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$3.7-Million Into Mischief Colt Leads Book 1 Bonanza at Keeneland September

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by Jessica Martini & Christina Bossinakis

LEXINGTON, KY – The Book 1 section of the Keeneland September Yearling Sale, led by a $3.7-million son of Into Mischief, churned out strong results right through to its conclusion Tuesday and continued a string of four straight record-setting Book 1 sessions from 2025 through 2026.

“It was a great day,” said Keeneland President and CEO Shannon Arvin. “Lots of energy carried through, lots of great participation, both internationally and domestically.”

Through both Book 1 sections, 208 yearlings sold for $151,400,000. The average of $727,885 was up 9.55% from last year’s Book 1 section, while the median of $600,000 was up 9.09%.

During the 2025 Book 1 section, 217 horses grossed $144,185,000, for an average of $664,447 and a median of $550,000.

“Last year, we did not expect to see those type of returns,” Keeneland’s Vice President of Sales Tony Lacy said of the record-setting 2025 September sale. “And this year, to see a section surpassing that in most metrics is really, really encouraging. And it’s not that there are massive increases. They are more sustainable increases, which I think is more encouraging. We are not on a sugar high.”

From a catalogue of 372, 292 horses were offered, with 84 horses reported not sold during the two sessions for a buy-back rate was 28.77%. It was 21.09% last year.

“The RNA rate ticked up higher than we would like it to, so we would like to see that continue to go down,” Arvin said. “That means we may have some sellers excited to keep their stock and we have some sellers disappointed they didn’t find a spot in the market. We are definitely paying close attention to that.”

The sale topper thus far: a $3.7 million Into Mischief half-brother to stakes winners Mo Town and Justique!

Consigned by Glennwood Farm and purchased by M.V. Magnier and @WhiteBirchFarm_.@tanyagun pic.twitter.com/MhnOtOFqBh

— Keeneland Sales (@keenelandsales) September 15, 2026

Through the two sessions, 41 yearlings sold for seven figures, led by a colt by Into Mischief who sold for $3.7 million to Coolmore’s M.V. Magnier and Peter Brant’s White Birch Farm from the Glennwood Farm consignment. Magnier and Brant were the book’s leading buyers with five purchased for $10,150,000.

The 41 seven-figure yearlings was the most ever for a two-day period of the September sale and an increase over last year’s figure of 35.

Reiley McDonald’s Eaton Sales sold the second-highest priced offering of Tuesday’s session when AMO Racing paid $3.1 million for a son of Gun Runner.

“I think it’s an incredible market,” McDonald said. “It’s incredible on the high end. I’m a little bit worried about the bottom half of the horses in Book 1 because these are the best 400 bred horses in the country, these and the ones at Saratoga. But certainly, we have to look at what’s happening on the top half and it’s been unbelievable.”

Taylor Made Sales Agency was the leading consignor in Book 1, with 40 yearlings sold for $26,350,000.

The Keeneland September sale moves on to Book 2, with sessions Wednesday and Thursday beginning at 11 a.m. Following a dark day, the auction continues through Sept. 26 with sessions beginning at 10 a.m.

‘$3.7 Million Blew My Mind’: Into Mischief Colt Tops Day 2

Early in Tuesday’s session, a colt by Into Mischief proved to be the showstopper, reeling in a cool $3.7-million final bid from M.V. Magnier and Peter Brant’s White Birch Farm.

Offered as Hip 242, the colt was consigned by John Gunther’s Glennwood Farm. Gunther, in partnership with Eurowest Bloodstock, bred the Feb. 28 foal.

#KeeSept Book 1, Session 2

$3.7 million

Hip 242: An Into Mischief colt out of Grazie Mille, making him a half-brother to MO TOWN, sells for $3.7 million to M.V. Magnier/White Birch Farm.

Consigned by Glennwood Farm, Inc.

Read more: https://t.co/yvZkM2L4NZ pic.twitter.com/wYEStfy2fl

— TDN (@theTDN) September 15, 2026

“My heart’s still pounding, and I just have to thank the team at Glennwood for what’s happened,” said the visibly emotional Gunther moments after the sale. “I mean, we’re so lucky.”

Regarding the price, he added, “I figured between two and three, there was enough interest. I figured over [$2 million] for sure, but $3.7 [million] blew my mind!

“And my daughter, Tanya, she’ll be crying. That’s a guarantee.”

He continued, “[Tanya] works 24/7 and she comes to the farm and works with the horses and walks yearlings. The whole team puts a tremendous effort into it. And Lindsay Wilson, who works for us as well. They just all work very hard and I really have to thank them for it. It’s unbelievable.”

The colt is out of Grazie Mille (Bernardini), the dam of GI Hollywood Derby winner Mo Town (Uncle Mo) and SW and MGSP Justique (Justify).

The former brought $200,000 at this venue in 2015, while the latter realized $725,000 in 2023. Justique subsequently sold for $2 million at Keeneland November last fall.

“He was just a big strong colt, tremendous walk and a great presence about him,” said Gunther of Tuesday’s topper. “And I’ve never had so much vet work done on a yearling ever. I mean, everybody loved this colt.”

Gunther also sold a Gun Runner colt out of Stage Magic (Hip 47) to Winchell Thoroughbreds for $1.9 million on Day 1.

“I wanted to stay in, of course, but that’s not going to happen [with Tuesday’s Into Mischief colt]. But I was lucky enough to stay in on the [Gun Runner] Stage Magic with Mr. [Ron] Winchell. So I’m happy about that. But I mean, this colt is in good hands now.”

He added, “They mentioned that he’s going to stay in the U.S. and race here. So that makes me feel really good as well.” —@CBossTDN

 $3.1-Million Gun Runner Full-Bro to Locked to AMO

Gun Runner‘s 10th seven-figure yearling at the September sale was his most expensive when bloodstock agent Ben McElroy bid $3.1 million to acquire a colt by the Three Chimneys stallion (hip 313) on behalf of Kia Joorabchian’s AMO Racing. Bred by Rosa Colasanti and consigned by Eaton Sales, the chestnut is a full-brother to two-time Grade I winner Locked, who stood his first season at stud this year at Gainesway.

“We showed Kia the horse and he just loved him right from the get-go,” McElroy said. “Obviously, he’s by a sensational sire in Gun Runner. The full-brother is at stud. With what we paid today, we better hope for the same result.”

#KeeSept Book 1, Session 2

$3.1 million

A Gun Runner colt out of Luna Rosa, making him a full brother to LOCKED, sells for $3.1 million to @amoracingltd USA from the @EatonSales1 consignment.

Read more: https://t.co/qd2yPNrRC2 pic.twitter.com/gXaABX1yLO

— TDN (@theTDN) September 15, 2026

Asked if he was expecting the colt’s $3.1-million price tag, McElroy said, “No. But Kia was very strong. He drove the bus on that one. The horse obviously made a ton of sense and he’s a beautiful physical. When you get up to those numbers, nobody can predict.”

Hip 313 is out of Luna Rosa (Malibu Moon), a half-sister to multiple Grade I winner Gabby’s Golden Gal (Medaglia d’Oro) and multiple graded winner Always a Princess (Leroidesanimaux {Brz}).

“He will go down to Ocala and get broke,” McElroy said. “Obviously, we will take our time with him. Kia will pick out a trainer for him, probably April or May next year. I can tell Wesley [Ward] was very high on him, but there will be plenty of people putting their hats in the ring next year.”

Colasanti, a Roman restauratice, raced Luna Rosa’s dam Gabriellina Giof (GB) (Ashkalani {Ire}) before selling her Arnold Zetcher to race in the U.S. She bought the mare back for $75,000 at the 2008 Keeneland January sale.

Reiley McDonald’s Eaton Sales sold Locked for $425,000 at the 2022 Keeneland September sale.

Of the stallion’s yearling full-brother, McDonald said, “He’s an absolute specimen of a horse. I haven’t seen a prettier Gun Runner ever. He showed 204 times and every time he moved, he had a fluid, strong, easy movement. He had a great mind, handled the sale really well. With that pedigree, I’m not surprised he brought that much, but you never go in thinking that much.” @JessMartiniTDN

Flying Dutchmen Continue Yearling Buying Spree

The Boersma family’s Flying Dutchmen, which produced a tour de force buying spree at last month’s Fasig-Tipton Saratoga sale, continued to acquire high-priced yearlings into the Keeneland September sale. Through two sessions of the auction, the family has acquired nine yearlings for $8,725,000, and made its highest purchase of the week when going to $2.6 million to acquire a colt by Flightline (hip 351) from the Lane’s End Farm consignment Tuesday.

#KeeSept Book 1, Session 2

Hip 351: A colt by Flightline out of PARK AVENUE sells for $2.6 million to @flyingdutchky from the consignment of @LanesEndFarms, agent for @MoreSummerWind. pic.twitter.com/L7VMmhlN5W

— TDN (@theTDN) September 15, 2026

“The plan is to buy a stallion and to buy a few mares to support him,” said Payton Boersma. “With that group of horses that we’ve put together from Saratoga and Keeneland, I am very confident we have some really nice racehorses. The key is just to keep them healthy and give them a chance to show what they’ve got.”

In addition to its nine purchases so far at the Keeneland sale, the Boersma family also purchased 11 yearlings for $21,625,000–including the $4.2-million sale topper and $4-million second highest-priced offering–at the Fasig-Tipton Saratoga sale.

“My family has built our way up and taken a bunch of big jumps forward once we got more comfortable,” Boersma said. “This was the year we decided to make a really strong push, we are going to do everything we can. We are going to buy the nicest horses, the cream of the cream in both sales. And we used our whole team and we feel confident in what we are doing. We are loving it. We are having a heckuva time, too.”

A Flightline colt consigned by @LanesEndFarms and bred by Summer Wind Equine delivers $2.6 million in the ring! Bought by @flyingdutchky.#KeeSept pic.twitter.com/DQ8bob7MXd

— Keeneland Sales (@keenelandsales) September 15, 2026

Despite what it looks like from the outside, Boersma said the team had gotten shut out on some horses.

“There have been a few horses we pulled back on,” he confirmed. “We haven’t bought every horse that we’ve loved. We tried to stay as disciplined as possible, but at the same time there are a few horses we decided we just weren’t going to stop on.”

Hip 351, bred by Jane Lyon’s Summer Wind Farm, is out of stakes winner and graded-placed Park Avenue (Quality Road).

“What a beautiful horse that guy was,” Boersma said. “That was, collectively, every single person on our team’s favorite physical of the whole sale. We are a big believer in Flightline. We ended up buying shares in Flightline. We love him and we really love how these young horses are looking.”

Travis Boersma, the co-founder of Dutch Bros Coffee, made headlines when he purchased a 2.5% fractional share in Flightline at Keeneland in 2022 for $4.6 million.

Flying Dutchmen’s September purchases also included a $1.4-million son of Gun Runner (hip 226); and a $1.05-million son of Into Mischief (hip 278). @JessMartiniTDN

Summer Wind Scores with Justify, Flightline Colts Late

At the premier sales in the country, Summer Wind Equine can be counted upon to be consistently among the leading breeders of high-quality stock. During Tuesday’s Book 1 finale at Keeneland, the operation once again showed its puissance, selling not one but two yearlings in the vicinity of $2 million.

The first, a colt by Justify (Hip 341), realized $1.95 million from Mayberry Farm. Out of New Narration (Tapit), the May 3 foal is a half-brother to GI Pennsylvania Derby winner Saudi Crown (Always Dreaming).

#KeeSept Book 1, Session 2

Hip 341: A Justify colt out of New Narration, making him a half-brother to SAUDI CROWN, sells for $1.95 million to Mayberry Farm.

Consigned by @LanesEndFarms, agent for @MoreSummerWind. pic.twitter.com/BuSaUSDvaG

— TDN (@theTDN) September 15, 2026

Just moments later, a colt by Horse of the Year Flightline (Hip 351) brought $2.6 million from Flying Dutchmen. The Mar. 28 foal is out of SW and GSP Park Avenue (Quality Road).

Both colts were consigned by Lane’s End Farm, who also co-bred the Flightline colt.

“I didn’t expect those to go quite that high,” admitted Summer Wind’s Jane Lyon, visibly moved after the rapid fire scores. “Of course, being my horses, I thought they were worth anything and everything. But we are very, very happy with the results.”

Unraced New Narration, in foal to Nashville, was purchased by Lyon for $850,000 at the 2023 Keeneland November Sale.

“We knew we had a lot of people interested in the Flightline colt, but the Justify colt, we just did that just to see what would happen with that mare,” explained Lyon. “We’ve had her for a number of years now, and to see that cross, it really was exciting. Bobby [Spalding], my farm manager, knew that this was a very nice colt. But I was a little surprised if they put him in the first book, honestly.”

The Flightline colt, the third highest-priced yearling of Tuesday’s session, is a full-brother to Powerline, a $1.8-million Fasig-Tipton Saratoga yearling purchase in 2025.

Summer Wind purchased Park Avenue for $1.45 million at Keeneland November in 2022.

“I expected the Flightline to be in the first book,” she said. “We have a few more Flightlines coming and we’re hopeful that they will be well received, but I just didn’t expect quite this well at this point. I hope everybody will hang in there with Flightline and give him time to show what they can do because he’s not meant to be a short distance [sire], so I can’t wait until they start stretching out a little bit. It’ll be very exciting.”

Earlier this summer, Summer Wind sold a Curlin colt out of Private Mission (Into Mischief) for $800,000 at the Fasig-Tipton Saratoga Sale.

“I’m pretty connected to all my mares,” Lyon added. “And a lot of the stallions that we bred to, I have a history with, and not having necessarily bred and raised them. But Flightline is very special and he’s been a gift. And he has certainly been that and it’s fulfilling to me.”

According to Lyon, Summer Wind bred 40 mares this season.

“A lot of them are mares I’ve had and a lot of them are young mares that I bred and brought back into the fold. It’s my life. I love every bit of it. Days like today will just keep it going.”–@CBossTDN

Curlin Filly Brings $1.95 Million at Keeneland on Day 2

It didn’t take long for fireworks to get going at Keeneland on Tuesday. The second seven-figure yearling of the session, Hip 220, a filly by Curlin, drew a $1.95-million final bid from Mandy Pope’s Whisper Hill Farm.

“We didn’t want to pay that much, but that happens,” said Whisper Hill’s Todd Quast of the final price.

Consigned by Hill ‘n’ Dale at Xalapa, the Red Oak Stable-bred filly is out of Feel That Fire (Lightnin N Thunder), sister to SW Ima Jersey Girl. She is already responsible for multiple Grade I winner Mind Control (Stay Thirsty), who was also bred and co-campaigned by Red Oak Stable.

#KeeSept Book 1, Session 2

Hip 220: A Curlin filly out of Feel That Fire, making her a half-sister to MIND CONTROL, sells for $1.95 million to @whisper_hill from the @HillnDaleFarm consignment.

Read more: https://t.co/DomrBJkJox pic.twitter.com/37u5kp5rrF

— TDN (@theTDN) September 15, 2026

“Mandy loved the pedigree, with Mind Control in the family,” said Whisper Hill’s Todd Quast. “There’s a lot of residual value as a broodmare there, but I thought especially as a physical, she was a very, very good physical.”

He continued, “She was light on her feet, had a good walk, everything was there. We’re looking for the [breeding prospect], but also I think she could be a racehorse. So we were very excited about her. And the good fillies are hard to find, especially those with any kind of pedigree that look good, that pass the vet, that have everything. We’re excited to have her.”

In regard to the filly’s 22-year-old Classic-winning sire who was taken out of breeding duty earlier this season, he added, “There are not going to be very many Curlins left, so as a broodmare sire and with that female side, we just think it’s an exciting family.”

Given her sire’s propensity for producing later-developing route horses, Quast believes the filly looks likely come to hand earlier than some of the others.

“Her body says ‘yes’, but we’ll find out,” he said. “I don’t think she’ll be super early, but she could be early.”

Quast indicated a trainer will be named at a later date.

“She will go home to Whisper Hill and we’ll start breaking her in about a month,” he said. “I don’t know who is going to get her, we use everybody, but we try to suit the horse to the trainer.”–@CBossTDN

One and Done: Red Oak Hits Home Run With Half-Sister to Mind Control

Red Oak Stable arrived at Keeneland with a single horse to sell–a Curlin filly who is a half-sister to three-time Grade I winner and $2-million earner Mind Control (Stay Thirsty). Sent through the ring as Hip 220, the filly was consigned by Hill ‘n’ Dale at Xalapa on behalf of her breeder.

Whisper Hill stepped up to secure the daughter of stakes winner Feel That Fire (Lightnin N Thunder) for $1.95 million, thus making her the highest-priced filly of the session.

A half sister to Mind Control delivers $1.95 million in the ring! From the @HillnDaleFarm consignment, purchased by Whisper Hill Farm.
#KeeSept pic.twitter.com/0HPWlIIRFt

— Keeneland Sales (@keenelandsales) September 15, 2026

The filly’s 19-year-old dam is also responsible for Grade I-placed Goddess of Fire (Mineshaft), stakes-placed Blue Flame Six (Uncle Mo) and Gangbusters (Broken Vow), herself the dam of MSW Wendelssohn (Mendelssohn).

“This is actually the first horse we bred in our new system with John Burnetti, Jr.,” said Red Oak’s racing manager Rick Sacco. “With Feel That Fire, we chose to go to Curlin because obviously this mare warrants that type of a stallion.”

The family also includes stakes winners King for A Day (Uncle Mo) and Ima Jersey Girl (Lightnin N Thunder). Both horses were campaigned by Red Oak.

“Feel That Fire had an Into Mischief colt this year,” confirmed Sacco. “We inspected him when we got to town and he’s just a beautiful colt. She’s in foal to Curlin and next year we’re going to go to Not This Time.”

Asked when did the Red Oak connections know they had something special on their hands?

“In April, we were looking at the yearlings at [the Brunetti’s] Good Chance Farm in Ocala. And I called John [Brunetti, Jr.] to tell him this filly is a standout,” Sacco recalled. “She’s gorgeous. And how many more years does Curlin have?”

He continued, “I told [Brunetti] that I thought we should sell her. [Keeneland representatives] came out in April and inspected her and sure enough, we got a call back that they felt that she was a Book 1 filly. So then I got a hold of [Hill ‘n’ Dale’s] John Sikura and his son Jess actually flew out to see her in Ocala. He saw her and loved her.”

“A month ago, I shipped her to Kentucky from Good Chance Farm and they put the finishing touches. And she’s shown great. She’s a beautiful filly. She’s just big, athletic, leggy and very correct. And it’s a beautiful family, there’s so many good running fillies on this page.”

Red Oak Stable was founded by John Brunetti Sr., who also owned Hialeah Park. Following his death in 2018, Brunetti’s sons–John, Jr. and Stephen–assumed the reins of the operation’s various entities.

In 2024, Stephen Brunetti died at the age of 56, and the operation continues to be led by the Brunetti family and managed by Sacco.

The operation’s 12 Kentucky-based mares are currently kept at Darby Dan Farm.

“What we’re doing now is we’re breeding to sell,” explained Sacco of the operation’s current business model. “I would say we have no racing stock right now. We have horses to break, yearlings. John Brunetti Sr. died in 2018 and Stephen Brunetti passed in 2024, and [there was the issue of] settling two estates, which included a lot of property, a lot of horses and so on. So we’re at a place right now where we’re starting fresh, but we kept our very best broodmares. We plan to continue to build on that.”–@CBossTDN

$1.5 Million for Goodnight Olive’s First Foal

The partnership of St. Elias Stable, West Point Thoroughbreds, Lane’s End Racing, and Belladonna Racing continued is buying spree with the acquisition of a $1.5-million son of Not This Time (hip 238) Tuesday at Keeneland. The yearling, bred by John and Chelsey Stewart’s Resolute Racing and consigned by Gainesway, is the first foal out of champion Goodnight Olive (Ghostzapper).

“He is a super colt,” said Lane’s End Bill Farish. “We fell in love with him. Goodnight Olive was such a special filly on the track and her first foal looking like that and being by Not This Time, we are thrilled to end up with him.”

#KeeSept Book 1, Session 2

Hip 238: The Not This Time colt out GOODNIGHT OLIVE sells for $1.5 million to St. Elias, @westpointtbred, @LanesEndFarms Racing, @BelladonnaRaci1.

Consigned by @Gainesway. pic.twitter.com/jkG69fk9Qh

— TDN (@theTDN) September 15, 2026

The Stewarts purchased Goodnight Olive, two-time winner of the GI Breeders’ Cup F/M Sprint, for $6 million at the 2023 Fasig-Tipton November sale.

“Oh, absolutely,” Chelsey Stewart said with a wide smile when asked if this yearling was the hope when they had purchased the champion mare.

“The mare holds a special place in both John and my hearts,” Stewart said. “We were super excited to have a Not This Time colt be her first foal. The farm team did a great job and Brian Graves at Gainesway did fantastic with him. We are super thrilled with the result.”

Goodnight Olive has a weanling colt by Seize the Grey and was bred back to Gun Runner.

The colt was the fourth purchase of the September sale for the St. Elias, West Point, Lane’s End, and Belladonna partnership, which began its buying spree with five yearlings purchased for $3.5 million at the Fasig-Tipton Saratoga sale.

“We are trying,” Farish said of the group’s efforts at Keeneland this week. “It’s been going great so far. We have four that we’ve bought here and 10 total.”

After two sessions, the group had purchased six yearlings for $5,275,000. Their purchases also include colts by Nyquist (hip 39) and Not This Time (hip 362), purchased for $1.2 million each.

The partners’ purchases will be trained by Cherie DeVaux.  @JessMartiniTDN

St. George Scores with Early Voting

Archie and Michelle St. George have put an emphasis on buying pricier foals to satisfy the yearling market’s demand for quality and the couple was rewarded Tuesday at Keeneland when selling a colt by Early Voting (hip 218) for $1.25 million to M. V. Magnier and White Birch Farm. The chestnut had been purchased for $300,000 at last year’s Keeneland November sale.

$1.25 million to start the day! This Early Voting colt was consigned by St. George Sales, and purchased by Coolmore. #KeeSept pic.twitter.com/4rzguOlFEt

— Keeneland Sales (@keenelandsales) September 15, 2026

“He was just a very good physical,” Archie St. George said. “We took a chance on the stallion and we got lucky. [The Early Votings] were just nice horses, but it was more about the physical of this horse.”

Early Voting has gotten off to a flyer at stud, having amassed four ‘TDN Rising Stars, presented by Hagyard’ and a host of sales ring successes already from his first crop to hit the track.

“We quite liked the stallion, but that doesn’t mean it always works out,” St. George said. “But then they started selling well at the 2-year-old sales and he’s had some good winners, so he looks like a nice horse.”

Of the yearling, St. George added, “He has matured into a very nice horse. He is a good, strong mover. We’re just lucky and very appreciative of the buyers. We wish Coolmore and their partners the best of luck.”

He added, “It’s very competitive buying foals and you just hope you get lucky like this. That’s what it’s about. We can buy the physical, but they’ve got to keep on improving. And hopefully we get lucky with the stallion, like we did.” @JessMartiniTDN

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Flying Dutchmen Secure Flightline Colt For $2.6-Million

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A full-brother (hip 351) to the much talked-about Powerline (Flightline) sold Tuesday on a final bid of $2.6-million to Flying Dutchmen.

First dam Park Avenue, a stakes winner and graded stakes placed, was purchased by Summer Wind Equine for $1.45-million as a broodmare from the 2022 Keeneland November Sale.

She produced Powerline, a $1.8-million Fasig-Tipton Saratoga yearling of 2025, as her first foal.

This colt, bred by Summer Wind Equine and Sarah S. Farish, was consigned by Lane’s End as agent.

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$3.7-Million Into Mischief Colt Leads Book 1 Bonanza at Keeneland September

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by Jessica Martini & Christina Bossinakis

LEXINGTON, KY – The Book 1 section of the Keeneland September Yearling Sale, led by a $3.7-million son of Into Mischief, churned out strong results right through to its conclusion Tuesday and continued a string of four straight record-setting Book 1 sessions from 2025 through 2026.

“It was a great day,” said Keeneland President and CEO Shannon Arvin. “Lots of energy carried through, lots of great participation, both internationally and domestically.”

Through both Book 1 sections, 208 yearlings sold for $151,400,000. The average of $727,885 was up 9.55% from last year’s Book 1 section, while the median of $600,000 was up 9.09%.

During the 2025 Book 1 section, 217 horses grossed $144,185,000, for an average of $664,447 and a median of $550,000.

“Last year, we did not expect to see those type of returns,” Keeneland’s Vice President of Sales Tony Lacy said of the record-setting 2025 September sale. “And this year, to see a section surpassing that in most metrics is really, really encouraging. And it’s not that there are massive increases. They are more sustainable increases, which I think is more encouraging. We are not on a sugar high.”

From a catalogue of 372, 292 horses were offered, with 84 horses reported not sold during the two sessions for a buy-back rate was 28.77%. It was 21.09% last year.

“The RNA rate ticked up higher than we would like it to, so we would like to see that continue to go down,” Arvin said. “That means we may have some sellers excited to keep their stock and we have some sellers disappointed they didn’t find a spot in the market. We are definitely paying close attention to that.”

The sale topper thus far: a $3.7 million Into Mischief half-brother to stakes winners Mo Town and Justique!

Consigned by Glennwood Farm and purchased by M.V. Magnier and @WhiteBirchFarm_.@tanyagun pic.twitter.com/MhnOtOFqBh

— Keeneland Sales (@keenelandsales) September 15, 2026

Through the two sessions, 41 yearlings sold for seven figures, led by a colt by Into Mischief who sold for $3.7 million to Coolmore’s M.V. Magnier and Peter Brant’s White Birch Farm from the Glennwood Farm consignment. Magnier and Brant were the book’s leading buyers with five purchased for $10,150,000.

The 41 seven-figure yearlings was the most ever for a two-day period of the September sale and an increase over last year’s figure of 35.

Reiley McDonald’s Eaton Sales sold the second-highest priced offering of Tuesday’s session when AMO Racing paid $3.1 million for a son of Gun Runner.

“I think it’s an incredible market,” McDonald said. “It’s incredible on the high end. I’m a little bit worried about the bottom half of the horses in Book 1 because these are the best 400 bred horses in the country, these and the ones at Saratoga. But certainly, we have to look at what’s happening on the top half and it’s been unbelievable.”

Taylor Made Sales Agency was the leading consignor in Book 1, with 40 yearlings sold for $26,350,000.

The Keeneland September sale moves on to Book 2, with sessions Wednesday and Thursday beginning at 11 a.m. Following a dark day, the auction continues through Sept. 26 with sessions beginning at 10 a.m.

‘$3.7 Million Blew My Mind’: Into Mischief Colt Tops Day 2

Early in Tuesday’s session, a colt by Into Mischief proved to be the showstopper, reeling in a cool $3.7-million final bid from M.V. Magnier and Peter Brant’s White Birch Farm.

Offered as Hip 242, the colt was consigned by John Gunther’s Glennwood Farm. Gunther, in partnership with Eurowest Bloodstock, bred the Feb. 28 foal.

#KeeSept Book 1, Session 2

$3.7 million

Hip 242: An Into Mischief colt out of Grazie Mille, making him a half-brother to MO TOWN, sells for $3.7 million to M.V. Magnier/White Birch Farm.

Consigned by Glennwood Farm, Inc.

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“My heart’s still pounding, and I just have to thank the team at Glennwood for what’s happened,” said the visibly emotional Gunther moments after the sale. “I mean, we’re so lucky.”

Regarding the price, he added, “I figured between two and three, there was enough interest. I figured over [$2 million] for sure, but $3.7 [million] blew my mind!

“And my daughter, Tanya, she’ll be crying. That’s a guarantee.”

He continued, “[Tanya] works 24/7 and she comes to the farm and works with the horses and walks yearlings. The whole team puts a tremendous effort into it. And Lindsay Wilson, who works for us as well. They just all work very hard and I really have to thank them for it. It’s unbelievable.”

The colt is out of Grazie Mille (Bernardini), the dam of GI Hollywood Derby winner Mo Town (Uncle Mo) and SW and MGSP Justique (Justify).

The former brought $200,000 at this venue in 2015, while the latter realized $725,000 in 2023. Justique subsequently sold for $2 million at Keeneland November last fall.

“He was just a big strong colt, tremendous walk and a great presence about him,” said Gunther of Tuesday’s topper. “And I’ve never had so much vet work done on a yearling ever. I mean, everybody loved this colt.”

Gunther also sold a Gun Runner colt out of Stage Magic (Hip 47) to Winchell Thoroughbreds for $1.9 million on Day 1.

“I wanted to stay in, of course, but that’s not going to happen [with Tuesday’s Into Mischief colt]. But I was lucky enough to stay in on the [Gun Runner] Stage Magic with Mr. [Ron] Winchell. So I’m happy about that. But I mean, this colt is in good hands now.”

He added, “They mentioned that he’s going to stay in the U.S. and race here. So that makes me feel really good as well.” —@CBossTDN

 $3.1-Million Gun Runner Full-Bro to Locked to AMO

Gun Runner‘s 10th seven-figure yearling at the September sale was his most expensive when bloodstock agent Ben McElroy bid $3.1 million to acquire a colt by the Three Chimneys stallion (hip 313) on behalf of Kia Joorabchian’s AMO Racing. Bred by Rosa Colasanti and consigned by Eaton Sales, the chestnut is a full-brother to two-time Grade I winner Locked, who stood his first season at stud this year at Gainesway.

“We showed Kia the horse and he just loved him right from the get-go,” McElroy said. “Obviously, he’s by a sensational sire in Gun Runner. The full-brother is at stud. With what we paid today, we better hope for the same result.”

#KeeSept Book 1, Session 2

$3.1 million

A Gun Runner colt out of Luna Rosa, making him a full brother to LOCKED, sells for $3.1 million to @amoracingltd USA from the @EatonSales1 consignment.

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Asked if he was expecting the colt’s $3.1-million price tag, McElroy said, “No. But Kia was very strong. He drove the bus on that one. The horse obviously made a ton of sense and he’s a beautiful physical. When you get up to those numbers, nobody can predict.”

Hip 313 is out of Luna Rosa (Malibu Moon), a half-sister to multiple Grade I winner Gabby’s Golden Gal (Medaglia d’Oro) and multiple graded winner Always a Princess (Leroidesanimaux {Brz}).

“He will go down to Ocala and get broke,” McElroy said. “Obviously, we will take our time with him. Kia will pick out a trainer for him, probably April or May next year. I can tell Wesley [Ward] was very high on him, but there will be plenty of people putting their hats in the ring next year.”

Colasanti, a Roman restauratice, raced Luna Rosa’s dam Gabriellina Giof (GB) (Ashkalani {Ire}) before selling her Arnold Zetcher to race in the U.S. She bought the mare back for $75,000 at the 2008 Keeneland January sale.

Reiley McDonald’s Eaton Sales sold Locked for $425,000 at the 2022 Keeneland September sale.

Of the stallion’s yearling full-brother, McDonald said, “He’s an absolute specimen of a horse. I haven’t seen a prettier Gun Runner ever. He showed 204 times and every time he moved, he had a fluid, strong, easy movement. He had a great mind, handled the sale really well. With that pedigree, I’m not surprised he brought that much, but you never go in thinking that much.” @JessMartiniTDN

Flying Dutchmen Continue Yearling Buying Spree

The Boersma family’s Flying Dutchmen, which produced a tour de force buying spree at last month’s Fasig-Tipton Saratoga sale, continued to acquire high-priced yearlings into the Keeneland September sale. Through two sessions of the auction, the family has acquired nine yearlings for $8,725,000, and made its highest purchase of the week when going to $2.6 million to acquire a colt by Flightline (hip 351) from the Lane’s End Farm consignment Tuesday.

#KeeSept Book 1, Session 2

Hip 351: A colt by Flightline out of PARK AVENUE sells for $2.6 million to @flyingdutchky from the consignment of @LanesEndFarms, agent for @MoreSummerWind. pic.twitter.com/L7VMmhlN5W

— TDN (@theTDN) September 15, 2026

“The plan is to buy a stallion and to buy a few mares to support him,” said Payton Boersma. “With that group of horses that we’ve put together from Saratoga and Keeneland, I am very confident we have some really nice racehorses. The key is just to keep them healthy and give them a chance to show what they’ve got.”

In addition to its nine purchases so far at the Keeneland sale, the Boersma family also purchased 11 yearlings for $21,625,000–including the $4.2-million sale topper and $4-million second highest-priced offering–at the Fasig-Tipton Saratoga sale.

“My family has built our way up and taken a bunch of big jumps forward once we got more comfortable,” Boersma said. “This was the year we decided to make a really strong push, we are going to do everything we can. We are going to buy the nicest horses, the cream of the cream in both sales. And we used our whole team and we feel confident in what we are doing. We are loving it. We are having a heckuva time, too.”

A Flightline colt consigned by @LanesEndFarms and bred by Summer Wind Equine delivers $2.6 million in the ring! Bought by @flyingdutchky.#KeeSept pic.twitter.com/DQ8bob7MXd

— Keeneland Sales (@keenelandsales) September 15, 2026

Despite what it looks like from the outside, Boersma said the team had gotten shut out on some horses.

“There have been a few horses we pulled back on,” he confirmed. “We haven’t bought every horse that we’ve loved. We tried to stay as disciplined as possible, but at the same time there are a few horses we decided we just weren’t going to stop on.”

Hip 351, bred by Jane Lyon’s Summer Wind Farm, is out of stakes winner and graded-placed Park Avenue (Quality Road).

“What a beautiful horse that guy was,” Boersma said. “That was, collectively, every single person on our team’s favorite physical of the whole sale. We are a big believer in Flightline. We ended up buying shares in Flightline. We love him and we really love how these young horses are looking.”

Travis Boersma, the co-founder of Dutch Bros Coffee, made headlines when he purchased a 2.5% fractional share in Flightline at Keeneland in 2022 for $4.6 million.

Flying Dutchmen’s September purchases also included a $1.4-million son of Gun Runner (hip 226); and a $1.05-million son of Into Mischief (hip 278). @JessMartiniTDN

Summer Wind Scores with Justify, Flightline Colts Late

At the premier sales in the country, Summer Wind Equine can be counted upon to be consistently among the leading breeders of high-quality stock. During Tuesday’s Book 1 finale at Keeneland, the operation once again showed its puissance, selling not one but two yearlings in the vicinity of $2 million.

The first, a colt by Justify (Hip 341), realized $1.95 million from Mayberry Farm. Out of New Narration (Tapit), the May 3 foal is a half-brother to GI Pennsylvania Derby winner Saudi Crown (Always Dreaming).

#KeeSept Book 1, Session 2

Hip 341: A Justify colt out of New Narration, making him a half-brother to SAUDI CROWN, sells for $1.95 million to Mayberry Farm.

Consigned by @LanesEndFarms, agent for @MoreSummerWind. pic.twitter.com/BuSaUSDvaG

— TDN (@theTDN) September 15, 2026

Just moments later, a colt by Horse of the Year Flightline (Hip 351) brought $2.6 million from Flying Dutchmen. The Mar. 28 foal is out of SW and GSP Park Avenue (Quality Road).

Both colts were consigned by Lane’s End Farm, who also co-bred the Flightline colt.

“I didn’t expect those to go quite that high,” admitted Summer Wind’s Jane Lyon, visibly moved after the rapid fire scores. “Of course, being my horses, I thought they were worth anything and everything. But we are very, very happy with the results.”

Unraced New Narration, in foal to Nashville, was purchased by Lyon for $850,000 at the 2023 Keeneland November Sale.

“We knew we had a lot of people interested in the Flightline colt, but the Justify colt, we just did that just to see what would happen with that mare,” explained Lyon. “We’ve had her for a number of years now, and to see that cross, it really was exciting. Bobby [Spalding], my farm manager, knew that this was a very nice colt. But I was a little surprised if they put him in the first book, honestly.”

The Flightline colt, the third highest-priced yearling of Tuesday’s session, is a full-brother to Powerline, a $1.8-million Fasig-Tipton Saratoga yearling purchase in 2025.

Summer Wind purchased Park Avenue for $1.45 million at Keeneland November in 2022.

“I expected the Flightline to be in the first book,” she said. “We have a few more Flightlines coming and we’re hopeful that they will be well received, but I just didn’t expect quite this well at this point. I hope everybody will hang in there with Flightline and give him time to show what they can do because he’s not meant to be a short distance [sire], so I can’t wait until they start stretching out a little bit. It’ll be very exciting.”

Earlier this summer, Summer Wind sold a Curlin colt out of Private Mission (Into Mischief) for $800,000 at the Fasig-Tipton Saratoga Sale.

“I’m pretty connected to all my mares,” Lyon added. “And a lot of the stallions that we bred to, I have a history with, and not having necessarily bred and raised them. But Flightline is very special and he’s been a gift. And he has certainly been that and it’s fulfilling to me.”

According to Lyon, Summer Wind bred 40 mares this season.

“A lot of them are mares I’ve had and a lot of them are young mares that I bred and brought back into the fold. It’s my life. I love every bit of it. Days like today will just keep it going.”–@CBossTDN

Curlin Filly Brings $1.95 Million at Keeneland on Day 2

It didn’t take long for fireworks to get going at Keeneland on Tuesday. The second seven-figure yearling of the session, Hip 220, a filly by Curlin, drew a $1.95-million final bid from Mandy Pope’s Whisper Hill Farm.

“We didn’t want to pay that much, but that happens,” said Whisper Hill’s Todd Quast of the final price.

Consigned by Hill ‘n’ Dale at Xalapa, the Red Oak Stable-bred filly is out of Feel That Fire (Lightnin N Thunder), sister to SW Ima Jersey Girl. She is already responsible for multiple Grade I winner Mind Control (Stay Thirsty), who was also bred and co-campaigned by Red Oak Stable.

#KeeSept Book 1, Session 2

Hip 220: A Curlin filly out of Feel That Fire, making her a half-sister to MIND CONTROL, sells for $1.95 million to @whisper_hill from the @HillnDaleFarm consignment.

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“Mandy loved the pedigree, with Mind Control in the family,” said Whisper Hill’s Todd Quast. “There’s a lot of residual value as a broodmare there, but I thought especially as a physical, she was a very, very good physical.”

He continued, “She was light on her feet, had a good walk, everything was there. We’re looking for the [breeding prospect], but also I think she could be a racehorse. So we were very excited about her. And the good fillies are hard to find, especially those with any kind of pedigree that look good, that pass the vet, that have everything. We’re excited to have her.”

In regard to the filly’s 22-year-old Classic-winning sire who was taken out of breeding duty earlier this season, he added, “There are not going to be very many Curlins left, so as a broodmare sire and with that female side, we just think it’s an exciting family.”

Given her sire’s propensity for producing later-developing route horses, Quast believes the filly looks likely come to hand earlier than some of the others.

“Her body says ‘yes’, but we’ll find out,” he said. “I don’t think she’ll be super early, but she could be early.”

Quast indicated a trainer will be named at a later date.

“She will go home to Whisper Hill and we’ll start breaking her in about a month,” he said. “I don’t know who is going to get her, we use everybody, but we try to suit the horse to the trainer.”–@CBossTDN

One and Done: Red Oak Hits Home Run With Half-Sister to Mind Control

Red Oak Stable arrived at Keeneland with a single horse to sell–a Curlin filly who is a half-sister to three-time Grade I winner and $2-million earner Mind Control (Stay Thirsty). Sent through the ring as Hip 220, the filly was consigned by Hill ‘n’ Dale at Xalapa on behalf of her breeder.

Whisper Hill stepped up to secure the daughter of stakes winner Feel That Fire (Lightnin N Thunder) for $1.95 million, thus making her the highest-priced filly of the session.

A half sister to Mind Control delivers $1.95 million in the ring! From the @HillnDaleFarm consignment, purchased by Whisper Hill Farm.
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— Keeneland Sales (@keenelandsales) September 15, 2026

The filly’s 19-year-old dam is also responsible for Grade I-placed Goddess of Fire (Mineshaft), stakes-placed Blue Flame Six (Uncle Mo) and Gangbusters (Broken Vow), herself the dam of MSW Wendelssohn (Mendelssohn).

“This is actually the first horse we bred in our new system with John Burnetti, Jr.,” said Red Oak’s racing manager Rick Sacco. “With Feel That Fire, we chose to go to Curlin because obviously this mare warrants that type of a stallion.”

The family also includes stakes winners King for A Day (Uncle Mo) and Ima Jersey Girl (Lightnin N Thunder). Both horses were campaigned by Red Oak.

“Feel That Fire had an Into Mischief colt this year,” confirmed Sacco. “We inspected him when we got to town and he’s just a beautiful colt. She’s in foal to Curlin and next year we’re going to go to Not This Time.”

Asked when did the Red Oak connections know they had something special on their hands?

“In April, we were looking at the yearlings at [the Brunetti’s] Good Chance Farm in Ocala. And I called John [Brunetti, Jr.] to tell him this filly is a standout,” Sacco recalled. “She’s gorgeous. And how many more years does Curlin have?”

He continued, “I told [Brunetti] that I thought we should sell her. [Keeneland representatives] came out in April and inspected her and sure enough, we got a call back that they felt that she was a Book 1 filly. So then I got a hold of [Hill ‘n’ Dale’s] John Sikura and his son Jess actually flew out to see her in Ocala. He saw her and loved her.”

“A month ago, I shipped her to Kentucky from Good Chance Farm and they put the finishing touches. And she’s shown great. She’s a beautiful filly. She’s just big, athletic, leggy and very correct. And it’s a beautiful family, there’s so many good running fillies on this page.”

Red Oak Stable was founded by John Brunetti Sr., who also owned Hialeah Park. Following his death in 2018, Brunetti’s sons–John, Jr. and Stephen–assumed the reins of the operation’s various entities.

In 2024, Stephen Brunetti died at the age of 56, and the operation continues to be led by the Brunetti family and managed by Sacco.

The operation’s 12 Kentucky-based mares are currently kept at Darby Dan Farm.

“What we’re doing now is we’re breeding to sell,” explained Sacco of the operation’s current business model. “I would say we have no racing stock right now. We have horses to break, yearlings. John Brunetti Sr. died in 2018 and Stephen Brunetti passed in 2024, and [there was the issue of] settling two estates, which included a lot of property, a lot of horses and so on. So we’re at a place right now where we’re starting fresh, but we kept our very best broodmares. We plan to continue to build on that.”–@CBossTDN

$1.5 Million for Goodnight Olive’s First Foal

The partnership of St. Elias Stable, West Point Thoroughbreds, Lane’s End Racing, and Belladonna Racing continued is buying spree with the acquisition of a $1.5-million son of Not This Time (hip 238) Tuesday at Keeneland. The yearling, bred by John and Chelsey Stewart’s Resolute Racing and consigned by Gainesway, is the first foal out of champion Goodnight Olive (Ghostzapper).

“He is a super colt,” said Lane’s End Bill Farish. “We fell in love with him. Goodnight Olive was such a special filly on the track and her first foal looking like that and being by Not This Time, we are thrilled to end up with him.”

#KeeSept Book 1, Session 2

Hip 238: The Not This Time colt out GOODNIGHT OLIVE sells for $1.5 million to St. Elias, @westpointtbred, @LanesEndFarms Racing, @BelladonnaRaci1.

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— TDN (@theTDN) September 15, 2026

The Stewarts purchased Goodnight Olive, two-time winner of the GI Breeders’ Cup F/M Sprint, for $6 million at the 2023 Fasig-Tipton November sale.

“Oh, absolutely,” Chelsey Stewart said with a wide smile when asked if this yearling was the hope when they had purchased the champion mare.

“The mare holds a special place in both John and my hearts,” Stewart said. “We were super excited to have a Not This Time colt be her first foal. The farm team did a great job and Brian Graves at Gainesway did fantastic with him. We are super thrilled with the result.”

Goodnight Olive has a weanling colt by Seize the Grey and was bred back to Gun Runner.

The colt was the fourth purchase of the September sale for the St. Elias, West Point, Lane’s End, and Belladonna partnership, which began its buying spree with five yearlings purchased for $3.5 million at the Fasig-Tipton Saratoga sale.

“We are trying,” Farish said of the group’s efforts at Keeneland this week. “It’s been going great so far. We have four that we’ve bought here and 10 total.”

After two sessions, the group had purchased six yearlings for $5,275,000. Their purchases also include colts by Nyquist (hip 39) and Not This Time (hip 362), purchased for $1.2 million each.

The partners’ purchases will be trained by Cherie DeVaux.  @JessMartiniTDN

St. George Scores with Early Voting

Archie and Michelle St. George have put an emphasis on buying pricier foals to satisfy the yearling market’s demand for quality and the couple was rewarded Tuesday at Keeneland when selling a colt by Early Voting (hip 218) for $1.25 million to M. V. Magnier and White Birch Farm. The chestnut had been purchased for $300,000 at last year’s Keeneland November sale.

$1.25 million to start the day! This Early Voting colt was consigned by St. George Sales, and purchased by Coolmore. #KeeSept pic.twitter.com/4rzguOlFEt

— Keeneland Sales (@keenelandsales) September 15, 2026

“He was just a very good physical,” Archie St. George said. “We took a chance on the stallion and we got lucky. [The Early Votings] were just nice horses, but it was more about the physical of this horse.”

Early Voting has gotten off to a flyer at stud, having amassed four ‘TDN Rising Stars, presented by Hagyard’ and a host of sales ring successes already from his first crop to hit the track.

“We quite liked the stallion, but that doesn’t mean it always works out,” St. George said. “But then they started selling well at the 2-year-old sales and he’s had some good winners, so he looks like a nice horse.”

Of the yearling, St. George added, “He has matured into a very nice horse. He is a good, strong mover. We’re just lucky and very appreciative of the buyers. We wish Coolmore and their partners the best of luck.”

He added, “It’s very competitive buying foals and you just hope you get lucky like this. That’s what it’s about. We can buy the physical, but they’ve got to keep on improving. And hopefully we get lucky with the stallion, like we did.” @JessMartiniTDN

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Flying Dutchmen Secure Flightline Colt For $2.6-Million

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A full-brother (hip 351) to the much talked-about Powerline (Flightline) sold Tuesday on a final bid of $2.6-million to Flying Dutchmen.

First dam Park Avenue, a stakes winner and graded stakes placed, was purchased by Summer Wind Equine for $1.45-million as a broodmare from the 2022 Keeneland November Sale.

She produced Powerline, a $1.8-million Fasig-Tipton Saratoga yearling of 2025, as her first foal.

This colt, bred by Summer Wind Equine and Sarah S. Farish, was consigned by Lane’s End as agent.

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