Keeneland catalogs 1,753 for January sale

"We've been really, really busy this morning," said Kitty Taylor, owner of

Warrendale. "We've shown a lot of broodmare prospects and a lot of short

yearlings and the mares that are in foal to the quality horses like Bernardini

and Tiznow are getting a lot of action."

"The January Sale offers a particularly good selection of short yearlings,"

said Geoffrey Russell, Keeneland's Director of Sales. "Given the strength of

November weanling sales, it will provide another opportunity for the market to

move forward as the industry continues to adjust to the new market reality."

Keeneland will offer yearlings by such prominent freshman

stallions as After Market, Any Given Saturday, Corinthian, Discreet Cat, Half Ours,

Hard Spun, Jazil, Lawyer Ron and Street Sense, among others.

Established sires such as Arch, Birdstone, Candy Ride (Arg),

Distorted Humor, Dixie Union, Elusive Quality, Empire Maker, Forestry,

Ghostzapper, Giant's Causeway, Gone West, Indian Charlie, Lemon Drop Kid, Medaglia d'Oro, More Than Ready, Mr. Greeley, Pulpit, Seeking the Gold, Smart

Strike, Speightstown, Street Cry (Ire), Tapit, Tiznow and Unbridled's Song,

among others, also are represented by yearlings.

Broodmares covered by promising young stallions After Market, Any Given

Saturday, Big Brown, Corinthian, Curlin, Hard Spun, Henrythenavigator, Lawyer Ron, Street Sense and War Front, among others, will be

offered.

Also cataloged are mares in foal to leading sires Arch,

Bernardini, Birdstone, Distorted Humor, Dixie Union, Dynaformer, Elusive

Quality, Indian Charlie, Malibu Moon, Master

Command, Medaglia d'Oro, Mr. Greeley, Speightstown and Tapit, among others.