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

A yearling thoroughbred racehorse is sold at auction 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