietside (Malibu Moon), in foal to Nyquist, brought the day’s highest bid when selling for $5.2 million to Erdenheim Farm Thoroughbreds. The mare, consigned by Stone Farm, was one of eight to sell for $2 million or over.

The top priced mare in North America this year.

#KeeNov https://t.co/MTrNXra6nA

— Keeneland Sales (@keenelandsales) November 4, 2026

“I think you see that quality is really, really sought after at this moment and it’s very encouraging,” Lacy said. “Anybody with quality is getting well-rewarded and I think that’s only right. It takes a lot to get them to this point and it’s really good to see it come to fruition in the ring here.”

Coolmore’s M.V. Magnier and Peter Brant’s White Birch Farm purchased the day’s highest-priced weanling, going to $1.3 million to acquire a full-brother to G1 English Guineas winner Ruling Court (Justify). The weanling was one of two on the day to bring seven figures from the Mayer family’s Nursery Place consignment.

“The weanling market was exceptionally strong,” Lacy said. “Having four weanlings bring seven figures was exceptional. That was double last year and we didn’t have any two years ago. So that’s great. It just shows you the demand. We’re seeing a lot of end-users participating in the weanling market.”

During Tuesday’s session, 61 weanlings sold through the ring for a gross of $22,764,000, an average of $373,180, and a median of $300,000. At last year’s Book 1 session, 54 weanlings sold through the ring for a total of $19,020,000, an average of $380,400, and a median of $295,000. The weanlings were led by a $2.2-million son of Gun Runner who was one of two to sell for seven figures last year.

The Keeneland November sale continues through Nov. 11 with sessions beginning daily at 10 a.m.

Quietside Makes Some Noise Going to Erdenheim for $5.2 Million

Well into Tuesday’s Keeneland November Book 1 session, Quietside (Malibu Moon) (Hip 175) brought a session-topping $5.2 million from Chris Baker, acting on behalf of Peter McCausland’s Erdenheim Farm Thoroughbreds.

$5.2 million

#KeeNov Book 1: Multiple graded stakes winner QUIETSIDE, in foal to Nyquist, sells for a current sale-topping price of $5.2 million to Erdenheim Farm Thoroughbreds from the @stonefarmky consignment.

Read more: https://t.co/VjcyrbJvvV https://t.co/5oeMKKdky0

— TDN (@theTDN) November 3, 2026

Consigned by Stone Farm, the multiple graded stakes-winning and Grade I-placed mare was offered in foal to Nyquist.

“I expected her to be expensive,” said Baker. “There’s a certain point at which it’s hard to predict what you’re going to have to give, but clearly Mr. McCausland was determined.”

Out of GSW and GISP Benner Island (Speightstown), the 4-year-old, named a ‘TDN Rising Star, presented by Hagyard’ on debut, was bred by John Ed Anthony’s Shortleaf Stable.

Runner-up in the GI Spinaway and GII Golden Rod and third in the GI Alcibiades at two, Quietside won the GII Fantasy and GIII Honeybee and placed in the GIII Comley and third in the GIII Bayakoa. She retired with earnings just over $1 million.

Her second dam, GSW Spacy Tracy (Awesome Again), is also responsible for GSW Victim of Love (Speightstown) and stakes winners Ohana Honor (Honor Code) and High North (Midnight Lute).

What drew Baker to the 4-year-old?

“Her pedigree, her physical, the stallion she’s in full to,” affirmed Baker. “She’s from the kind of matrilineal line that could do good things as a producer herself. And for Erdenheim, who’s in the process of re-tooling its program, she just seems like a great fit. He wants to breed to race and this is a family that’s been curated the same way and we hope to extend that through Erdenheim.”

According to Baker, Erdenheim currently holds a small but select broodmare band numbering 10-12.

Erdenheim also paid $2.6 million for Grade I winner Kilwin (Twirling Candy) (Hip 114) earlier in Tuesday’s session.

Shortleaf Stable secured Benner Island for $200,000 at Keeneland September in 2015.

Anthony, who initially campaigned under Loblolly Stable before changing over to Shortleaf Stable, campaigned the likes of Classic winners and champions Prairie Bayou and Temperence Hill, as well as champion Vanlandingham, in addition to Cox’s Ridge.

The longtime owner/breeder has been slowly whittling down his breeding stock, and according to his son Ed, the operation consists of a handful of mares in Arkansas.

“My father deserves all the credit,” said Ed Anthony, son of John Ed Anthony. “He’s been in the game for 50 years. He’s had a lot of good horses. This filly is pretty special. Obviously, we bred her. We own the mare [Benner Island].”

According to the junior Anthony, the operation is currently down to about 10 broodmares in Arkansas.

He added, “My father’s 87. He’s just downsizing and kind of slowly dispersing, you might say. So that’s kind of where we are right now.”

Shortleaf previously achieved success in the sales ring when selling GSW Bubble Rock (More Than Ready) for $1.5 million at the Fasig-Tipton Kentucky Fall  Mixed Sale in 2023.

According to Anthony, Benner Island, in foal to Sierra Leone, is entered in the Keeneland January Sale.

The operation’s current broodmare band includes Reef Point (Giant’s Causeway), who is the dam of the Bubble Rock and Chambersville (Twirling Candy), who won last time out in a Churchill allowance optional claimer on Oct. 28. The homebred also placed in the GIII Old Dominion Derby in September.

“Reef Point is in foal of Cody’s Wish,” confirmed Anthony. “So there are still some nice mares.” @CBossTDN

$4.8-Million Ahavah to Hill ‘n’ Dale

Ahavah (City of Light), a maiden winner and graded stakes-placed in two lifetime starts, outdid her Grade I-winning half-sister Vahva (Gun Runner) in the sales ring when selling for $4.8 million to John Sikura’s Hill ‘n’ Dale at Xalapa Tuesday at Keeneland. Vahva sold to Boyd Racing at the same sale last year for $3.1 million. While John Sikura did the bidding from a back row in the pavilion, his son Jes Sikura signed the ticket on the 4-year-old mare, who sold in foal to Gun Runner. She was consigned by Lane’s End as hip 186.

“She is going to be a broodmare at Hill ‘n’ Dale,” said Jes Sikura. “I am not sure what partners we will have, if any.”

$4.8 million

#KeeNov Book 1: AHAVAH, a half-sister to Vahva that is in foal to Gun Runner, sells to @HillnDaleFarm for $4.8 million from the @LanesEndFarms consignment.

Read more: https://t.co/DMms53ETIh https://t.co/nMRprAbhls

— TDN (@theTDN) November 4, 2026

The younger Sikura said the purchase was made on the advice of Hill ‘n’ Dale farm manager Peter Conway.

“She got the big compliment,” Sikura said. “Peter Conway had gone to see her and we respect his judgment of a physical probably more than anybody else in the world. He knows a good broodmare when he sees one. He said this was one we had to have.”

Ahavah is a daughter of multiple stakes winner Holiday Soiree (Harlan’s Holiday). She sold for $400,000 at the 2023 Keeneland September sale and was a first-out winner at Fair Grounds in February 2025 for Twin Brook Stables, Glassman Racing LLC, Belladonna Racing LLC, Woodford Racing LLC, B.C.W.T. Ltd. and Taylor Creek and trainer Cherie DeVaux. She made just one more start, finishing second behind Good Cheer (Medaglia d’Oro) in the GII Fair Grounds Oaks.

“This is a beautiful mare and it’s such a deep family,” Sikura said. “Vahva was a big purchase here last year by Randy Boyd and I think there are a lot of updates to come with this family.”

Ahavah was the third seven-figure mare of the session for Hill ‘n’ Dale, which purchased Dramatic (Medaglia d’Oro) (hip 56) for $1.6 million and Dry Powder (Gun Runner) (hip 58) for $1.3 million. @JessMartiniTDN

Claiborne Parts With Admit For $3.1 Million

The Claiborne Farm-consigned Admit (Blame) (hip 204), a filly who represented several generations of breeding from the historic operation, came through the Keeneland sales ring Tuesday and will depart for Coolmore as M.V. Magnier struck the final $3.1-million bid.

$3.1 million

#KeeNov Book 1: Graded stakes winner ADMIT, in foal to Life Is Good, sells for $3.1 million to @coolmorestud from the @claibornefarm consignment.

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— TDN (@theTDN) November 4, 2026

The moment was bittersweet for Claiborne’s President Walker Hancock, who sent Admit through the ring in foal to top-three freshman sire Life Is Good.

“Definitely hard decision to sell,” Hancock said. “We have had the family since (around) 1951. We still have a lot of the blood. We have two other Blame mares in the family. It is bittersweet and I might regret it. We bought a few mares today–just trying to get some new blood infused into our broodmare band. Buying has been tough. We have had to pay more than we were hoping to.”

A 4-year-old filly out of a War Front half-sister to MGSW and late sire Pulpit (A.P. Indy), Admit has plenty of Claiborne-infused pedigree class to back up a race record which saw her finish her career with a win in last year’s GII Bank of America Valley View Stakes at Keeneland.

Bringing Admit back to Keeneland was sentimental for Hancock who said, “My grandfather was one of the ones who helped found this place. It is great that everything Keeneland generates goes back to racing and sales. We feel like we are supporting the industry. Always special to sell at Keeneland.” @SGrimmTDN

Whisper Hill Active at Keeneland with $2.9M Flag Day, $1.05 Good Magic Filly

Mandy Pope, less than an hour removed from buying a weanling filly by Good Magic for $1.05 million, went to $2.9 million to acquire the broodmare Flag Day (Giant’s Causeway) (Hip 79).

$2.9 million

#KeeNov Book 1: Flag Day, the dam of GSW Hall of Fame and carrying a full-sibling to that colt, sells for $2.9 million to @whisper_hill from the @DenaliStud consignment.

Read more: https://t.co/PdtgP6t7Uh https://t.co/kmSkEuN6MX

— TDN (@theTDN) November 3, 2026

The 10-year-old mare, consigned by Denali Stud as agent for the complete dispersal of Earle Mack’s breeding stock, sold in foal to Gun Runner and Pope had a ready plan right after the purchase.

“She’s already produced two stakes winners and she is back in foal to Gun Runner,” Pope said. “So the plan would be to foal her out and come back with that one as a yearling and get $3.5 million for her. And then we are out on the mare and good to go.”

Flag Day’s first foal was graded stakes winner Hall of Fame (Gun Runner). Her 2-year-old colt Jas (Justify) won the Oct. 25 GIII Street Sense Stakes. She has a yearling filly by Good Magic.

“I love Giant’s Causeway mares,” Pope said. “I think he is one of the top broodmare sires that we’ve had. And I also like that she’s out of a Street Sense mare.”

Pope said the mare’s price tag wasn’t much of a surprise given the competitive market for top-class mares.

“I was hoping she would be around $2 million, but everything is bringing a lot of money,” she said. “If you want this kind of mare, it’s what you have to do.”

Mack campaigned several members of Flag Day’s immediate family, including her SP dam Sense to Compete (Street Sense) and her half-brother SP Robin Hood (Scat Daddy).

Flag Day was the sole member of the Earle Mack dispersal offered in Book 1.

“Flag Day represents the culmination of a breeding program Earle Mack started, grew and cultivated over many years,” said Denali’s Craig Bandoroff. “Denali’s relationship with Ambassador Mack has been a very long one. We are pleased to see an astute judge like Mandy Pope purchase her and see Earle’s family recognized in this way.” @CBossTDN

Daughter of Good Magic Tops Fillies in Book 1

It didn’t take long for the first weanling of the day to hit the seven-figure mark during the Book 1 session at Keeneland on Tuesday.

Offered by Nursery Place as Hip 19, a bay filly by Good Magic brought $1.05 million from Mandy Pope’s Whisper Hill.

“She’s just by an unbelievable family,” said Whisper Hill’s Todd Quast, bidding with Pope at the back of the main pavilion. “You have to look at it long range.”

“We want her to be a racehorse but she has residual value [as a broodmare] and that is why everybody was [bidding]. The pedigree–it’s all there.”

A weanling half-sister to Puca by Good Magic sells for $1.05 million at #KeeNov! From the Nursery Place consignment, purchased by @whisper_hill. https://t.co/Caswqh3UYp

— Keeneland Sales (@keenelandsales) November 3, 2026

The Mar. 27 filly is out of SP Boat’s Ghost (Silver Ghost),  making her a half-sister to Grade I winner and millionaire Finnegan’s Wake (Powerscourt {GB}) and SW and GSP Puca (Big Brown).

Puca, a $2.9-million Keeneland November purchase when in foal to Good Magic, re-sold for $5 million returning in the Fasig-Tipton November ring while in foal to Into Mischief.

“You have to start them as a weanlings thinking they’re going to [eventually] be a broodmare,” said Quast. “It’s just getting more and more competitive. And if they have a good family, you got to step up and pay for them. And that’s what we had to do. But it’s definitely a long range goal to race, to breed.”

The later proved prolific in the breeding shed, producing GI Kentucky Derby winner Mage (Good Magic), GI Belmont Stakes and GI Haskell scorer Dornoch (Good Magic) and GI Pennsylvania Derby victor Baeza (McKinzie).

Asked about the filly’s physical attributes, Quast explained. “She might be a little bit small but it was all there and all in the right places. That family tends to be a little bit that way. She did everything right–moved good, looked good, vetted good.”

Nursery Place purchased Boat’s Ghost–in foal to Raging Bull {Fr}) for $17,000 at the Keeneland January sale in 2023. The operation retains her Raging Bull filly in addition to her subsequent filly by Hard Spun.

“We’re very relieved,” said Griffin Mayer. “We definitely knew she was worth a lot. We’ve got two sisters at the farm that are half-sisters to Puca and this filly, and we were willing to take one to the market to see what we could do. We’re very happy we did.”

Nursery Place  sold both of its Book 1 offerings for a total of $2.35 million. @CBossTDN

The ‘Time’ Is Just Right For $2.6-Million ‘Rising Star’ On Time Girl

After failing to reach her reserve at $375,000 as a yearling in this same ring at the Keeneland September Sale just two years ago, ‘TDN Rising Star, presented by Hagyard’ On Time Girl (Not This Time) (hip 155) more than made up for lost time when bringing $2.6 million from David Lanigan who signed on behalf of Heider Family Stables.

#KeeNov Book 1: ON TIME GIRL, winner of this year’s GIII Forward Gal Stakes ahead of a career-best in the GII Eight Belles Stakes, leaves the ring after bringing $2.6 million.

Sold to Scott Heider, she was consigned by @TaylorMadeSales.

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— TDN (@theTDN) November 3, 2026

“She was a very good dirt filly, winner at two, and continued on out at three,” Lanigan said. “She’s a very, very attractive filly by the right stallion, and boss is keen to sort of bring in some more dirt mares. He’ll make a plan with her and what he’s going to breed her to and should be going to the broodmare band. She was his pick and pedigree in the whole book.”

Named a ‘TDN Rising Star’ in her second start when she rolled home by four lengths in a Churchill Downs allowance race in Sept. 2025, On Time Girl continued on to win the Fern Creek Stakes one year ago and opened 2026 by winning the GIII Forward Gal Stakes at Gulfstream Park. Also a winner this year in the GII Eight Belles Stakes on the Kentucky Oaks undercard May 1, she last ran fifth in the GI Test Stakes at Saratoga in August.

“Good dirt mares are very expensive now, especially if they have everything,” Lanigan said. “This filly walked very well. She had a great physical. Those fillies are making a premium at the moment, and you see it even at the yearling sale. The top end is very high.”

On Time Girl is out of the Uncle Mo mare Girl Daddy, who was a ‘TDN Rising Star’ herself, won the GIII Pocahontas and placed in the 2020 GI Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies. Albaugh Family Stables purchased the mare for $500,000 as a yearling at Keeneland September in 2019 and On Time Girl is her second foal. Her yearling Not This Time filly, a full-sister to On Time Girl, went for $1.9 million to Mitsu Nakauchida at the Fasig-Tipton Saratoga Sale earlier this year. @SGrimmTDN

Kilwin May Race On as Baker Goes to $2.6 Million for Erdenheim Farm

Last year’s GI Test Stakes winner Kilwin (Twirling Candy) (hip 114) may continue to race on as a 5-year-old after bringing $2.6 million Tuesday at the Keeneland November Sale. Consigned by Royal Oak Farm, as Agent for BBN Racing and Rick Howard, the 4-year-old Kilwin raced this past weekend at Keeneland where she finished fourth behind Ways and Means (Practical Joke) in the GI Breeders’ Cup Filly & Mare Sprint.

$2.6 million

#KeeNov Book 1: Grade I winner KILWIN sells for $2.6 million to Erdenheim Farm.

She was consigned by Royal Oak Farm on behalf of BBN Racing and Rick Howard.

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— TDN (@theTDN) November 3, 2026

“We’re making plans,” said Chris Baker, who signed the ticket on behalf of Erdenhiem Farm Thoroughbreds’s Peter McCausland. “Whether or not she has racing left in her is to be determined. I need to talk to Rusty Arnold, who has been training her, and make a plan there to see what we think makes sense. Ultimately, she’s going the broodmare band for Erdenheim Farm Thoroughbreds. It’s really a 10- to 15-year project, but we have some immediate things to consider now.”

After Rick Howard purchased Kilwin one year ago from this same sale for $3 million, last weekend’s GI Breeders’ Cup Filly & Mare Sprint fourth-place finisher raced a trio of times in 2026, winning the listed Twin Bridges Stakes at Ellis Park in July and running second in the GI Ballerina Stakes before finishing out at Keeneland in the Breeders’ Cup. Across her career, Kilwin banked more than $1.35 million on the track with five wins from 11 starts. BBN Racing initially purchased Kilwin as a yearling at Keeneland September for $225,000 in 2022.

“This is what the good ones cost,” Baker said. “I think when you look at what she was last year [$3 million] with some racing value assigned to her this year, coming back where she won a listed race and ran second in a Grade I, I think [this price] was in the realm of what we were thinking in today’s market. The target is very small and expensive at that small end of the market.” @SGrimmTDN

Saleh Al Otaibi Stays in the Family with The Puma’s Dam, Eve of War

Just over a month after purchasing a quarter ownership stake in last weekend’s GI Breeders’ Cup Classic runner-up The Puma (Essential Quality), Saudi Arabia’s Saleh Al Otaibi struck again Tuesday to secure the Grade I-winning colt’s dam, Eve of War (hip 65), in foal to Sierra Leone, for $2.4 million on behalf of his Al Ruwais Stables. Consigned by Hidden Brook as agent, Eve of War was followed through the ring immediately after by her Nyquist weanling, also part of the Hidden Brook consignment, who hammered down at $900,000 to Caitlin Dunne, who signed as agent for her father-in-law, trainer Wesley Ward.

Fireworks in the ring as the dam of The Puma, Eve of War, brings $2.4 million! Consigned by @HiddenBrookKy, purchased by Al Ruwais Stables. #KeeNov https://t.co/a6mHJxx7Qu

— Keeneland Sales (@keenelandsales) November 3, 2026

“She’s for a client in Saudi Arabia, Mr. Al Otaibi,” said Bertie Butler, who signed the mare’s ticket. “We bought a fourth of The Puma five weeks ago and thought we’d better get the mother.”

The group has had an active last 24 hours, purchasing two mares for a combined $2.8 million at Monday night’s Fasig-Tipton November Sale, including the $2.1-million dam of MGISW Englishman (Maxfield), who ran game second in Saturday’s GI Breeders’ Cup Sprint.

And as impressive as The Puma’s second-place finish Saturday to reigning Horse of the Year Sovereignty (Into Mischief) was, Butler said that the group had not come to Keeneland specifically to get this mare but that the idea to purchase Eve of War came about naturally.

“We have another [horse] in mind [to buy] Tuesday,” Butler said. “But [Mr. Al Otaibi] wants to build up a good broodmare band and have good horses to race in big races around the world. He’s a very nice man and he wants to be in the game for the right reasons.”

Butler signed the ticket alongside Ramiro Restrepo, who purchased The Puma as a 2-year-old at the OBS April Sale last year for $150,000.

When asked whether The Puma’s Breeders’ Cup effort influenced his buying decision, Butler said, “Well, I didn’t value her as much as that, but the guys wanted her and they were on the phone and said, ‘keep going’. So you do what the boss says. I would’ve went a bit less, but [Mr. Al Otaibi] is a good man and he wants to really be involved at the top level, so we’re going to try and do that. I like the cover for the mare, the [weanling] was nice, and The Puma is the icing on the cake.”

It takes a team to make a moment like this. Hear from Hidden Brook Farm’s Sergio de Sousa and the folks behind the dam of The Puma as they reflect on an emotional $2.4 million sale at #KeeNov.

@HiddenBrookKy https://t.co/NY5JhQLEoc

— Keeneland Sales (@keenelandsales) November 4, 2026

Hidden Brook, who also consigned The Puma at OBS last year, has plenty of history with the family.

“[Eve of War] was actually born at our farm,” said Hidden Brook’s Sergio de Sousa. “So was The Puma. And it’s great that things just lined up for us. We’re commercial breeders and when things work out like that, it’s unbelievable. We hate to see her go, but that’s how we make our living. We couldn’t be happier for Ramiro and his connections.” @SGrimmTDN

Mission Accomplished: Nursery Place Makes a Statement in November Book 1 Debut

“It’s been an incredible day,” Griffin Mayer said after watching his family’s Nursery Place sell its second seven-figure weanling of the opening session of the Keeneland November sale Tuesday. “We are very, very thankful for all our guys back at the farm. The horses came up here, they looked great, they showed great. We got the results we were hoping for, which in the weanling market the last couple of years, it’s kind of a gamble. We’ve been doing this long enough to know the plan doesn’t always work out.”

Nursery Place’s big day started when Mandy Pope’s Whisper Hill Farm purchased a filly by Good Magic (hip 19) for $1.05 million. Some 100 hips later, Coolmore’s M.V. Magnier and Peter Brant’s White Birch Farm went to $1.3 million to acquire a full-brother to Guineas winner Ruling Court (Justify) (hip 105) from the Mayer’s operation.

“We raised Ruling Court,” Mayer said. “I walked him as a weanling and I got to walk this one. This horse might be better. He had a bigger stride on him. We’ve loved this horse. [The price] doesn’t surprise me at all.”

The full brother to Group 1 winner Ruling Court goes for $1.3 million at #KeeNov, marking the highest priced weanling in North America in 2026. Consigned by Nursery Place, purchased by M.V. Magnier & @WhiteBirchFarm_ https://t.co/kdKxhnVwKk

— Keeneland Sales (@keenelandsales) November 3, 2026

The Mayers purchased Ruling Court’s dam, Inchargeofme (GB) (High Chaparral {Ire}), for $80,000 at the 2015 Keeneland January sale. The mare’s last two yearlings both sold for seven figures at the Keeneland September sale, with a filly by Ghostzapper bringing $1,175,000 in 2025 and a colt by Up to the Mark selling for $1.65 million this past September.

“It was a great result for John and Griffin Mayer,” Magnier said after signing the ticket on the colt. “They are big supporters of ours. Well done to them.”

Of plans for the weanling, Magnier added, “I’d say what we’ll do is bring him home and next year he’ll go to Ballydoyle.”

Nursery Place’s seven-figure filly by Good Magic is out of Boat’s Ghost (Silver Ghost), a mare the operation purchased for $17,000 while in foal to Raging Bull (Fr) at the 2023 Keeneland January sale. The mare was already the dam of Grade I winner Finnegans Wake (Powerscourt {GB}) when the Mayers purchased her, but the pedigree gained more glitter in the ensuing years when her daughter Puca (Big Brown) produced, in succession, GI Kentucky Derby winner Mage (Good Magic), GI Belmont Stakes winner Dornoch (Good Magic), and GI Pennsylvania Derby winner Baeza (McKinzie).

A milestone moment for Nursery Place! Griffin Mayer reflects on their first-ever Book 1 placement at #KeeNov, a half-sister to Puca who brought seven figures in the sales ring. https://t.co/bT1cbwQcuC

— Keeneland Sales (@keenelandsales) November 3, 2026

“We always pay attention to the older mares,” Mayer said, recalling the 2023 auction. “She was 19 at the time. She was the dam of Finnegans Wake, who was a millionaire and she was in foal to a first-crop sire, Raging Bull. We had seen Raging Bull, so we decided, why not take a shot?”

Boat’s Ghost was bred to Omaha Beach this year and Nursery Place has retained both her Raging Bull 3-year-old daughter and her Hard Spun 2-year-old filly.

“We have two half-sisters on the farm to the one we sold this morning,” Mayer said. “That’s the reason we decided we’d try to sell one. It doesn’t look good at $17,000 unless you sell one.”

Nursery Place was making its debut in Book 1 at Keeneland November Tuesday.

“I knew if we came back here in September, they’d make us go in Book 1, so I said we might as well stick out as weanlings,” Mayer explained with a chuckle. “The last four or five years, [the weanling market] has really picked up. Especially if you bring the right weanling, by the right horse, with something active in the family. The end-users are here. Both of those I consider yearling prices. Mission accomplished.” @JessMartiniTDN

Glen Hill Goes Back to the Well at Keeneland November

Two years ago, Glen Hill Farm purchased a weanling colt by Coolmore sire Justify who would go on to win at Royal Ascot two years later.

Fast forward to this year’s edition of the sale, Craig Bernick returned to Keeneland in the search of more weanlings, and ultimately purchased five youngsters on Tuesday for $2.65 million, led by a $1-million filly by another Coolmore stallion, American Pharoah.

Catalogued as Hip 119, the chestnut daughter of Lady Irene (Kantharos) was consigned by Clarkland Farm, who also bred the filly.

Leslie’s Lady is the gift that keeps on giving.

#KeeNov https://t.co/pOi2SZfxXm

— Keeneland Sales (@keenelandsales) November 4, 2026

The Jan. 18 foal hails from one of the most potent pedigrees in the stud book as a granddaughter of Leslie’s Lady (Tricky Creek), dam of multiple champion Beholder (Henny Hughes), Grade I winner and sire Mendelssohn (Scat Daddy) and mega sire Into Mischief (Harlan’s Holiday).

“[$1 million] was way more than I wanted to give, but that’s a pedigree that we’ve never been able to access,” explained Bernick. “I watched Beholder run in California all my life. You know, obviously Mendelssohn, and Into Mischief–just the best stallion. I mean, there’s no pedigree like that. To buy into it, it’s pretty wild.”

He added, “She’s a filly that will race and then, hopefully, breed from her for a long time. That’s really why we decided to buy her.”

Glen Hill’s Royal Ascot winner Nola Soul (Justify), a $220,000 weanling purchase at Keeneland November in 2024, won his first two starts including the Listed Chesham Stakes.

Further proving the merit of the weanling endeavor, Glen Hill also purchased Hullabaloo Ray Ray (Jackie’s Warrior) for $250,000 at Fasig-Tipton Kentucky Fall Mixed Sale in 2024. The colt was named a ‘TDN Rising Star, presented by Hagyard’ following a 4 1/4-length score second time out in a 6 1/2-furlong test at Belmont on Oct. 10.

“We have a farm in Ocala and the weanlings come down from here,” he said, explaining the impetus behind buying younger stock. “Our mares are boarded up [in Kentucky]. They come down as foals, and they’re raised on our farm. So for us, if we can find a good horse as a foal rather than as a yearling, they’re in our program for a year longer. A lot of times you can get them cheaper, but [the American Pharoah filly] was a yearling price. But you don’t often see fillies with that type of pedigree at a foal sale.”

Glen Hill also paid $450,000 for Hip 60, a daughter of Life Is Good out of Easy Street (Munnings), who was consigned by Hill ‘n’ Dale at Xalapa. Additionally, Bernick paid $400,000 for a colt by Practical Joke (Hip 20) out of Bodebabe (Bodemeister), making him a half to GISW Scottish Lassie (McKinzie). The latter was consigned by Paramount Sales. Bernick also signed for a colt by Into Mischief (Hip 187) who brought $475,000, in addition to a colt by Life Is Good (Hip 158) who realized $325,000. @CBossTDN

Savage: Graves Goes to $1 Million for Gun Runner Colt

The first session of the Keeneland November sale had its fourth seven-figure weanling when Brian Graves bid an even $1 million to acquire a colt by Gun Runner (hip 265) from the Lane’s End consignment late in the day Tuesday.

$1 million even for hip 265, a Gun Runner half-brother to G2 winner Stitched! Consigned by @LanesEndFarms, purchased by Violet Stables. https://t.co/O9uE20RiHY

— Keeneland Sales (@keenelandsales) November 4, 2026

“That was just by far the best horse I saw in Book 1,” Graves said. “I know it was a lot, but the sire averages a lot and I thought he was much better than average. The pedigree is there, the physical is there, so I thought I would take a shot.”

The colt is out of Walking Miracle (Into Mischief) and is a half-brother to graded winner Stitched (Mizzen Mast) and stakes winner Swill (Munnings). He was bred in New York by Thirty Year Farm, which purchased Walking Miracle, in foal to Constitution, for $525,000 at the 2023 Keeneland November sale. Her Constitution colt sold for $675,000 at last year’s Keeneland September sale and her Good Magic colt sold for $850,000 at this year’s September sale.

Despite the weanling’s lofty price tag, Graves said he would likely be offered at a yearling sale next year.

“We might see him next year if he goes the right way and all goes well,” Graves said.

Asked about the chances of successfully pinhooking a million-dollar weanling, Graves said, “I don’t know. I’ve never tried it before. But it’s been many a good year consecutively and we will take a shot. I’ve been out on a limb before.”

After a session in which 66 weanlings averaged $368,470, Graves called the foal market at Keeneland Tuesday, “Savage.”

He added, “Every baby that you go up there for, you better be prepared to go to 20% more, and honestly, that’s what I just did.” @JessMartiniTDN

EGL-One Continues to Soar

Eric Bensussen, wife Gloria, and brother Larry continue to churn out impressive results with their fledgling EGL-One broodmare band. The operation, which sold a $1-million Flightline colt in its Fasig-Tipton Saratoga debut in August, sold a weanling filly by Life is Good (hip 60) for $450,000 to Glen Hill Farm Tuesday at Keeneland. The filly is out of Easy Street (Munnings), a mare EGL-One purchased with the filly in utero for $235,000 at the 2025 Keeneland November sale. She was consigned Tuesday by Hill ‘n’ Dale at Xalapa.

The EGL-One broodmare band is just four years old. The million-dollar Saratoga yearling is out of Curlin‘s Catch (Curlin), and had been purchased in utero for $375,000 at the 2024 Keeneland November sale. In September, EGL-One sold a colt by Liam’s Map for $800,000. The yearling is out of Kalon (Bernardini), purchased by EGL-One for $120,000 at the 2022 Keeneland November sale.

Easy Street was bred to Good Magic this year. @JessMartiniTDN

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Coolmore Goes To $3.1M For Claiborne-Bred Admit

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The Claiborne Farm-bred and -consigned 4-year-old filly Admit (Blame–Profess, by War Front) offered the bloodstock community a rare opportunity to buy into one of the best families nurtured over the decades at the Hancock Family’s operation.

When the dust had settled on hip 204 at Keeneland November on Tuesday, it took a whopping $3.1 million from Coolmore to acquire the 2025 GII Valley View Stakes winner.

“It’s definitely a really hard decision,” said Claiborne’s Walker Hancock of the decision to let go of Admit. “We’ve had the family since 1951 or whatever. Thankfully we still have a lot of the blood. So we have two other Blame mares in the family. We have a couple other daughters and hopefully they’re active, bred to good stuff and some good stallions. So look, it’s bittersweet. I hate selling. I’m probably going to regret it, but I don’t know. Every once in a while you kind of have to do these things to kind of get some new blood.”

Admit is a daughter of Profess (War Front), whose GI Frizette Stakes-winning dam Preach (Mr. Prospector) bred a dozen winners, including the influential sire Pulpit (A.P. Indy) and the stakes-placed Tell It (Storm Cat).

Admit was bred to Life Is Good on an Apr. 1 cover.

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$5.2-Million Quietside Tops Vibrant Keeneland November Book 1

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by Jessica Martini, Christina Bossinakis, and Stefanie Grimm

LEXINGTON, KY – The Keeneland November Breeding Stock Sale opened Tuesday with a day of vibrant trade that saw 23 horses–including four weanlings–sell for $1 million or more.

“It was an incredible day,” said Keeneland President Shannon Arvin. “It was an incredible horse sale. The catalogue was deep and the buying bench was diverse and deep and it just had a great energy to it all day long. I think it really was a very successful Book 1.”

In all, 152 horses sold at Keeneland Tuesday for a gross of $95,929,000. The average of $631,112 was up 5.85% from 2025, while the median declined 5.33% to $400,000.

During Keeneland 2025 November Book 1, 122 horses sold for $72,737,000 for an average of $596,205 and a median of $422,500.

With 46 horses reported not sold, the buy-back rate was 23.23%. It was 24.22% a year ago.

“I think one thing you notice is the confidence of the buyers,” said Keeneland Vice President of Sales Tony Lacy. “There was an enthusiasm for quality stock and we had an abundance of it today, for which we’ve got to thank our sellers, the consignors and the owners who entrusted their stock with us. This is sort of like the benchmark for the breeding side of things because this is the very foundation of the industry, the broodmares and the weanlings. This is where everything starts. And watching breeders and owners that have successfully raced some of these fillies gain true reward in the ring today was great. There were a lot of happy people.”

The 4-year-old broodmare Quietside (Malibu Moon), in foal to Nyquist, brought the day’s highest bid when selling for $5.2 million to Erdenheim Farm Thoroughbreds. The mare, consigned by Stone Farm, was one of eight to sell for $2 million or over.

The top priced mare in North America this year.

#KeeNov https://t.co/MTrNXra6nA

— Keeneland Sales (@keenelandsales) November 4, 2026

“I think you see that quality is really, really sought after at this moment and it’s very encouraging,” Lacy said. “Anybody with quality is getting well-rewarded and I think that’s only right. It takes a lot to get them to this point and it’s really good to see it come to fruition in the ring here.”

Coolmore’s M.V. Magnier and Peter Brant’s White Birch Farm purchased the day’s highest-priced weanling, going to $1.3 million to acquire a full-brother to G1 English Guineas winner Ruling Court (Justify). The weanling was one of two on the day to bring seven figures from the Mayer family’s Nursery Place consignment.

“The weanling market was exceptionally strong,” Lacy said. “Having four weanlings bring seven figures was exceptional. That was double last year and we didn’t have any two years ago. So that’s great. It just shows you the demand. We’re seeing a lot of end-users participating in the weanling market.”

During Tuesday’s session, 61 weanlings sold through the ring for a gross of $22,764,000, an average of $373,180, and a median of $300,000. At last year’s Book 1 session, 54 weanlings sold through the ring for a total of $19,020,000, an average of $380,400, and a median of $295,000. The weanlings were led by a $2.2-million son of Gun Runner who was one of two to sell for seven figures last year.

The Keeneland November sale continues through Nov. 11 with sessions beginning daily at 10 a.m.

Quietside Makes Some Noise Going to Erdenheim for $5.2 Million

Well into Tuesday’s Keeneland November Book 1 session, Quietside (Malibu Moon) (Hip 175) brought a session-topping $5.2 million from Chris Baker, acting on behalf of Peter McCausland’s Erdenheim Farm Thoroughbreds.

$5.2 million

#KeeNov Book 1: Multiple graded stakes winner QUIETSIDE, in foal to Nyquist, sells for a current sale-topping price of $5.2 million to Erdenheim Farm Thoroughbreds from the @stonefarmky consignment.

Read more: https://t.co/VjcyrbJvvV https://t.co/5oeMKKdky0

— TDN (@theTDN) November 3, 2026

Consigned by Stone Farm, the multiple graded stakes-winning and Grade I-placed mare was offered in foal to Nyquist.

“I expected her to be expensive,” said Baker. “There’s a certain point at which it’s hard to predict what you’re going to have to give, but clearly Mr. McCausland was determined.”

Out of GSW and GISP Benner Island (Speightstown), the 4-year-old, named a ‘TDN Rising Star, presented by Hagyard’ on debut, was bred by John Ed Anthony’s Shortleaf Stable.

Runner-up in the GI Spinaway and GII Golden Rod and third in the GI Alcibiades at two, Quietside won the GII Fantasy and GIII Honeybee and placed in the GIII Comley and third in the GIII Bayakoa. She retired with earnings just over $1 million.

Her second dam, GSW Spacy Tracy (Awesome Again), is also responsible for GSW Victim of Love (Speightstown) and stakes winners Ohana Honor (Honor Code) and High North (Midnight Lute).

What drew Baker to the 4-year-old?

“Her pedigree, her physical, the stallion she’s in full to,” affirmed Baker. “She’s from the kind of matrilineal line that could do good things as a producer herself. And for Erdenheim, who’s in the process of re-tooling its program, she just seems like a great fit. He wants to breed to race and this is a family that’s been curated the same way and we hope to extend that through Erdenheim.”

According to Baker, Erdenheim currently holds a small but select broodmare band numbering 10-12.

Erdenheim also paid $2.6 million for Grade I winner Kilwin (Twirling Candy) (Hip 114) earlier in Tuesday’s session.

Shortleaf Stable secured Benner Island for $200,000 at Keeneland September in 2015.

Anthony, who initially campaigned under Loblolly Stable before changing over to Shortleaf Stable, campaigned the likes of Classic winners and champions Prairie Bayou and Temperence Hill, as well as champion Vanlandingham, in addition to Cox’s Ridge.

The longtime owner/breeder has been slowly whittling down his breeding stock, and according to his son Ed, the operation consists of a handful of mares in Arkansas.

“My father deserves all the credit,” said Ed Anthony, son of John Ed Anthony. “He’s been in the game for 50 years. He’s had a lot of good horses. This filly is pretty special. Obviously, we bred her. We own the mare [Benner Island].”

According to the junior Anthony, the operation is currently down to about 10 broodmares in Arkansas.

He added, “My father’s 87. He’s just downsizing and kind of slowly dispersing, you might say. So that’s kind of where we are right now.”

Shortleaf previously achieved success in the sales ring when selling GSW Bubble Rock (More Than Ready) for $1.5 million at the Fasig-Tipton Kentucky Fall  Mixed Sale in 2023.

According to Anthony, Benner Island, in foal to Sierra Leone, is entered in the Keeneland January Sale.

The operation’s current broodmare band includes Reef Point (Giant’s Causeway), who is the dam of the Bubble Rock and Chambersville (Twirling Candy), who won last time out in a Churchill allowance optional claimer on Oct. 28. The homebred also placed in the GIII Old Dominion Derby in September.

“Reef Point is in foal of Cody’s Wish,” confirmed Anthony. “So there are still some nice mares.” @CBossTDN

$4.8-Million Ahavah to Hill ‘n’ Dale

Ahavah (City of Light), a maiden winner and graded stakes-placed in two lifetime starts, outdid her Grade I-winning half-sister Vahva (Gun Runner) in the sales ring when selling for $4.8 million to John Sikura’s Hill ‘n’ Dale at Xalapa Tuesday at Keeneland. Vahva sold to Boyd Racing at the same sale last year for $3.1 million. While John Sikura did the bidding from a back row in the pavilion, his son Jes Sikura signed the ticket on the 4-year-old mare, who sold in foal to Gun Runner. She was consigned by Lane’s End as hip 186.

“She is going to be a broodmare at Hill ‘n’ Dale,” said Jes Sikura. “I am not sure what partners we will have, if any.”

$4.8 million

#KeeNov Book 1: AHAVAH, a half-sister to Vahva that is in foal to Gun Runner, sells to @HillnDaleFarm for $4.8 million from the @LanesEndFarms consignment.

Read more: https://t.co/DMms53ETIh https://t.co/nMRprAbhls

— TDN (@theTDN) November 4, 2026

The younger Sikura said the purchase was made on the advice of Hill ‘n’ Dale farm manager Peter Conway.

“She got the big compliment,” Sikura said. “Peter Conway had gone to see her and we respect his judgment of a physical probably more than anybody else in the world. He knows a good broodmare when he sees one. He said this was one we had to have.”

Ahavah is a daughter of multiple stakes winner Holiday Soiree (Harlan’s Holiday). She sold for $400,000 at the 2023 Keeneland September sale and was a first-out winner at Fair Grounds in February 2025 for Twin Brook Stables, Glassman Racing LLC, Belladonna Racing LLC, Woodford Racing LLC, B.C.W.T. Ltd. and Taylor Creek and trainer Cherie DeVaux. She made just one more start, finishing second behind Good Cheer (Medaglia d’Oro) in the GII Fair Grounds Oaks.

“This is a beautiful mare and it’s such a deep family,” Sikura said. “Vahva was a big purchase here last year by Randy Boyd and I think there are a lot of updates to come with this family.”

Ahavah was the third seven-figure mare of the session for Hill ‘n’ Dale, which purchased Dramatic (Medaglia d’Oro) (hip 56) for $1.6 million and Dry Powder (Gun Runner) (hip 58) for $1.3 million. @JessMartiniTDN

Claiborne Parts With Admit For $3.1 Million

The Claiborne Farm-consigned Admit (Blame) (hip 204), a filly who represented several generations of breeding from the historic operation, came through the Keeneland sales ring Tuesday and will depart for Coolmore as M.V. Magnier struck the final $3.1-million bid.

$3.1 million

#KeeNov Book 1: Graded stakes winner ADMIT, in foal to Life Is Good, sells for $3.1 million to @coolmorestud from the @claibornefarm consignment.

Read more: https://t.co/OzEDerqcj3 https://t.co/n9Z7XXmV4J

— TDN (@theTDN) November 4, 2026

The moment was bittersweet for Claiborne’s President Walker Hancock, who sent Admit through the ring in foal to top-three freshman sire Life Is Good.

“Definitely hard decision to sell,” Hancock said. “We have had the family since (around) 1951. We still have a lot of the blood. We have two other Blame mares in the family. It is bittersweet and I might regret it. We bought a few mares today–just trying to get some new blood infused into our broodmare band. Buying has been tough. We have had to pay more than we were hoping to.”

A 4-year-old filly out of a War Front half-sister to MGSW and late sire Pulpit (A.P. Indy), Admit has plenty of Claiborne-infused pedigree class to back up a race record which saw her finish her career with a win in last year’s GII Bank of America Valley View Stakes at Keeneland.

Bringing Admit back to Keeneland was sentimental for Hancock who said, “My grandfather was one of the ones who helped found this place. It is great that everything Keeneland generates goes back to racing and sales. We feel like we are supporting the industry. Always special to sell at Keeneland.” @SGrimmTDN

Whisper Hill Active at Keeneland with $2.9M Flag Day, $1.05 Good Magic Filly

Mandy Pope, less than an hour removed from buying a weanling filly by Good Magic for $1.05 million, went to $2.9 million to acquire the broodmare Flag Day (Giant’s Causeway) (Hip 79).

$2.9 million

#KeeNov Book 1: Flag Day, the dam of GSW Hall of Fame and carrying a full-sibling to that colt, sells for $2.9 million to @whisper_hill from the @DenaliStud consignment.

Read more: https://t.co/PdtgP6t7Uh https://t.co/kmSkEuN6MX

— TDN (@theTDN) November 3, 2026

The 10-year-old mare, consigned by Denali Stud as agent for the complete dispersal of Earle Mack’s breeding stock, sold in foal to Gun Runner and Pope had a ready plan right after the purchase.

“She’s already produced two stakes winners and she is back in foal to Gun Runner,” Pope said. “So the plan would be to foal her out and come back with that one as a yearling and get $3.5 million for her. And then we are out on the mare and good to go.”

Flag Day’s first foal was graded stakes winner Hall of Fame (Gun Runner). Her 2-year-old colt Jas (Justify) won the Oct. 25 GIII Street Sense Stakes. She has a yearling filly by Good Magic.

“I love Giant’s Causeway mares,” Pope said. “I think he is one of the top broodmare sires that we’ve had. And I also like that she’s out of a Street Sense mare.”

Pope said the mare’s price tag wasn’t much of a surprise given the competitive market for top-class mares.

“I was hoping she would be around $2 million, but everything is bringing a lot of money,” she said. “If you want this kind of mare, it’s what you have to do.”

Mack campaigned several members of Flag Day’s immediate family, including her SP dam Sense to Compete (Street Sense) and her half-brother SP Robin Hood (Scat Daddy).

Flag Day was the sole member of the Earle Mack dispersal offered in Book 1.

“Flag Day represents the culmination of a breeding program Earle Mack started, grew and cultivated over many years,” said Denali’s Craig Bandoroff. “Denali’s relationship with Ambassador Mack has been a very long one. We are pleased to see an astute judge like Mandy Pope purchase her and see Earle’s family recognized in this way.” @CBossTDN

Daughter of Good Magic Tops Fillies in Book 1

It didn’t take long for the first weanling of the day to hit the seven-figure mark during the Book 1 session at Keeneland on Tuesday.

Offered by Nursery Place as Hip 19, a bay filly by Good Magic brought $1.05 million from Mandy Pope’s Whisper Hill.

“She’s just by an unbelievable family,” said Whisper Hill’s Todd Quast, bidding with Pope at the back of the main pavilion. “You have to look at it long range.”

“We want her to be a racehorse but she has residual value [as a broodmare] and that is why everybody was [bidding]. The pedigree–it’s all there.”

A weanling half-sister to Puca by Good Magic sells for $1.05 million at #KeeNov! From the Nursery Place consignment, purchased by @whisper_hill. https://t.co/Caswqh3UYp

— Keeneland Sales (@keenelandsales) November 3, 2026

The Mar. 27 filly is out of SP Boat’s Ghost (Silver Ghost),  making her a half-sister to Grade I winner and millionaire Finnegan’s Wake (Powerscourt {GB}) and SW and GSP Puca (Big Brown).

Puca, a $2.9-million Keeneland November purchase when in foal to Good Magic, re-sold for $5 million returning in the Fasig-Tipton November ring while in foal to Into Mischief.

“You have to start them as a weanlings thinking they’re going to [eventually] be a broodmare,” said Quast. “It’s just getting more and more competitive. And if they have a good family, you got to step up and pay for them. And that’s what we had to do. But it’s definitely a long range goal to race, to breed.”

The later proved prolific in the breeding shed, producing GI Kentucky Derby winner Mage (Good Magic), GI Belmont Stakes and GI Haskell scorer Dornoch (Good Magic) and GI Pennsylvania Derby victor Baeza (McKinzie).

Asked about the filly’s physical attributes, Quast explained. “She might be a little bit small but it was all there and all in the right places. That family tends to be a little bit that way. She did everything right–moved good, looked good, vetted good.”

Nursery Place purchased Boat’s Ghost–in foal to Raging Bull {Fr}) for $17,000 at the Keeneland January sale in 2023. The operation retains her Raging Bull filly in addition to her subsequent filly by Hard Spun.

“We’re very relieved,” said Griffin Mayer. “We definitely knew she was worth a lot. We’ve got two sisters at the farm that are half-sisters to Puca and this filly, and we were willing to take one to the market to see what we could do. We’re very happy we did.”

Nursery Place  sold both of its Book 1 offerings for a total of $2.35 million. @CBossTDN

The ‘Time’ Is Just Right For $2.6-Million ‘Rising Star’ On Time Girl

After failing to reach her reserve at $375,000 as a yearling in this same ring at the Keeneland September Sale just two years ago, ‘TDN Rising Star, presented by Hagyard’ On Time Girl (Not This Time) (hip 155) more than made up for lost time when bringing $2.6 million from David Lanigan who signed on behalf of Heider Family Stables.

#KeeNov Book 1: ON TIME GIRL, winner of this year’s GIII Forward Gal Stakes ahead of a career-best in the GII Eight Belles Stakes, leaves the ring after bringing $2.6 million.

Sold to Scott Heider, she was consigned by @TaylorMadeSales.

Read more: https://t.co/5MiZYezSy1 https://t.co/7AeBAH44cR

— TDN (@theTDN) November 3, 2026

“She was a very good dirt filly, winner at two, and continued on out at three,” Lanigan said. “She’s a very, very attractive filly by the right stallion, and boss is keen to sort of bring in some more dirt mares. He’ll make a plan with her and what he’s going to breed her to and should be going to the broodmare band. She was his pick and pedigree in the whole book.”

Named a ‘TDN Rising Star’ in her second start when she rolled home by four lengths in a Churchill Downs allowance race in Sept. 2025, On Time Girl continued on to win the Fern Creek Stakes one year ago and opened 2026 by winning the GIII Forward Gal Stakes at Gulfstream Park. Also a winner this year in the GII Eight Belles Stakes on the Kentucky Oaks undercard May 1, she last ran fifth in the GI Test Stakes at Saratoga in August.

“Good dirt mares are very expensive now, especially if they have everything,” Lanigan said. “This filly walked very well. She had a great physical. Those fillies are making a premium at the moment, and you see it even at the yearling sale. The top end is very high.”

On Time Girl is out of the Uncle Mo mare Girl Daddy, who was a ‘TDN Rising Star’ herself, won the GIII Pocahontas and placed in the 2020 GI Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies. Albaugh Family Stables purchased the mare for $500,000 as a yearling at Keeneland September in 2019 and On Time Girl is her second foal. Her yearling Not This Time filly, a full-sister to On Time Girl, went for $1.9 million to Mitsu Nakauchida at the Fasig-Tipton Saratoga Sale earlier this year. @SGrimmTDN

Kilwin May Race On as Baker Goes to $2.6 Million for Erdenheim Farm

Last year’s GI Test Stakes winner Kilwin (Twirling Candy) (hip 114) may continue to race on as a 5-year-old after bringing $2.6 million Tuesday at the Keeneland November Sale. Consigned by Royal Oak Farm, as Agent for BBN Racing and Rick Howard, the 4-year-old Kilwin raced this past weekend at Keeneland where she finished fourth behind Ways and Means (Practical Joke) in the GI Breeders’ Cup Filly & Mare Sprint.

$2.6 million

#KeeNov Book 1: Grade I winner KILWIN sells for $2.6 million to Erdenheim Farm.

She was consigned by Royal Oak Farm on behalf of BBN Racing and Rick Howard.

Read more: https://t.co/Oq7NDELAf5 https://t.co/LWmdDQawId

— TDN (@theTDN) November 3, 2026

“We’re making plans,” said Chris Baker, who signed the ticket on behalf of Erdenhiem Farm Thoroughbreds’s Peter McCausland. “Whether or not she has racing left in her is to be determined. I need to talk to Rusty Arnold, who has been training her, and make a plan there to see what we think makes sense. Ultimately, she’s going the broodmare band for Erdenheim Farm Thoroughbreds. It’s really a 10- to 15-year project, but we have some immediate things to consider now.”

After Rick Howard purchased Kilwin one year ago from this same sale for $3 million, last weekend’s GI Breeders’ Cup Filly & Mare Sprint fourth-place finisher raced a trio of times in 2026, winning the listed Twin Bridges Stakes at Ellis Park in July and running second in the GI Ballerina Stakes before finishing out at Keeneland in the Breeders’ Cup. Across her career, Kilwin banked more than $1.35 million on the track with five wins from 11 starts. BBN Racing initially purchased Kilwin as a yearling at Keeneland September for $225,000 in 2022.

“This is what the good ones cost,” Baker said. “I think when you look at what she was last year [$3 million] with some racing value assigned to her this year, coming back where she won a listed race and ran second in a Grade I, I think [this price] was in the realm of what we were thinking in today’s market. The target is very small and expensive at that small end of the market.” @SGrimmTDN

Saleh Al Otaibi Stays in the Family with The Puma’s Dam, Eve of War

Just over a month after purchasing a quarter ownership stake in last weekend’s GI Breeders’ Cup Classic runner-up The Puma (Essential Quality), Saudi Arabia’s Saleh Al Otaibi struck again Tuesday to secure the Grade I-winning colt’s dam, Eve of War (hip 65), in foal to Sierra Leone, for $2.4 million on behalf of his Al Ruwais Stables. Consigned by Hidden Brook as agent, Eve of War was followed through the ring immediately after by her Nyquist weanling, also part of the Hidden Brook consignment, who hammered down at $900,000 to Caitlin Dunne, who signed as agent for her father-in-law, trainer Wesley Ward.

Fireworks in the ring as the dam of The Puma, Eve of War, brings $2.4 million! Consigned by @HiddenBrookKy, purchased by Al Ruwais Stables. #KeeNov https://t.co/a6mHJxx7Qu

— Keeneland Sales (@keenelandsales) November 3, 2026

“She’s for a client in Saudi Arabia, Mr. Al Otaibi,” said Bertie Butler, who signed the mare’s ticket. “We bought a fourth of The Puma five weeks ago and thought we’d better get the mother.”

The group has had an active last 24 hours, purchasing two mares for a combined $2.8 million at Monday night’s Fasig-Tipton November Sale, including the $2.1-million dam of MGISW Englishman (Maxfield), who ran game second in Saturday’s GI Breeders’ Cup Sprint.

And as impressive as The Puma’s second-place finish Saturday to reigning Horse of the Year Sovereignty (Into Mischief) was, Butler said that the group had not come to Keeneland specifically to get this mare but that the idea to purchase Eve of War came about naturally.

“We have another [horse] in mind [to buy] Tuesday,” Butler said. “But [Mr. Al Otaibi] wants to build up a good broodmare band and have good horses to race in big races around the world. He’s a very nice man and he wants to be in the game for the right reasons.”

Butler signed the ticket alongside Ramiro Restrepo, who purchased The Puma as a 2-year-old at the OBS April Sale last year for $150,000.

When asked whether The Puma’s Breeders’ Cup effort influenced his buying decision, Butler said, “Well, I didn’t value her as much as that, but the guys wanted her and they were on the phone and said, ‘keep going’. So you do what the boss says. I would’ve went a bit less, but [Mr. Al Otaibi] is a good man and he wants to really be involved at the top level, so we’re going to try and do that. I like the cover for the mare, the [weanling] was nice, and The Puma is the icing on the cake.”

It takes a team to make a moment like this. Hear from Hidden Brook Farm’s Sergio de Sousa and the folks behind the dam of The Puma as they reflect on an emotional $2.4 million sale at #KeeNov.

@HiddenBrookKy https://t.co/NY5JhQLEoc

— Keeneland Sales (@keenelandsales) November 4, 2026

Hidden Brook, who also consigned The Puma at OBS last year, has plenty of history with the family.

“[Eve of War] was actually born at our farm,” said Hidden Brook’s Sergio de Sousa. “So was The Puma. And it’s great that things just lined up for us. We’re commercial breeders and when things work out like that, it’s unbelievable. We hate to see her go, but that’s how we make our living. We couldn’t be happier for Ramiro and his connections.” @SGrimmTDN

Mission Accomplished: Nursery Place Makes a Statement in November Book 1 Debut

“It’s been an incredible day,” Griffin Mayer said after watching his family’s Nursery Place sell its second seven-figure weanling of the opening session of the Keeneland November sale Tuesday. “We are very, very thankful for all our guys back at the farm. The horses came up here, they looked great, they showed great. We got the results we were hoping for, which in the weanling market the last couple of years, it’s kind of a gamble. We’ve been doing this long enough to know the plan doesn’t always work out.”

Nursery Place’s big day started when Mandy Pope’s Whisper Hill Farm purchased a filly by Good Magic (hip 19) for $1.05 million. Some 100 hips later, Coolmore’s M.V. Magnier and Peter Brant’s White Birch Farm went to $1.3 million to acquire a full-brother to Guineas winner Ruling Court (Justify) (hip 105) from the Mayer’s operation.

“We raised Ruling Court,” Mayer said. “I walked him as a weanling and I got to walk this one. This horse might be better. He had a bigger stride on him. We’ve loved this horse. [The price] doesn’t surprise me at all.”

The full brother to Group 1 winner Ruling Court goes for $1.3 million at #KeeNov, marking the highest priced weanling in North America in 2026. Consigned by Nursery Place, purchased by M.V. Magnier & @WhiteBirchFarm_ https://t.co/kdKxhnVwKk

— Keeneland Sales (@keenelandsales) November 3, 2026

The Mayers purchased Ruling Court’s dam, Inchargeofme (GB) (High Chaparral {Ire}), for $80,000 at the 2015 Keeneland January sale. The mare’s last two yearlings both sold for seven figures at the Keeneland September sale, with a filly by Ghostzapper bringing $1,175,000 in 2025 and a colt by Up to the Mark selling for $1.65 million this past September.

“It was a great result for John and Griffin Mayer,” Magnier said after signing the ticket on the colt. “They are big supporters of ours. Well done to them.”

Of plans for the weanling, Magnier added, “I’d say what we’ll do is bring him home and next year he’ll go to Ballydoyle.”

Nursery Place’s seven-figure filly by Good Magic is out of Boat’s Ghost (Silver Ghost), a mare the operation purchased for $17,000 while in foal to Raging Bull (Fr) at the 2023 Keeneland January sale. The mare was already the dam of Grade I winner Finnegans Wake (Powerscourt {GB}) when the Mayers purchased her, but the pedigree gained more glitter in the ensuing years when her daughter Puca (Big Brown) produced, in succession, GI Kentucky Derby winner Mage (Good Magic), GI Belmont Stakes winner Dornoch (Good Magic), and GI Pennsylvania Derby winner Baeza (McKinzie).

A milestone moment for Nursery Place! Griffin Mayer reflects on their first-ever Book 1 placement at #KeeNov, a half-sister to Puca who brought seven figures in the sales ring. https://t.co/bT1cbwQcuC

— Keeneland Sales (@keenelandsales) November 3, 2026

“We always pay attention to the older mares,” Mayer said, recalling the 2023 auction. “She was 19 at the time. She was the dam of Finnegans Wake, who was a millionaire and she was in foal to a first-crop sire, Raging Bull. We had seen Raging Bull, so we decided, why not take a shot?”

Boat’s Ghost was bred to Omaha Beach this year and Nursery Place has retained both her Raging Bull 3-year-old daughter and her Hard Spun 2-year-old filly.

“We have two half-sisters on the farm to the one we sold this morning,” Mayer said. “That’s the reason we decided we’d try to sell one. It doesn’t look good at $17,000 unless you sell one.”

Nursery Place was making its debut in Book 1 at Keeneland November Tuesday.

“I knew if we came back here in September, they’d make us go in Book 1, so I said we might as well stick out as weanlings,” Mayer explained with a chuckle. “The last four or five years, [the weanling market] has really picked up. Especially if you bring the right weanling, by the right horse, with something active in the family. The end-users are here. Both of those I consider yearling prices. Mission accomplished.” @JessMartiniTDN

Glen Hill Goes Back to the Well at Keeneland November

Two years ago, Glen Hill Farm purchased a weanling colt by Coolmore sire Justify who would go on to win at Royal Ascot two years later.

Fast forward to this year’s edition of the sale, Craig Bernick returned to Keeneland in the search of more weanlings, and ultimately purchased five youngsters on Tuesday for $2.65 million, led by a $1-million filly by another Coolmore stallion, American Pharoah.

Catalogued as Hip 119, the chestnut daughter of Lady Irene (Kantharos) was consigned by Clarkland Farm, who also bred the filly.

Leslie’s Lady is the gift that keeps on giving.

#KeeNov https://t.co/pOi2SZfxXm

— Keeneland Sales (@keenelandsales) November 4, 2026

The Jan. 18 foal hails from one of the most potent pedigrees in the stud book as a granddaughter of Leslie’s Lady (Tricky Creek), dam of multiple champion Beholder (Henny Hughes), Grade I winner and sire Mendelssohn (Scat Daddy) and mega sire Into Mischief (Harlan’s Holiday).

“[$1 million] was way more than I wanted to give, but that’s a pedigree that we’ve never been able to access,” explained Bernick. “I watched Beholder run in California all my life. You know, obviously Mendelssohn, and Into Mischief–just the best stallion. I mean, there’s no pedigree like that. To buy into it, it’s pretty wild.”

He added, “She’s a filly that will race and then, hopefully, breed from her for a long time. That’s really why we decided to buy her.”

Glen Hill’s Royal Ascot winner Nola Soul (Justify), a $220,000 weanling purchase at Keeneland November in 2024, won his first two starts including the Listed Chesham Stakes.

Further proving the merit of the weanling endeavor, Glen Hill also purchased Hullabaloo Ray Ray (Jackie’s Warrior) for $250,000 at Fasig-Tipton Kentucky Fall Mixed Sale in 2024. The colt was named a ‘TDN Rising Star, presented by Hagyard’ following a 4 1/4-length score second time out in a 6 1/2-furlong test at Belmont on Oct. 10.

“We have a farm in Ocala and the weanlings come down from here,” he said, explaining the impetus behind buying younger stock. “Our mares are boarded up [in Kentucky]. They come down as foals, and they’re raised on our farm. So for us, if we can find a good horse as a foal rather than as a yearling, they’re in our program for a year longer. A lot of times you can get them cheaper, but [the American Pharoah filly] was a yearling price. But you don’t often see fillies with that type of pedigree at a foal sale.”

Glen Hill also paid $450,000 for Hip 60, a daughter of Life Is Good out of Easy Street (Munnings), who was consigned by Hill ‘n’ Dale at Xalapa. Additionally, Bernick paid $400,000 for a colt by Practical Joke (Hip 20) out of Bodebabe (Bodemeister), making him a half to GISW Scottish Lassie (McKinzie). The latter was consigned by Paramount Sales. Bernick also signed for a colt by Into Mischief (Hip 187) who brought $475,000, in addition to a colt by Life Is Good (Hip 158) who realized $325,000. @CBossTDN

Savage: Graves Goes to $1 Million for Gun Runner Colt

The first session of the Keeneland November sale had its fourth seven-figure weanling when Brian Graves bid an even $1 million to acquire a colt by Gun Runner (hip 265) from the Lane’s End consignment late in the day Tuesday.

$1 million even for hip 265, a Gun Runner half-brother to G2 winner Stitched! Consigned by @LanesEndFarms, purchased by Violet Stables. https://t.co/O9uE20RiHY

— Keeneland Sales (@keenelandsales) November 4, 2026

“That was just by far the best horse I saw in Book 1,” Graves said. “I know it was a lot, but the sire averages a lot and I thought he was much better than average. The pedigree is there, the physical is there, so I thought I would take a shot.”

The colt is out of Walking Miracle (Into Mischief) and is a half-brother to graded winner Stitched (Mizzen Mast) and stakes winner Swill (Munnings). He was bred in New York by Thirty Year Farm, which purchased Walking Miracle, in foal to Constitution, for $525,000 at the 2023 Keeneland November sale. Her Constitution colt sold for $675,000 at last year’s Keeneland September sale and her Good Magic colt sold for $850,000 at this year’s September sale.

Despite the weanling’s lofty price tag, Graves said he would likely be offered at a yearling sale next year.

“We might see him next year if he goes the right way and all goes well,” Graves said.

Asked about the chances of successfully pinhooking a million-dollar weanling, Graves said, “I don’t know. I’ve never tried it before. But it’s been many a good year consecutively and we will take a shot. I’ve been out on a limb before.”

After a session in which 66 weanlings averaged $368,470, Graves called the foal market at Keeneland Tuesday, “Savage.”

He added, “Every baby that you go up there for, you better be prepared to go to 20% more, and honestly, that’s what I just did.” @JessMartiniTDN

EGL-One Continues to Soar

Eric Bensussen, wife Gloria, and brother Larry continue to churn out impressive results with their fledgling EGL-One broodmare band. The operation, which sold a $1-million Flightline colt in its Fasig-Tipton Saratoga debut in August, sold a weanling filly by Life is Good (hip 60) for $450,000 to Glen Hill Farm Tuesday at Keeneland. The filly is out of Easy Street (Munnings), a mare EGL-One purchased with the filly in utero for $235,000 at the 2025 Keeneland November sale. She was consigned Tuesday by Hill ‘n’ Dale at Xalapa.

The EGL-One broodmare band is just four years old. The million-dollar Saratoga yearling is out of Curlin‘s Catch (Curlin), and had been purchased in utero for $375,000 at the 2024 Keeneland November sale. In September, EGL-One sold a colt by Liam’s Map for $800,000. The yearling is out of Kalon (Bernardini), purchased by EGL-One for $120,000 at the 2022 Keeneland November sale.

Easy Street was bred to Good Magic this year. @JessMartiniTDN

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Coolmore Goes To $3.1M For Claiborne-Bred Admit

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The Claiborne Farm-bred and -consigned 4-year-old filly Admit (Blame–Profess, by War Front) offered the bloodstock community a rare opportunity to buy into one of the best families nurtured over the decades at the Hancock Family’s operation.

When the dust had settled on hip 204 at Keeneland November on Tuesday, it took a whopping $3.1 million from Coolmore to acquire the 2025 GII Valley View Stakes winner.

“It’s definitely a really hard decision,” said Claiborne’s Walker Hancock of the decision to let go of Admit. “We’ve had the family since 1951 or whatever. Thankfully we still have a lot of the blood. So we have two other Blame mares in the family. We have a couple other daughters and hopefully they’re active, bred to good stuff and some good stallions. So look, it’s bittersweet. I hate selling. I’m probably going to regret it, but I don’t know. Every once in a while you kind of have to do these things to kind of get some new blood.”

Admit is a daughter of Profess (War Front), whose GI Frizette Stakes-winning dam Preach (Mr. Prospector) bred a dozen winners, including the influential sire Pulpit (A.P. Indy) and the stakes-placed Tell It (Storm Cat).

Admit was bred to Life Is Good on an Apr. 1 cover.

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