{"id":127619,"date":"2025-09-10T13:13:07","date_gmt":"2025-09-10T13:13:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/127619\/"},"modified":"2025-09-10T13:13:07","modified_gmt":"2025-09-10T13:13:07","slug":"high-rolling-horses-keenelands-yearling-sale-vs-other-big-ticket-items","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/127619\/","title":{"rendered":"High-Rolling Horses: Keeneland\u2019s Yearling Sale vs. Other Big-Ticket Items"},"content":{"rendered":"

The ongoing Keeneland September yearling sale<\/a> in Lexington, Ky., is the premier event each year in the Thoroughbred world for those in search of future superstar racehorses. It\u2019s a 12-day-long event from Sept. 8-20 with roughly 4,700 horses cataloged and it offers owners many opportunities to test their skill at identifying next-gen standouts while backing those opinions up with dump trucks filled with dollars.<\/p>\n

Much of the big spending occurs during the first week of the sale, which is happening right now \u2013 although many top-shelf racehorses have been bought for relatively bargain prices in the later sessions. One example: the last filly to win a Triple Crown race, 2020 Preakness Stakes winner Swiss Skydiver<\/a>, was purchased well into the 2018 Keeneland September sale by trainer Ken McPeek<\/a> as agent for owner Peter Callahan<\/a> costing \u2026 well, see below.<\/p>\n

How do Keeneland September sale figures measure up to expenditures in sports, business, and other realms? Here\u2019s a quick look to give you an idea of the dollars at stake:<\/p>\n

$3.3 million vs. $3.3 million<\/p>\n

The top-priced yearling from Keeneland\u2019s opening session Sept. 8, bought by Coolmore, Peter Brant, and Ron Winchell<\/p>\n

\u2013 vs. \u2013 <\/p>\n

The fourth-highest sale price for a home in Lexington<\/a> so far in 2025, located just northwest of Keeneland and the sale grounds<\/p>\n

$428.097 million vs. $348.867 million<\/p>\n

The total proceeds of the 2024 Keeneland September sale through 12 sessions<\/p>\n

\u2013 vs. \u2013 <\/p>\n

The 2025 payroll for the Los Angeles Dodgers<\/a>, the highest in Major League Baseball (Shohei Otani earns $28.2 million)<\/p>\n

$147,926 vs. $148,700<\/p>\n

The average price of a yearling bought at the 2024 Keeneland September sale<\/p>\n

\u2013 vs. \u2013 <\/p>\n

The manufacturer\u2019s suggested retail price for a fully-loaded\u00a02025 Mercedes-Benz EQS (electric-powered) Sedan<\/a> \u2013 which gets an estimated 98 miles per gallon<\/p>\n

$13.1 million vs. $17.7 million vs. $13.9 million<\/p>\n

The highest-priced yearling ever sold at Keeneland, Seattle Dancer, went through the auction ring in July 1985 (Keeneland discontinued the July sale in 2003)<\/p>\n

\u2013 vs. \u2013 <\/p>\n

The 1985 sales price adjusted for inflation (through July 2025)<\/p>\n

\u2013 vs. \u2013 <\/p>\n

The average gross of a Taylor Swift concert<\/a> from her 2023-24 Eras Tour (total gross: $2.077 billion, the highest ever for a tour)<\/p>\n

$35,000 vs. $30,000<\/p>\n

The auction price for a yearling filly named Swiss Skydiver, who sold in 2018 and earned more than $2.2 million on the track<\/p>\n

\u2013 vs. \u2013 <\/p>\n

The cost of a high-end bathroom remodel<\/a> in 2025.<\/p>\n

So, the next time you see one of those ubiquitous \u201cdone in a day\u201d commercials for walk-in showers and such \u2026 how \u2018bout splurging on a potential Preakness winner instead?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The ongoing Keeneland September yearling sale in Lexington, Ky., is the premier event each year in the Thoroughbred…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":127620,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[40],"tags":[3004,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-127619","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-racing","tag-racing","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/127619","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=127619"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/127619\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/127620"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=127619"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=127619"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=127619"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}