2016 January Horses of All Ages Sale (Media Kit)

2016 January Horses of All Ages Sale January 11-15, 2016 MEDIA KIT

January Sale Sessions

January 11-15 Keeneland Sales Pavilion 1,796 horses cataloged The sale catalog is available on Keeneland.com.

The entire sale will be streamed live on Keeneland.com.

All sessions begin at 10 a.m. ET. Book 1 Mon., Jan. 11 Tue., Jan. 12

Hips 1-358 Hips 359-719 (361 head)

We’re here to assist in your coverage

The entire January Sale will be streamed live at Keeneland.com, and everyone can follow the action via Keeneland’s Facebook, Twitter and Instagram accounts.

Throughout the sale, Keeneland will provide wrap-up releases at the conclusion of each session. Session updates and daily wrap-up releases will be posted on Keeneland’s social media sites and on Keeneland.com.

Additionally, Keeneland will post select photos and video on its FTP site. Photos will include general scenic, top-priced horses, consignors, buyers and other notable personalities.

January Sale b-roll is currently available on the site, and videos of top-priced horses will be uploaded.

Book 2 Wed., Jan. 13 Thur., Jan. 14

Hips 720-1085 (366 head) Hips 1086-1448 (363 head)

Book 3 Fri., Jan. 15

Hips 1449-1796 (348 head)

Photos and video are intended for editorial, noncommercial use only.

Keeneland’s FTP site: https://sftp.keeneland.com Login: editorialphotos Password: spring2016 Directory: editorialphotos Folder: 2016 January Sale Please credit photos as “Keeneland photo” or “Keeneland video.”

Media Contacts Director of Communications Amy Gregory (cell) 859 361-3490 agregory@keeneland.com Communications Associate Amy Owens (cell) 859 421-2566 aowens@keeneland.com Media Relations Manager Matt May (cell) 859 806-7463 mmay@keeneland.com

Keeneland.com contains a wealth of information about racing and sales. The website has a stakes-winning sales graduates list that can be sorted and downloaded for ease of use.

Wireless availability Keeneland’s wireless network extends to all open areas between barns (show areas), the show ring near the Sales Pavilion and the Sales Pavilion.

Please look for the “Keeneland Guest” Wi-Fi network. This network is free and open to the public (does not require a password).

Keeneland updates Consignor Portfolio platform Keeneland has further enhanced its popular Consignor Portfolio, which allows horsemen to conveniently organize and manage all key consignment information in one centralized location. This newly updated platform is desktop and tablet friendly, and enables users to access and update data from their office, Sales Pavilion or consignment barn.

An array of useful features are available to consignors at one click, including the ability to: •

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View all entry details for horses in the consignment and export the details to a CSV file to easily sort, filter and view buyer contact information following the sale; View, sort, filter and print catalog updates; Manage paperwork for the entire consignment; View in real time Repository activity on horses in the consignment; Create text and email alerts for such items as entry deadlines, catalog updates, hip in ring, Repository activity and hammer price; Research the Keeneland sales history of the horses in the consignment; Manage contact and account information, and assign user permissions; and Print account statements.

For more information, or to access Keeneland’s Consignor Portfolio, please visit Keeneland.com/consignor.

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Welcome to the 2016 Keeneland January Horses of All Ages Sale

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are in foal to 168 stallions, including Bernardini, Bodemeister, City Zip, Curlin, Declaration of War, Empire Maker, Ghostzapper, Giant’s Causeway, Hard Spun, Into Mischief, Kitten’s Joy, Lemon Drop Kid, Lope de Vega, Malibu Moon, Medaglia d’Oro, More Than Ready, Orb, Pioneerof the Nile, Scat Daddy, Shack“The January Sale is noted for high- leford, Shanghai Bobby, Speightstown, quality broodmare prospects and short Street Sense, Tapit, Tiznow, Uncle Mo, yearlings, and it gives breeders some Union Rags and War Front. final opportunities to obtain stock as breeding season nears,” Keeneland Short yearlings are foals of 2015 that Director of Sales Geoffrey Russell said. officially turned a year old on Jan. 1. The “We look for the sale to be a solid auc- 729 yearlings cataloged to the January tion that continues the strengths of Sale represent 191 stallions, among them the market seen during the November Bernardini, Bodemeister, City Zip, Curlin, Breeding Stock Sale.”

Distorted Humor, Giant’s Causeway, Into Mischief, Kitten’s Joy, Lemon Drop Kid, The 624 broodmares in the catalog Malibu Moon, More Than Ready, Orb, eeneland has cataloged 1,796 horses for its 58th January Horses of All Ages Sale on Jan. 11-15, 2016. The catalog includes 624 broodmares, 181 broodmare prospects, 729 yearlings, 251 horses of racing age and 11 stallions and stallion prospects.

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Pioneerof the Nile, Scat Daddy, Shanghai Bobby, Speightstown, Street Cry (IRE), Street Sense, Super Saver, Tiznow, Uncle Mo, Union Rags and War Front.

The 2015 stakes winners that were sold as yearlings at the January Sale include Grade 1 winners Ball Dancing, Birdatthewire and Twilight Eclipse; Grade 2 winners Alert Bay, Bailoutbobby, Call Me George, Conquest Daddyo, Fioretti and Tower of Texas; and Grade 3 winner Far Right.

The January Sale also features two dispersals: the dispersal of the estate of Eric A. Delvalle, consigned by Brandywine Farms, agent, and the dispersal of the estate of Sarah J. Leigh, Denali Stud, agent.

Keeneland Sales Staff Bill Thomason | Keeneland President and CEO

and farm management, and assisted in equine orthopedic surgery.

Thornbury spent nearly 10 years at Airdrie Stud, owned by former Governor and Mrs. Brereton C. Jones, working first as yearling manager and later as general manager.

He is a past president of the Thoroughbred Club of America and the Kentucky Thoroughbred Farm Managers’ Club, and formerly served on the board of the Kentucky Thoroughbred Association and Kentucky Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders.

Bill Thomason became the seventh President and Chief Executive Officer of Keeneland on September 1, 2012. He was previously the Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, having joined Keeneland in June 2010.

Thomason graduated from the University of Kentucky with a B.S. in Accounting in 1977 and a Masters in Business Administration in 1978. He worked for two years at the accounting firm of Alexander Grant & Co. before joining Mill Ridge Farm, where he worked for 28 years as Financial and Administrative Manager.

He is a member of The Jockey Club, a trustee of the American Horse Council and a board member of the National Thoroughbred Racing Association (NTRA), Thoroughbred Racing Associations (TRA), Thoroughbred Racing Protective Bureau (TRPB), Thoroughbred Aftercare Alliance (TAA), University of Kentucky Gluck Equine Research Foundation, Kentucky Chamber, Central Kentucky Chapter of the American Heart Association and Central Bank Lexington’s Advisory Board of Directors. He formerly served as the assistant treasurer for the Kentucky Thoroughbred Association/Kentucky Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders and was a member of the audit committee of Breeders’ Cup Ltd. Thomason also previously served as treasurer of the Thoroughbred Club of America.

An active community leader, Thomason was chairman of the Greater Lexington Chamber of Commerce (now Commerce Lexington), chairman of the Lexington Arts and Cultural Council and chairman of the Board of First United Methodist Church.

Mark Maronde | Associate Director of Sales Development

Mark Maronde brings more than 20 years of experience in the Thoroughbred industry to the Keeneland sales team, which he joined in April 2009.

He assists with recruiting and marketing efforts for the Keeneland sales and serves as a member of the yearling inspection team.

Maronde spent five years in the bloodstock division of WinStar Farm prior to Keeneland. He honed his inspection and sales recruiting skills as National Field Representative for Barretts’ Equine Ltd. (1996–2009) and with the Canadian Thoroughbred Horse Society (2007–2009). He also worked for Cromwell Bloodstock from 1990–1995.

Chip McGaughey | Sales Associate

C.R. “Chip” McGaughey joined the Keeneland sales team on Feb. 1, 2015.

A graduate of the University of Kentucky, McGaughey gained experience in racing through his father, Hall of Fame trainer C.R. “Shug” McGaughey, and while working as an inaugural Brand Ambassador for America’s Best Racing, The Jockey Club’s initiative to introduce young people to the sport.

McGaughey formerly was an account planner at Cornett Integrated Marketing Solutions in Lexington, where, in addition to managing the Brand Ambassador Program, he was responsible for marketing America’s Best Racing and the Keeneland sales.

Geoffrey G. Russell | Director of Sales

Geoffrey Russell has served as Keeneland’s Director of Sales since June 2001.

Born in Dublin, Ireland, Russell gained early experience at Coolmore Stud and as a bid spotter at Goffs. He came to the U.S. in 1982, first working at Fasig-Tipton Sales and then at Elmendorf Farm. He returned to Fasig-Tipton as Vice President of Fasig-Tipton Appraisals and Director of Sales Administration prior to joining Keeneland in 1996 as Assistant Director of Sales to Rogers Beasley.

Russell represents Keeneland on the Sales Integrity Task Force, International Catalogue Standards Committee (NA) (ICSC), International Grading and Race Planning Advisory Committee (IRPAC), and is Vice Chairman of the Society of International Thoroughbred Auctioneers (SITA). He is also on the board of the Grayson-Jockey Club Foundation.

Ryan Mahan | Director of Auctioneers Ryan Mahan considered following his stepfather, Dr. Robert Copelan, into veterinary medicine.

Instead, he finds himself in the auction stand at the leading Thoroughbred sales company in the world.

Mahan initially had his own auction company but in 1977 he came to work at Keeneland as a bid spotter and later chief announcer for several years following the departure of Tom Hammond.

Promoted to auctioneer in the mid ’80s, he succeeded the late Tom Caldwell in 2001 as senior auctioneer.

Mahan also serves on the inspection team for Keeneland’s September Yearling Sale.

Thomas J. Thornbury | Associate Director of Sales

Tom Thornbury was named Keeneland’s Associate Director of Sales in June 2002.

In his position, Thornbury acts as liaison to consignor interests, cultivates relationships with horsemen in emerging racing markets, and serves as a member of the yearling inspection team.

Thornbury grew up on the farm owned by his father, John Thornbury, and partner Dr. Robert Copelan, where he was involved in training

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2015 January Horses of All Ages Sale Session Breakdowns

Session

Date

# Sold

Gross

Average

Monday

Tuesday

Jan. 12

204

$12,607,200

$61,800

$35,000

0

101

33.11

95

400

Jan. 13

248

$15,191,200

$61,255

$30,000

1

85

25.53

71

404

Subtotal

Wednesday Jan. 14

Subtotal

Thursday

Jan. 15

Totals

Median Million $ RNAs

452 $27,798,400 $61,501 $30,000

1

242

0

$4,074,300

$16,836

$8,250

694 $31,872,700 $45,926 $23,000

1

254

0

$3,432,800

$13,515

$7,500

948 $35,305,500 $37,242 $16,000

5

1

186 66 252 67 319

RNA %

Outs Cataloged

29.2 166 21.43

95

26.6 261 20.87

82

25.18 343

804 403 1,207 403 1,610

January Horses of All Ages Sale 58th Annual Keeneland inaugurated the January Horses of All Ages Sales in the 1950s, conducting the first editions of the sale in 1956 and 1957.

Following a three-year hiatus, the January Sale was resumed in 1961 and has been held annually since. As the name implies, the January Horses of All Ages Sale offers a variety of racing and breeding stock, including broodmares, broodmare prospects, yearlings, racing prospects and horses of racing age, stallions and stallion prospects, and stallion shares and seasons.

Highest Prices — January Horses of All Ages Sale Broodmares

Price Horse

Pregnancy Status

Purchaser

$ 5,000,000 Mackie (in foal to Mr. Prospector) Britton House Stud Ltd. 3,600,000 Desert Stormer (in foal to Kris S.) Live Oak Stud 3,300,000 Claxton’s Slew (in foal to Storm Cat) John Magnier 3,250,000 Escena (not bred) Reynolds Bell Jr., agent 3,000,000 Lucky Lucky Lucky (in foal to Northern Dancer) Shadwell Farm Inc. 2,800,000 Solar Slew (in foal to Deputy Minister) Lakland LLC 2,700,000 Irish Cherry (in foal to Ghostzapper) Southern Equine Stables 2,500,000 Highest Trump (in foal to Northern Dancer) Nelson Bunker Hunt 2,500,000 Limit (in foal to Boundary) Adele Dilschneider

2,500,000 Sangue (in foal to Alydar) Heronwood Farm

Consignor

Year

Eaton Sales, agent Taylor Made Sales Agency, agent for Norfields Lane’s End, agent for Brookside Farms Lane’s End, agent Spendthrift Farm, agent Lane’s End, agent for Brookside Farms Hill ‘n’ Dale Sales Agency, agent Spendthrift Farm, agent Claiborne Farm, agent for the Complete Dispersal of Claiborne Farm and Nicole Perry Gorman Nelson Bunker Hunt Dispersal

2000 2002 2000 1999 1986 2000 2008 1984 1998 1988

Yearling — Colts

Price Horse

Breeding

Purchaser

$ 1,150,000 Videographic (Mr. Prospector-Video) W.S. Farish

1,100,000 Value Plus (Unbridled’s Song-Roll Over Baby) Buzz Chace, agent

525,000 Up Sharpen (Sharpen Up-Fargaze) Narvick International

500,000 Minister Slew (Deputy Minister--Slew Boyera) J.B.K. Inventure

400,000 Sun King (Charismatic-Clever But Costly) Tracy Farmer

Consignor

Year

Claiborne Farm, agent for the Complete Dispersal of Claiborne Farm and Nicole Perry Gorman Taylor Made Sales Agency, agent Nelson Bunker Hunt Dispersal Taylor Made Sales Agency, agent James D. Conway, agent

1998 2002 1988 2000 2003

Yearling — Fillies

Price Horse

Breeding

Purchaser

Consignor

Year

Claiborne Farm, agent for the Complete Dispersal of Claiborne Farm and Nicole Perry Gorman Hurstland Farm, agent Nelson Bunker Hunt Dispersal Claiborne Farm, agent for the Complete Dispersal of Claiborne Farm and Nicole Perry Gorman Nelson Bunker Hunt Dispersal Four Star Sales, agent Nelson Bunker Hunt Dispersal

1998

Purchaser

Consignor

Year

Merrick-Allen Douglas F. Lane, agent

Claiborne Farm Preston Madden, agent for Buffalo Lark Syndicate

1990 1983

Consignor

Year

Ashleigh Stud, agent for J. Robert Fluor (dispersal of all breeding stock) Echo Valley Horse Farm, agent Brookmeade Stable, Hermitage Farm, agent Anderson Farms

1983

$ 3,400,000 Inkling (Seeking the Gold-Number) D.L. O’Byrne

1,450,000 Bijou (Street Sense-Please Sign In) Regis Farms 1,300,000 Wajd (Northern Dancer-Dahlia) Darley Stud Management

925,000 Elegant As Always (Nashwan-Bound) D.L. O’Byrne

850,000 Wasnah (Nijinsky II-Highest Trump) Shadwell Estate Co. Ltd.

800,000 Upfront (War Front-Up (IRE)) Solis/Litt Bloodstock

700,000 Paris Collection (Riverman-Margravine) Robert Bricken, agent

2013 1988 1998 1988 2015 1988

Stallions

Price Horse

$ 265,000

100,000

Lode (Stallion prospect) Buffalo Lark

Stallion Shares

Price Horse, Age

Purchaser

$ 625,000 Share in Alleged, 9 Arthur I. Appleton

550,000 Share in Mr. Prospector, 11 Del and Gail Chase

350,000 Share in Key to the Mint, 11 North Ridge Farm

260,000 Share in Sir Ivor, 16 William M. Buckner

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1981 1980 1981

Leading Buyers by Gross Year

Buyer

Ran Jan Racing Ben Glass, agent Stonestreet Thoroughbred Holdings Bluegrass Hall Shadai Farm Adena Springs Farm Southern Equine Stables Southern Equine Stables Hill ‘n’ Dale Bloodstock Stonewall Farm/Atoka Gulf Coast Farm Frank Stronach Blandford Bloodstock Live Oak Stud Lisa Troutt

2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001

No. Purchased 1 30 5 31 3 15 8 10 11 9 19 48 17 2 1

Leading Consignors by Gross Gross $2,200,000 1,682,000 2,810,000 1,977,000 2,280,000 1,497,200 1,700,000 3,862,000 2,939,000 2,689,000 3,417,000 3,619,500 976,300 3,960,000 1,700,000

Year

Consignor

Taylor Made Sales Agency Taylor Made Sales Agency Lane’s End Farm Taylor Made Sales Agency Three Chimneys Sales Taylor Made Sales Agency Taylor Made Sales Agency Taylor Made Sales Agency Taylor Made Sales Agency Taylor Made Sales Agency Taylor Made Sales Agency Taylor Made Sales Agency Taylor Made Sales Agency Taylor Made Sales Agency Taylor Made Sales Agency

2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001

No. Sold 85 99 113 48 35 89 192 128 152 134 126 137 80 84 102

Gross $4,639,100 4,126,200 9,298,900 3,128,500 2,964,600 3,084,200 5,665,600 6,221,480 7,550,800 10,372,100 5,508,300 7,316,000 4,064,600 10,476,800 5,218,800

Sale-Topping Horses by Year — January Horses of All Ages Sale Year Horse

Breeding

Purchaser

Consignor

Price

2015 Up (IRE) (in foal to War Front) Galileo (IRE)-Halland Park Lass Ran Jan Racing Four Star Sales, agent $2,200,000

2014 Ponche de Leona (in foal to Ponche-Perfect and Proud Brushwood Stable Blake-Albina Thoroughbred 775,000 Distorted Humor) Services LLC, agent 2013 Bijou Street Sense-Please Sign In Regis Farms Hurstland Farm, agent 1,450,000 2012 Topliner (in foal to Medaglia d’Oro) Thunder Gulch-To the Hunt Katsumi Yoshida Hill ‘n’ Dale Sales Agency, agent 1,400,000 2011 Ave (GB) Danehill Dancer (IRE)- Shadai Farm Three Chimneys Sales, agent 1,400,000

Anna Amalia (GB) 2010 Miss Isella Silver Charm-La Cucina (IRE) Adena Springs Farm Lane’s End, agent 1,085,000 2009 Island Fashion (in foal to Ghostzapper) Petionville-Danzigs Fashion Katsumi Yoshida Pope McLean (Crestwood Farm), 950,000

agent for Everest Stables (Reduction Phase I) 2009 Almonsoon Giant’s Causeway-Garimpeiro Southern Equine Stables Hill ‘n’ Dale Sales Agency, agent 950,000 2008 Irish Cherry (in foal to Ghostzapper) Irish Open-Eston Southern Equine Stables Hill ‘n’ Dale Sales Agency, agent 2,700,000 2007 Point Ashley Point Given-Golden Thatch Hill ’n’ Dale Bloodstock Hill ‘n’ Dale Sales Agency, agent 1,800,000 2006 Girl Warrior Elusive Quality-Qhazeenah (GB) Northwest Farms Paramount Sales, agent 1,000,000 2005 Cozzene’s Angel (in foal to Pulpit) Cozzene-Charming Pan (FR) Eaton Sales, agent Hill ‘n’ Dale Sales Agency, agent 1,350,000 2004 Beckys Shirt (in foal to Woodman) Cure the Blues-Thundertee BBA (Ireland) Hill ‘n’ Dale Sales Agency, agent 850,000 2003 Belle Nuit (in foal to Unbridled’s Song) Dr. Carter-Belle Noel Louis Brooks Ranch Ltd. Taylor Made Sales Agency 475,000 2002 Desert Stormer (in foal to Kris S.) Storm Cat-Breezy Stories Live Oak Stud Taylor Made Sales Agency 3,600,000 2001 Magicalmysterycat Storm Cat-Nannerl Lisa Troutt Eaton Sales, agent for Padua Stable 1,700,000 2000 Mackie (in foal to Mr. Prospector) Summer Squall-Glowing Tribute Britton House Stud Ltd. Eaton Sales, agent 5,000,000

Million-Dollar Horses — January Horses of All Ages Sale Sale

Total

Session 1

(Number Sold by Total Sale and Session) Session 2 Session 3 Session 4 Session 5

Session 6

Session 7

Session 8

2015 1 0 1 0 0 N/A N/A N/A N/A 2014 0 0 0 0 0 N/A N/A N/A N/A 2013 3 1 2 0 0 0 N/A N/A N/A 2012 1 1 0 0 0 N/A N/A N/A N/A

2011 1 1 0 0 0 0 N/A N/A N/A 2010 1 0 1 0 0 0 N/A N/A N/A 2009 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 N/A N/A

2008 4 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 N/A

2007 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0

2006 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 N/A

2005 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 N/A N/A

2004 0 0 0 0 0 0 N/A N/A N/A

2003 0 0 0 0 0 0 N/A N/A N/A

2002 3 3 0 0 0 N/A N/A N/A N/A

2001 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 N/A N/A

2000 6 0 6 0 0 0 N/A N/A N/A

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History of January Horses of All Ages Sale

Broodmares*

Yearlings

Others**

Year Number Average Gross Number Average Gross Number Average Gross 2015 603 $ 40,684 $ 24,532,200 2014 614 46,326 28,444,300 2013 637 46,096 29,363,300 2012 590 42,619 25,145,100 2011 576 29,444 16,959,950 2010 576 27,449 15,810,800 2009 800 30,300 24,240,600 2008 955 55,922 53,405,600 2007 1,134 45,641 51,757,400 2006 995 55,697 55,418,000 2005 801 46,598 37,325,200 2004 799 46,052 36,795,800 2003 805 27,143 21,850,800 2002 617 43,246 26,682,700 2001 783 40,326 31,575,600 2000 573 76,248 43,690,200 1999 640 38,758 24,805,200 1998 640 50,988 32,632,400 1997 509 31,019 15,788,800 1996 484 41,399 20,037,100 1995 512 24,390 12,487,500 1994 386 20,823 8,037,600 1993 420 17,607 7,395,000 1992 413 26,376 10,893,600 1991 777 18,254 14,183,300 1990 438 33,601 14,717,300 1989 511 32,492 16,603,900 1988 697 58,852 41,019,800 1987 336 33,395 11,220,700 1986 376 43,493 16,353,400 1985 295 45,859 13,528,300 1984 397 51,062 20,271,700 1983 374 43,617 16,312,600 1982 465 45,697 21,249,300 1981 500 33,526 16,762,800 1980 440 28,692 12,624,300 1979 369 17,282 6,736,900 1978 405 12,334 4,995,300 1977 280 11,769 3,295,400 1976 326 9,371 3,054,800 1975 396 8,341 3,303,200 1974 296 9,223 2,730,100 1973 264 8,434 2,226,700 1972 233 7,711 1,796,800 1971 178 5,152 917,100 1970 295 8,170 2,410,200 1969 177 7,184 1,271,500 1968 218 4,695 1,023,600 1967 249 10,380 2,585,200 1966 247 4,118 1,017,100 1965 162 6,195 1,003,600 1964 106 5,167 547,700 1963 96 1,984 190,500 1962 125 5,861 733,000 1961 42 9,960 418,300 1957 50 7,758 387,900 1956 23 30,239 695,500

324 $ 31,847 $ 10,318,300 21 $ 21,667 $ 455,000 378 31,488 11,902,400 35 19,400 679,000 429 34,736 14,901,900 39 24,156 942,100 367 32,585 11,958,600 46 19,309 888,200 399 19,206 7,663,200 45 13,860 623,700 360 21,283 7,662,000 45 9,307 418,800 454 16,075 7,298,100 84 15,301 1,285,300 470 32,995 15,507,800 68 22,538 1,532,600 625 29,868 18,667,800 99 22,960 2,273,000 571 26,597 15,186,600 59 26,886 1,586,300 517 29,374 15,186,800 43 21,070 906,000 417 28,455 11,866,000 42 16,264 683,100 330 26,492 8,742,500 50 11,854 592,700 289 26,155 7,558,700 32 15,088 482,800 389 18,997 7,389,900 36 19,519 702,700 389 23,912 9,301,800 277 28,684 7,945,500 388 20,128 7,809,500 175 55,978 9,796,200 366 37,386 13,683,400 154 44,474 6,849,000 310 13,911 4,312,500 184 21,418 3,941,000 323 21,488 6,940,600 189 17,410 3,290,400 321 14,530 4,664,000 199 11,217 2,232,100 278 15,691 4,362,100 185 14,206 2,628,200 279 10,628 2,965,300 138 11,180 1,542,800 273 15,907 4,342,500 172 22,517 3,873,000 374 8,597 3,215,300 233 20,663 4,814,400 253 13,648 3,453,100 151 13,386 2,021,300 262 9,936 2,603,400 125 10,047 1,255,900 361 39,586 14,290,500 269 41,939 11,281,700 191 11,391 2,175,600 117 12,203 1,427,700 167 14,643 2,445,400 109 12,692 1,383,400 141 13,772 1,941,800 133 33,208 4,416,700 142 14,922 2,118,900 116 19,204 2,227,700 99 17,222 1,705,000 92 41,214 3,791,700 175 10,461 1,830,700 181 10,111 1,830,100 181 12,566 2,274,500 335 10,089 3,379,900 155 14,124 2,189,200 226 15,849 3,581,900 167 7,534 1,258,100 230 6,989 1,607,500 153 6,154 941,500 252 7,098 1,788,700 108 4,374 472,400 182 7,319 1,332,000 142 4,256 604,300 191 4,563 871,600 191 4,176 797,600 191 3,980 760,100 167 3,227 538,900 204 4,408 899,200 177 3,979 704,300 216 4,127 891,500 141 3,935 554,900 162 5,526 895,250 77 3,864 297,600 94 3,059 287,500 113 3,918 442,700 145 5,862 850,000 109 2,391 260,600 126 2,629 331,200 122 1,707 208,300 162 2,737 443,400 117 4,258 498,200 136 3,358 456,700 103 1,447 149,000 147 3,405 500,600 78 3,824 298,300 114 2,368 270,000 16 1,325 21,200 80 3,961 316,900 61 1,166 71,100 71 1,745 123,900 58 3,322 192,700 59 1,636 96,500 22 6,573 144,600 26 5,115 133,000 30 6,847 205,400 8 3,413 27,300 16 14,287 228,600

* For 2001-2015, figures include broodmare prospects and racing or broodmare prospects. ** For 2001-2015, figures include stallions, stallion prospects and racing or stallion prospects.

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History of January Horses of All Ages Sale

Stallion Gross for Totals — Horses Stallion Seasons/ Shares/Seasons/

Year Number Average Median Gross Shares Breeding Rights Breeding Rights 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999 1998 1997 1996 1995 1994 1993 1992 1991 1990 1989 1988 1987 1986 1985 1984 1983 1982 1981 1980 1979 1978 1977 1976 1975 1974 1973 1972 1971 1970 1969 1968 1967 1966 1965 1964 1963 1962 1961 1957 1956

948 1,027 1,105 1,003 1,020 981 1,338 1,493 1,858 1,624 1,361 1,258 1,185 936 1,207 1,239 1,203 1,159 1,003 996 1,032 849 837 858 1,384 842 898 1,327 644 652 569 655 565 821 1,016 821 766 810 570 659 779 667 657 536 349 553 412 502 502 497 354 202 228 242 90 88 39

$ 37,242 39,947 40,912 37,878 24,752 24,354 24,532 47,184 39,127 44,443 39,249 39,225 26,317 37,060 32,856 49,183 35,254 45,870 23,970 30,390 18,783 17,701 14,221 22,272 16,050 23,981 22,788 50,182 23,019 30,954 34,950 37,585 38,600 30,341 22,064 22,406 12,066 9,538 8,947 6,875 6,241 6,249 5,818 6,058 4,304 6,696 4,523 3,337 6,913 3,354 4,440 4,385 1,691 4,224 7,732 7,052 23,695

$ 16,000 20,000 15,000 15,000 7,500 8,000 9,500 17,000 16,000 16,000 13,000 13,000 10,000 12,750 10,500 14,000 12,500 13,000 10,000 8,000 9,000 9,000 7,000 9,000 4,500 8,500 6,700 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —

$ 35,305,500 41,025,700 45,207,300 37,991,900 25,246,850 23,891,600 32,824,000 70,446,000 72,698,200 72,174,900 53,418,000 49,344,900 31,186,000 34,688,000 39,657,700 60,937,500 42,410,900 53,163,800 24,042,300 30,268,100 19,383,600 15,027,900 11,903,100 19,109,100 22,213,000 20,191,700 20,463,200 66,592,000 14,824,000 20,182,200 19,886,800 24,618,300 21,809,300 24,910,100 22,417,200 18,395,400 9,242,500 7,725,500 5,099,800 4,530,700 4,861,400 4,168,200 3,822,500 3,246,900 1,502,200 3,702,900 1,863,300 1,675,300 3,470,500 1,666,700 1,571,900 885,800 385,500 1,022,200 695,900 620,600 924,100

— — — — 1 1 — — 4 3 — — — 1 — 2 — 1 — 3 — 3 3 3 6 4 8 12 12 11 21 38 36 39 58 34 32 31 17 31 20 11 7 7 9 29 — — — — — — — — — — —

— — — — — — — — — 1 — 2 — — — — — — — — — — — 1 — — 1 — 3 — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2 — — — — — — — — — — — — — —

Horses and shares which failed to meet their reserve bid not included in totals after 1984.

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— — — — $3,500 3,500 — — 170,000 154,200 — 17,700 — 1,200 — 13,700 — 1,000 — 7,000 — 9,400 15,500 39,700 24,700 72,500 134,000 102,900 905,800 247,900 464,600 974,200 2,527,400 2,008,500 2,782,600 1,322,000 227,900 424,800 108,700 431,000 193,000 69,800 27,100 67,000 53,100 663,100 — — — — — — — — — — —

Total Lots 948 1,027 1,105 1,003 1,021 982 1,338 1,493 1,862 1,628 1,361 1,260 1,185 937 1,207 1,241 1,203 1,160 1,003 999 1,032 852 840 862 1,390 846 907 1,339 659 663 590 693 601 860 1,074 855 798 841 587 690 799 678 666 543 358 582 412 502 502 497 354 202 228 242 90 88 39

Grand Total $35,305,500 41,025,700 45,207,300 37,991,900 25,250,350 23,895,100 32,824,000 70,446,000 72,868,200 72,329,100 53,418,000 49,362,600 31,186,000 34,689,200 39,657,700 60,951,200 42,410,900 53,164,800 24,042,300 30,275,100 19,383,600 15,037,300 11,918,600 19,148,800 22,237,700 20,264,200 20,597,200 66,694,900 15,729,800 20,430,100 20,351,400 25,592,500 24,336,700 26,918,600 25,199,800 19,717,400 9,470,400 8,150,300 5,208,500 4,961,700 5,054,400 4,238,000 3,849,600 3,313,900 1,555,300 4,366,000 1,863,300 1,675,300 3,470,500 1,666,700 1,571,900 885,800 385,500 1,022,200 695,900 620,600 924,100

January Sales Graduates — Stakes Winners Sold as Yearlings 2010–2014 2015 stakes winners are listed in bold Horse

GSW Breeding

*Indicates multiple graded stakes wins

Price Buyer

Consignor

Alert Bay G2* City Zip-Hickory (CHI) $65,000 ARB, agent Three Chimneys Sales, agent Awesome Slate Summer Bird-Awesome Chic $3,000 Brookstone Farm James B. Keogh, agent Bailoutbobby G2 Mizzen Mast-Ride Her Out $10,000 Bortolazzo Stable Hidden Brook, agent Ball Dancing G1 Exchange Rate-Ball Gown $55,000 Pegasus Farm, agent Hidden Brook, agent Bellacourt Lion Heart–Gold Court $23,000 Boone Farm Darby Dan Farm, agent Be Proud Proud Citizen-Wild and Proud $35,000 Machmer Hall & Partners Idle Hour Farm, agent Bern Identity G2 Bernstein-Maddalena $43,000 Dundrum Farm Paramount Sales, agent Bet Seattle Seattle Fitz (ARG)-Second Bet $1,500 Hugh H. Robertson Buck Pond Farm, agent Birdatthewire G1* Summer Bird-My Limit $22,000 RNA Pauls Mill, agent Call Me George G2 Point Given-Sassy Chimes $4,500 Sunny Oak Farm Margaux Farm, agent Cairo Prince G2* Pioneerof the Nile-Holy Bubbette $200,000 Vinery Bloodstock & St. George Sales, agent Whisper Hill Farm Cajun Schill Artie Schiller-Miss Louisiana $31,000 Patrice Miller/EQB Denali Stud, agent Ciao Bella Luna G2 Tribal Rule-Shadow of the Moon $6,500 RNA Havens Bloodstock Agency, agent Code Warrior Society’s Chairman-Lady Natalie $6,000 Mal McGuire Shannondoe Farm, agent Concave G2 Colonel John-Galadriel $90,000 Vinery Bloodstock, agent Elm Tree Farm, agent Conquest Boogaloo Scat Daddy-Jules Best $190,000 Julie Cauthen, agent Taylor Made Sales Agency, agent Conquest Daddyo G2 Scat Daddy-Hangingbyamoment $150,000 Springhouse Farm Shannondoe Farm, agent Conquest Harlanate G2* Harlan’s Holiday-Allison’s Pride $75,000 Black Hawk Stables Four Star Sales, agent Conquest Strate Up Not Bourbon-Deputy $6,000 Atlantic Bloodstock Hunter Valley Farm, agent Corozaleno G1 Don’t Get Mad-Flaming Bay $1,000 RNA Penn Sales, agent Crushed It Petionville-Enduring Charm $14,000 RNA Margaux Farm, agent El Jader Thewayyouare-Awesome Deduction $1,500 Comotu Eres Stable Four Star Sales, agent El Kurdo G2 Giacomo-Stormy Tuesday $3,500 Spiderman Stables Taylor Made Sales Agency, agent Exaggerated Blame-Miz United States $170,000 Glencrest Farm Bluewater Sales, agent Far Right G3 Notional-Zindi $2,500 Jon Jazdzewski Darby Dan Farm, agent for Nossab LLC Fashion Alert G3 Old Fashioned-Titan Queen $25,000 RNA Taylor Made Sales Agency, agent Fast N Fine Lookin Forestry-Somethingintheway $15,000 Sugar Valley Farm Hermitage Farm, agent Fioretti G2 Bernardini-Move Clickly $92,000 John Gunther James M. Herbener Jr, agent Five Iron G3* Sharp Humor-Tee Off $17,000 Fred M. Allor Blackburn Farm, agent Full Salute Speightstown-Mazucambera $130,000 Tristan de Meric, agent Lakland Sales Germaniac Henny Hughes-Judy Soda $14,000 Imagine Four Star Sales, agent Hardest Core G1 Hard Spun-Lilybuster $70,000 RNA Bluegrass Thoroughbred Services, agent Hogy G3 Offlee Wild-Floy $17,000 Halvorson Bloodstock, agent Care Brook Farm, agent Hold the Giant Hold Me Back-Won by a Pole $2,500 Bling Bling Farm Trackside Farm, agent I’m Mom’s Favorite Indian Charlie-Charming Toutsie $95,000 RNA Eaton Sales, agent Kristofferson Rock Hard Ten-Celaeno (FR) $22,000 RNA Darby Dan Farm, agent Mecke’s Madalyn Desert Party-Royal Mecke $22,000 RNA Brookdale Sales, agent Miss Temple City Temple City-Glittering Tax $10,000 RNA Three Chimneys Sales, agent Mr. Baker Imperialism-No More Tax $9,000 RNA Summerfield, agent.

Nechez Dawn Indian Charlie-Valid Annie $7,000 RNA Warrendale Sales, agent for Hargus

and Sandra Sexton and Pauls Mill Pricelesscommodity Midnight Lute-Silver Chieftress $65,000 RNA Hill ‘n’ Dale Sales Agency, agent Ready Signal More Than Ready-Marwood $75,000 RNA Taylor Made Sales Agency, agent Redstart Blame-Absolute Nectar $150,000 Kirkwood Stables, agent Sheppell Thoroughbreds, agent Sheza Smoke Show G3 Wilko-Avery Hall $25,000 Our Stable Pope McLean, agent Srumdiddlyumptious Roman Ruler-Lifealifeoflove $85,000 Rocky Mountain Equine Trackside Farm, agent Steel King G3 Rockport Harbor-Winner Takes All $20,000 Sugar Valley Partners Frankfort Park Farm, agent Tizgorgeous Tizdejavu-Ayla $6,500 RNA Scott Mallory, agent Toast of New York G2 Thewayyouare-Claire Soleil $35,000 T. Hyde Hunter Valley Farm, agent for Ashleigh Stud Tower of Texas G2 Street Sense-Rare Opportunity $195,000 Scott and Evan Dilworth Anderson Farms Twilight Eclipse G1* Purim-My Twilight Dancer $1,000 John Langemeier Select Sales, agent Two Months Rent G3 Purim-Sharp Tradition $4,000 Ronald Nicholson Idle Hour Farm, agent Unbridled’s Note G3 Unbridled’s Song-Siberian Fur $150,000 Gulf Coast Farm Taylor Made Sales Agency, agent Wait N C Spring Spring At Last-Ready Golden Girl $30,000 H. Allen Poindexter Paramount Sales, agent Why Two Bob and John-Maria’s Legend $19,000 RNA Dromoland Farm, agent Willy Beamin G1 Suave-Big Tease $3,000 John Little Three Chimneys Sales, agent

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Prominent January Sale Consignors Denali Stud Location: Paris, Ky. Owners: Craig and Holly Bandoroff Website: denalistud.com Background: Craig and Holly Bandoroff’s Denali Stud sold 22 horses for $1,241,700 at Keeneland’s 2015 January Horses of All Ages Sale. Its high seller was broodmare prospect Premier Steps (IRE), a Craig Bandoroff Grade 3-winning daughter of Footstepsinthesand. Shadai Farm paid $400,000 for the 4-year-old.

The Bandoroffs have operated Denali Stud near Paris, Ky., since 1990. Craig Bandoroff was a jockey in New Jersey in the early 1970s until a spill at Garden State Park in 1974 left him without the use of his right arm, forcing him to explore other career paths within the industry. The Bandoroffs each gained experience working in various bloodstock and sales capacities. The name of their operation is derived from the name given by the Eskimos to Mt. McKinley and means “the great one.”

In the late 1990s, Bob Lewis and his wife, Beverly, sent their champion racemare Serena’s Song to Denali when she was retired.

Denali has sold several of Serena Song’s offspring, including Group 1 winner Sophisticat, by Storm Cat, for $3.4 million at the 2000 Keeneland July Selected Yearling Sale; Grade 2 winner Harlington, by Unbridled, for $2.8 million at the 2003 Keeneland September Yearling Sale; and Colourful Score, a colt by Storm Cat, for $3.5 million at the 2005 September Sale.

Another notable sale for Denali occurred at Keeneland’s 2015 November Breeding Stock Sale when it consigned multiple Grade 1 winner Photo Call (IRE), by Galileo (IRE).

Photo Call sold to Crupi’s New Castle for $3 million, the third-highest price of the auction.

Among the other horses Denali has sold is 2015 stakes winner Cajun Schill, winner of the Calumet Farm Juvenile at Kentucky Downs. The son of Artie Schiller was consigned by Denali to the 2014 January Sale, where he was purchased by Patrice Miller/ EQB for $31,000.

Two horses Denali sold at Keeneland’s 2013 September Yearling Sale became Grade 1 winners in 2015: Curalina, winner of the Acorn and Coaching Club American Oaks, and Her Emmynency, winner of the Queen Elizabeth II Challenge Cup Presented by Lane’s End at Keeneland. Eclipse Thorough-

bred Partners and Dogwood Stable bought Curalina for $125,000. Ike and Dawn Thrash purchased Her Emmynency for $115,000.

The Bandoroffs’ involvement in Thoroughbred racing continues another generation. Their son, Conrad, is among the 12 people from seven countries selected for the 2015-2017 class of the Darley Flying Start program.

Eaton Sales Location: Lexington Owners: Reiley McDonald Website: eatonsales.com Background: Eaton Sales Inc. is owned by Reiley McDonald, who purchased the sales agency from its founder, the late Lee Eaton, in the 1990s. In 2015, Eaton Sales was among the January Sale’s leading Reiley McDonald consignors. It sold 24 horses for $904,500.

Among the 2015 stakes winners that are Eaton graduates of Keeneland sales are Grade 1 winners Cavorting, purchased by Stonestreet Stables for $360,000 at the 2012 November Breeding Stock Sale, and Dame Dorothy, sold to Bobby Flay for $390,000 at the 2012 September Yearling Sale.

McDonald, a Maryland native, holds a degree in animal sciences from Cornell University and worked at various Maryland race tracks as an exercise rider and assistant trainer. He was an officer of Fasig-Tipton Company Inc. prior to buying Eaton Sales.

In 2000, Eaton Sales, agent, sold the highest-priced horse in the history of the January Sale when Britton House Stud Ltd. paid $5 million for Grade 3 winner Mackie.

The daughter of Summer Squall is out of Broodmare of the Year Glowing Tribute, dam of Kentucky Derby (G1) winner Sea Hero, and was sold in foal to Mr. Prospector.

Another notable Eaton sale occurred at Keeneland’s 2015 November Sale, where it sold a weanling filly for $3.2 million to establish a North American record for a weanling. The daughter of War Front is out of multiple Grade 1 winner Take Charge Lady, dam of champion Will Take Charge and Grade 1 winner Take Charge Indy and second dam of champion Take Charge Brandi.

She was purchased by Mandy Pope’s Whisper Hill Farm.

Four Star Sales Location: Lexington Partners: Kerry Cauthen (Managing Partner), John T.L. Jones Jr., Dan Kenny Website: fourstarsales.com Background: Four Star Sales consigned the two highest-priced horses of Keeneland’s 2015 January Horses of All Ages Sale. The saletopper was Up (IRE), a daughter of Galileo (IRE) in foal to War Kerry Cauthen Front who was purchased

by Ran Jan Racing (Robert Naify) and Jan Vandebos for $2.2 million.

Four Star also sold Up’s yearling filly

by War Front, purchased by Solis/Litt for $800,000. The filly is now named Upfront.

Four Star was the second-leading consignor at the auction, selling 41 horses for $3,873,700.

In 2002, Four Star was founded by Kerry Cauthen, John T.L. Jones Jr., Dan Kenny and the late David Greathouse. Cauthen serves as Managing Partner of the organization.

Cauthen is a third-generation Kentucky horseman whose brothers are Racing Hall of Fame jockey Steve Cauthen and bloodstock adviser Doug Cauthen. An attorney, he previously worked as counsel and bloodstock adviser at Walmac Farm, which Jones developed into an international stallion station with such leading sires as Nureyev, Miswaki and Alleged.

In 2005, Jones sold Walmac to his son, John T.L. Jones III, and Robert Trussell and remains as Director Emeritus.

Kenny honed his bloodstock skills in Canada and California before moving to Kentucky in 1993. He purchased future Broodmare of the Year In Neon for John Franks and bought the dams of champions Chilukki and Phantom Light prior to their stakes-producing success.

Greathouse, who died Oct. 8, 2013, was a prominent horseman who helped run his family’s Glencrest Farm near Midway, Ky. Among the 2015 stakes winners sold by Four Stars at Keeneland sales is Candy Sugar Lady, a Group 1 winner in Panama. Luis A. Shirley bought the daughter of Candy Ride (ARG) for $40,000 at the 2013 September Yearling Sale.

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Prominent January Sale Consignors Gainesway Location: Lexington President: Antony Beck General Manager: Neil Howard Director of Sales: Michael Hernon Website: gainesway.com Background: Located on Paris Pike, Gainesway is a 1,500-acre, fullservice Thoroughbred farm that stands nine stallions, including leading sire Tapit. New to Gainesway for 2016 is Belmont (G1) winner Antony Beck Empire Maker, recently returned from Japan.

Gainesway was founded by John R. Gaines, who was famous for his innovations in the Thoroughbred industry, including the concept that became the Breeders’ Cup World Championships. In 1989, Graham J. Beck, a successful businessman, wine maker, and Thoroughbred horseman in his native South Africa, purchased the farm from Gaines.

Beck died in July 2010. Today, his son, Antony, oversees farm operations as president. The younger Beck’s involvement in the industry includes serving on the board of directors of Breeders’ Cup Ltd. Gainesway includes two historic operations, Greentree Stud and the C.V. Whitney farm. Beck and his wife, Angela, have nurtured Gainesway into a facility known for more than Thoroughbreds. An emphasis on trees and spectacular gardens helped the farm earn official status as an arboretum from the American Public Garden Association.

At the 2015 Keeneland January Horses of All Ages Sale, Gainesway was among the leading consignors. It sold 39 horses for $1,298,000, led by the 2-year-old Tiznow filly Courtizanna, a half-sister to Grade 2 winner Coup de Grace, sold to Adena Springs for $165,000.

Among the 2015 stakes winners sold

by Gainesway at Keeneland sales is Mongolian Saturday, winner of the $1 million TwinSpires Breeders’ Cup Turf Sprint (G1) at Keeneland. Owner Mongolian Stable and trainer Enebish Ganbat purchased the son of Any Given Saturday for $60,000 at the 2011 September Yearling Sale.

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Location: Lexington President: John G. Sikura Website: hillndalefarms.com Background: Hill ‘n’ Dale Sales Agency is the sales arm of John Sikura’s Hill ‘n’ Dale Farm near Lexington.

At the Keeneland January Horses of All Ages Sale, Hill ‘n’ Dale Sales Agency, agent, John Sikura has sold the sale-topping horse six times since 2004. In 2015, its high seller was Elusive Jackpot, a daughter of Elusive Quality in foal to Midnight Lute and sold to River Bend Farm for $375,000.

Hill ‘n’ Dale has been successful at other Keeneland sales. It was the leading consignor at Keeneland’s 2015 November Breeding Stock Sale, where it sold champion Take Charge Brandi for $6 million. Sikura and his Hill ‘n’ Dale Equine bought the filly.

At the 2007 November Sale, Hill ‘n’ Dale Sales Agency, agent for Swettenham Stud, sold the highest-priced horse in the sale’s history – Playful Act (IRE) – for $10.5 million. The amount is the third-highest price ever paid for a horse at any Keeneland sale.

Sikura, named a Keeneland Director in 2015, was mentored by his father, the late John Sikura Jr., a Canadian entrepreneur and founder of Hill ‘n’ Dale Farm in Ontario. The younger Sikura grew up attending the sales and races with his father, and he learned the business while working at Hill ‘n’ Dale’s Kentucky division in the 1980s.

Following the death of his father in 1994, Sikura began to build the Kentucky farm into a prominent breeding and sales operation. Today, Hill ‘n’ Dale encompasses 1,300 acres and stands 13 stallions, including Curlin, Midnight Lute and Stormy Atlantic.

The farm is the final resting place of 1977 Triple Crown winner and leading sire Seattle Slew.

Lane’s End Location: Versailles, Ky. Principals: William S. Farish and his son, Bill Website: lanesend.com Background: Owner William S. Farish manages the 3,000-acre Lane’s End with his son, Bill. The farm is home to 16 stallions, including 2015 Breeders’ Cup Dirt Mile (G1) winner Liam’s Map. Leading sire A.P. Indy, who is pensioned, also resides at the farm, which has welcomed such guests as Presi12

Will Farish

Bill Farish

dent George H.W. Bush, his son, President George W. Bush, and Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II. A lifelong horseman, Will Farish bought his first Thoroughbred at the 1963 Keeneland September Yearling Sale. Since then, he has campaigned more than 165 stakes winners and bred more than 290 stakes winners, including Horses of the Year Mineshaft (2003) and A.P. Indy (1992). Farish won the Eclipse Award as leading breeder in 1992 and 1999.

The elder Farish has served on Keeneland’s Board of Directors since 1985. In October 2006, he succeeded James E. (Ted) Bassett III as a Keeneland Trustee.

Bill Farish’s involvement in the industry includes serving as Chairman of the Board of Breeders’ Cup Ltd. He also races horses and in 2005 founded Woodford Racing LLC, a partnership that includes friends and others he has introduced to Thoroughbred racing.

At Keeneland, Lane’s End handled the highest-grossing Thoroughbred dispersal in North American history as agent for the Edward P. Evans Spring Hill Farm dispersal.

The dispersal sold 221 horses for $62,364,000 million in 2011-2012. One of them was the weanling Medaglia d’Oro filly Miss Besilu, who brought a then-North American record $2.6 million when she was sold to Besilu Stables.

Lane’s End has sold three of the 10 highest-priced broodmares in the history of the Keeneland January Horses of All Ages Sale. In 2002, Lane’s End, agent for Brookside Farms, sold Claxton’s Slew, in foal to Storm Cat, for $3.3 million to John Magnier.

In 2000, Lane’s End, agent for Brookside Farms, sold Solar Slew, in foal to Deputy Minister, for $2.8 million to Lakland LLC. In 1999, Lane’s End, agent, sold Escena for $3.25 million to Reynolds Bell Jr., agent.

In 2015, Lane’s End’s high seller at the January Sale was Union Waters, a daughter of Dixie Union in foal to More Than Ready.

She was sold to Windways Farm Limited for $155,000.

Among the 2015 stakes winners sold by Lane’s End at Keeneland sales is Picahielo, a Grade 1 winner in Panama. The son of After Market sold to Eisaman Equine for $22,000 at the 2011 September Yearling Sale.

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Mill Ridge Sales Location: Lexington Managing Partner: Headley Bell Website: millridge.com Background: Mill Ridge Sales is a division of Dr. John and Alice Chandler’s Mill Ridge Farm, located not far from Keeneland. In April 2008, Alice Chandler’s son Headley Bell took over day-to-day operaHeadley Bell tions of the farm.

In 1979, Bell founded Nicoma Bloodstock. The agency is named for Nicoma, one of the first mares Alice Chandler purchased after she created Mill Ridge Farm from 286 acres she inherited upon her father’s death in 1962. (Her father, Hal Price Headley, was co-founder and inaugural President of Keeneland.) Nicoma produced five stakes winners, and her sale enabled Chandler to develop Mill Ridge into a top breeding and sales operation.

Mill Ridge has bred or raised such topflight horses as 1968 Epsom Derby (G1) winner Sir Ivor; 2001 Horse of the Year Point Given; 2008 Toyota Blue Grass (G1) winner Monba; 2005 Kentucky Derby (G1) winner Giacomo; and 2004 champion filly Sweet Catomine.

In 2009, Chandler received the Eclipse Award of Merit for a lifetime of outstanding achievement in Thoroughbred racing.

At the 2015 Keeneland January Horses of All Ages Sale, Mill Ridge’s high seller was the yearling Quality Road colt sold to Chestnut Valley Farm for $210,000.

Among the 2015 stakes winners sold by Mill Ridge at Keeneland sales is Grade 1 winner Slumber (GB). Steven W. Young bought the son of Cacique (IRE) for $200,000 at the 2014 November Breeding Stock Sale.

Gabriel Duignan

Pat Costello

Costello moved to Central Kentucky in the early 1980s, first developing and managing Crescent Hill Farm. From there he opened his own Drumkenny Farm, a fullservice boarding operation that caters to clients such as Sam-Son Farm of Canada.

Duignan came to the U.S. in the mid1980s, first working for Circle O Farm and later managing Ironwood Farm in Western Kentucky. In 2001, he was named president of Castleton-Lyons near Lexington. Two years later, Duignan started his own full-service operation, Foxtale Farm.

Costello and Duignan became partners when they created a successful pinhooking operation called “The Lads.”

In 2015, Paramount was represented by stakes winner Wait N C Spring, sold at the 2013 January Sale. Other stakes winners last year sold by Paramount at Keeneland sales included Brody’s Cause, winner of Keeneland’s Claiborne Breeders’ Futurity (G1). Albaugh Family Stables paid $350,000 for the Giant’s Causeway colt at the 2014 September Yearling Sale.

Taylor Made Sales Agency Location: Nicholasville, Ky. Owners: Duncan, Ben, Frank and Mark Taylor; Pat Payne Website: taylormadefarm.com

Paramount Sales LLC Location: Lexington Owners: Pat Costello (Managing Officer) and Gabriel Duignan Website: paramountsales.net Background: At the 2015 Keeneland January Horses of All Ages Sale, Paramount Sales’ high seller was the Discreet Cat mare Topic, a $365,000 ticket. Out of a half-sister to champion and dual classic winner Afleet Alex, she was purchased by Adena Springs.

Paramount Sales was founded in 2001

by Irishmen Pat Costello and Gabriel Duignan.

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Background: Taylor Made Sales Agency was the leading consignor at the 2015 Keeneland January Horses of All Ages Sale, selling 85 horses for $4,639,100.

The highest-priced member of its consignPat Payne ment was Ruban Bleu, a daughter of Broken Vow in foal to More Than Ready. She sold for $360,000 to Olin B. Gentry, agent.

Taylor Made has ranked as the January Sale’s leading consignor 13 times since 2001.

In 1976, Taylor Made was founded as a boarding operation by Duncan Taylor, the eldest son of noted horseman Joe Taylor who was 19 years old at the time. Joe Taylor, an acknowledged authority on Thoroughbred breeding, developed John Gaines’ Gainesway Farm into a leading stallion operation during his 40-year management.

Taylor Made quickly evolved into a fullservice breeding and sales facility. Duncan serves as the operation’s president and CEO. He is joined by his brothers Ben (stallions), Frank (boarding), and Mark (marketing and public sales). Pat Payne (sales) is also a partner. The farm is home to four stallions and will stand Horse of the Year California Chrome after his racing career.

Represented by its first Keeneland consignment in 1978, Taylor Made has sold more than $1.6 billion in Thoroughbreds.

Future champions sold at the September Yearling Sale are Anees, Farda Amiga and Ashado. Sold as a yearling for $170,000, Ashado brought $9 million – a world record for a broodmare prospect – when Taylor Made consigned her to the 2005 Keeneland November Breeding Stock Sale. The amount is the seventh-highest price ever paid for a horse at any Keeneland sale.

At the 2002 January Sale, Taylor Made, as agent for Norfields, sold Breeders’ Cup Sprint (G1) winner Desert Stormer, in foal to Kris S., for $3.6 million. The price is the second-highest ever paid for a horse at the sale.

Grade 1 winners of 2015 that Taylor Made consigned to Keeneland sales are Las Vegas Breeders’ Cup Dirt Mile winner Liam’s Map; Alabama winner Embellish the Lace; and Awesome Again winner Smooth Roller.

At the 2012 September Yearling Sale, St. Elias Stables acquired Liam’s Map for $800,000 and Miguel Angel Rubio Fernandez purchased Smooth Roller for $160,000. Alex and JoAnn Lieblong paid $320,000 for Embellish the Lace in 2013.

Prominent January Sale Buyers Adena Springs Divisions: Paris, Ky.; Williston, Fla.; Aurora, Ontario Owner: The Stronach Family Website: adenastallions.com Background: Adena Springs, which has won multiple Eclipse Awards as North America’s outstanding breeder, is a leading consignor and buyer at Keeneland sales. At Keeneland’s 2015 JanuFrank Stronach ary Horses of All Ages Sale, Adena Springs was the second-leading buyer, spending $1.4 million on eight horses. One notable purchase at the January Sale occurred in 2010, when Adena Springs paid the sale-topping price of $1,085,000 for the broodmare Miss Isella.

Adena Springs has a 2,400-acre farm near Paris, Ky., that will stand five stallions in 2016, including 1998 Breeders’ Cup Classic (G1) winner Awesome Again and his Breeders’ Cup classic-winning son, Racing Hall of Famer Ghostzapper. Adena Springs North, located in Aurora, Ontario, stands nine stallions, while Adena Springs South in Williston, Fla., has four stallions.

The operation has earned seven Eclipse Awards as outstanding breeder, and Frank Stronach in his own name has earned one Eclipse Award as outstanding breeder and four Eclipse Awards as outstanding owner.

The Stronach family and Adena Springs have bred and/or raced more than 200 stakes winners, including winners of two U.S. classic races and all three classics in Canada.

Among these runners are 12 champions in two countries, including Ghostzapper and Ginger Punch.

Frank Stronach is founder and honorary chairman of the Stronach Group, whose holdings include Gulfstream Park and Palm Meadows training center in South Florida and Santa Anita in Southern California. Stronach’s daughter Belinda is the company’s chairman and president.

At Keeneland, Stronach, his wife, Elfriede, and their children, Andrew and Belinda, have campaigned several stakes winners singly and in partnership. Among them is Glorious Song, the 1981 Spinster (G1) winner owned by Frank Stronach and Nelson Bunker Hunt, and Stronach Stables’ two winners of the Queen Elizabeth II Challenge Cup (G1), Perfect Sting (1999) and Collect the Cash (2000).

Last year marked the first year that Adena Springs has sponsored Keeneland’s

Beaumont (G3), a $150,000 race for 3-yearold fillies run during the Spring Meet.

Calumet Farm Location: Lexington Principal: Brad Kelley General Manager: Eddie Kane Website: calumetfarm.com Background: In 2015 at Keeneland, Calumet Farm added significantly to its bloodstock holdings by purchasing 18 horses for $790,500 at the January Horses of All Ages Sale and 71 horses for $8,717,000 at the November Breeding Stock Sale. Calumet bought more horses than any other buyer at the November Sale.

Since 2012, successful businessman Brad Kelley has overseen Calumet, one of the most famous horse farms in North America and Keeneland’s neighbor. In May 2013, Nicole Russo of Daily Racing Form described Calumet’s notable history: “Calumet has lived through a number of transformations, morphing from a Standardbred facility into an elite Thoroughbred nursery as it passed through the Wright family, campaigning two homebred Triple Crown winners, and, decades later, surviving an episode of bankruptcy. Today, the farm is in the hands of Kelley, a deeply private billionaire with a passion for racing.”

Among Kelley’s racing success under the Calumet banner is winning the 2013 Preakness (G1) with Oxbow, who now stands at Calumet. In 2011, Eddie Kane, agent for Kelley’s Bluegrass Hall LLC, paid $250,000 for the son of Awesome Again at Keeneland’s September Yearling Sale.

Racing in the name of Kelley’s Bluegrass Hall LLC, Hightail won the 2012 Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Sprint. Hightail is a graduate of Keeneland’s 2011 September Yearling Sale. D. Wayne Lukas trained Hightail and Oxbow.

With Kelley at the helm, Calumet scored its first win at Keeneland during the 2014 Spring Meet.

In 2016, Calumet will stand 14 stallions in Kentucky and three other stallions in Arkansas, Indiana and Ohio. A new Kentucky stallion is champion and dual classic winner Smarty Jones.

Shadai Farm Location: Hokkaido, Japan Owner: Teruya “Terry” Yoshida Website: shadaifarm.jp/english/ Background: Three Yoshida brothers of Japan oversee several of the world’s most famous Thoroughbred operations and are 14

important patrons of Keeneland sales. The oldest brother Teruya “Terry” Yoshida has Shadai Farm. Katsumi Yoshida has Northern Farm. Haruya Yoshida, the youngest, has Oiwake Farm. Together they operate Shadai Stallion Station in the name of Shadai Corp.

Shadai Stallion Station stood Sunday Silence, winner of the 1989 Kentucky Derby (G1), Preakness (G1) and Breeders’ Cup Classic (G1). The farm now is home to some 30 stallions, including Sunday Silence’s son Deep Impact. A two-time Horse of the Year in Japan, Deep Impact is the sire of 2014 Dubai Sheema Classic Presented by Longines (G1) winner Gentildonna.

The Yoshidas’ grandfather Zenuske Yoshida was one of the first Japanese to import Thoroughbreds from the U.S. on a major scale. He died in 1946, leaving the family business to his son Zenya Yoshida. When Teruya Yoshida graduated in economics from Keoi University in 1969, his father sent him to Kentucky to manage Fontainebleau Farm, then the American branch of Shadai.

He spent five years at Fontainebleau, during which time he spent $100,000 for Northern Taste, a son of Northern Dancer who won the 1974 Prix de la Foret at Longchamp.

Northern Taste was the champion stallion in Japan for 11 consecutive years.

Among Shadai’s purchases at Keeneland is Grade 1 winner Ave (GB), who topped the 2011 January Horses of All Ages Sale when she brought $1.4 million. Shadai was that sale’s leading buyer with three horses purchased for $2.28 million.

At Keeneland’s 2015 November Breeding Stock Sale, Katsumi Yoshida acquired Grade 1 winner Don’t Tell Sophia, in foal to Medaglia d’Oro, for $1.2 million. He purchased two colts at the 2015 Keeneland September Yearling Sale.

Jason Litt

Alex Solis

Solis/Litt Bloodstock Owners: Alex Solis II, Jason Litt Website: solislitt.com Background: Alex Solis II and Jason Litt met at a party in Del Mar, Calif., about 10 years ago and formed a successful partnership as bloodstock agents. Solis is based in Southern California, while Litt works in Central Kentucky. They arranged the purchase

Prominent January Sale Buyers of and are members of the partnership that owned champion Shared Belief.

Solis’ father is Racing Hall of Fame jockey Alex Solis, and his grandfather is trainer Bert Sonnier. Litt is from Northern California, where his father, Howard Litt, has been involved as an owner, breeder and racing fan for more than 50 years. The younger Litt gained experience in the Thoroughbred industry while working at Taylor Made Farm and Three Chimneys Farm.

The partners’ first acquisition occurred at Keeneland’s 2006 January Horses of All Ages Sale, where they bought the 2-year-old Lavender Sky for $130,000. Another Keeneland purchase was two-time Breeders’ Cup Turf Sprint (G1) winner Mizdirection, who sold for $85,000 at the 2009 September Yearling Sale. They purchased 2015 Frizette (G1) winner Nickname for $350,000 at the 2014 September Sale.

At Keeneland’s 2015 January Horses of All Ages Sale, Solis/Litt was the third-leading buyer with three purchases for $877,000. For $800,000, the partners acquired the sale’s second-highest-priced offering, the yearling daughter of War Front-Up (IRE), by Galileo (IRE). She was named Upfront.

Eight months later at Keeneland’s September Yearling Sale, the partners joined Ron Winchell and Gainesway in the $1.1 million purchase of the Medaglia d’Oro colt out of Kid Kate, by Lemon Drop Kid.

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ated by his widow, Barbara Banke.

Jess Jackson, who died in April 2011, and Barbara Banke built Jackson Family Wines into one of the world’s most popular brands. In 2005, they established Stonestreet Farm on the former Buckram Oak Farm not far from Keeneland. In December 2012, Banke acquired a breaking, training and rehab facility in Florida that was renamed the Stonestreet Training and Rehabilitation Center. In August 2013, she was elected to The Jockey Club.

Stonestreet’s racing achievements includes campaigning 2007-2008 Horse of the Year Curlin, who stands at Hill ‘n’ Dale Farm, and 2009 Horse of the Year Rachel Alexandra, who resides at Stonestreet. In partnership with WinStar Farm, Stonestreet raced 2015 Toyota Blue Grass (G1) and 2014 Claiborne Breeders’ Futurity (G1) winner Carpe Diem, who enters stud at WinStar this year.

Among Stonestreet runners in 2015 was Grade 1 winner Rachel’s Valentina, a homebred daughter of Rachel Alexandra and Bernardini, and Cavorting, purchased for $360,000 as a weanling at Keeneland’s 2012 November Sale.

Stonestreet also has achieved success as a commercial breeder. At the 2008 Keeneland September Yearling Sale, Gainesway, agent for Stonestreet Thoroughbred Holdings LLC, sold the A.P. Indy filly Chimayo for $3.1 million. The amount is the fifth-highest price ever paid for a filly at the sale.

Stonestreet Thoroughbred Holdings Principal: Barbara Banke Residences: Healdsburg, Calif, and Lexington Bloodstock Agent: John Moynihan Website: stonestreetfarms.com Background: Stonestreet Thoroughbred Holdings has acquired a number of broodmares and broodmare prospects at Keeneland. One notable purchase took place at the 2015 November BreedBarbara Banke ing Stock Sale, where Stonestreet paid $1.6 million for the Broken Vow mare Bella Jolie, dam of the recent TwinSpires Breeders’ Cup Sprint (G1) winner, Runhappy.

In 2013, Stonestreet was the leading buyer at Keeneland’s January Horses of All Ages Sale with the purchase of five horses for $2.81 million.

Stonestreet represents the successful Thoroughbred operation founded by the late Jess Stonestreet Jackson and now oper-

Gary and Mary West

Gary and Mary West Residences: Omaha, Neb., and Rancho Santa Fe, Calif.

Racing Manager/Bloodstock Agent: Ben Glass Background: From Omaha, Neb., Gary and Mary West are successful entrepreneurs and philanthropists who have enjoyed great success in Thoroughbred racing. Since purchasing their first Thoroughbreds in 1980, the Wests have campaigned a number of stakes winners, many of which are graduates of Keeneland’s September Yearling Sale. Among their top September Sale acquisitions, purchased by their racing manager and bloodstock agent, Ben Glass, is 2013 15

Breeders’ Cup Juvenile (G1) winner New Year’s Day. Glass paid $425,000 for the son of Street Cry (IRE) at the 2012 September Sale.

In 2013, New Year’s Day helped the Wests Ben Glass record their most successful season when their horses earned more than $4.5 million to rank them third among North America’s leading owners. The Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders Association in 2013 honored the couple as its Western Region Owner of the Year.

New Year’s Day along with the Wests’ Grade 1 winner Power Broker and Grade 2 winner Flashback stand at Hill ‘n’ Dale Farm near Lexington.

Glass, who has been associated with the Wests for some 35 years, is a former trainer who sent out the couple’s Rockamundo to win the 1993 Arkansas Derby at odds of 1081. At Keeneland’s September Yearling Sale in 2003, Glass selected Dream Lady, a daughter of Old Trieste that became the dam of the Wests’ 2014 Central Bank Ashland (G1) winner, Room Service.

In 2015, Glass was active at two of Keeneland’s three annual sales. At the September Yearling Sale, he purchased 26 horses to lead all buyers. He was the thirdleading buyer in terms of gross with total purchases of $5,555,000. At the November Breeding Stock Sale, he bought six horses for $691,000.

Gary West began his career in hospital administration and built one of the largest telecommunications companies in the world. In 2006, the Wests formed the Gary and Mary West Foundation to pursue their philanthropic interests. Their West Health is an independent initiative whose mission is to lower healthcare costs and consists of four entities: West Health Institute, West Health Policy Center, West Health Investment Fund and West Health Incubator.

Katsumi Yoshida Farm: Northern Farm Location: Hokkaido, Japan Website: northernfarm.jp/english/ Background: Following the death of his father, noted Japanese horseman Zenya Yoshida, in December 1993, Katsumi Yoshida founded Northern Farm on a portion of land his father owned. Located on the island of Hokkaido in Japan, Northern is home to a number of broodmares that were extremely successful in the U.S. Among them is Horse continued on page 16

Prominent January Sale Buyers of the Year Azeri, whom Yoshida purchased in foal to Distorted Humor for $2.25 million at the 2009 Keeneland November Breeding Stock Sale.

Yoshida’s additional recent acquisitions at the November Sale include Grade 1 winner Don’t Tell Sophia, in foal to Medaglia d’Oro, for $1.2 million in 2015; Grade 1 winner Diamondrella (GB), purchased in foal to Distorted Humor for $1.5 million in 2013; Grade 1 winner Zazu, purchased for $2.1 million in 2012; Grade 1 winner Ticker Tape (GB), purchased in foal to Giant’s Causeway for $950,000 in 2011; and Grade 1 producer Fit Right In, purchased in foal to Curlin for $1.05 million in 2010.

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Ages Sale, Yoshida has made several significant acquisitions. They include Topliner, who was sold in foal to Medaglia d’Oro for $1.4 million and was the highest-priced horse offered at the 2012 sale. In 2009, Yoshida paid the sale-topping price of $950,000 for Grade 1 winner Island Fashion, in foal to Ghostzapper.

Katsumi Yoshida’s son Shunsuke is heavily involved in the operation of Northern Farm and has purchased several mares at Keeneland on behalf of his father.

Katsumi Yoshida is the brother of Teruya “Terry” Yoshida of Shadai Farm and Haruya Yoshida of Oiwake Farm. Together the brothers operate Shadai Stallion Station in the name of Shadai Corp. Shadai Stal-

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lion Station stood Horse of the Year Sunday Silence, winner of the 1989 Kentucky Derby (G1), Preakness (G1) and Breeders’ Cup Classic (G1) and Japan’s leading stallion for 13 years.

Shadai Stallion Station is home to some 30 stallions, including Sunday Silence’s son Deep Impact. Katsumi Yoshida bred Deep Impact, a two-time Horse of the Year in Japan and a leading sire in that country.

Northern Farm bred 2014 Japan Cup (G1) winner Epiphaneia. The farm also bred the colt’s dam, Cesario (JPN), winner of the 2007 American Oaks Invitational (G1) at Hollywood Park. U. Carrot Farm raced both horses.