Diplomat, the early season leader in earnings among steeplechase horses following his win in last month’s $75,000 Carolina Cup, is among 16 horses in the catalog for the inaugural sale of steeplechase prospects and proven competitors at Shawan Downs in Baltimore County, Md., on Sunday.
The Fasig-Tipton Texas 2-year-olds in training sale ended the auction company’s 18-year stint in the Lone Star State on a down note, finishing with across-the-board declines in the midst of a troubled market in the state.
The Fasig-Tipton Texas auction of 2-year-olds in training on Tuesday will mark the end of an era. The sale administered by the Kentucky-based auction house will be the final one for the Fasig-Tipton Texas office. Since 1997, Fasig-Tipton Texas has conducted as many as three different auctions each year, all at a sales pavilion at Lone Star Park that was built in partnership by the Dallas-area track, Fasig-Tipton, and owners and breeders with ties to Texas. The sales have been sponsored by the Texas Thoroughbred Association.
Juveniles offered at the Barretts May Sale of 2-year-olds in-training at Del Mar on May 28 will be subject to pre-sale testing as part of a pilot program between the sale company and the California Horse Racing Board.
The catalog for the 2015 Ocala Breeders’ Sales Co. spring 2-year-olds in training sale is now available online, featuring a roster of 1,203 entries.
Despite the shift from a select catalog to a controlled open format, figures remained competitive with last year’s record renewal of the Ocala Breeders’ Sales Co. March 2-year-olds in training sale, including an all-time high gross.
With a move away from the traditional select format, there was plenty of room for speculation as to how the 2015 Ocala Breeders’ Sales Co. March 2-year-olds in training sale would compare to previous renewals. Early returns showed a resounding success. The first of the sale’s two sessions closed Tuesday evening with figures that stacked up favorably against last year’s record-setting single-day auction, and even surpassed it in some key areas.
The Equine Sales Co., of Louisiana has cataloged 80 prospects to its 2-year-olds in-training and horses of racing age sale on April 27, the sale company announced Tuesday. The auction will be held in Opelousas, La., near Evangeline Downs. A pre-sale under tack show will be held April 25.
Complete coverage of the OBS March sale of 2-year-olds in training.
The Ocala Breeders’ Sales Co. March 2-year-olds in training sale has seen unprecedented growth over the past three years, and will expand in a different way for its 2015 renewal. The two-day auction has removed the “select” modifier from its title, opening the catalog up to a broader range of juveniles and raising its population to 610 entries, up 48 percent from the 411 offered in 2014.
