California-based Solis Bloodstock made headlines at the opening session of the Inglis Australian Easter broodmare sale near Sydney, New South Wales, on Tuesday, recording the session’s two highest prices for a pair of broodmares with excellent pedigrees.
A City Zip filly turned in the fastest furlong workout on the first day of the Ocala Breeders’ Sales Co. spring 2-year-olds in training sale under-tack show, covering the distance in :9.60 seconds.
A total of 425 horses have been cataloged for the 2013 Fasig-Tipton Midlantic 2-year-olds in training sale, scheduled for May 20-21 at the Maryland State Fairgrounds in Timonium, Md.
A single tick of the stopwatch can mean a difference of tens of thousands of dollars at sales of 2-year-olds in training.
Australia’s Magic Millions National sale series, which takes place May 27-31 and June 4-7, will include about 470 lots from Nathan Tinkler’s financially troubled Patinack Farm, unless Patinack and its horses are sold in a package deal before then.
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Before the horses entered in the Blue Grass Stakes at Keeneland Race Course line up in the starting gate Saturday afternoon, several of them crossed paths once before. Seven of the 15 horses entered for the major Kentucky Derby prep were offered at Keeneland sales.
Tattersalls Ltd. has released its catalog for the Guineas Breeze-Up and Horses in Training Sale. The sale, scheduled for May 2-3 at Newmarket, England, includes 133 2-year-olds and 60 horses in training.
The three-day Inglis Easter yearling auction in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia concluded Thursday with significant increases in total sales, average, and median price, paced by the two highest-priced yearlings in Australian auction history.
Led by another superlative session topper, Wednesday’s trade at the Inglis Easter yearling sale continued the strong momentum established during the opening session, as the select auction held in Sydney, Australia wrapped up its second of three sessions with two-day totals well above last year’s sale.
The first session of the three-day Inglis Easter yearling sale on Tuesday posted substantial increases in total sales, average price, and median price compared with last year’s opening session, boosted by a record-setting yearling half-brother to undefeated Australian racing legend Black Caviar.
