The catalog for the 2016 Fasig-Tipton Kentucky winter mixed sale is now available online, featuring 480 entries, with more to come through supplemental entries.
With the Breeders’ Cup being hosted just a few yards away, sellers filled the catalog for last year’s Keeneland November breeding stock sale to its highest total since 2010. That enthusiasm toward putting horses in the market carried over to the Keeneland January horses of all ages sale, led by an influx of newly turned yearlings.
The catalog for the 2016 Fasig-Tipton Midlantic winter mixed sale is now available online, with 167 entries.
The North American auction market continued to find its statistical cruising speed in 2015 after several years of upward momentum, though it was not clear sailing for all.
The catalog for the Ocala Breeders’ Sales Co. 2016 winter mixed sale is now online, featuring 522 horses on offer.
The catalog for the Barretts January mixed sale is now available online, with 197 horses on offer. The single-day auction will be held Wednesday, Jan. 20, beginning at 11 a.m. Pacific on the grounds of Del Mar racetrack.
The Equine Sales Company of Louisiana has set dates for both its 2-year-olds in training sale and the 3-year-old divisions of a new sales stakes series to be run at neighboring Evangeline Downs in Opelousas, La.
The catalog for the 2016 Keeneland January horses of all ages sale will feature 1,796 offerings over five sessions, expanding from the previous year’s renewal in both size and duration.
Both the Keeneland November breeding stock sale and the Fasig-Tipton Kentucky selected fall mixed sale showed strength in the weanling market, with improved average prices and competitive action at the top that bodes well for upcoming years.
The Keeneland November breeding stock sale, perhaps sparked by the Breeders’ Cup in the final days of October, started off red-hot, with a high-dollar champion and record-priced weanling in its opening days. From there, the auction continued to burn, concluding with some of its best figures ever and continuing moderate upward trends in most categories.
