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.
While this year's renewal of the Keeneland January sale lacked star power, the sale concluded with figures that compared well, in context, with other recent editions of the sale.
Ontario-bred Electricita, a filly from one of the cornerstone families of one of Canada’s most historic breeding operations, sold for $180,000 to lead Thursday’s penultimate session of the Keeneland January horses of all ages sale.
The Keeneland January horses of all ages sale moved into its Book 2 portion on Wednesday with continued demand for quality offerings. A colt by Uncle Mo sold for $400,000 to become the highest priced of the newly turned yearlings at the sale overall, as Wednesday’s session posted across the board gains.
The restraint at the upper end of the market waned as the Keeneland January horses of all ages sale moved into the final half-hour of its Book 1 portion, with competition heating up for a number of quality mares offered at the end of the day as supplemental entries to the original catalog. When the dust settled the leaderboard was topped by Grade 1-placed broodmare prospect Enaya Alrabb, sold for $640,000; the young broodmare prospect Confidently for $560,000; Inflamed, the dam of Eclipse Award finalist Mo Forza, sold for $525,000; and multiple graded stakes winner Pomeroys Pistol, dam of Kentucky Derby hopeful Thousand Words, at $475,000. All except for Confidently emerged from the supplemental catalog.
