KEENELAND’S September Yearling Sale came to close last Friday with turnover of $352 million, the sixth-highest figure in the sale’s history, and with new record figures for both the average and median. The 11-day sale produced another important landmark with a clearance rate of over 80%.

The aggregate was a massive improvement, growing some 48%, on last year’s tally when the 12-day sale was impacted by the uncertainty of the Covid-19 pandemic.