A quartet of juveniles finished a one-furlong workout in :10.20 seconds to tie for the fastest time on Monday at the Fasig-Tipton Texas 2-year-olds in training and horses of racing age pre-sale under-tack show at Lone Star Park in Grand Prairie, Texas.
Two juveniles purchased by the bloodstock agent-trainer team of Stephen Hillen and Kevin Ryan tied for the top overall price at Wednesday’s Goffs Ready to Run sale at Kempton Park Racecourse in Surrey, England, which saw modest increases in average and median price but a higher buyback rate as well.
Patronized by a diverse group of wealthy buyers, Fasig-Tipton’s Florida select 2-year-old sale Monday rang up big gains in average and median prices, another sign that the luxury market for elite prospective racehorses is strengthening. But that’s only part of the story.
Arqana Bloodstock has cataloged 135 juveniles for its Breeze-Up sale, scheduled for May 11 at Saint-Cloud Racecourse in Saint-Cloud near Paris, France.
Fasig-Tipton’s Florida sale of selected 2-year-olds in training on Monday continued a month-long trend of big prices at the market’s top, selling two horses for more than $1 million and posting gains in average and median price.
On the day a juvenile from his final crop sold for seven figures, the influence of the great A.P. Indy continued to be apparent at the Fasig-Tipton Florida sale of selected 2-year-olds in training.
Ocala Breeders’ Sales Co. has made the catalog for its 2013 spring sale of 2-year-olds in training available online. A total of 1,195 juveniles are cataloged for the four-day sale, which runs from Monday, April 22, through Thursday, April 25. Sessions begin at 10 a.m. Eastern each day.
Canadian businessman Nat Rea’s Regis Farms set the top price early in the Fasig-Tipton Florida selected 2-year-olds in training sale on Monday, purchasing a Smart Strike filly for $700,000.
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A sextet of juveniles tied for the fastest one-furlong time on Friday during the Fasig-Tipton Florida selected 2-year-olds in training sale at the Palm Meadows Training Center in Boynton Beach, Fla., each clocking in at ten seconds flat.
