Horses to watch at the OBS fall mixed sale
Horses to watch at the OBS fall mixed sale.
Joe NevillsOct 11, 2013
Horses to watch at the OBS fall mixed sale.
Three more offerings have been added as supplemental entries to the Fasig-Tipton Kentucky fall selected mixed sale catalog, to be held Monday, Nov. 4 in Lexington, Ky. The catalog will now include Grade 1 producer Mo Chuisle, the winning filly Amazing Shoes, and a half-sister to Grade 2 winner Corfu.
Equine Sales Company of Louisiana, which launched operations last fall, has catalogued 180 horses for a yearling and mixed sale to be held Oct. 28 at its auction house in Opelousas, La. The sale will begin at 12 p.m. Central.
Although no additional records were set during Thursday’s final Book One section of the Tattersalls October yearling sale in Newmarket, England overall trade continued at a highly-contested level, concluding the three-day section with gains in gross, average, and median.
One day after a European record price was set during the opening session of the Tattersalls October yearling sale, a daughter of Coolmore sire Galileo shattered that new benchmark by selling to Qatari Sheikh Joaan al-Thani’s Al Shaqab Racing during Wednesday’s second Book One session for five million guineas (about $8.38 million).
The catalog for the Fasig-Tipton Kentucky fall selected mixed sale continues to expand, with three more high-profile additions on Wednesday: Danceinthesunlight, Mi Vida, and Champagne d’Oro.
A colt by The Pamplemousse sold for $160,000 at Tuesday’s Barretts October yearling sale at Fairplex Park in Pomona, Calif., the only horse to sell for six figures at an auction that showed across-the-board declines from 2012.
The Tattersalls October yearling sale got off to an historic start on Tuesday when a colt by elite sire Galileo sold to Coolmore for a European record price of 3.6 million guineas (about $6.08 million). The record yearling paced an opening session of the three-day Book One section that surpassed the 2012 opener in gross, average, and median.
Three horses sold for $100,000 or more to lead Monday’s second annual Fasig-Tipton Saratoga fall mixed and horses of racing age sale, which concluded with gains in gross and average, a modest decline in median, and an improved buyback rate.
Just as last month’s Keeneland September yearling sale served as a comprehensive barometer of the North American market, so too will the Tattersalls October yearling auction, the majority of which is scheduled to be held over the next two weeks, test the strength and stability of the European market.