Ten juveniles completed a one-furlong breeze in 10 1/5 seconds on Wednesday to lead the first of two under-tack shows for the Fasig-Tipton Midlantic 2-year-olds in training sale.
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The Barretts May 2-year-olds in training sale on Monday could not keep up the momentum set by the auction company’s March juvenile sale, posting declines in gross and average.
Monday’s Barretts Sale of 2-year-olds in-training is likely the last of its kind at the Pomona, Calif., venue. By next spring, Barretts is expected to hold juvenile sales at other locations, possibly Del Mar or Los Alamitos.
The Tattersalls Guineas breeze up and horses in training sale was held on Friday in Newmarket, England, and posted significant across-the-board gains.
Barretts Ltd. has announced a 14-horse supplement to its May 2-year-olds in training sale.
The Ocala Breeders’ Sales Co. will expand its June 2-year-olds and horses of racing age sale to accommodate a catalog of more than 1,200 horses.
Winning Answer, a Louisiana-bred daughter of Half Ours, brought $69,000 to top the inaugural 2-year-olds in training sale put on by the Equine Sales Company in Opelousas, La., on Monday. She had worked the co-fastest eighth of a mile during the auction’s breeze show Saturday.
Dan Pride has been appointed chief operating officer of Sheikh Mohammed al-Maktoum’s Darley America, based in Lexington, Ky.
A solid fourth session on Thursday wrapped up a strong week at the Ocala Breeders’ Sales Co. spring sale of 2-year-olds in training, as the juvenile auction posted gains in almost every major category to shatter records it set a year ago.
