Smiling Tiger filly tops Barretts sale at $130,000
A filly by the first-crop stallion Smiling Tiger was purchased for $130,000, making her the most expensive horse of Tuesday’s Barretts select yearling sale at Del Mar.
Steve AndersenAug 31, 2016
A filly by the first-crop stallion Smiling Tiger was purchased for $130,000, making her the most expensive horse of Tuesday’s Barretts select yearling sale at Del Mar.
The catalog for the 2016 Fasig-Tipton Midlantic fall yearling sale is now online, with 360 horses on offer. The auction will take place Tuesday, Oct. 4 at the Maryland State Fairgrounds in Timonium.
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.