First session of Ocala Breeders' yearling sale up across the board
A $170,000 Midnight Storm colt led the way as the Ocala Breeders' Sales Co. opened its October yearling sale on Tuesday with continued market momentum.
A $170,000 Midnight Storm colt led the way as the Ocala Breeders' Sales Co. opened its October yearling sale on Tuesday with continued market momentum.

With both Fasig-Tipton and Keeneland having posted record figures at various yearling sales this season, North America's third major auction house, the Ocala Breeders' Sales Co., gets a chance to join the party at its October yearling sale this Tuesday and Wednesday.

The Fasig-Tipton Midlantic fall yearling sale opened the final month of the yearling sales season in North America with no signs of slackening enthusiasm in a marketplace that has roared back from 2020. Topped by a $235,000 Mendelssohn colt, the sale concluded with gains across the board, including record average and median figures.

A $230,000 colt from the first crop of Mendelssohn led the way as the Fasig-Tipton Midlantic fall yearling sale posted gains in its opening session Monday, with the regional sale continuing to display the strength seen across the board this year as the marketplace roars back from the last year’s pandemic-hampered season.

Next week's Fasig-Tipton Midlantic fall yearling sale kicks off the final month of what has been a strong North American yearling sales season. There are 500 horses cataloged for the Midlantic sale, set for Monday and Tuesday at the Maryland State Fairgrounds in Timonium.

A California-bred filly by American Pharoah sold for $350,000 at Tuesday’s Fasig-Tipton California yearling sale in Pomona, the most expensive hip of an auction with considerably higher prices than last year.

Triple Crown winner Justify has been a gift that keeps on giving for Glennwood Farm, which bred and raised the champion and is now showcasing some of his first offspring.

Quality Road, his son City of Light, and two-time reigning leading sire Into Mischief were among the leading sires of the Keeneland September yearling sale, which ended Friday.

It was a safe bet that the Keeneland September yearling sale, which concluded Friday, would post improved figures from its 2020 edition, which was greatly hampered by the coronavirus pandemic. What wasn't expected was the level to which it would improve.

The yearling sale market shifts ever so briefly to Southern California on Tuesday for the one-day Fasig-Tipton California yearling sale that will be conducted at Fairplex in Pomona for the first time since 2019.