Australia's Magic Millions National sale concluded Friday with a single horses of racing age session, as problematic activity from embattled Australian businessman Nathan Tinkler that arose midweek caused the sale company to pre-emptively withdraw 13 of Tinkler’s horses that were to be offered during the final day.
The three-day yearling section of the Magic Millions National sale ended with sizable gains in its select portion but also a good deal of consternation among buyers after embattled businessman Nathan Tinkler bought back several of his high-profile yearlings offered as part of his dispersal.
Tommy Thompson, a Kentucky-based owner and bloodstock agent, died May 23 from a heart attack Lexington, Ky. He was 62.
Australia’s Magic Millions auction house reported across-the-board increases at its national broodmare sale series, which ended a three-day stand Friday.
A total of 33 horses have been added to the Ocala Breeders’ Sales Co. June sale of 2-year-olds in training and horses of racing age as a supplemental catalog, released Wednesday.
Tom Simon’s Vinery Sales has formed a partnership with Ro Parra’s Millennium Farms, the operation announced Tuesday. The new partnership will combine the current sales division at Millennium Farms with Vinery’s existing customer base; this expanded sales division will be managed by Derek MacKenzie, director of public sales at Vinery.
A Fastnet Rock colt led proceedings at the two-day Magic Millions National Weanling Sale in Queensland, Australia, which concluded with modest gains in gross and average.
Barretts Sales and Racing and Del Mar Thoroughbred Club have set Sunday, July 21, as the date for their second annual Paddock Sale for horses of racing age, to be held at the racetrack in Del Mar, Calif.
Similar to last year’s catalog, a surge during Tuesday’s second session of the Fasig-Tipton Midlantic 2-year-olds in training sale helped propel the average and median figures to healthy gains.
The first session of the Fasig-Tipton Midlantic 2-year-olds in training sale closed on Monday with gains in average and median sale figures with fewer horses sold than last year’s opener.
