Janis's Joy tops Keeneland session at $170,000

JANIS'S JOY, a six-year-old winning, stakes-placed daughter of Broken Vow in

foal to Atreides, became the highest-priced purchase during Monday's eighth

session of the 12-day Keeneland November Breeding Stock Sale when she sold to

Solis/Litt for $170,000. Hill 'n' Dale Sales Agency, agent, consigned the mare,

who is out of the stakes-winning Forestry mare Ever Elusive.

Cumulatively, Keeneland has sold 1,715 horses for $205,177,000, up 3.8

percent from $197,747,400 paid for 1,850 horses during the corresponding period

in 2014 and just shy of the $205,899,500 in gross sales for the entire 11-day

auction last year. The average of $119,637 is 11.9 percent above last year's

$106,890, while the median increased from $51,000 to $52,000.

On Monday, Keeneland sold 253 horses for $7,242,300, down 13.5 percent from

the comparable session in 2014 when total sales reached $8,373,400 for the same

number of horses. The average of $28,626 was 13.5 percent below last year's

$33,096, and the median of $22,000 was just off the $23,000 recorded in 2014.