Business picked up during the second and final session of the 2018 Fasig-Tipton Kentucky winter mixed sale, with increased activity at the top of the market helping pull the figures past last year’s edition in the final handful of offerings, topped by the last horse in the ring, the $310,000 mare Girl Talk.
The catalog for the 2018 Ocala Breeders’ Sales Co. March sale of 2-year-olds in training is now online, featuring 573 juveniles.
A mixed marketplace that made great strides in 2017-18 comes to a close at the Fasig-Tipton Kentucky winter mixed sale, which serves as a final chance for buyers to secure mares before the breeding season.
A bustling renewal of the Ocala Breeders’ Sales Co. winter mixed sale came to a close on Thursday with an open session that continued the trend of across-the-board gains started on Wednesday, led by a $150,000 yearling Malibu Moon filly, and helped clinch massive improvements over the 2017 edition.
Keen interest in newly turned yearlings carried a reinvigorated top of the market during the first day of the Ocala Breeders’ Sales Co. winter mixed sale on Monday, with the young horses accounting for 11 of the top 13 prices, including a $200,000 Violence filly.
The fastest horse of the Ocala Breeders’ Sales Co. winter mixed sale under-tack show Monday was Ready to Dance, who covered three furlongs in 32 seconds.
Following are horses to watch during the OBS winter mixed sale. Horses were selected based on their pedigrees and past auction results of notable family members.
Ocala Breeders' Sales Co. kicks off its 2018 auction calendar next week with its winter mixed sale, aiming to improve returns from its first year under a revised schedule for offerings in the mixed marketplace.
Newly turned juveniles ruled the day during the Barretts January mixed sale on Wednesday, occupying the top four spots by price and helping drive higher figures, led by a $120,000 Quality Road colt.
Barretts launches its 2018 sale season with its one-day January mixed sale in Pomona, Calif., on Wednesday, the first of five events on a revamped calendar.
