Renowned for its homebred program, Juddmonte Farm has been playing the auction game in recent years as well, and the outfit was among the most active buyers at the recently concluded Fasig-Tipton Saratoga selected yearling sale.
Bloodstock agent Kerri Radcliffe's name has been showing up at the top of buyer lists with greater frequency in 2017, and she made one her biggest splashes yet in the U.S. market on Tuesday when she secured an Orb colt for $1 million. The seven-figure pricetag made him the co-saletopper at the Fasig-Tipton Saratoga select yearling sale.
One of the pedigree highlights of the Fasig-Tipton Saratoga select yearling sale was a half-brother to Belmont Stakes winner Tapwrit who sold to bloodstock agent Mike Ryan for $250,000. Ryan was unfazed the colt's conformation shortcoming.
The economic challenges of selling a yearling produced on Tapit's $300,000 stud fee became apparent as the stallion's first yearlings conceived at that price point came to auction at this week's Fasig-Tipton Saratoga selected yearling sale.
It’s never a bad time to have an elite yearling at a major auction, but the returns from this year’s Fasig-Tipton Saratoga selected yearling sale proved it’s getting better for the cream of the crop, illustrated by a record median and the second-highest gross and average in the boutique auction’s history.
The catalog for the bellwether Keeneland September yearling sale was released on Tuesday, with 4,139 yearlings cataloged, led by a strong Book 1 to kick off the sale's new format.
The catalog for the 2017 Canadian Thoroughbred Horse Society (Alberta Division) Thoroughbred sale is now online, comprising 130 entries.
The Colorado Thoroughbred Breeders Association Silver Cup yearling sale saw a higher average sale price on Saturday than last year’s renewal, but the auction also closed with a significant spike in the buyback rate.
The opening session of the Fasig-Tipton Saratoga select yearling sale continued to display the strength of the market’s upper echelon, posting healthy gains spearheaded by a $1-million Curlin colt.
Grade 1 winner Catch a Glimpse, the 2015 Canadian Horse of the Year, will be offered at the Fasig-Tipton Kentucky fall selected mixed sale on Nov. 6 as a racing or broodmare prospect. Bluewater Sales will consign the 4-year-old daughter of City Zip for owners Gary Barner, Michael James, and Windways Farm.
