LAST Saturday saw the completion of the second and final session of Book 2 at the Keeneland September Yearling Sale, and heading the trade was the second millionaire in this section of the sale.

This was a colt by Candy Ride who sold for $1 million to Speedway Stable to increase the number of seven-figure horses at the auction to 22. “Going into the sale, we were looking for a very strong Book 1, and we got that,” Keeneland’s director of sales operations Geoffrey Russell said. “Our goal with Book 2 was to tighten down the number of horses in the catalogue and increase the quality, and there was a big rise in the median yesterday and today. So mission accomplished.”