The Japan Racing Horse Association has released the catalog for its select July sale of yearlings and foals. The JRHA has cataloged 261 yearlings and 229 foals for the sale, which is scheduled for July 8-9 at the Northern Horse Park on the island of Hokkaido.
A trio of graduates from the Barretts October yearling sale found the winners’ circle on Saturday at Betfair Hollywood Park, including Unusual Hottie, winner of the Fran’s Valentine Stakes.
Live video from the Fasig-Tipton Midlantic sale on May 20-21, 2013. Sales previews and updates from DRF Breeding.
A Grand Slam colt turned in the overall fastest time for one furlong on the second and final day of the Fasig-Tipton Midlantic 2-year-olds in training sale under-tack show on Thursday, covering the distance in :10 seconds flat at the Maryland State Fairgrounds in Timonium, Md.
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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.
