Keeneland offers bonuses to sellers of graded stakes winners
Keeneland has added a second incentive program for its flagship September yearling sale, expanding the number of horses eligible for a bonus to the entire catalog.
Joe NevillsAug 02, 2017
Keeneland has added a second incentive program for its flagship September yearling sale, expanding the number of horses eligible for a bonus to the entire catalog.
The catalog for the inaugural Fasig-Tipton Turf Showcase sale is now online, with 171 horses on offer. The single-day sale of yearlings with turf-favoring pedigrees and physicals will take place Sunday, Sept. 10, at Fasig-Tipton’s Newtown Paddocks location in Lexington, Ky., beginning at 4 p.m. Eastern
The catalog for the 2017 Canadian Thoroughbred Horse Society (British Columbia Division) yearling and mixed sale is now online, featuring 101 entries.
The catalog for the 2017 Canadian Thoroughbred Horse Society (Ontario Division) Canadian Premier yearling sale is now online, featuring 318 horses.
The catalog for the 2017 Carter Sales Co. OKC summer sale of yearlings and horses of racing age is now online, with 88 entries.
In this special edition, the DRF Breeding staff previews the 2017 yearling sale season in North America. Coverage, presented by Stonestreet Farm, includes market outlook and analysis, horses to watch, a look at newcomers to the stallion market, exclusive Beyer Sire Performance Standings and how those may impact sales results, and more.
Judging by the trends in last year's weanling market and the results of this summer's first yearling sale, the recent success of the Unbridled line is translating into favorable returns for first-crop sires from that line. Cairo Prince, by Pioneerof the Nile, and Will Take Charge are among those who have capitalized.
In another world, Kurt Becker and Joseph Mast might have been cross-town rivals. Becker has been the voice of Keeneland since the track first staffed an announcer in 1997. Mast is in his seventh year as a Fasig-Tipton auctioneer. Holding down the same stand at a Thoroughbred sale would be a branding clash akin to Coca-Cola and Pepsi teaming up.
The Fasig-Tipton Saratoga select sale is the category's first boutique auction of the season, and kicks off a flurry of activity from coast to coast on a changing yearling market landscape during August.
Horses to watch at the Fasig-Tipton Saratoga select yearling sale, based on their pedigrees and the past auction performance of notable family members.