With several stars on offer, the Fasig-Tipton Kentucky fall selected mixed sale will try to come back swinging from last year, when gross and average declined sharply from the 2014 sale.
Following are horses to watch in the 2016 Fasig-Tipton Kentucky selected fall mixed sale based on their pedigrees, produce records, race records, and past auction performance of notable family members.
American Pharoah will get his first test in the commercial arena when 15 mares carrying foals from his first crop are offered at Kentucky's major fall mixed sales.
Seeing the word “Conquest” in a horse's name has become so associated with the Conquest Stables of Ernie Semersky and Dory Newell that it almost feels strange to see one running in colors that aren't their standout orange and turquoise. In two weeks' time, the stable's entire roster will be next seen under different silks.
North America's major fall sales – the Fasig-Tipton Kentucky fall selected mixed sale Nov. 7, and the Keeneland November breeding stock sale, beginning the following day – take place just days after the Breeders' Cup at Santa Anita. The auctions are thus notable for more than a dozen fillies and mares entered to head straight from the races to the sale grounds as racing or broodmare prospects.
The Indiana Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders’ Association fall mixed sale closed on Oct. 30 with significant improvements across the board, led by a $20,000 Flat Out colt.
The Fasig-Tipton Kentucky fall yearling sale, the last major stop on the North American yearling sale calendar, concluded Wednesday with a relatively stable marketplace and an improved buyback rate. A total of 777 horses were sold during the sale’s three days for gross receipts of $25,691,500. The gross marked a 13 percent decline from the 2015 sale, where 854 horses sold for $29,369,300 over four sessions.
A full brother to Grade 1 winner Pretty City Dancer was announced as a late scratch during Monday's session at the Fasig-Tipton Kentucky fall yearling sale, and will be pointed toward a 2-year-olds in training sale next year.
Day two of the Fasig-Tipton Kentucky fall yearling sale stalled the momentum set in the opening session, with across-the-board declines in figures, led by a $300,000 Orb colt.
The first day of the Fasig-Tipton Kentucky fall yearling sale kicked off trade with mixed momentum, showing improved figures in gross and average sale price, but a significant decline in median, led by a $350,000 Curlin colt.
