Fasig-Tipton adds breeding stock to July sales
There will be a bit of something for everyone at the Fasig-Tipton Kentucky July sales after the company announced the addition of a broodmare dispersal and that additional breeding stock entries for the summer auction will be reviewed.
Fasig-Tipton is set to host its July horses of racing age sale on Monday, July 12 at its Newtown Paddocks headquarters in Lexington, Ky., with its July yearling sale, which begins the yearling sale calendar in North America, the following day. The company will now host a breeding stock session on July 12, prior to the horses of racing age session.
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This session was conceived after a partnership supporting young California stallion Far From Over opted to swiftly disperse its holdings, rather than waiting for the traditional November breeding stock sales. Fasig-Tipton will facilitate that dispersal, cataloged as the Far From Over/Fountain of Youth Dispersal, with consignor Stuart Morris acting as agent.
The dispersal consists of 18 mares, all of whom were intended to be bred to Far From Over this year. But the stallion suffered a pelvis injury early in this year’s breeding season that took him out of service for the remainder of the year. The mares who were not yet in foal to Far From Over were shipped to Kentucky and were bred to either Connect or Violence. The mares will all be sold with their 2021 foals at their sides, who are by Catalina Cruiser, Enticed, Good Magic, Honor Code, Laoban, Oscar Performance, Violence, or Yoshida.
With the addition of this dispersal, Fasig-Tipton will now accept additional approved broodmares and broodmare prospects for the July catalog.
“This dispersal offers buyers a quality group of mares, with well-bred foals at foot,” Fasig-Tipton president Boyd Browning said in a release. “It also allows us to open up broodmare and broodmare prospect entries to other prospective sellers that may prefer to sell now, instead of waiting for the fall breeding stock sales. It creates a unique mid-summer buying opportunity for breeders. We have considered adding a breeding stock element to July for many years, and this year’s session will be a good barometer to see if there is viable market for broodmares in July going forward.”