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.
Hips to watch at the Barretts January sale.
The uptick in the North American mixed auction market seen in the latter part of 2017 proved it could carry into 2018, especially in the upper markets, as a pair of seven-figure horses helped drive considerable improvements in final returns for the Keeneland January horses of all ages sale.
The catalog for the 2018 Fasig-Tipton Kentucky winter mixed sale is now available online and features 517 entries.
Book 2 of the Keeneland January horses of all ages sale saw a stall in momentum during its first session after the auction’s first book posted significant gains. The racing or broodmare prospect Runway Doll led the day’s trade at $145,000.
The Keeneland January horses of all ages sale finished Book 1 with momentum, as Tuesday's session was spiked by a pair of seven-figure horses to help the auction reach its halfway point with across-the-board gains.
The Keeneland January horses of all ages sale started off on a positive note Monday, with across-the-board gains led at the top by the $485,000 stakes-winning filly Bellavais.
Charitable Link, a half-sister to last fall’s Grade 1 Jockey Club Gold Cup winner Diversify, will go through the ring Tuesday at the Keeneland January horses of all ages sale. All proceeds from the sale of the unraced broodmare prospect will go to benefit the New Vocations racehorse adoption program.
Hips to watch at the Keeneland January sale of horses of all ages.
