The proof is in the numbers, the ones that are rising and falling. In 2012, the newly formed Golden State Series will offer 27 races for statebreds worth $4.65 million. An emphasis has been placed on races for 2- and 3-year-olds, increasing opportunities for those age groups from 12 races worth $1.275 million in 2011 to 18 races worth $3.6 million in 2012.
The slimmed-down Tattersalls autumn horses in training auction in Newmarket, England, ended Thursday with declines in gross and average, but the median held level with last year
With a $375,000 Lemon Drop Kid yearling filly leading the way, the first phase of Flying Zee Stable’s dispersal at Fasig-Tipton grossed more than $1.2 million.
Fasig-Tipton’s robust Kentucky fall yearling sale ended Wednesday night with dramatic improvements over last year’s figures, fueling more hopes that the yearling market has turned a corner after steep declines since the 2008 global financial crisis.
English bloodstock agent Anthony Stroud picked up another high-priced horse Wednesday at the Tattersalls autumn horses in training sale in Newmarket, paying the session-topping price of 310,000 guineas for four-time group-placed Measuring Time.
Breeders’ Cup Mile contender and multiple Grade 1 winner Court Vision will retire after the Nov. 5 race and will enter stud at Michael Byrne’s Park Stud in Canada, as his owner, Spendthrift Farm ,looks to expand its brand northward.
Godolphin’s graded winner Regal Ransom has retired from racing and will enter stud next year at Darley’s Jonabell Farm in Kentucky, Darley announced Wednesday.
Big prices just kept coming Wednesday as the strong Fasig-Tipton Kentucky fall yearling market rolled into its final session.
John Turner’s Moon Lake Farm in Elm Grove, La., will close its public operations, end its two-year partnership with Millennium Farms, and become a private farm, Turner announced Wednesday.
Fasig-Tipton's Kentucky fall yearling sale built on its massive opening-day gains Tuesday, posting more huge increases. Gross receipts improved 74 percent, the average price gained 68 percent, and median more than doubled for a second consecutive day.
