As she kept a watchful eye on her newborn Distorted Humor filly, Canadian Horse of the Year Sealy Hill brought the hammer down at $590,000 at the Fasig-Tipton Kentucky winter mixed sale Monday evening, selling to newcomer Nat Rea's Regis Farm.
Beloveda, a Grade 3-placed, stakes-winning half-sister to recent Grade 3 winner Golden Mystery, became the new session topper early Monday afternoon at the Fasig-Tipton Kentucky winter mixed sale, selling to Gainesway Farm for $205,000.
Yadira, selling with her first foal by her side, drew a high bid of $170,000 from Margaux Farm, agent, at the Fasig-Tipton Kentucky winter mixed sale Monday afternoon in Lexington, Ky.
Red Piano, dam of stakes winner Pianist, got the Fasig-Tipton Kentucky winter mixed sale off to a fast start on Monday, selling to Jayne Johnson, agent, for $150,000.
Joe Nevills of DRF Breeding interviews several consignors about horses to watch at the Fasig-Tipton winter mixed sale on Feb. 11, including Canadian champion Sealy Hill.
The blue and gold silks of award-winning owner-breeder Eugene Melnyk are a common sight in top-level events across North America, and although Melnyk is set to exit the breeding business, he hopes to continue his run of excellence on the track.
The last stop on the mixed portion of the auction calendar before switching over to the 2-year-olds in training season will come Monday at the Fasig-Tipton Kentucky winter mixed sale in Lexington, Ky.
Fasig-Tipton Kentucky will add a new auction to its calendar this year: a racing-age sale on July 15 in Lexington.
The Tattersalls February mixed sale on Thursday reported gains in total sales, average, and median and a lower buyback rate compared with 2012, led by a six-figure broodmare and half-sister to Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf winner Wrote who is in foal to Breeders’ Cup Turf winner High Chaparral.
Catalogs for the Ocala Breeders’ Sales Company’s March sale of selected 2-year-olds in training are available on OBS’s website, the sales company announced on Wednesday. A total of 345 juveniles have been cataloged for the two-day sale.
