A pair of Florida-bred juveniles each breezed a furlong in 9 4/5 seconds on Thursday to lead the first of four under-tack preview shows for the Ocala Breeders’ Sales Co. June sale of 2-year-olds in training and horses of racing age.
Fasig-Tipton has cataloged 349 yearlings for its Kentucky July yearling sale, which opens the major-market yearling sales season in North America.
Three years after he won the Triple Crown, American Pharoah is continuing to make waves worldwide, with his commercial success in young stallion career now extending to Australia.
The Churchill Downs Racing Club, which has enjoyed major success this season with graded stakes winner Warrior's Club, added to its holdings at the Fasig-Tipton Midlantic 2-year-old sale.
Chuck Zacney purchased eight juveniles for a total of $1,475,000 out of this year's renewal of the Fasig-Tipton Midlantic 2-year-olds in training sale.
Bloodstock agent Mike Ryan was among the earliest fans of the young stallion Maclean's Music and continued to endorse the stallion at the recently concluded Fasig-Tipton Midlantic 2-year-olds in training sale.
A $1.2 million Medaglia d’Oro colt and a $925,000 Union Rags colt, both of whom had been among the stars of the pre-sale under-tack show, led the way during Tuesday’s second and final session of the Fasig-Tipton Midlantic sale at the Maryland State Fairgrounds here.
The Fasig-Tipton Midlantic 2-year-olds in training sale, which has steadily risen in prominence in recent years, opened with a steady, if not smashing, session Monday, with a More Than Ready colt leading the way at $750,000.
A Union Rags colt emerged Sunday afternoon to work the fastest furlong in the Fasig-Tipton Midlantic 2-year-olds in training under-tack preview show.
Uncertainty over the longterm viability of the Barretts Sale company led the California Thoroughbred Breeders Association to distribute an email Sunday morning assuring state breeders that auctions will continue in coming years, perhaps under the direction of another sale company.
