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.
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.
