This year's Fasig-Tipton Gulfstream select sale of 2-year-olds in training has 10 horses cataloged who sold for $300,000 or more at a previous sale. With the median sale price of last year's auction being $250,000, those juveniles will have to draw upper-level prices to generate a healthy profit.
The catalog for the 2017 Texas Thoroughbred Association 2-year-olds in training and horses of racing age sale is now available online, featuring 97 entries prior to supplemental horses being announced.
On paper, last year's market trends should not add up to a rosy forecast for the upcoming juvenile auctions, and perhaps that will be the case, but the juvenile market is built on the ability to rebuild, restock, and adapt to changing landscapes. That preparation for the coming season has come in different forms.
The following are horses to watch at the Fasig-Tipton Gulfstream sale of select 2-year-olds in training, based on their pedigrees and past auction performance, both their own and notable family members.
Shanghai Bobby, who stands at Coolmore's Ashford Stud in Versailles, Ky., is among the most well-regarded stallions in a freshman class that also includes three American classic winners and several other Breeders' Cup winners.
Tracey and Clay Caudill have been selling horses for nearly half a decade under the Watershed Bloodstock banner, with their farm located just 10 easy miles from the Fasig-Tipton sales pavilion in Lexington, Ky. Despite the proximity, the recent Fasig-Tipton Kentucky winter mixed sale was the consignment's maiden voyage at a Kentucky auction.
The dispersal of Dr. Robert Zoellner’s Rockin’ Z Ranch at the Fasig-Tipton Kentucky winter mixed sale Monday and Tuesday spread the Oklahoma-based operation’s assets to a diverse group of buyers.
The 2017 renewal of the Fasig-Tipton Kentucky winter mixed sale provided strong activity following the run of mixed to negative returns at earlier-season breeding stock auctions, and closed the season with a steady renewal.
The opening session of the Fasig-Tipton Kentucky winter mixed sale produced a solid day of trade, with gains in comparable figures led by the $475,000 broodmare prospect Super Majesty.
The catalog for the Ocala Breeders’ Sales Co. March sale of 2-year-olds in training is now available online, with 674 horses filling the book.
