Fasig-Tipton and Santa Anita will conduct a new 2-year-olds in training sale at Santa Anita next June in an attempt to secure a late position on the juvenile auction calendar. The sale is tentatively scheduled for June 5.
The rapidly changing Thoroughbred auction market in California will include two sales at Santa Anita in 2019 – an auction of 2-year-olds in training in June and a yearling sale in September.
Barretts has moved its paddock sale of horses of racing age at Del Mar, scheduled for July 25, to run with its yearling sale at Fairplex Park in Pomona, Calif., on Oct. 16.
The Fasig-Tipton Kentucky July yearling sale, being the first major sale of the year, had its challenges early. Through the first 1 1/2 hours there were almost as many horses reported sold as reported not sold. But by the time the sale ended eight hours after it began, the nervous market settled in quite well and prices were strong, and especially strong the last half of the sale.
The Fasig-Tipton Kentucky July horses of racing age sale sure started out fast, trending higher compared with last year’s sale for much of the session, but a dead spot late in the day dragged down the overall average.
Fasig-Tipton has catalogued 327 entries for its New York-bred yearling sale, set for Aug. 11 and 12 in Saratoga Springs, N.Y.
Following are horses to watch during the Fasig-Tipton Kentucky July yearling sale, based primarily on their pedigrees and racing or auction results of notable family members. The selections reflect catalog updates and sale outs through July 5.
Fasig-Tipton kicks off the major-market yearling sale season in North America on Tuesday with a larger catalog featuring some major sire power for its Kentucky July yearling sale.
Since its inception in 2013, the Fasig-Tipton summer sale of horses of racing age has continued to grow – both in prominence and in catalog size. The sale is scheduled just a few weeks prior to the boutique summer meetings at Saratoga Race Course and Del Mar, representing an opportunity for return on investment for the right individual, and it also offers connections the ability to strike while the iron is hot on early-season juvenile performers.
Keeneland made three significant announcements regarding its annual sales on Thursday, as it continues to adjust the format of its bellwether September yearling sale, will further spotlight star offerings at the November breeding stock sale, and will revive an April sale of racehorses.
