The three sales that comprise the 2-year-olds-in-training portion of the Ocala Breeders’ Sales Co. calendar posted across-the-board gains in 2013. The sales company will look to continue that run of good fortune with the OBS August yearling sale Tuesday through Thursda
Horses to watch at the OBS August yearling sale.
Arqana Bloodstock’s Deauville yearling sale posted a second consecutive day of strong trade on Sunday in France, highlighted by a new sale topper from prominent young stallion Dubawi.
Prominent bloodstock agent Baden P. “Buzz” Chace died on Sunday following a battle with cancer. He was 72.
Arqana Bloodstock’s three-day yearling auction at Deauville, France, began with an opening session that posted significant gains across the board, topped by a pair of seven-figure horses.
Both Orb and Palace Malice were graduates of Niall Brennan’s training program in their adolescent months, meaning the Ocala, Fla., resident quietly had a massive influence on the outcome of this year’s Triple Crown season.
The boutique Thoroughbred yearling market moves to the seaside town of Deauville, France, this weekend, where Arqana’s important August yearling auction will coincide with the Deauville racing festival’s Group 1 Prix Morny and Prix Jean Romanet.
The catalog for the Goffs Orby yearling sale is now available online, featuring a slightly expanded 425 lots.
Tuesday’s Northern California Sale at the Alameda County Fairgrounds in Pleasanton had a higher sale topper and an increase in median price from 2012, but a decline in average price.
Dancing Rain, the 2011 Epsom and German Oaks winner, will go to auction this year at the Tattersalls December sale in Newmarket, England. She is in foal to unbeaten champion and first-year sire Frankel.
