The 2-year-old portion of the auction calendar has been an active one in 2015, with myriad changes in format and venue, along with record performances. The last stop on the major North American juvenile schedule is the Ocala Breeders’ Sales Co. June sale of 2-year-olds in training and horses of racing age, which takes place Tuesday through Friday, with sessions beginning each day at 10:30 a.m. Eastern.
A quartet of juveniles stopped the clock in :9 4/5 seconds after their one-furlong breezes to lead Thursday’s session of the Ocala Breeders’ Sales Co. June 2-year-olds in training and horses of racing age sale under-tack show.
Complete coverage of the 2015 OBS June 2-year-olds and horses of racing age sale.
A colt from the second crop of sire Majesticperfection breezed the fastest furlong on Wednesday during the third session of the Ocala Breeders’ Sales Co. June 2-year-olds in training and horses of racing age sale under-tack show.
A High Cotton colt and a Maimonides filly turned in the fastest one-furlong breezes Monday during the first of six days of the Ocala Breeders’ Sales Co. June sale of 2-year-olds in training and horses of racing age under-tack show, covering the distance in 9 4/5 seconds. The breeze show was held over the Ocala Training Center’s all-weather Safetrack surface.
The catalog for the 2015 Fasig-Tipton Kentucky July yearling sale has been released, featuring a total of 332 selected yearlings on offer.
Walt Robertson will retire from his day-to-day duties as Keeneland’s vice president of sales on June 30 but will remain with the company as part of its auctioneer team as the lead on the annual Sporting Art Auction and assisting in special projects.
Led by a J P’s Gusto colt that sold for $230,000, Thursday’s Barretts May sale of 2-year-olds in training at Del Mar showed growth in several categories over the 2014 sale held at the company’s previous base in Pomona, Calif.
The supplemental catalog for the Ocala Breeders’ Sales Co. June sale of 2-year-olds in training and horses of racing age is now available online, featuring 21 juveniles and one older horse.
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