This week's Fasig-Tipton Kentucky winter mixed sale marked the close of the mixed auction season in North America, and the final chance to pick up a broodmare before Kentucky breeding sheds open for business early next week.
The Fasig-Tipton Kentucky winter mixed sale closed the breeding stock sale season with a drop in gross but improved average and median figures compared to last year's renewal.
With Northern Hemisphere stallion operations set to open their breeding sheds in the coming weeks, the Fasig-Tipton Kentucky winter mixed sale Monday and Tuesday marks the end of the line.
A yearling colt by Elusive Quality sold for $70,000 to lead Wednesday's final session of the Ocala Breeders’ Sales Co. winter mixed sale as the auction finished with declines in gross and average compared to 2018.
Golden Notion, a colt by Goldencents, sold for $200,000 to lead his portion of the catalog during the opening session at the Ocala Breeders’ Sales Co. winter mixed sale.
As the North American breeding season rapidly approaches, the Ocala Breeders' Sales Co. winter mixed sale provides one of the final opportunities for breeders to add to their broodmare band for the season via public auction. But that's not all that will be on offer during the eclectic two-day sale, which also offers a solid contingent of yearlings and horses in training.
A 2-year-old colt by Merit Man was purchased for $60,000 at Wednesday’s California Thoroughbred Breeders Association January mixed sale in Pomona, the most expensive hip of the one-day sale.
Trainer Mike Machowsky has been hired as a full-time California representative for the Fasig-Tipton, which will be comducting sales in the state this year.
The results of Wednesday's January mixed sale at Fairplex in Pomona, Calif., will largely depend on buyers' enthusiasm for early-season 2-year-olds in training.
Kentucky Oaks winner and champion Abel Tasman opened the Keeneland January horses of all ages sale by fetching a record-tying $5 million from Coolmore – and the action didn't let up there.
