Stronach’s Adena Springs is stocking up on yearlings at Keeneland
After 12 sessions at the Keeneland September yearling sale, Adena Springs emerged as the fifth-leading buyer, acquiring 40 yearlings for a total of $4,508,000, according to the Blood-Horse. Mark Roberts, who manages Adena Springs South, said owner Frank Stronach is buying yearlings to replenish his bloodstock holdings.
“We used to always buy a lot of yearlings and just haven’t over the past several years,” said Roberts, shortly after signing the ticket for a Political Force filly for $8,000 during the Sept. 23 session. “We are bringing in some new blood into the operation. We have sold a lot more horses than we normally have. Any successful breeding operation over time has to bring in new blood, and we are doing that.”
