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First horse sold for over $1 million at the July Yearling Sale at Keeneland, 1976
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.
First tent sale at Keeneland, 1943
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…
Yearlings Arriving at Saratoga
This photograph features Court Manor Stud yearlings arriving at Saratoga's yearling sale in August of 1937.