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.
Live video stream of the Barretts May 2-year-old sale in California on Monday, May 13, 2013.
David Newcomb, a longtime Northern California breeder who bred the highest-priced California-bred to be sold at public auction, died on April 28. He was 83.
Bloodstock agent Bruno DeBerdt had close to a perfect day a couple months ago at the Barretts March select sale of 2-year-olds in training. Through his Excel Bloodstock, DeBerdt sold three horses for a combined $1,205,000, including the second-most expensive juvenile, a colt by Dunkirk who sold for $575,000. DeBerdt paid a combined $240,000 for the three prospects as yearlings.
Prominent Australian sales company Magic Millions announced this week that it has partnered with iSyndicate, an online racehorse ownership portal, to promote the industry to prospective new owners and encourage the formation of ownership syndicates.
Joe Nevills discusses the pedigrees of six juveniles with standout catalog pages at the Barretts May 2-year-olds in training sale.
A colt by European champion Teofilo sold for about $179,800 to lead Tattersalls’ Guineas Breeze Up and Horses in Training sale, held Friday at the auction company’s complex in Newmarket, England.
