A solid and sizeable group of first-year yearling sires led by three American classic winners debuts as the North American yearling sale season gets underway with the Fasig-Tipton July selected yearling sale Tuesday in Lexington, Ky.
The North American yearling auction season kicks off Tuesday with the Fasig-Tipton Kentucky July selected yearling sale, which will be held as a standalone event for the first time since 2012.
Recent Grade 3 Pegasus Stakes winner Donegal Moon has been added to the 2016 Fasig-Tipton July HORA sale as Hip No. 508. The 3-year-old, a $220,000 yearling acquisition by Jerry Crawford’s Donegal Racing, won the 1 1/16-mile Pegasus on June 19th with a visually impressive move turning for home and a relentless drive down the stretch. The Pegasus is the local prep for the $1,000,000 Grade 1 Haskell Invitational, to be run on July 31st.
Team Valor International’s Euro Charline, who became the first 3-year-old to capture the Grade 1 Beverly D. Stakes at Arlington Park, has been retired from racing due to a tendon injury sustained in training. The 5-year-old mare by Myboycharlie out of Eurolink Artemis, by Common Grounds, will be offered at the Tattersalls December breeding stock at Newmarket in the consignment of trainer Marco Botti’s Prestige Place.
Barretts Sales will conduct a training preview on July 22 for the unraced 2-year-olds that will be offered at the paddock sale at Del Mar on July 23. The 2-year-olds will work from three furlongs to five furlongs after the completion of normal training hours at Del Mar on July 22.
The catalog for the 2016 Fasig-Tipton Saratoga select yearling sale is now available online, featuring 252 horses on offer.
The catalog for the 2016 Fasig-Tipton July selected horses of racing age sale is now available online, with 100 entries and more expected through supplemental nominations.
The Ocala Breeders’ Sales Co. June sale of 2-year-olds and horses of racing age brought the market back to earth after a record-setting edition last year but still continued a historic run when the most expensive offering in the auction’s history, an $800,000 City Zip colt, sold on Friday.
A number of international outfits have been quite active at the Ocala Breeders’ Sales Co. June sale that wraps up the 2-year-old auction season in the U.S., led by representatives from Korea.
The third session of the Ocala Breeders’ Sales Co. June sale of 2-year-olds and horses of racing age continued to trail behind the record pace of the 2015 renewal, led by a $250,000 Into Mischief filly late in the day.
