Positive signs precede CTHS Ontario sale
The most prominent of the four late summer yearling and mixed auctions throughout Canada, the CTHS Ontario sale is set for the afternoon of Aug. 30 at Woodbine's sales pavilion.
Nicole RussoAug 27, 2018
The most prominent of the four late summer yearling and mixed auctions throughout Canada, the CTHS Ontario sale is set for the afternoon of Aug. 30 at Woodbine's sales pavilion.
Barretts Sales holds its final yearling sale at Del Mar on Tuesday, and it has a tough act to follow.
This year’s Washington Thoroughbred Breeders and Owners Association’s summer yearling and mixed sale had a smaller catalog than last year and thus finished with a decline in gross receipts, but posted small gains in average and median, led by an $85,000 Harbor the Gold colt.
This year's Washington Thoroughbred Breeders and Owners Association's summer yearling and mixed sale has a smaller catalog than last year's, but one representing sire power both locally and nationally.
A yearling colt by Ministers Wild Cat was purchased for $45,000 at Tuesday’s Northern California Sale in Pleasanton, the most expensive hip of an auction with double-digit declines in gross receipts, average, and median prices.
A Pioneerof the Nile colt sold for a sale-record $600,000 as the strong upper end of a polarized market propelled the Fasig-Tipton New York-bred yearling sale to another record renewal.
A $450,000 filly from the blockbuster first crop of Triple Crown winner American Pharoah topped the opening session as the New York-bred sale, coming off a record renewal in 2017, capitalized on momentum to open with a vastly improved average price.
The California summer sale season begins Tuesday at Pleasanton with the California Thoroughbred Breeders Association’s auction of yearlings and horses of racing age.
Into Mischief, among last year's leading juvenile sires, is again putting together an outstanding season with his 2-year-olds at the marquee summer meets of Del Mar and Saratoga, and he put in a strong showing Monday and Tuesday at the Fasig-Tipton Saratoga selected yearling sale.
Triple Crown winner American Pharoah, Summerfield Sales, and Sunnyfield Farm combined for success with a New York-bred colt testing “open company” Monday at the Fasig-Tipton Saratoga selected yearling sale. The same trio will combine again to sell a filly as statebreds take the spotlight at Fasig-Tipton's New York-bred preferred yearling sale, set for Saturday and Sunday nights at the Humphrey S. Finney Pavilion.