A strong second and final session of the Fasig-Tipton Kentucky winter mixed sale featured one of the most expensive horses sold in the recent history of this auction, leading to a gain in average from the comparable session of the 2019 renewal.
The Fasig-Tipton Kentucky winter mixed sale got off to a soft start on Monday, with declines in several economic indicators during its first of two sessions, and will look to tomorrow's catalog standouts to finish up well.
The Fasig-Tipton Kentucky winter mixed sale offers one final chance to pick up a broodmare at public auction as breeding sheds in Kentucky open this week. It also offers the final chance, in a competitive market, to pick up a foal of 2019 as a pinhook prospect ahead of the formal yearling sale season, which opens in July.
The Ocala Breeders’ Sales Co.’s winter mixed sale, the penultimate sale of the mixed auction season, wrapped up its two-day run on Wednesday continuing to prove out several trends of the season. A selective upper market continued to show demand for certain offerings, particularly for young horses, leading to a gain in average, while the median also rose, displaying a healthy middle market.
A yearling colt by Union Rags sold for $165,000 to lead Tuesday’s opening session of the Ocala Breeders’ Sales Co.’s winter mixed sale, the penultimate sale of the mixed sale season.
The mixed sale season moves toward its conclusion with this week's Ocala Breeders' Sales Co.'s winter mixed sale, which looks to improve on its mixed results from the 2019 edition.
Fasig-Tipton, Keeneland, and the Ocala Breeders' Sales Co. have jointly announced changes to medication policies and the use of riding crops at under-tack preview shows for the upcoming 2-year-old sales season.
Blue hen Tizso, a full sister to Hall of Famer Tiznow, was a $62,000 purchase by Crawford Farms out of last week's Keeneland January horses of all ages sale.
North American bloodstock history was made as racing broadcaster Gabby Gaudet took the microphone on the Keeneland auctioneers' stand at the company's January horses of all ages sale, becoming the first woman to announce at a major Thoroughbred sale on the continent.
Juvenile champion and young classic sire Uncle Mo sired both the most expensive mare and the most expensive newly turned yearling at last week's Keeneland January horses of all ages sale, finishing as one of the mixed auction’s leading sires.
