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Saturday, December 3

Go all in for a chance at more than $30,000 in prize money in the Daily Racing Form/NTRA National Handicapping Challenge. The top three finishers earn a spot in the Handicapping Championship in Las Vegas! And, you can even choose the races you play from a list of tracks. This is one of the final opportunities to qualify.

Contest rules available at Keeneland.com or by calling 859-288-4261

Keeneland November Results Exceed 2010 Gross on Fourth Day of Sale

Keeneland's November Breeding Stock Sale achieved a milestone on Thursday when gross receipts for the first four days of $167,294,200 surpassed total sales of $147,392,900 for last year's 13-day auction.   

Through four days Keeneland has sold 799 horses for $167,294,200, up 54.3 percent over the comparable period in 2010 when 843 horses brought $108,403,000. The average of $209,379 increased 62.8 percent from $128,592 recorded in 2010. The median rose 29.8 percent from $77,000 to $100,000.    

Contributing to the double-digit growth is the demand created by the quality of the sale's two premier dispersals - Edward P. Evans' Spring Hill Farm and Prince Saud bin Khaled's Palides Investments N.V, Inc.

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Breeders' Cup Ladies' Classic Winner Royal Delta Sells for $8.5 Million at Keeneland Shatters Keeneland Record for a Horse in Training

LEXINGTON, KY (Nov. 8, 2011) - Royal Delta, winner of the $2 million Breeders' Cup Ladies' Classic (G1) on November 4 and probable three-year-old filly champion, sold for $8.5 million, a Keeneland record for a horse in training, near the close of Tuesday's session of the November Breeding Stock Sale. The filly was purchased by Benjamin Leon's Besilu Stables and consigned by Chanteclair Farm, agent for the complete dispersal of Palides Investments N.V., Inc (Prince Saud bin Khaled).

The previous Keeneland record for a horse in training was the $6.1 million paid by Aaron Jones for the graded stakes-winning colt Half Ours, consigned by Taylor Made Sales Agency, at the 2006 November Sale. The previous record for a filly sold in training is the $4.6 million paid for champion Open Mind at the 1989 November Sale.
 
Leon, who said Royal Delta was a birthday gift for his wife, Silvia, confirmed that the filly will race again next year, though it is undecided who will train her. Read More>>>