SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. - A $2.7 million Unbridled colt bought by Padua Stables topped an evening of aggressive bidding at .
Padua bought the session-topping son of Words of War after a protracted bidding duel with B. Wayne Hughes.
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SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. - It was raining steadily in Saratoga Springs on when Fasig-Tipton's select yearling sale opened, and this made things a little less pleasant for Dr. Robert McMartin.
McMartin, a veterinarian who lately has been signing auction receipts on behalf of the prominent racehorse owner Eugene Melnyk, stood outside the sale pavilion, talking on a cell phone, sheltered from the relentless drizzle by an umbrella that a friend held over him.
SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. - Fasig-Tipton's Saratoga select yearling sale got off to a positive, but not flashy, start Tuesday night when a $1.1 million daughter of champion Jewel Princess led 65 yearlings under the hammer at the Humphrey S. Finney Pavilion.
SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. - Last year's champion turf mare Golden Apples will sell this year at Keeneland's November breeding stock auction. A 5-year-old Pivotal mare, Golden Apples was retired last week after injuring her left front suspensory ligament in the Grade 1 John C. Mabee Handicap, in which she finished second behind Megahertz in a three-way dead heat.
Owned by Gary Tanaka, Golden Apples will sell as part of Taylor Made's consignment.
SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. - When Fasig-Tipton opens the bidding at its Saratoga selected yearling sale Tuesday, it will be in an unusual position. Since the 1940's, Saratoga has followed Keeneland's often spectacular July auction.
But this year, Keeneland officials canceled the July sale, citing foal-crop reduction from mare reproductive loss syndrome, leaving Saratoga as the bellwether for select yearlings.
New York-breds comprise the entire catalog at Fasig-Tipton's preferred yearling sale on Aug. 10 and 11 in Saratoga, but a small group of well-bred New York-breds will be offered at the auction house's select sale that begins Tuesday.
Thirteen New York-breds, all by Kentucky sires, including Carson City, Chester House, Distant View, Grand Slam, Thunder Gulch, Unbridled's Song, and Victory Gallop, are part of the three-night sale that has more than 200 horses in the catalog.
Familiar names and faces from Maryland return to Saratoga for this week's Fasig-Tipton select yearling sale. On each of the three nights, Tuesday through Thursday, yearlings from a number of Maryland's most distinguished breeding establishments are headed to the sales pavilion.
DEL MAR, Calif. - The presence of yearlings by stallions from outside of California will have a major influence on the results of the California Thoroughbred Breeders Association's Del Mar yearling sale on Aug. 10-11.
The sale features yearlings by 32 out-of-state stallions, including three champions - Boston Harbor, Fly So Free, and Giant's Causeway - and four winners of Triple Crown races - Commendable, Fusaichi Pegasus, Lemon Drop Kid, and Louis Quatorze.
Sixteen Florida stallions who won graded stakes will be represented by their first crops of Florida-bred yearlings at the Ocala Breeders Sales. The OBS has cataloged 202 for its Aug. 18 selected session. The open sessions, which begin the next day and conclude on Aug. 21, will offer 1,074 yearlings.
Padua Stable's Grade 1 millionaire Yes It's True (by Is It True), with 19 in the sale, already has been tested in the yearling market. Three of his offspring were sold at the Fasig-Tipton July sale and averaged $118,333.