A Tapit filly sold for $1.3 million to lead the day as action returned to the Keeneland sales pavilion with the auction company's re-imagined April sale of 2-year-olds in training and horses of racing age on Tuesday.
A trio of juveniles tied for the fastest furlong work on dirt, the traditional yardstick for 2-year-old in training sales, at the Keeneland April sale's under-tack preview show on Monday.
Following are horses to watch during the Keeneland April sale's 2-year-olds in training portion. Horses were selected based primarily on their pedigrees and the racing or commercial results of notable family members.
There's no time to take a breath after Keeneland's opening weekend featuring eight graded stakes races. The track's dark days this week bring the return of the Keeneland April sale following a four-year hiatus.
An auction of 2-year-olds in training will be held next Wednesday at Lone Star Park near Dallas. The sale, sponsored by the Texas Thoroughbred Association, has a catalog of 135 young prospects. The under-tack show is scheduled for Sunday.
Sky Kingdom was a late-blooming runner who thrived at long distances. But the freshman sire, standing at Darby Dan Farm, was represented by a precocious and speedy colt who fetched a high price tag after blitzing a furlong at the Fasig-Tipton Gulfstream sale.
Triple Crown winner American Pharoah’s first crop continued to perform in blockbuster fashion in the sale ring, as a $1.65 million colt sold to Coolmore at Wednesday's Fasig-Tipton Gulfstream sale became the ninth horse from his crop to garner a seven-figure price tag.
The Fasig-Tipton Gulfstream sale of 2-year-olds in training posted double-digit gains, including all-time record and average median figures, on Wednesday, led by a $3.65 million colt by prominent classic sire Curlin.
Young classic sire Uncle Mo, who is represented by what is expected to be a strong group of juveniles this year, had workers tie for both the fastest furlong and fastest quarter-mile at the under-tack preview show for the Fasig-Tipton Gulfstream sale of 2-year-olds in training on Monday.
Those looking for standout runners – the “Saturday horse,” as industry members colloquially phrase it – have a group of strong pedigrees and physicals to shop from at this year's edition of the Fasig-Tipton Gulfstream sale.
