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Puca, the dam of Kentucky Derby winner Mage, will be offered at the Keeneland November breeding stock sale by Case Clay Thoroughbred Management, a new operation for a lifelong Thoroughbred professional.
With strong results from its graduates, including a recent debut win from last year's sale-topper, and exciting new stallions in the mix, the Washington Thoroughbred Breeders and Owners Association summer yearling and mixed sale on Tuesday has momentum.
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A pair of $380,000 colts, by Violence and Practical Joke, led the way as the Fasig-Tipton New York-bred preferred yearling sale finished with a record gross and one of its best median figures all-time on Monday evening.
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A $380,000 Violence colt led the opening session of the Fasig-Tipton New York-bred preferred yearling sale, as, with a number of prominent buyers active, the auction opened with an improved average and median.
Tuesday's Northern California yearling and horses of racing age sale in Pleasanton will be held at a troubling time for racing on the West Coast.
As the yearling sales market rolled through Saratoga, Keeneland announced this week that it has cataloged 4,194 horses for its September yearling sale.
Following a record edition of its Saratoga selected yearling sale, Fasig-Tipton now turns its sights to its New York-bred preferred yearling sale, set for Sunday, Aug. 13, and Monday, Aug. 14. There are 364 entries in the catalog, compared to 283 last year.
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Buyers expect to find “collector's items” among the yearlings carefully chosen for the Fasig-Tipton Saratoga selected yearling sale, and that was exactly what Aron Wellman of Eclipse Thoroughbreds said he found in the $1.5 million Into Mischief colt he purchased for the partnership this week.
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The impeccably-bred son of Hall of Famers Curlin and Beholder sold for $4 million to Amr Zedan, ranking among the Fasig-Tipton Saratoga selected yearling sale's top prices of all-time, as the sale, remarkably, improved upon its record figures established last year.
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A share in prominent young sire Not This Time was purchased for $2 million by by a partnership headed by Leonard Green’s D. J. Stable in a sale conducted by Fasig-Tipton on Tuesday evening.
