Catalog for Fasig-Tipton Kentucky fall yearling sale now online
The catalog for the 2017 Fasig-Tipton Kentucky fall yearling sale is now online, with 1,459 horses slated to be on offer.
Joe NevillsSep 27, 2017
The catalog for the 2017 Fasig-Tipton Kentucky fall yearling sale is now online, with 1,459 horses slated to be on offer.
John Antonelli, breeder of two-time Eclipse Award champion Songbird, will disperse his California-based breeding stock at the Barretts fall mixed sale on Oct. 17 in Pomona, Calif.
The catalog for the 2017 Indiana Thoroughbred Owner and Breeders Association fall Thoroughbred sale is now available online, featuring 61 entries.
Grade 1 winner Paola Queen will be cataloged as a broodmare prospect for this year’s Keeneland November Breeding Stock sale.
Keeneland drastically changed the blueprint for the 2017 renewal of its flagship September yearling sale, and by just about any tangible measurement, it was a success.
Bernardini and Medaglia d'Oro have both emerged as standout filly sires of the past decade. It stands to reason that the pair, both based at Darley's Kentucky farm, would be poised to become standout broodmare sires, in turn. Buyers put stock in those genes at the Keeneland September sale, as each was represented by two daughters with yearlings among the top 20 prices.
In a group of first-year yearling sires with accomplished racetrack careers, champion Will Take Charge and multiple graded stakes winner Cairo Prince continued as the commercial leaders of the class as they were tested through various market levels at the Keeneland September yearling sale. Will Take Charge finished as the leading first-crop sire by gross, while Cairo Prince finished as the leading Kentucky first-crop sire by average.
Record-setting leading sire Tapit outslugged familiar commercial rival War Front to rank as Keeneland September's leading sire by average sale price for the third time in his career.
A sense of urgency has been apparent this yearling sales season to acquire offerings from Scat Daddy's final crop. That demand reached a pitch at Keeneland September, propelling the late stallion into position as the marathon auction's leading sire by gross sales.
Keeneland drastically changed the blueprint for the 2017 renewal of its flagship September yearling sale, and by just about any tangible measurement, it was a success. The North American Thoroughbred industry’s bellwether yearling auction posted record average and median sale prices, and surpassed $300 million in revenues for the first time since 2008, topped by a $2.7-million Tapit filly.