Justify yearling among the offerings at Texas Thoroughbred Association sale

A colt by Triple Crown winner Justify ranks among the top yearlings that will be on offer Monday during the annual Texas summer yearling sale at Lone Star Park near Dallas.

A total of 228 horses have been cataloged to the sale put on by the Texas Thoroughbred Association. The auction begins at 10 a.m. Central. It will be held in the sales pavilion right inside the stable area at Lone Star.

The Justify colt is an unnamed January foal who sells as Hip No. 143. He is out of Iroquois Girl, a stakes-placed winner and half-sister to Grade 3 winner Salty Strike. The Justify colt was bred in Florida.

He is Breeders’ Cup eligible and also is eligible for the Texas Thoroughbred Association Futurity, which is held each summer at Lone Star. He is being consigned by agent K P Sales.

The Justify colt also is eligible for the new $100,000 Texas Thoroughbred Association Derby, which will have its inaugural running next year at Sam Houston Race Park, according to a press release from the TTA. There also will be a $100,000 Texas Thoroughbred Association Oaks next year at Sam Houston. Both races are open to graduates of sales produced by the TTA.

Some of the other notable yearlings on offer Monday include Con Todo, a Texas-bred son of Lord Nelson and half-brother to Con Lima, a multiple Grade 3 winner of more than $800,000 who was the Texas-bred of the year for 2021. Con Todo sells as Hip No. 9 for agent Stoneview Farm.

Stoneview also is the agent for an unnamed son of champion Vino Rosso, who will get attention late in the sale, as Hip No. 212. His unraced dam is a full sister to Kid Kate, a multiple stakes winner of more than $450,000. The colt was bred in Texas.

An unnamed daughter of champion Mitole sells as Hip No. 197, as part of a large consignment from Highlander Training Center. She was bred in Texas. Highlander also is the agent for Hip No. 126, an unnamed son of Bernardini out of Four Gifts, a multiple Grade 3 winner of more than $600,000. The colt was foaled in Kentucky.

“This book represents the best of the best that this region has to offer,” Foster Bridewell, sales director, said in a press release from the TTA. “Our breeders, owners, and consignors really delivered with quality stallions, families, and physicals. I have been very impressed by this yearling crop, both regionally and nationally, and am looking forward to the sale.”

Other stallions represented by yearlings in the auction include Always Dreaming, Cairo Prince, Catalina Cruiser, Cloud Computing, Coal Front, El Deal, Exaggerator, Flat Out, Free Drop Billy, Goldencents, Good Magic, Half Ours, Kantharos, Keene Ice, Mendelssohn, Midshipman, Mohaymen, Mor Spirit, My Golden Song, Paynter, Practical Joke, Sharp Azteca, Star Guitar, Tapiture, Tapwrit, Tonalist, Too Much Bling, and Violence.

There were 16 yearlings supplemented to the sale after the catalog was released, and information on those individuals will be both at the sale an online at ttasales.com.

A pre-sale party for buyers and consignors is set for 5 p.m. Sunday in the Alysheba Room at Lone Star.