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November 2025

November Breeding Stock Sale

Begins Tuesday, Nov. 4 | Entry Deadline Aug. 1

The Foundation for Tomorrow

Held each fall, the Keeneland November Breeding Stock Sale delivers a world-class marketplace for breeding stock, weanlings and racehorses. This globally attended sale offers sellers unmatched access to buyers seeking top bloodlines and future champions, because here, every horse has the potential to shape the next generation.

Prepare for the Sale

For Sellers

Entry deadline August 1.

For Buyers

Please request credit before the start of the sale. Online and phone bidding is accessible through the Keeneland Sales Portal.

Request Credit

Keeneland Sales Portal

Buyer Resources

“It’s all about the future, and the opportunities that present themselves in Keeneland November are going to reward you down the line... whether that be your next foundation mare or your next yearling to sell next September. It all starts in November and the opportunities here that have us chasing our dreams in the future.”
- Conrad Bandoroff

Shaping the Future

Each November, Keeneland showcases a powerful cross-section of the industry. It’s where influential bloodlines change hands and futures take shape.

Recent Million Dollar Mares Include:

Concrete Rose

Sold for $1.95 million

Dreamloper (IRE)

Sold for $2.7 million

Midnight Bisou

Sold for $5.5 million

Paris Lights

Sold for $3.1 million

Puca

Sold for $2.9 million

Roses for Debra

Sold for $2.4 million

Shamrock Rose

Sold for $3 million

White Hot (IRE)

Sold for $2.1 million

“Keeneland is a unique place that brings the entire market together and it's the most efficient trading of bloodstock anywhere in the world. The fact that the market just rolls seamlessly from one sector to the next all the way through is just a testament to Keeneland and their team and how they put this catalog together. It’s really something to behold and you know nobody does anything like it anywhere else in the world.”
- Mark Taylor

Buoyant Trade Drives Strong Results in 2024

The 2024 November Breeding Stock Sale underscored the depth, quality and global appeal of the world’s marketplace at Keeneland. With a record-setting median, increased gross sales and vibrant international participation, the results reflected a strong, healthy market and demand at all levels of the market.

$196,442,900

GROSS SALES

$40,000

Record Median

9 Horses

Sold for over $1 million

Nearly 80%

Clearance Rate

Roses for Debra

$2.4 Million Sale Topper

Consignor: Candy Meadow Sales, Agent
Buyer: Whisper Hill Farm

"Keeneland is a special place to sell a horse. It’s a special place to come to the races. It’s just a special place overall it really made sense for her to come here. She was a graded stakes winner here in April, and having won here and coming back to sell here it just made a lot of sense.”

- Matt Lyons

Top-Priced Weanling Sold in North America

14 of the last 15 years

"The weanling market is very vibrant. It always is and especially for the top offerings. You’ve seen that if you lead up a weanling that has the physical, that has the sire power, has the pedigree, there’s going to be plenty of people there to push to try to buy them."

- Conrad Bandoroff

“I am always pleased with the international recruiting that Keeneland does especially for the second half of the sale. There was plenty of international presence. We have always had strong European presence, but the Australian presence was fantastic and the Japanese have been coming for decades and seem to be stronger year after year.”
- Gray Lyster

A Market Without Borders

Buyers from around the world converged at Keeneland’s 2024 November Breeding Stock Sale, reinforcing its status as a premier international marketplace. The sale reflected strong global demand for American pedigrees and underscored Keeneland’s commitment to cultivating a dynamic, worldwide audience.

1,033

Buyers

in 2024

33

Countries

Represented by Buyers

42

Buyers

Spent $1 Million+

10

Different interests

Purchased Top 12 Highest-Priced Horses

“At Keeneland now there is such a commitment to customer service. It doesn’t go unnoticed to buyers and consignors. There is a real focal point on making the buying experience as good as it can be and they continue to improve it every year... In North America I don’t think there is a consumer experience that competes with Keeneland. It takes time, money and a commitment. It was very transactional and now it feels like a relationship between the sales company and people on the grounds both buyers and sellers. There are people reaching out to see how your experience can be better. The more you cater to your customer the more they feel we are in this together. These are our customers and they deserve the very best. Their commitment to the facility and the upgrades is like a love letter to the Thoroughbred industry because there isn’t another racetrack/sales company that would have made that commitment. They’re saying we believe in our business and we believe in you.”
- John Sikura, Hill 'n' Dale