There was no 2015 edition of the Fasig-Tipton Midlantic winter mixed sale, but the sale was never canceled or postponed. Instead, it occupies a new position on the auction calendar, moving from its traditional December slot to Sunday, Jan. 31.
The second and final day of the Ocala Breeders’ Sales Co. winter mixed sale ended Thursday with fairly steady returns in both its open and horses-of-racing-age sessions.
A pair of yearlings by the fast-rising stallion Curlin topped the Ocala Breeders’ Sales Co. winter mixed sale’s consignor-preferred session on Wednesday, but the overall figures lagged behind last year’s corresponding day of selling.
Jesse Ullery will join Keeneland’s sales department as a sales associate, further solidifying his ties with the auction company with which he has served as a pedigree announcer since 2014.
The catalog for the 2016 Fasig-Tipton Florida 2-year-olds in training sale is now online, featuring 154 juveniles. The sale will take place March 2 in the walking ring at Gulfstream Park in Hallandale Beach, Fla., beginning at 4 p.m. Eastern. The presale under-tack show is scheduled for Feb. 29, beginning at 10 a.m.
A 3-year-old Pioneerof the Nile filly turned in the fastest time at three furlongs on Monday during the Ocala Breeders’ Sales Co. winter mixed sale’s optional under-tack show, covering the distance in 32.80 seconds.
A 2-year-old filly by High Cotton sold for $55,000 at Wednesday’s Barretts January mixed sale at Del Mar, the first of six auctions the company will hold this year.
The two-day Ocala Breeders’ Sales Co. winter mixed sale will take place next Wednesday and Thursday, with each session beginning at 10:30 a.m. Eastern. The first day of selling is a 229-horse consignor preferred session, with the second day featuring an open session immediately followed by the horses of racing age portion.
Mutadda, a stakes-winning son of Mutakddim, will relocate to A Shy Wolff Farm in Lexington, Ky. after being purchased for $1,500 at the Keeneland January horses of racing age sale by his previous night-watch person.
The Barretts January mixed sale Wednesday is the first of six auctions the sale company will hold in Del Mar, Calif., this year, the organization's first full year of operating on the grounds of the racetrack.
