Texas Thoroughbred Association to host yearling sale in August
The Texas Thoroughbred Association will host a yearling sale at Lone Star Park in late August on a date to be announced.
Joe NevillsApr 04, 2016
The Texas Thoroughbred Association will host a yearling sale at Lone Star Park in late August on a date to be announced.
The Texas Thoroughbred Association proved itself to be an able steward of the Texas 2-year-olds in training sale on Monday at Lone Star Park, after taking over the reins from a departing Fasig-Tipton.
A filly by Texas sire Too Much Bling was the standout performer of the Texas Thoroughbred Association 2-year-olds in training and horses of racing age sale under-tack show, covering an eighth of a mile in 10.20 seconds on Saturday at Lone Star Park.
Last August, Snow Proof was the most expensive hip at the Northern California Yearling Sale, selling for $72,000 to John Brocklebank, agent for Dickman Legacy Ranch. Wednesday, Snow Proof was purchased for $150,000 by Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert at the Barretts March select sale of 2-year-olds in-training at Del Mar.
A pair of juveniles from the final crop of Unbridled's Song – who died suddenly in the summer of 2013 – went through the ring at the Barretts select sale, with less-than-stellar results.
The sale of 2-year-olds in training Monday at Lone Star Park will have a new administrator after Fasig-Tipton left the Texas market following last year’s sale, but the mechanics of the auction will be much the same. The breeze show Saturday will again be held at the Dallas-area track, and the auction itself will be in the pavilion right inside the stable gate at Lone Star.
The Barretts select sale of 2-year-olds in training at Del Mar on Wednesday showed declines in several key categories but a rise in the price of the leading hip of the sale.
A sextet of juveniles tied for the fastest furlong Monday at the Barretts March sale of select 2-year-olds in training, covering the distance in 9 4/5 seconds over the main track at Del Mar.
Merlot and Color Me Gold shared the highest price, $30,000, at the inaugural Hastings paddock sale for horses of racing age Saturday.
Steve Andersen's hips to watch at Wednesday's Barretts sale of 2-year-olds in training.