A $1.8 million Snitzel colt became the highest-priced horse ever sold in an online auction as the high-profile Inglis Easter yearling sale in Australia, conducted digitally due to the global coronavirus pandemic, recorded relatively solid results as it was keenly watched by the global bloodstock community.
Fasig-Tipton, which annually opens the yearling sale season in North America, could be delayed due to the evolving coronavirus pandemic.
American Pharoah has extended that popularity to the Southern Hemisphere, with his first crop of yearlings bred at Coolmore Australia being well-met in the auction ring. However, not even America's long-awaited Triple Crown hero is exempt from the effects of the global coronavirus pandemic, and his next yearlings to hit the auction ring in Australia will do so under unique circumstances, in a digital format.
Fasig-Tipton has announced the postponement of its Midlantic 2-year-olds in training sale in response to the evolving coronavirus pandemic. The move puts the juvenile sale season in North America on hiatus for the next two months, with no activity scheduled until June, at the earliest.
Fasig-Tipton has announced the cancellation of its Santa Anita 2-year-olds in training sale, which had been scheduled for June 3, in response to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.
The Ocala Breeders’ Sales Co. announced Tuesday night that it would postpone its scheduled April and June sales of 2-year-olds in training in response to the continuing coronavirus pandemic.
When the bloodstock market faces times of uncertainty, it tends to trend toward proven stock. That's why it's even more impressive that young sires posted solid results at last week's Ocala Breeders' Sales Co.'s March sale of 2-year-olds in training, with Upstart recording the top price for a first-crop juvenile at $600,000.
The annual 2-year-olds in training auction put on by the Texas Thoroughbred Association and Lone Star Park has been canceled, sales director Tim Boyce said Saturday.
The Ocala Breeders' Sales Co.'s March sale of 2-year-olds in training concluded its two-day run on Wednesday evening with understandable declines in economic indicators, as it opened a juvenile sale season with an uncertain landscape.
A filly by American Pharoah sold for $650,000 to lead the opening session of the Ocala Breeders' Sales Co.'s March sale of 2-year-olds in training on Tuesday, with the session posting declines as it opened a juvenile sale season with a shifting landscape.
