A colt from the first crop of Danzing Candy sold for $115,000 to lead the way as the Ocala Breeders' Sales Co.'s fall yearling sale concluded with its open session Wednesday.
A filly by commercially-popular freshman sire Not This Time sold for $225,000 to lead the way as the Ocala Breeders’ Sales Co. opened its fall yearling sale with its selected yearling session.
As the effects of the coronavirus pandemic caused a domino effect on the calendar across the racing and bloodstock industries, the Ocala Breeders' Sales Co. and Fasig-Tipton swapped the dates of two October yearling sales in response to the postponement of the Preakness Stakes to early October. The move worked out for Fasig-Tipton, which posted solid results in a changing marketplace last week. Now OBS will look to continue the momentum as it comes to this week's fall yearling sale.
A colt from the first crop of Gun Runner sold for $270,000 as the Fasig-Tipton Midlantic fall yearling sale concluded on Tuesday night with a virtually even average price and an unchanged median, positive indicators in a yearling market that has been grappling with the coronavirus crisis.
A $160,000 Cupid colt led the way as the Fasig-Tipton Midlantic fall yearling sale opened with a slightly improved average and steady median, encouraging signs as the yearling sale season continues to find its way through the market restraint caused by the coronavirus crisis.
Multiple Grade 1 winner She's a Julie has been retired and will be offered as a broodmare prospect at the Fasig-Tipton Kentucky fall selected mixed sale on Nov. 8.
Fasig-Tipton will hold the first of its regional yearling auctions in the coming week with its Midlantic fall yearlings sale. The sale will be looking to battle an increasingly selective marketplace by building off a formula that has worked for Fasig-Tipton in the past.
The Keeneland September yearling sale is considered a bellwether for the North American Thoroughbred market, as it tests the marketplace at a number of levels over a nearly two-week run.
A colt by popular young sire Not This Time sold for $115,000 on Thursday to lead the penultimate session of the Keeneland September yearling sale.
Led by a $200,000 Cupid colt, first-crop sires dominated the leaderboard as the penultimate book of the Keeneland September yearling sale closed.
