Trade picked up on Monday at the Inglis Melbourne premier yearling sale at the Oaklands complex in Victoria, which featured the inaugural “Blue Riband” session and closed with an increase in average price through the first two days of activity.
Joe Nevills discusses several horses to watch at Monday's Barretts March selected sale of 2-year-olds in training.
Although Sunday's opening day of the Inglis Melbourne premier yearling sale posted a decline in total sales commensurate with a sizeable reduction in lots offered this year, it held fairly steady in average and median compared with last year’s first day.
The Barretts March sale of selected 2-year-olds in training kicks off the 2013 juvenile sales calendar on Monday, and Barretts Sales and Racing officials preparing for the auction in Pomona, Calif., have high expectations based on a 2012 March sale that concluded with robust increases in total receipts, average, and median.
Two colts tied for the fastest time over one furlong on Friday at the Barretts March selected 2-year-olds in training sale breeze show at Fairplex Park in Pomona, Calif., covering the distance in :9.60 seconds.
Live video stream of the Barretts March 2-year-old sale in California on Monday, .
The catalog for the Tattersalls Ltd. Craven breeze-up 2-year-olds in training sale is available online.
A total of 137 horses have been cataloged for this year’s Keeneland April 2-year-olds in training sale, to be held on Monday, April 8 in Lexington, Ky.
Barretts Equine Ltd. and Fairplex Park Racing have merged to form Barretts Sales and Racing.
The Delaware Thoroughbred Horsemen’s Association will hold its inaugural stallion season auction from Feb. 25-27.
