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SALES: Strong trade expected at Keeneland for mares and foals 2022-10-28

Keeneland has announced that Grade 3 Monmouth Oaks winner Skeptic, a daughter of Tiznow who is in foal to Liam’s Map, has been supplemented to Book 1 of the Keeneland November Breeding Stock Sale on Nov. 7.

The Hancock family’s Claiborne Farm has announced 2023 stud fees for their stallion roster at the Paris, Ky.-based farm.

Whatever it is, the stallion operations in neighboring Bourbon County (northeast of Fayette County, which includes Lexington) have been ringing the bell repeatedly. Today, there are only two commercial stallion operations in Bourbon County: Claiborne Farm and Hill ‘n’ Dale at Xalapa.

“It’s pretty impossible to put this (victory) into words," said Perry Bass, who co-owns the horse with his mother, Ramona Bass.

Keeneland has cataloged 3,691 horses for its 79th November Breeding Stock Sale, which will begin Monday, Nov. 7 after Keeneland hosts the Breeders’ Cup World Championships the preceding Friday and Saturday.

Emory Hamilton's homebred Pleasant Passage overcame rainy conditions and a yielding turf course in Saturday’s $200,000 Miss Grillo (G2) with a gate-to-wire three-quarter-length victory at Aqueduct that could catapult her to the Breeders’ Cup on November 4.

Gold Phoenix bids for his second consecutive graded stakes win as he heads Saturday’s Grade 2, $200,000 John Henry Turf Championship at Santa Anita

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With such a large presence among the heavy-hitters of the stallion ranks, expectations were high for Omaha Beach, and it's tough to argue that he did anything but meet them.