SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. – Spurred by two $300,000-plus yearlings, the Fasig-Tipton New York-bred sale on Sunday night posted impressive gains in average and median even as sellers scaled back their expectations for the amount of money buyers would be willing to spend.
SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. – Despite robust gains in gross, median, and average, sellers of New York-bred yearlings appeared to have seriously misjudged the enthusiasm of buyers for many of their horses during the first session of the Fasig-Tipton New York-bred yearling sale on Saturday night in Saratoga Springs.
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.”
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.
