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.
One of the highlights of the Fasig-Tipton Kentucky winter mixed sale catalog is the dispersal of Robert Zoellner's Rockin' Z Ranch, which puts 32 horses on offer ranging from yearlings, to graded-stakes-winning broodmares, to a 3-year-old with Kentucky Derby points.
Hips to watch at the Fasig-Tip February sale.
As the last major stop on the North American mixed auction calendar, the Fasig-Tipton Kentucky winter mixed sale will face the same challenges its sister sales saw during this cycle. However this auction has a few things going for it that its predecessors did not.
Machmer Hall has purchased the most expensive weanling or newly turned yearling in each of the Fasig-Tipton Midlantic mixed sale's past three renewals, and it bought the second-highest weanling four editions ago.
