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Keeneland issues catalogue for April Two-Year-Olds in Training Sale

Some 70 lots have been entered for next month's auction in Kentucky

Keeneland: accepting supplementary entries for the sale
Keeneland: accepting supplementary entries for the sale

Keeneland has catalogued 70 juveniles for its 2020 April Two-Year-Olds in Training and Horses of Racing Ages Sale, to be held on April 7.

The catalogue is available online at Keeneland.com and print catalogues will be posted on Friday.

For horses of racing age catalogued to the April sale, a digital catalogue - featuring Daily Racing Form past performances and Thoro-Graph and Ragozin sheets - will be posted online on March 24. A print version of the catalogue for horses of racing age will be available on March 31.

Keeneland is accepting supplementary entries for the April sale.

"The April sale returned to the Keeneland calendar last year to positive reviews from buyers and consignors, who like the timing of the auction," Keeneland vice president of racing and sales Bob Elliston said.

"Scheduling the sale during the Spring Meet ensures a deep buying bench of owners, trainers, bloodstock agents and others, which produces a strong, competitive market."

The April sale follows the four-day opening weekend of the Spring Meet, from April 2-5, which is headlined by nine stakes worth $2.85 million. The April 4 race card presents five stakes led by the Toyota Blue Grass Stakes and Ashland Stakes, respectively major preps for the Kentucky Derby and Kentucky Oaks.

Sale action kicks off on April 6, with Preview Day, which features breezes over both the dirt track and turf course for sale two-year-olds. Preview Day begins at 11am local time.

The sale starts the following day at 2pm, beginning with the offering of horses of racing age and followed by the two-year-olds in training. The auction will be streamed live on Keeneland.com with coverage on TVG.

A $1.3 million Tapit filly named Miss Tapirado topped last year's edition of the Keeneland April sale, and the 2019 horses of racing age section included Higher Power, who four months later won the TVG Pacific Classic.

Keeneland conducted its April two-year-olds in training sale from 1923-2014. Graduates include six Classic winners: Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes winner and champion Big Brown; Preakness winner and champion Lookin At Lucky; Belmont Stakes winner Palace Malice; Kentucky Derby and Belmont winner and champion Thunder Gulch and Kentucky Oaks winners Gal In A Ruckus and Keeper Hill.

Champions Beautiful Pleasure, Lady Eli, and Roy H also are April Sale graduates.


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