Fasig-Tipton releases Midlantic juvenile sale catalog
The Fasig-Tipton Midlantic 2-year-olds in training sale catalog is now online, featuring a group of 580 juveniles.
DRF Breeding StaffApr 15, 2014
The Fasig-Tipton Midlantic 2-year-olds in training sale catalog is now online, featuring a group of 580 juveniles.
The Inglis Australian Easter yearling sale closed Thursday with significant improvements in certain areas of the market, but an overall drop in its marquee session.
The catalog for the Tattersalls Guineas breeze-up and horses in training sale is now online, featuring a roster of 236 entries. The sale will be held May 1-2 in Newmarket, England, with 2-year-olds breezing at Newmarket’s Rowley Mile Racecourse on Thursday, May 1, beginning at 9 a.m. British Standard Time.
More than half the catalog was scratched before the Keeneland April 2-year-olds in training sale began on Monday, but the horses that remained sold well, helping the auction finish with record average and median sale figures.
In a juvenile season that has shown ups and downs in its early stages, the Keeneland April 2-year-olds in training sale will be the last signpost for the select marketplace before the calendar moves into the open sales of the late spring and summer. The one-day auction will be held Monday, April 7, at Keeneland Race Course in Lexington, Ky., beginning at 4 p.m. Eastern.
Prominent breeding and sales operation Three Chimneys will no longer consign yearlings as part of a restructured business focus by the farm and its ownership.
David “Deuce” Greathouse II has joined the staff at Four Star Sales in Lexington, Ky., where his duties will include client recruitment, farm inspections, and client services at public auctions.
The conversion of the main track at Keeneland Race Course from its current synthetic Polytrack surface to dirt is likely to have far-reaching effects on the Thoroughbred industry. One event that will be directly affected is the breeze show for the Keeneland April 2-year-olds in training sale, which presumably held its final edition on Polytrack on Thursday. The breeze show has been held on the all-weather surface since 2007.
A Sky Mesa colt turned heads on Thursday after covering an eighth of a mile in 9.40 seconds to lead the Keeneland April 2-year-olds in training sale breeze show.
The Fasig-Tipton Texas yearling sale has been shifted to Monday, Oct. 13, from its originally-scheduled summer date of Aug. 25.