The North American 2-year-old sale season gets away from the pole with the Ocala Breeders' Sales Co.'s March sale, which looks to build off a strong 2022 edition. A total of 833 juveniles are cataloged for the three-day sale, which runs from Monday through Wednesday.
Through the midway point of the first commercial juvenile breeze show of the year, there was a crowded leaderboard at the Ocala Breeders’ Sales Co.
There's good reason for optimism heading into this spring and the North American 2-year-old sales season. The racing calendar nationwide, with strong purse structures at many tracks, has led to demand for young stock at all three major North American auction houses – Fasig-Tipton, Keeneland, and the Ocala Breeders' Sales Co.
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A competitive group of young stallions gets right back at it with their respective second crops to the sale rings and racetracks in 2023, as meanwhile, their first crops eye classic glory. Bolt d'Oro, Good Magic, and Justify finished in that order on the 2022 freshman earnings list, separated by a total of just $337,585 in earnings.
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Into Mischief has reigned as North America's leading sire for four consecutive years, shattering records along the way. And now, the effects of his achievements will begin to exert a greater influence in the commercial arena, where the Spendthrift Farm stallion is already highly successful, as the foals conceived as a result of his sire titles are emerging.
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The 2023 freshman sire class – those who will have their first runners this season – could turn out to be a very deep group.
Six juveniles who were sold at the 2022 Keeneland September yearling sale, include a trio of seven-figure lots, will be re-offered through the sale company, with bidding beginning later this month.
The stakes-winning broodmare prospect Lemieux sold for $400,000 as the Fasig-Tipton Kentucky winter mixed sale concluded a solid two-day run on Tuesday evening.
Graded stakes-winning broodmare Munny Spunt, in foal to Triple Crown winner Justify, sold for $340,000 to lead the opening session of the Fasig-Tipton Kentucky winter mixed sale on Monday.
The last stop on the North American mixed sale season comes Monday and Tuesday when Fasig-Tipton hosts its Kentucky winter mixed sale – looking to follow up on a record 2022 edition – at its Newtown Paddocks facility in Lexington.
