A healthy response from middle-market buyers energized the mixed auction market during the first half of its season, and that momentum shows no sign of slowing down for the first event of the 2018 calendar, the Keeneland January horses of all ages sale.
Fasig-Tipton will not conduct its Turf Showcase yearling sale in 2018, one year after its inaugural edition.
The catalog for the 2018 Ocala Breeders’ Sales Co. winter mixed sale is now online, with 693 horses on offer.
The catalog for the 2018 Barretts January mixed sale is now available online and features 173 entries.
The first edition of the Ohio Thoroughbred Breeders and Owners mixed sale in more than a decade was led by a $15,000 yearling Shackleford filly Sunday.
Marsha, a Group 1 winner in England and France, sold to M.V. Magnier of the Coolmore partnership for 6 million guineas ($8.49 million) on Tuesday at the Tattersalls December mares sale in Newmarket, England, making her the most expensive Thoroughbred ever sold at European auction.
Fasig-Tipton wrapped its 2017 auction calendar on a high note Tuesday with a strong edition of the Midlantic December mixed sale, led by the $105,000 purchase of the stakes-placed colt Carradine.
The catalog for the 2018 Keeneland January horses of all ages sale is now online, featuring 1,582 offerings over four sessions.
While this year’s Keeneland November breeding stock sale lacked a high-profile dispersal – such as Conquest Stables last year when 100 horses sold for more than $11.2 million – two smaller dispersals from longtime breeders did provide a respectable boost to the market, accounting for a combined $5.25 million in revenues.
While Triple Crown winner American Pharoah's first crop of weanlings was a hot topic of interest at the Keeneland November breeding stock sale, his yet-to-arrive second crop also drew plenty of attention.
