An Empire Maker colt sold for the significant price sum of $750,000 as the Fasig-Tipton Kentucky fall yearling sale, the finale for the yearling sale season calendar, hit its midway point with continued gains.
A Tapit colt who was among the first 20 horses through the ring kicked off the Fasig-Tipton Kentucky fall yearling sale with fireworks, selling for $700,000. By the end of the evening, Monday’s opening session of the yearling sales season finale had concluded with a bang, finishing with across-the-board gains.
The 2021 North American yearling sales season was widely expected to rebound from the coronavirus-hampered figures of 2020. However, almost no one could have predicted how strongly the marketplace has rebounded this season.
A filly from the first crop of Catalina Cruiser sold for $195,000, a sale record for a weanling, as the Fasig-Tipton Saratoga fall mixed sale returned to its place on the calendar Monday.
Fasig-Tipton hosts the Saratoga fall mixed sale on Monday, Oct. 18, in the Humphrey S. Finney Pavilion. There are 292 hips cataloged for the sale, including a selection of broodmares, but dominated by weanlings.
A $170,000 Ransom the Moon colt led the way as the Ocala Breeders' Sales Co.'s October yearling sale's open session concluded the auction with major gains on Wednesday evening.
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.
