Keeneland September: 5 sires have $20 million in sales

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With just two sessions left at the Keeneland September yearling sale, total sales have surpassed $420 million including post-sale transactions, and just five sires have accounted for $128.7 million in sales, over 30 percent of the total. 

The top five sires each eclipsed a whopping $20 million in sales at Keeneland. They are Gun Runner, Not This Time, Curlin, Into Mischief and first-crop sire Charlatan. 

The $20 Million Club

Looking at the entire sale, here are the top 20 sires by average sale price.

Top 20 Sires - by average sale price

Next, let’s take an updated look at the first-year sires. Charlatan and Maxfield are leading the way averaging more than $200,000 each.

First-crop sires by average sale (Kee Sept. through Book 5) 

Looking at second-year sires, we see the effect of the performance of current 2-year-olds on the racetrack. McKinzie, Vekoma and Complexity are all off to good starts.  

Second-crop sires by average sale (Kee Sept. through Book 5)

Here is the full list of average sale prices by sire for books 1-5 of the Keeneland September yearling sale.

 SireCrop Sold Avg. sale MaxMinTotal 
Curlin1444$579,432$5,000,000$50,000$25,495,000
Into Mischief1441$543,902$1,750,000$80,000$22,300,000
Gun Runner562$526,855$2,200,000$55,000$32,665,000
Dubawi
171$500,000$500,000$500,000$500,000
Tapit1822$440,545$1,200,000$15,000$9,692,000
Lord Kanaloa
9
1$375,000$375,000$375,000$375,000
Constitution746$350,152$1,200,000$25,000$16,107,000
Uncle Mo1134$348,971$1,000,000$20,000$11,865,000
Justify438$341,316$1,000,000$70,000$12,970,000
Not This Time683$339,386$1,300,000$20,000$28,169,000
Wootton Bassett
112$325,000$350,000$300,000$650,000
Nyquist645$323,556$1,300,000$30,000$14,560,000
Quality Road1234$320,853$1,050,000$10,000$10,909,000
Medaglia d'Oro1818$307,778$1,350,000$25,000$5,540,000
No Nay Never85$273,000$350,000$185,000$1,365,000
Charlatan179$254,684$1,400,000$18,000$20,120,000
Kingman
81$250,000$250,000$250,000$250,000
Maxfield158$231,707$1,000,000$15,000$13,439,000
Good Magic435$231,029$600,000$2,000$8,086,000
Yaupon170$183,814$900,000$4,000$12,867,000
Liam's Map766$180,182$700,000$10,000$11,892,000
Country House21$180,000$180,000$180,000$180,000
Practical Joke549$176,939$900,000$35,000$8,670,000
Essential Quality147$176,298$500,000$15,000$8,286,000
Munnings1244$171,716$700,000$9,500$7,555,500
Candy Ride
1825$170,560$575,000$5,000$4,264,000
McKinzie254$169,926$950,000$6,000$9,176,000
American Pharoah730$166,033$1,350,000$5,000$4,981,000
More Than Ready2217$164,706$600,000$11,000$2,800,000
Girvin47$157,429$300,000$17,000$1,102,000
Vekoma238$155,158$625,000$20,000$5,896,000
Siyouni
12
1$150,000$150,000$150,000$150,000
Street Sense1530$146,500$550,000$20,000$4,395,000
Speightstown1813$146,308$500,000$5,000$1,902,000
War Front1610$143,700$325,000$2,000$1,437,000
Twirling Candy1154$134,583$410,000$4,000$7,267,500
City of Light434$132,765$425,000$3,000$4,514,000
Maclean's Music1063$131,921$625,000$3,000$8,311,000
Complexity223$131,413$650,000$2,500$3,022,500
Cupid51$130,000$130,000$130,000$130,000
Oscar Performance414$119,429$335,000$25,000$1,672,000
Ghostzapper1716$119,125$460,000$5,000$1,906,000
Authentic242$115,452$750,000$8,000$4,849,000
Karakontie
72$115,000$150,000$80,000$230,000
Violence928$109,857$400,000$2,000$3,076,000
Blame1230$105,767$350,000$5,000$3,173,000
Raging Bull
18$96,875$420,000$7,000$775,000
Hard Spun1522$95,523$500,000$6,500$2,101,500
Bolt d'Oro447$93,766$325,000$10,000$4,407,000
Midshipman1217$91,412$185,000$6,000$1,554,000
Tacitus127$90,370$300,000$9,000$2,440,000
Caracaro24$89,250$170,000$40,000$357,000
Cairo Prince822$89,182$385,000$5,000$1,962,000
Army Mule419$86,158$400,000$5,000$1,637,000
Tiz the Law250$85,480$330,000$5,000$4,274,000
Independence Hall132$85,203$350,000$4,500$2,726,500
Beau Liam119$78,947$270,000$5,000$1,500,000
Game Winner213$78,923$450,000$3,000$1,026,000
Upstart635$78,571$260,000$3,500$2,750,000
Omaha Beach346$77,261$500,000$10,000$3,554,000
Echo Town21$67,000$67,000$67,000$67,000
Knicks Go134$66,971$425,000$4,000$2,277,000
Daredevil713$66,231$200,000$4,000$861,000
Caravaggio514$65,786$200,000$10,000$921,000
Volatile233$65,409$450,000$1,000$2,158,500
Collected411$63,818$240,000$4,000$702,000
Midnight Lute142$61,500$100,000$23,000$123,000
Dialed In1012$59,667$95,000$35,000$716,000
Win Win Win26$59,583$100,000$7,500$357,500
Flameaway36$59,500$200,000$10,000$357,000
War of Will218$59,333$180,000$5,000$1,068,000
Silver State150$57,630$260,000$4,000$2,881,500
Kitten's Joy1713$57,154$270,000$3,000$743,000
Kantharos1211$56,909$120,000$10,000$626,000
Divisidero32$56,500$110,000$3,000$113,000
Frosted615$55,933$220,000$7,000$839,000
Uncle Chuck15$55,800$150,000$22,000$279,000
Global Campaign217$55,765$165,000$4,000$948,000
Mitole322$55,409$160,000$8,000$1,219,000
Connect532$55,250$250,000$4,000$1,768,000
Flatter198$53,125$160,000$20,000$425,000
Code of Honor12$52,500$80,000$25,000$105,000
Street Boss1412$50,083$110,000$4,000$601,000
Mendelssohn425$50,000$165,000$5,000$1,250,000
Jimmy Creed95$47,000$190,000$6,000$235,000
Rock Your World119$45,842$220,000$6,000$871,000
Honor A. P.214$45,143$140,000$7,000$632,000
Yoshida
31$45,000$45,000$45,000$45,000
Union Rags1012$42,917$75,000$21,000$515,000
Lexitonian19$42,778$130,000$6,000$385,000
Runhappy613$40,731$110,000$5,000$529,500
Tonalist75$39,000$80,000$10,000$195,000
Audible320$39,000$160,000$6,000$780,000
Vino Rosso325$38,760$100,000$7,000$969,000
Maximus Mischief314$35,393$95,000$4,000$495,500
Instagrand29$35,111$130,000$7,000$316,000
Good Samaritan41$35,000$35,000$35,000$35,000
Improbable227$33,074$280,000$3,000$893,000
Classic Empire59$32,778$75,000$6,000$295,000
Enticed32$32,500$35,000$30,000$65,000
Catalina Cruiser31$32,000$32,000$32,000$32,000
Thousand Words27$31,000$70,000$4,000$217,000
Ten Sovereigns
33$30,667$75,000$5,000$92,000
Known Agenda114$29,536$70,000$3,000$413,500
Spun to Run27$28,714$100,000$3,000$201,000
The Factor101$27,000$27,000$27,000$27,000
Modernist15$26,200$52,000$10,000$131,000
Cloud Computing42$26,000$27,000$25,000$52,000
West Coast42$26,000$37,000$15,000$52,000
Lookin At Lucky121$26,000$26,000$26,000$26,000
Tom's d'Etat23$26,000$42,000$6,000$78,000
Unified52$25,500$40,000$11,000$51,000
Mucho Macho Man81$25,000$25,000$25,000$25,000
First Samurai161$25,000$25,000$25,000$25,000
Take Charge Indy92$23,000$40,000$6,000$46,000
Creative Cause101$22,000$22,000$22,000$22,000
Higher Power21$22,000$22,000$22,000$22,000
Preservationist33$20,667$30,000$12,000$62,000
By My Standards12$20,500$30,000$11,000$41,000
Mo Town48$19,875$50,000$2,500$159,000
Maximum Security29$19,500$50,000$2,500$175,500
Goldencents86$17,500$30,000$4,000$105,000
Outwork61$15,000$15,000$15,000$15,000
Tapiture71$15,000$15,000$15,000$15,000
Bee Jersey41$11,000$11,000$11,000$11,000
Catholic Boy34$9,500$17,000$4,000$38,000
Tapwrit41$6,000$6,000$6,000$6,000
Honest Mischief21$5,000$5,000$5,000$5,000

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