Grade 1 winner Jack Milton has been retired from racing in advance of being offered as a stallion prospect at the Fasig-Tipton Kentucky selected fall mixed sale on Nov. 1.
A Bellamy Road colt and a Tizway filly turned in the co-fastest eighth-mile breeze on Monday during the Ocala Breeders’ Sales Co. fall mixed sale’s optional under-tack show, covering the distance in :10 1/5 seconds.
The catalog for the 2015 Arizona Thoroughbred Breeders Association fall yearling and mixed sale is now available online, with 85 horses on offer, prior to supplemental entries.
With the changing of the seasons comes the arrival of the weanling and breeding-stock portion of the North American auction calendar, which has its first major sale in central Florida. The Ocala Breeders’ Sales Co. fall mixed sale catalog has grown in recent years, with more entries in its traditional mixed portion and the introduction of a session for horses of racing age last year. However, this year’s renewal follows a 2014 sale that saw significant declines in major indices after a run of steady growth.
Bloodstock specialist Zach Madden and Millennium Farms have partnered to create Buckland Sales Agency, an independent consignment debuting at the November breeding stock sales.
Activity in the upper market of the Fasig-Tipton Midlantic fall yearling sale could not keep pace with the previous year’s renewal, but a consistent middle market and improved buyback rate helped the median remain steady.
A yearling filly by Smoke Glacken topped the fourth annual Thoroughbred sale at Heritage Place in Oklahoma City on Sunday, bringing $26,000.
The catalog for the 2015 Indiana Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders’ Association fall mixed sale is now available online, with 61 horses on offer.
The Fasig-Tipton Midlantic fall yearling sale joined the rest of the North American auction market in digging out of the industry-wide slump and back to levels comparable to before the crash. The question remains, though, where it will ultimately settle.
Following are horses to watch during the Fasig-Tipton Midlantic fall yearling sale. Horses were selected based on their pedigrees and past auction results of notable family members. Conformation, veterinarian records, and pedigree updates after deadline were not taken into consideration.
