Preliminary results from the Minnesota Thoroughbred Association’s 2013 Thoroughbred and Quarter Horse yearling and mixed Age horse sale, held on Saturday night, had a record 48 yearlings changing hands.
Prices for New York-bred yearlings sold at auction continued to climb during the first session of the Fasig-Tipton New York-bred preferred yearling sale, held on Saturday night at the Humphrey S. Finney sales pavilion just down the street from Saratoga Race Course.
Fasig-Tipton’s New York-bred preferred yearling sale Aug. 10-11, which comes just days after the Saratoga select yearling auction’s solid financial performance, looks to continue the positive momentum. Hopes are high that the New York-bred market will rise again, thanks partly to continuing demand for racing prospects and to the rich New York-bred program.
Joe Nevills examines five standout catalog pages from the Fasig-Tipton New-York preferred yearling sale.
The catalog for Book 1 of the Tattersalls October yearling sale is now available online, featuring 513 lots.
Fasig-Tipton’s Saratoga select yearling sale ended Tuesday night with fewer crowd-pleasing fireworks, but also on solid financial ground overall.
Citing past successes as partners, Barbara Banke and George Bolton teamed up again, this time on a $750,000 yearling colt by Indian Charlie the pair bought on Tuesday night at the Fasig-Tipton Saratoga select yearling sale.
Ramona Bass went to $650,000 early on in the second session of the two-day Fasig-Tipton Saratoga selected yearling sale for a daughter of War Front she called the only horse she wanted out of the sale.
Boosted by Optimizer’s $1,225,000 half-sister, Fasig-Tipton’s Saratoga select yearling sale ended its first of two sessions with large gains across the board on Monday.
A filly from the final crop of the late Dynaformer created fireworks late in the opening session of the Fasig-Tipton Saratoga selected yearling sale Monday night, bringing the hammer down at $1,225,000 to Goncalo Torrealba’s Borges Torrealba operation.
