Trainer Mark Casse picked up a hot prospect by purchasing a horse by young classic sire Curlin for a Fasig-Tipton Midlantic record $1.5 million on behalf of John Oxley and Breeze Easy LLC on Tuesday. The previous record price at this sale, $1.25 million, was set by a filly by Curlin's sire, the late Smart Strike, two years ago.
The opening session of the Fasig-Tipton Midlantic sale of 2-year-olds in training set the pace with across-the-board gains, led by a $525,000 Smart Strike filly, at the Maryland State Fairgrounds.
The evolution of the Fasig-Tipton Midlantic 2-year-olds in training sale from a largely regional affair to a legitimate venue for seven-figure horses is a fairly recent development, but hardly an overnight success.
Some of the Hips to watch at the Fasig-Tipton Midlantic sale of 2-year-olds in training.
The catalog for the Indiana Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders Association sale of 2-year-olds and horses of racing age is now available online, with 13 horses on offer.
A quartet of juveniles tied for fastest time for an eighth of a mile during the third and final session of the breeze show for the Fasig-Tipton Midlantic sale of 2-year-olds in training Thursday, stopping the clock in 10 seconds.
A California-bred colt by Animal Kingdom sold for $245,000 at Wednesday’s Barretts May sale of 2-year-olds in training, the most expensive horse of what is likely to be the last sale of its kind.
The magic number for an eighth of a mile remained at 10 seconds flat during the second breeze show for the Fasig-Tipton Midlantic sale of 2-year-olds in training, with seven juveniles achieving that time Tuesday.
A pair of juveniles set the bar for an eighth of a mile on Monday during the first of three sessions of the Fasig-Tipton Midlantic 2-year-olds in training sale under-tack show, stopping the clock in 10 seconds flat.
Fifteen horses breezed an eighth of a mile in 10 1/5 seconds on Monday during the under-tack show for the Barretts May sale of 2-year-olds in training to create a logjam at the top for the fastest time.
