A total of 106 runners–including a number of stakes and graded stakes performers–are currently entered in Fasig-Tipton's July Selected Horses of Racing Age Sale. Additional entries will be added up to the day of the sale, which will be held Monday, July 10 at 5:00 p.m. in Lexington, KY. The July Selected Yearling Sale will take place the following day.
“This is our fifth year conducting the Horses of Racing Age Sale, and we feel that this is our strongest catalogue to date,” said Fasig-Tipton President Boyd Browning. “The sale has attracted entries from several of the most prominent racing stables in the country, and buyers will find a number of turn-key, quality offerings no matter their budget.”
Of the on-track success of graduates of this sale, Browning added, “Since this sale was first held in 2013, sale graduates have made more than 3,500 starts for their new owners, earning more than $19 million. The sale has also produced 25% stakes horses and more than 40 stakes wins.”
Past graduates of the auction include Wavell Avenue (Harlington), who was acquired for $70,000 by Steve Young in 2014 and went on to annex the following year's GI Breeders' Cup F/M Sprint.
This year's catalogue features the likes of:
• 'TDN Rising Star' Bitumen (Mineshaft), winner of last year's GIII Sanford S. Catalogued as hip 410, the 3-year-old colt will be offered by Taylor Made Sales Agency, Agent I.
• Distinta (Summer Bird), a last-out winner of the GII Inside Information S. at Gulfstream Mar. 18. The 5-year-old mare is
consigned to the sale by Taylor Made Sales Agency, Agent II as hip 423.
• Last-out Hilltop S. winner Happy Mesa (Sky Mesa), offered as hip 440 by Elite Sales.
• Made You Look (More Than Ready), hip 462, who annexed last year's GII With Anticipation S. and this term's GIII Dania Beach S. Taylor Made Sales Agency, Agent V consigns.
• My Miss Tapit (Tapit), who increased her record to two-for-two with a victory in Gulfstream's Game Face S. Apr. 22 over subsequent GII Black-Eyed Susan S. winner Actress (Tapit). The $550,000 KEESEP yearling is catalogued as hip 467 as part of the Elite Sales consignment. She is entered in Saturday's GII Mother Goose S. for trainer Todd Pletcher and Mathis Stable.
An enhanced online catalogue for the sale can be accessed here and includes pedigree information, race videos, Ragozin “sheet” numbers, and additional statistics and written analysis.
Prospective buyers can also sign up on the Fasig-Tipton website to receive email alerts for updates and notification of additional entries. The catalogue is also available on the equineline sales catalogue app. Print copies will be on the sales grounds by July 7.
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