With traditional Thoroughbred auctions worldwide adjusting to new practices due to the coronavirus pandemic, a number of stand-alone online auction companies have emerged to provide another market outlet. Among those is Wanamaker's, which made a splash as its July sale closed this week, with the 3-year-old gelding Fiya selling for $400,000 to lead the way.
With the coronavirus pandemic continuing to develop and COVID-19 cases on the rise in a number of states, including Kentucky, Keeneland issued an update this week on its biosecurity preparations for its September sale, including mandatory testing.
A filly by freshman sire Not This Time sold for $1.35 million to lead a quartet of horses who dropped the hammer at seven figures as an unprecedented juvenile sales season in North America came to an end this month with market restraint apparent.
A Distorted Humor colt sold for $700,000 to provide some fireworks in the final session of the Ocala Breeders’ Sales Co.'s July sale of 2-year-olds and horses of racing age, but the sale wrapped up its three-day run with declines Thursday evening.
Freshman sire Not This Time recorded another strong sale result, as a filly by the young stallion sold for $270,000 to lead Wednesday’s second session of the Ocala Breeders’ Sales Co.'s July sale of 2-year-olds and horses of racing age. However, the sale continued to post declines in economic indicators after also doing so in Tuesday’s opener.
A filly by Shackleford sold for $375,000 to lead Tuesday's activity at the Ocala Breeders’ Sales Co.'s July sale of 2-year-olds and horses of racing age, as the opening session posted a gain in average but declines in other economic indicators.
Graded stakes-placed juvenile County Final parlayed his early success into a $475,000 price tag to lead the Fasig-Tipton Kentucky selected horses of racing age sale, which finished its single session with year-to-year declines on Monday evening in Lexington, Ky., as it stood on its own.
Juveniles by freshman sires Not This Time and Laoban shared the time for the fastest furlong as the under-tack preview for the Ocala Breeders’ Sales Co.'s July sale of 2-year-olds and horses of racing age concluded a six-session run on Sunday.
The North American juvenile sale season comes to an end where it began, although later than usual, as the Ocala Breeders' Sales Co. hosts the July sale of 2-year-olds and horses of racing age.
The Fasig-Tipton Kentucky selected horses of racing age sale has been held in conjunction with the auction company's July yearling sale since its inception in 2013 – but this year, it must stand on its own. The catalog for the auction, set for Monday at Fasig-Tipton's Newtown Paddocks facility in Lexington, Ky., sat at 176 horses as of Thursday.
