A $560,000 Candy Ride colt topped the final session to push the Fasig-Tipton October yearling sale across the finish line on Thursday night with record gross and average figures.
A $410,000 colt by Uncle Mo and a $400,000 filly by Runhappy joined the leaderboard as the Fasig-Tipton October yearling sale continued to post gains in average in its third of four sessions Wednesday here.
A $325,000 filly from the first crop of Nyquist led the way as the Fasig-Tipton October yearling sale reached its midway point with continued gains in average price.
Medaglia d'Oro dominated the leaderboard as the Fasig-Tipton October yearling sale began its four-day run in Lexington, Ky., on Monday, siring the top three lots of a solid opening session, led by a $400,000 filly.
A yearling filly cataloged to sell this week at the Fasig-Tipton October yearling sale in Lexington, Ky., has picked up several catalog updates from her half-siblings this fall, most notably when her half-sister Bell's the One became a graded stakes winner Saturday at Keeneland.
The formal yearling sales season concludes this week right where it began – at Fasig-Tipton's Kentucky headquarters, as the auction company conducts its October sale of yearlings.
Grade 1 winner and young sire Practical Joke was represented by the top two lots of the Fasig-Tipton Saratoga fall selected mixed sale on Tuesday, as a weanling colt and filly from his first crop sold for $160,000 and $150,000, respectively.
Trainer Todd Pletcher made his first foray into the European sales market purchasing two yearlings at the Tattersalls auction in Newmarket, England.
The Ocala Breeders’ Sales Co.'s October yearling sale, the last stop on the yearling calendar for the Florida marketplace, concluded on Wednesday night with strength at the top of the marketplace leading to a gain in overall average prices.
A major storyline at this November’s fall mixed sales in Kentucky will be the first mares offered in foal to Triple Crown winner Justify, who retired to Coolmore’s Ashford Stud in Kentucky for 2019. At the same time, his Grade 3-winning half-brother The Lieutenant entered stud at Sequel Stallions in New York, and he also will test the commercial market with first mares in foal this fall, getting a local chance at the Fasig-Tipton Saratoga fall mixed sale.
