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Preakness Stakes: Homebreds outnumbered by sale horses
Similar to the Kentucky Derby, the number of horses sold at public auction will once again trump the homebred entries in Saturday’s Preakness Stakes.
Joe NevillsMay 16, 2013
Similar to the Kentucky Derby, the number of horses sold at public auction will once again trump the homebred entries in Saturday’s Preakness Stakes.
A quintet of juveniles breezed an eighth of a mile in :10.20 seconds on Wednesday to tie for the fastest time at the distance during the first of two under-tack shows preceding next week’s Fasig-Tipton Midlantic 2-year-olds in training sale.
The horses to watch at the Fasig-Tipton Midlantic sale of 2-year-olds in training were selected in advance of the important under-tack breeze shows last Wednesday and Thursday, with the selections based on the catalog page.
When Fasig-Tipton’s Midlantic division holds its sale of 2-year-olds in training Monday and Tuesday, it will have at least three things going for it even before the first bid rolls in: an apparently fervid market for quality juveniles, new optimism about Maryland and regional racing, and excitement following Saturday’s Preakness Stakes at nearby Pimlico.
Nominations are now being accepted for the Fasig-Tipton summer selected horses of racing sale, to be held July 15 following the auction company’s July selected yearling sale at Newtown Paddocks in Lexington, Ky.
Support from California-based owners and trainers led to robust increases in major categories at Monday’s Barretts May Sale of 2-year-olds in-training.
Noel O’Callaghan, a founding member of the BBA (Ireland) bloodstock agency and the agent who bid $2.9 million for the yearling A.P. Indy, has died in Shankill, Co. Dublin, Ireland, after a short illness.
The catalog for the Ocala Breeders’ Sales Co. June sale of 2-year-olds and horses of racing age is now available on the OBS website, featuring a total of 712 entries.
A 2-year-old son of European Horse of the Year and freshman sire Sea the Stars sold for a sale-record price of about $675,190 (520,000 euros) to lead Saturday’s Arqana Bloodstock Breeze Up auction, held at Saint-Cloud Racecourse near Paris.
The bell was rung 11 times by horses breezing the fastest quarter mile on Friday at the Barretts May 2-year-olds in training pre-sale under-tack show, each hitting the mark in ten seconds flat.