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.
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A colt by Karakontie set off early fireworks Tuesday at the Keeneland September yearling sale, selling for $500,000 to kick-start Book 5, the penultimate book of the auction.
A $320,000 colt by breakout young sire Not This Time led the way as the Keeneland September yearling sale wrapped up the Book 4 portion on Monday with a solid session.
Perennial leading turf sire Kitten's Joy was represented by his most expensive yearling sold on this continent last week at the Keeneland September yearling sale, an $800,000 filly sold to Heider Family Stables.
Scat Daddy's best sons went to stud after the stallion's sudden death in 2015, and the international appeal of the sire line is evident. His star Caravaggio made a fine showing with yearlings from his first crop in the first week of Keeneland September.
Barbara Banke's Stonestreet Farm recorded a noteworthy hat trick in the first week of the Keeneland September yearling sale, breeding and selling the top-priced horses of Books 1, 2, and 3 as North America's bellwether yearling auction reached its midway point.
A $210,000 Ghostzapper filly led the way at Sunday's session of the Keeneland September yearling sale as the Book 4 portion opened with some encouraging figures.
