Barretts California Cup, Wygod dispersal catalogs available

Catalogs for the Barretts California Cup yearling sale and the complete dispersal of Pam and Marty Wygod’s West Coast breeding stock, both scheduled for October, are now online at www.barretts.com.

The dispersal from the Wygods’ River Edge Farm, is set for 3 p.m. on Oct. 12 at Barretts in Pomona, Calif. It will include 61 mares and 35 foals born this year. All will sell without reserve. The Wygods were California’s leading breeders from 2006 to 2008 and have bred such Grade 1 winners as Idiot Proof, Key Phrase, Officer, and others.

Their dispersal features Grade 1-placed Lacquaria, in foal to Tribal Rule; Lasting Beauty, dam of Idiot Proof; No Trouble Tweenus, dam of Sophie’s Trophy; Pretty Amazing, a 4-year-old full sister to Idiot Proof, in foal to Dixie Chatter; Grade 1 winner Private Persuasion; Sweet Paradise, dam of Leesider, in foal to Betrando; Wisdom Keeper, a stakes-producing full sister to Private Persuasion, in foal to Bertrando; Anachristina, dam of graded-placed Liberian Freighter, in foal to Tribal Rule; and Blonde Fever, dam of the Grade 1-placed and Grade 2 winner Feverish.

The dispersal’s foals include a Bertrando full sister to Idiot Proof; a half-sister to Sophie’s Trophy; a Bertrando filly out of Grade 1 winner Private Persuasion; a full brother to Leesider; and a half-brother to Feverish.

The California Cup sale will begin immediately following the Wygod dispersal and has 241 yearlings in the catalog. The California Cup auction will continue on Oct. 13.

Photographs that consignors have submitted of their yearlings will be available online starting Sept. 6.