Gross up, average and median fall at Goffs Orby sale
The Goffs Orby sale in Ireland saw gains in gross at its first two sessions, but the average and median fell in a tepid performance.
Glenye Cain OakfordSep 28, 2011
The Goffs Orby sale in Ireland saw gains in gross at its first two sessions, but the average and median fell in a tepid performance.
A colt by champion Afleet Alex brought a bid of $120,000 from Mary Grum to top the annual yearling auction put on by the Breeders’ Sales Company of Louisiana on Tuesday. A total of 136 horses sold for a collective $1,494,400, or an average of $10,998, a gain of 42 percent from 2010.
Robert Ogden paid 300,000 euros, or about $408,000, for a Montjeu colt to kick off the opening day of the Goffs Orby sale in County Kildare, Ireland, on Tuesday.
Bold Executive, Canada’s perennial leading sire during the last two decades, Bold Executive, was euthanized Monday afternoon at the age of 27.
Grade 2 winner St Trinians, whose shining moment was when she gave Zenyatta a scare in the Grade 1 Vanity Handicap in 2010, has been retired from racing.
Ten years after Tiznow became the only horse to win back-to-back Breeders’ Cup Classics, WinStar Farm has announced it will give a breeding season to the stallion for any filly or mare who wins the Nov. 5 race at Churchill Downs this year.
Keeneland's September sale, the largest Thoroughbred yearling auction in the world, ended Saturday with strong gains that gave consignors hope that the market was on the rebound.
Keeneland’s two-week September yearling sale carried the momentum of large increases into its 12th session Friday, which saw median more than double from last year. Friday’s session sold 197 yearlings for $1,860,800, for an average price of $9,446 and a $7,500 median. Gross and average were both up 47 percent over last year, when 197 horses brought $1,261,600 for a $6,404 average price.
Keeneland’s two-week September yearling sale carried the momentum of large increases into its 12th session Friday, where a $52,000 Fusaichi Pegasus colt was leading the price list at 3 p.m.
Frank Stronach’s Adena Springs continued its spending spree Thursday at the Keeneland September yearling sale’s 11th session, contributing to more across-the-board increases at the marathon 13-day auction.