Keeneland January Catalogue Online

Media Release - Wednesday December 6

Keeneland has cataloged 1,582 horses for its 60th January Horses of All Ages Sale, to be held January 8-11, 2018 including yearlings by Triple Crown winner American Pharoah.

The interactive January Sale catalog is available online at Keeneland.com . Print catalogs are to be mailed the week of Dec. 18.

The catalog includes 677 broodmares and broodmare prospects, 628 yearlings, 264 horses of racing age, and 13 stallions and racing or stallion prospects.

"Results of Keeneland's September Yearling Sale and November Breeding Stock Sale indicate a strong market for quality Thoroughbreds that is expected to continue at the January Sale," Keeneland Vice President of Racing and Sales Bob Elliston said. 

"The November Sale market was so competitive that many buyers were not able to fill their orders. The January Sale provides an opportunity to purchase exceptional individuals, particularly broodmares, short yearlings and horses of racing age."

The January Sale catalog features broodmares in foal to 154 stallions, among them leading sires American Pharoah, Awesome Again, Bernardini, Candy Ride (ARG), Distorted Humor, Empire Maker, Hard Spun, Into Mischief, Lemon Drop Kid, Liam's Map, Malibu Moon, Medaglia d'Oro, More Than Ready, Nyquist, Orb, Palace Malice, Point of Entry, Quality Road and Speightstown.

Cataloged yearlings represent 155 exciting young stallions and established sires, including American Pharoah, Awesome Again, Bayern, Cairo Prince, Candy Ride (ARG), Carpe Diem, Curlin, Ghostzapper, Hard Spun, Honor Code, Into Mischief, Kitten's Joy, Lea, Liam's Map, Malibu Moon, Medaglia d'Oro, More Than Ready, Orb, Palace Malice, Pioneerof the Nile, Quality Road, Speightstown, Tiznow, Tonalist, Uncle Mo, Uncle Mo, Union Rags, Verrazano, War Front and Will Take Charge.

Graded stakes winners of 2017 who were sold as yearlings at the January Sale include Catholic Boy , winner of the Remsen (G2) on Saturday. Others are Grade/Group 1 winners Mind Your Biscuits and Practical Joke ; Grade 2 winners Giant Expectations and Tower of Texas ; and Grade 3 winners Alert Bay , Awesome Slate , Code Warrior , Flameaway , Hogy , Miss Temple City , One Liner and Untrapped .

Sessions begin at 10 a.m. ET each day. The sale will be streamed live on Keeneland.com .

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