The Ocala Breeders’ Sales Co. June 2-year-olds in training and horses of racing age sale had a tough act to follow after last year’s renewal posted record returns, but day one compared favorably under a new format.
The catalog for the 2014 Tattersalls July sale is now available online, featuring a group of 757 lots.
The 2014 juvenile sales season, which generally showed positive trends, will come to an end this week, as the Ocala Breeders’ Sales Co. offers an expanded, four-day edition of its June sale of 2-year-olds in training and horses of racing age.
The first foal by unbeaten European champion Frankel offered at public auction went through the ring on Monday at the inaugural Goffs London sale, selling with his dam to M.V. Magnier of the Coolmore partnership for 1,150,000 British pounds, or $1,951,722 in U.S. funds.
A quartet of juveniles breezed one furlong in :10 seconds flat to tie for the lead at the final session of the Ocala Breeders’ Sales Co. June 2-year-olds in training and horses of racing age sale’s under-tack preview show on Saturday.
A Macho Uno filly turned in the session’s fastest time for a furlong at the Ocala Breeders’ Sales Co. June 2-year-olds in training and horses of racing age sale on Friday, covering the distance in :9 4/5 seconds. The workout tied for the fastest furlong overall through four days of the breeze show.
An octet of juveniles breezed an eighth of a mile in :10 seconds flat to top Thursday’s session of the Ocala Breeders’ Sales Co. June 2-year-olds in training and horses of racing age sale.
A colt by Frankel will be the first foal by the unbeaten champion offered at public auction when he goes through the ring at the inaugural Goffs London sale, in association with QIPCO, Monday, June 16.
The catalog for the Fasig-Tipton Kentucky July yearling sale, the first part of a full day of selling, is now available online.
Prominent owner/breeder Eugene Melnyk, a multiple Sovereign Award winner and perennially among the earnings leaders in the U.S., has announced that he will retire from Thoroughbred racing, with a dispersal of his remaining stock planned for the Fasig-Tipton Kentucky July sale on July 14 in Lexington.
