LEXINGTON, Ky. - The Jockey Club expects the North American registered Thoroughbred foal crop to hold steady at least through 2013, according to figures the registry released Saturday afternoon that project the 2013 registered crop at 24,700.

That is the same number the Jockey Club projected last year for the 2012 foal crop, the smallest crop since 1971, which had 24,301 registered foals. Foal crop projections are based on the Reports of Mares Bred that The Jockey Club receives by the reports’ Aug. 1 due date each year.

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. – Alan Cohen seemed a little conflicted after his filly Wait No More, a Medaglia d’Oro daughter of Cohen’s champion Wait a While, topped Fasig-Tipton’s Saratoga select yearling sale. Despite having sent her through the ring for $1,575,000, Cohen says he’s not sure he can part with many other foals, especially those out of Wait a While.

“We always thought we’d sell one or two, so that’s it, no more!” he said with a broad smile not long after the sale. “They ain’t getting another Wait a While.”

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Louisiana is gearing up for its September yearling sales, and this season the state has two yearling auctions recruiting buyers who want a shot at the state’s purses and Louisiana-bred incentives.

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. – Fasig-Tipton’s Saratoga select yearling sale was a late closer this year. Twenty-four hours after its Monday opener saw average price sink 21 percent and median plummet 30 percent, the auction rebounded with gains at its Tuesday night session. But they were not enough to erase all the earlier losses, and the sale results – notable for diverse domestic spending as Sheikh Mohammed al-Maktoum dialed his bidding back – still landed in negative territory overall.

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. - Twenty-four hours after its opening session suffered steep declines in average and median, Fasig-Tipton’s Saratoga select yearling sale put on a strong session Tuesday night but still ended in negative territory.

LEXINGTON, Ky. – WinStar Farm has bought the breeding rights to Florida Derby winner Take Charge Indy and will stand him after his eventual retirement, the Kentucky farm announced Tuesday.

Chuck and Maribeth Sandford’s 3-year-old son of A.P. Indy and multiple Grade 1 winner Take Charge Lady underwent surgery in May to remove a bone chip in his left front ankle but has resumed training with Pat Byrne after about 90 days off.

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. – It took most of the night, but when Sheikh Mohammed al-Maktoum finally bid $1 million for a yearling Monday night at Fasig-Tipton’s Humphrey S. Finney Pavilion, the auction’s restless spectators spontaneously erupted in a loud cheer.

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. – Sales figures at the Fasig-Tipton yearling auction on Monday night collapsed despite the sale of two million-dollar-plus colts late in the sale.

The two late sales rescued the figures from even more dismal returns, serving to bolster an extremely soft market that seemed to hit its ceiling any time bidding approached $400,000. Prior to the sale of the two colts, the highest-priced horse to sell had been a Tapit filly that brought a final bid of $500,000.

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