The Sales Pavilion renovations in 2005 included the installation of an updated bid board system along with a new sound system and enhanced wireless access across the building. Hall of Fame horses Curlin and Zenyatta were both sold at the September…
The first horse sold at auction for more than $1 million was at Keeneland’s July Selected Yearling Sale in 1976. Canadian Bound was from the first crop of yearlings by Secretariat.
In 1943, Fasig-Tipton, the oldest auction house for Thoroughbreds in the United States, held the first tent sale at Keeneland as restrictions on rail travel during World War II meant that the popular summer sale in Saratoga had to be canceled. The…
The Breeders’ Sale Company at Keeneland was formed in 1944 to manage sales, and the first permanent pavilion to replace temporary paddock tents was constructed that year. The 1944 July yearling sale broke the record for total gross sales for an…