Letters to the Editor for BH Daily, Dec. 4 edition

Brotha Keny parlayed a recent stakes victory into a payday for his connections in the Inglis Digital USA December Sale. His $550,000 hammer price was the highest in the online auction platform’s history, and propelled a record gross of $869,250.

A stallion share in leading European sire Siyouni headlines the entries for the Tattersalls Online December Sale which takes place Dec. 10-11

Jokestar, much improved this year as a 4-year-old, battles Tosen Wish and seven others in the CA$150,000 Valedictory Stakes (G3) Dec. 6. Dresden Row will not contest this lengthy 1 1/2-mile race.

At a time when 2-year-olds are focusing on the preps for the Kentucky Derby (G1) and Kentucky Oaks (G1), the 5-year-old Bishops Bay is facing a prep of his own.

Tattersalls brought the curtain down on this year’s December Mares Sale to a positive set of market indicators. Despite the sale being trimmed from four days to three, an 11% cut in cataloged lots, turnover was down just 2% at 81,583,515 guineas.

The Munnings gelding makes his graded stakes debut in the Elite Power Stakes (G3) Dec. 6 at Aqueduct Racetrack. Leading his five rivals is Tom Fool (G3) winner Full Moon Madness, the lone graded stakes winner in the field for the 6-furlong race.

The sales of Patonga, Celestial Bling (AU$225,00), and Grinzinger Champ (AU$115,000) brought the number of AU$100,000-plus transactions on Inglis Digital this year to 125. The December (Early) Sale grossed AU$2,884,600.

The collection is comprised of more than 400 trophies, including eight Triple Crown race trophies won by Whitney family-owned runners.

NYRA announced Dec. 3 the addition of one day of live racing Dec. 10 as part of the fall meet at Aqueduct. Following the cancellation of live racing after Race 1 Nov. 30, approval from the NYSGM to conduct live racing on Dec. 10 was granted.