A filly by Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile and Pegasus World Cup winner City of Light sold for $230,000 to fetch the top price for a first-crop sire at Fasig-Tipton July.
An Into Mischief filly lit up the bid board at $800,000 as the Fasig-Tipton Kentucky July yearling sale returned to its place on the calendar to kick off the North American yearling marketplace in solid fashion on Tuesday.
Stakes winners Front Run the Fed and Stilleto Boy, both of whom brought recent form to the sales pavilion, sold for $440,000 and $420,000, respectively, to lead the way as Fasig-Tipton offered an eclectic group of horses to kick off its July sales at its Newtown Paddocks headquarters.
In one way, the Fasig-Tipton Kentucky July sale this week represents a return to normalcy. But in another way, things continue to change at this auction. This year's sale, on July 12-13 at Fasig-Tipton's Newtown Paddocks facility in Lexington, offers one-stop shopping.
Led by a Tiznow filly purchased for $250,000, Wednesday’s Fasig-Tipton 2-year-olds in training sale at Santa Anita saw a slight increase in average price, but a decline in number of horses sold and gross revenue compared to a similar sale in 2019.
Two years after its launch, the Fasig-Tipton Santa Anita 2-year-olds in-training sale will be conducted for the second time on Wednesday, the nation's final auction of the year devoted to juveniles.
There will be a bit of something for everyone at the Fasig-Tipton Kentucky July sales after the company announced the addition of a broodmare dispersal and that additional breeding stock entries for the summer auction will be reviewed.
The Ocala Breeders' Sales Co. closed its juvenile sales slate with an edition of the June 2-year-olds in training and horses of racing age sale that not only posted major gains over the pandemic-delayed 2020 edition, but finished with record figures in some key economic categories.
The Ocala Breeders' Sales Co.'s June sale of 2-year-olds in training and horses of racing age continued its momentum Thursday, with a $420,000 Nyquist filly leading as the second of three sessions posted major gains in average and median.
Keeneland has named prominent bloodstock consultant Cormac Breathnach, most recently of Airdrie Stud, as its new director of sales operations as the company heads into a season of changing leadership.
