A Malibu Moon colt was purchased for $675,000 at Wednesday’s Barretts select sale of 2-year-olds in training at Del Mar, which showed across-the-board increases in prices but a high number of withdrawals.
Fasig-Tipton made a splash on the North American auction calendar on Tuesday when the company announced its inaugural Turf Showcase yearling sale.
The fastest times for one and two furlongs came in succession during Monday’s Barretts March select 2-year-olds in training sale.
It may be worth staying to the very end of Wednesday's Barretts Select Sale of 2-year-olds in-training at Del Mar. The final hip scheduled to go through the ring – Hip No. 135 – is a Tapit colt supplemented to the sale last week by Florida pinhooker Ciaran Dunne's Wavertree Stable, agent.
The Barretts March sale is somewhat unique on the calendar in its ability to draw consignors from one coast to the other, with the vast majority of the catalog's entries being handled by consignors in the Eastern Time Zone, most of them in central Florida.
Horses to watch at the Barretts March select sale of 2-year-olds in training, based on their pedigrees, past auction performances, and notable family members.
The 2017 Pegasus Training and Rehabilitation Center sale of 2-year-olds in training returned from a five-year hiatus on Tuesday, led by a $90,000 colt from the first crop of Graydar.
The catalog for the 2017 Ocala Breeders’ Sales Company’s spring sale of 2-year-olds in training is now available online, with 1,205 horses on offer.
It is uncommon to see an auction revived by popular demand after a five-year hiatus, but the Pegasus Training and Rehabilitation Center's 2-year-olds in training sale garnered a devoted following during its time away.
Union Rags, the 8-year-old son of Dixie Union, led all sires by juveniles sold for $500,000 or more with three, and was the only sire to have two foals bring $900,000 or more.
