Following are horses to watch at the Fasig-Tipton Florida selected sale of 2-year-olds in training, based on their pedigrees and past auction performance, both their own and by notable family members. Presale under-tack show performance, conformation, physical characteristics, veterinarian records, and late pedigree updates were not taken into consideration.
One of the many signs of spring abounding in the Thoroughbred industry at this time of year are the names of new stallions scattered through the catalog pages for the Fasig-Tipton Florida sale of selected 2-year-olds in training. With the juvenile sales calendar opening and 2-year-old racing in major jurisdictions beginning in April, one of the major story lines in the coming months will be the commercial and on-track success of this year’s first-crop sires. Leading an outstanding freshman class are several classic winners and classic-placed runners, a handful of champions, and several other Grade 1 winners ideally positioned for success.
After a year in which all four of the major North American auction houses saw significant upheaval in their 2-year-old calendars, the 2016 juvenile season looks to establish solid footing to build on several record-setting performances.
Lane’s End’s Honor Code, Vinnie and Teresa Viola’s Liam’s Map, R.S. Evans’s Tonalist, George Bolton and David Shimmon’s The Factor, Phyllis Wyeth’s Union Rags, and Phipps Stable’s Mr Speaker headline a powerful lineup of online stallion seasons being auctioned starting Feb. 22 to benefit the Permanently Disabled Jockeys Fund.
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.
