Following are horses to watch at the Fasig-Tipton Florida selected sale of 2-year-olds in training, based on their pedigrees and past auction performance, both their own and by notable family members.
Gulfstream Park and Fasig-Tipton will offer a $1 million bonus to any graduate of the upcoming Fasig-Tipton Florida selected sale of 2-year-olds in training who goes on to win the 2016 Florida Derby.
A colt by the young stallion Twirling Candy sold for $400,000 at Monday’s Barretts select sale of 2-year-olds in-training, topping a sale with across-the-board declines in gross, average and median compared to 2014.
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A trio of juveniles posted the fastest time of the Barretts select sale of 2-year-olds in training pre-sale under-tack show on Friday, covering the distance in 9 4/5 seconds.
About 90 minutes after the start of Monday’s Barretts select sale of 2-year-olds in training, three prospects will go through the ring in succession and likely provide an early indication of the status of the juvenile market.
The catalog for the 2015 Fasig-Tipton Texas 2-year-olds in training and horses of racing age sale is now available online, with 121 offerings.
The catalog for the Stars of Tomorrow 2-year-olds in training sale, hosted by Evangeline Downs and the Breeders Sales Company of Louisiana, is now available online with 93 entries.
The Ocala Breeders’ Sales Co. will begin implementing the Association of Racing Commissioners International guidelines for the use of controlled therapeutic medications on juveniles entered in its sales. The sale company also adjusted its policies to restrict the use of whips, beginning with the under-tack show for the March sale of 2-year-olds in training.
Baryshnikov, a Grade 2-placed stakes-winning stallion, was purchased by Blaine Davidson for $7,000 on Monday at the Fasig-Tipton Kentucky winter mixed sale to stand privately at his Terre Haute, Ind., farm.
