Even without Triple Crown winner American Pharoah leading the way, the group of Kentucky stallions whose first foals arrived this year would have to be considered among the strongest in recent memory. Weanlings from the first crops of those standout racehorses will be on offer at the upcoming Fasig-Tipton Kentucky fall selected mixed sale and Keeneland November breeding stock sale.
This year's edition of the Fasig-Tipton Kentucky fall selected mixed sale boasts a catalog including three Eclipse Award champions and weanlings from the first crop of a Triple Crown winner.
California Chrome's popularity will be tested in the auction ring when mares carrying foals from his first crop go through the sales this November in Kentucky.
The 2017 edition of the Fasig-Tipton Kentucky fall yearling sale featured a near-record number of entries, and buyer interest was there to match the top offerings, producing record figures for the gross and average.
The Fasig-Tipton Kentucky fall yearling sale continued to pick up steam during Wednesday’s penultimate session, pushing the auction’s cumulative gross past last year’s final figure with a day to go.
The Fasig-Tipton Kentucky fall yearling sale showed more spark during its second day, showing improvement from the opening session and finishing ahead of the comparable session of last year’s sale. A colt by Violence led the day at $500,000, becoming the most expensive horse sold at the auction since 2013.
The Fasig-Tipton Kentucky fall yearling sale, the final stop on the North American yearling sale calendar, finished its opening session on Monday with returns lagging slightly behind last year’s opening day of trade. A $275,000 Ghostzapper filly drew the day’s highest price.
The 2017 Iowa Thoroughbred Breeders and Owners Association fall mixed sale closed Sunday with strong gains in both gross and average sale price, topped by a $55,000 Birdstone colt.
The Thoroughbred realm is still a new frontier for Paul Morell's Circle Sid Farms, longtime breeder of Kentucky Mountain Horses.
Blizzard Condition, a completely unmarked Get Stormy colt, sold for $21,000 on Monday at the Fasig-Tipton Kentucky fall yearling sale.
