Gainesway sire Tapit has set a single-season record by North American progeny earnings, thanks to the victory by his daughter Untapable in Friday’s Breeders’ Cup Distaff at Santa Anita.
Iotapa and Belle Gallantey meet for the first time in the $2 million Distaff on Friday at Santa Anita – and could continue to pay dividends with strong performances. The two mares are among several Breeders’ Cup starters, highlighted by four Distaff entrants, entered to sell at Kentucky’s premier breeding stock auctions the week following the Breeders’ Cup. The one-night Fasig-Tipton Kentucky selected fall mixed sale is Nov. 3, with the Keeneland November breeding stock sale kicking off its 11-day run on Nov. 4.
The Equine Sales Co. of Louisiana’s open yearling and mixed sale closed Sunday with significant gains with fewer horses to go through the ring.
Two-time champion Beholder, declared out of the Breeders’ Cup earlier this week due to illness, will not sell in early November as scheduled and will instead be put back into training after recovering.
Taris, winner of the Grade 2 Raven Run Stakes, will be supplemented into the catalog of the Fasig-Tipton Kentucky fall selected mixed sale on Nov. 3.
The profile of the Fasig-Tipton Kentucky fall yearling sale as a destination event for sellers and buyers alike continued to gain traction during the 2014 renewal, setting records in gross, average, and median prices for a fourth straight year.
The second day of the Fasig-Tipton Kentucky fall yearling sale continued a consistent renewal of the North American yearling market’s final major event, posting the second-highest single-day gross in the auction’s history.
A selective market gravitated toward quality offerings during Monday’s opening session of the Fasig-Tipton Kentucky fall yearling sale, driving up sales figures compared with the first day of last year’s edition.
It is no stretch to say that this year’s Fasig-Tipton Kentucky fall yearling sale has a tough act to follow. The previous two editions of North America’s final major yearling sale each posted record highs in gross, average, and median sale prices.
When one takes a horse to auction, the hope is usually that he or she will stand out from the crowd. Painted Patchen will have no trouble doing just that. The Thunder Gulch colt will be 12th registered white Thoroughbred offered at a North American public auction since 1999 when he goes through the ring on Wednesday at the Fasig-Tipton Kentucky fall yearling sale.
