Marc C. Ferrell’s VinMar Farm will offer a complete dispersal of its Thoroughbred holdings at this year’s Keeneland September yearling sale and November breeding stock sale.
Tom Chiota, long-time past president of Ocala Breeders’ Sales Company, passed away on August 28 at the age of 70.
Horses from the dispersal of Lane’s End Texas topped both the yearling and mixed sessions of a Texas Thoroughbred Association auction Monday at Lone Star Park.
In an effort to increase activity at the Canadian Premier Yearling Sale, the Ontario division of the Canadian Thoroughbred Horse Society has introduced a number of incentives for buyers at this year's sale, including cash prizes, sales credits, stallion seasons, and free training days.
Texas is back in the yearling sale business after a one-year absence. Lone Star Park near Dallas will be the site of a one-day auction that starts at noon Central on Monday.
A larger catalog for the Carter Sales Co. OKC summer sale yielded a higher gross last Sunday but also led to a mild decline in the average sale price. A $57,000 Tactical Cat filly topped the sale.
The Barretts select yearling sale will have its own day on the Del Mar summer calendar this year.
The selectivity of the marketplace on both sides of the auction ring led to significant declines at the Ocala Breeders’ Sales Co. August yearling sale, with particular weakness in the open sessions.
The first open session of the Ocala Breeders’ Sales Co. August yearling sale on Wednesday did not paint a rosy picture of the lower-level marketplace, with steep declines across the board
The select session of the Ocala Breeders' Sales Co. August yearling sale served as a fine coming-out party for Soldat, whose first offering of yearlings helped propel him to the upper echelon of the Tuesday's sire lists.
