Jalen Journey, a 4-year-old gelding who has won three races this year by impressive margins and with promising speed figures, topped the Monday Fasig-Tipton July horses of racing age sale by bringing a final bid of $510,000 from J. Raymie Lightner, as agent.
Following are horses to watch during the Fasig-Tipton Kentucky summer selected yearling sale. Horses were selected based primarily on their pedigrees and the racing or commercial results of notable family members.
The formal 2-year-olds in training sales season in North America began in March and concluded in June. However, buyers still have a chance to pick up 2-year-old prospects for summer and fall racing at the Fasig-Tipton Kentucky summer selected horses of racing age sale, as young runners with some established form are one of the key attractions of this year's renewal.
The yearling sale season in North America officially begins with this week's Fasig-Tipton Kentucky selected summer yearling sale, which traditionally showcases early-blooming youngsters with solid physical development.
Average and median price both finished up after three days of selling at the Ocala Breeders’ Sales June auction of 2-year-olds in training, generating a significantly higher gross on more horses sold, according to official sales results.
A Ghostzapper filly who was among the standouts of the under-tack preview show sold for $445,000 as the Ocala Breeders’ Sales Co.’s June sale of 2-year-olds in training and horses of racing age gained momentum on Thursday, with the gross and average both up heading into its finale.
A colt by perennial leading sire Tapit sold for $400,000 as the Ocala Breeders’ Sales Co.’s June sale of 2-year-olds in training and horses of racing age opened its three-day run with mixed figures.
The results from the star-studded Belmont Stakes card will continue to reverberate through the racing world, as the major Grade 1 stakes on the card have implications in various divisional races heading into the second half of the year. But the results also will have a ripple effect into the bloodstock world, boosting the value of various stallions and families, and perhaps also rippling into the auction ring at this week's Ocala Breeders' Sales Co.'s June sale of 2-year-olds in training and horses of racing age.
The under-tack preview show for the Ocala Breeders’ Sales Co.’s June sale of 2-year-olds in training and horses of racing age, which concludes the market’s sales calendar in North America, has a crowded leaderboard as 11 juveniles finished tied for the fastest furlong.
The leaderboard got even more crowded on the second-to-last day of the under-tack preview show for the Ocala Breeders' Sales Co.'s June sale of 2-year-olds in training and horses of racing age, as four juveniles tied for the fastest furlong and two tied for the fastest quarter-mile to join the logjam of bullet works.
