Barretts announces dates for yearling sales in 2016
The Barretts sales calendar will again feature an August selected yearling sale at Del Mar and a Fall yearling sale in October.
DRF Breeding StaffFeb 12, 2016
The Barretts sales calendar will again feature an August selected yearling sale at Del Mar and a Fall yearling sale in October.
Midnight Aria, the winner of the 2013 Queen’s Plate, was sold at the Fasig-Tipton Kentucky winter mixed sale for $40,000 to Saudi Arabian interests to continue his racing career in that country
The principles of supply and demand were very much in evidence at the Fasig-Tipton Kentucky winter mixed sale in Lexington, Ky., as mares carrying foals from what will be Scat Daddy’s final crop dominated the leaderboard.
Tuesday’s second and final session of the Fasig-Tipton Kentucky winter mixed sale proved to be more in-step with the previous year’s renewal, but a weaker opening session led to across-the-board declines in the final numbers.
With the strength of the catalog largely coming in its second day, the opening session of the Fasig-Tipton Kentucky winter mixed sale further illustrated the market’s aversion toward less commercial offerings, posting significant declines across the board.
The catalog for the 2016 Ocala Breeders’ Sales Co. March 2-year-olds in training sale is now online, featuring 611 juveniles to be offered over two days.
A memorable breeding stock auction season highlighted by a pair of sales adjacent to the Breeders’ Cup comes to a close on Monday and Tuesday with its final major stop, the Fasig-Tipton Kentucky winter mixed sale. The two-day auction will take place Feb. 8-9 at the Fasig-Tipton’s Newtown Paddocks in Lexington, Ky., with each session beginning at 11 a.m. Eastern.
The Fasig-Tipton Kentucky winter mixed sale will feature 48 supplemental entries.
The Fasig-Tipton Midlantic winter mixed sale posted small declines on Sunday during its first edition since relocating from December to January.
After a solid 2-year-old season, Sunny Ridge kicked off his 3-year-old campaign with a gritty - it not particularly fast - three-quarter length victory over Vorticity in Saturday’s Grade 3, $250,000 Withers Stakes at Aqueduct.