Fasig-Tipton has announced the launch of its standalone digital auction platform. Fasig-Tipton Digital will debut with a March selected sale, featuring racing and/or broodmare prospects, active broodmares, and horses of racing age from March 17-22.
With international attention for broodmare prospects and a hot market for yearlings by promising young sires, the Fasig-Tipton Kentucky winter mixed sale finished with double-digit gains Wednesday evening.
The Fasig-Tipton Kentucky winter mixed sale got off to a strong start on Tuesday, with international interest in the $450,000 mare Bodhicitta and yearlings by the hot young sires City of Light and Gun Runner helping the opening session to finish with major year-over-year gains.
The show has gone on during this mixed sale season in Kentucky, even as the state grapples with an eventful winter. The Fasig-Tipton Kentucky winter mixed sale is not immune, but is set to bring the curtain down on a strong season.
Led by a cleverly named 2-year-old colt who sold for $85,000, Tuesday’s California winter mixed sale at Fairplex in Pomona had higher prices compared to the last two winter auctions.
Tuesday's California winter mixed sale at Fairplex in Pomona has a slightly larger catalog than the 2021 auction that had higher average prices compared to the 2020 edition.
A yearling colt by Destin sold for $95,000 to lead a strong open session of the Ocala Breeders' Sales Co.'s winter mixed sale Wednesday, pushing the auction across the wire with overall gains.
A yearling filly by leading young sire Gun Runner sold for $275,000 to lead the way as the two-day Ocala Breeders' Sales Co.'s winter mixed sale opened Tuesday.
A demand for young racing stock at an opportune time on the calendar has provided a spark to the marketplace for the mixed sale season, which began last November and continues this week with the Ocala Breeders' Sales Co.'s winter mixed sale. That trend will look to continue as a pair of stakes-placed newly turned 3-year-olds are among the highlight offerings for the sale.
The Keeneland April horses of racing age sale, a re-imagined event in recent years, will take another shift this spring as it is presented the evening following the final card of Keeneland's spring race meeting.
