Aggressive Trade, $8.2 Million Record Price Drive Successful 2019 Keeneland September Yearling Sale

Stickers are displayed on a yearling thoroughbred racehorse during the annual Keeneland September Yearling Sale at Keeneland Racecourse in Lexington, Kentucky, U.S., on Friday, Sept. 20, 2019. Keeneland's September Yearling Sale ended its 13-session run on Sunday with gross sales of $360,004,700, fifth highest in September Sale history, headlined by the record $8.2 million American Pharoah filly purchased by Mandy Pope's Whisper Hill Farm and the $4.1 million colt by Curlin sold to Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoums Godolphin. Photographer: Luke Sharrett/Bloomberg via Getty Images