After the Barretts March sale got the juvenile portion of the auction calendar started on a positive note, the industry’s focus now shifts to central Florida for the Ocala Breeders’ Sales Co.’s March selected sale of 2-year-olds in training.
The 2013 select juvenile sales will offer a tantalizing early glimpse at some sires’ first crops, from stallions whose current fees range, from just $2,200 to $15,000.
The clear success story of the previous juvenile season has been Executiveprivilege, who sold for $650,000 at the Ocala Breeders’ Sales Co. spring 2-year-olds in training sale.
A graduate of the Irish National Stud’s prestigious course for young horsemen, Ciaran Dunne headed for the United States in 1987 at age 21. That trip launched a career that has taken Dunne from farm to racetrack and back again – and has made him one of the nation’s most successful yearling-to-juvenile resellers through the Wavertree Stables that Dunne and his wife, Amy, have operated in Ocala, Fla., since 1995.
Over the past quarter-century, John Brocklebank’s name has become synonymous with expert judgment to those immersed in the exciting and demanding world of yearling-to-juvenile pinhooking. And he is starting to move back into operating in the United States after leaving when the Great Recession hit bloodstock markets here.
One year after most major American 2-year-old sales put up large increases in average and median price, many sales officials are feeling optimistic about 2013. Five years after the global economic crisis, buyers appear more confident and willing to bid on attractive racing prospects.
Six horses completed a one-furlong breeze in :9.80 seconds on Friday during the second day of the Ocala Breeders’ Sales Co. March selected sale of 2-year-olds in training pre-sale under-tack show.
A triumvirate of fillies by freshman sires tied for the fastest time for a one-furlong breeze on Thursday during the first Ocala Breeders’ Sales Co. March selected sale of 2-year-olds in training under-tack show.
