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.
The Fasig-Tipton Texas auction of 2-year-olds in training at Lone Star Park on Tuesday heated up in the late stages, with the top four sellers emerging in the final hour of the auction, including a Harlan’s Holiday colt and a Munnings filly who each brought a sales-topping $135,000.
The catalog of horses set to sell at the Fasig-Tipton Texas 2-year-olds in-training sale Tuesday at Lone Star Park near Dallas includes a half-brother to Grade 1 winner Great Hunter and a pair of offspring by Midnight Lute. The auction, which also includes four horses of racing age, will begin at 12 p.m. Central.
After a pair of strong sales to start the juvenile auction season, the Fasig-Tipton Florida select sale of 2-year-olds in training could not continue the momentum on Monday, with nearly half of the horses offered failing to meet their reserves.
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A septet of juveniles each breezed a furlong in 9 4/5 seconds on Friday to top the Fasig-Tipton Florida select 2-year-olds in training sale breeze show at Adena Springs South in Williston, Fla.
There is plenty to get excited about heading into the 2014 Fasig-Tipton Florida select sale of 2-year-olds in training. First, the auction carries with it a near-historic wave of momentum, coming on the heels of select sales at Barretts and Ocala Breeders’ Sales Co. that posted significant gains in total revenue, average sale price, and median price. Second, the sale will feature new surroundings, taking a detour to Frank Stronach’s Adena Springs South in Williston, Fla., for 2014.
