Sponsored by Alex Nichols Agency 2nd-GP, $50K, Msw, 3yo, 6f, 12:34 p.m. ET Ajhar (Tapit) brought $800,000 from Shadwell Stable at the 2018 Keeneland September sale–he was in fact one of three Tapit yearlings purchased by Shadwell for that amount at that auction and part of a $12,345,000 expenditure at that sale for Sheikh Hamdan's [...]

The Green family's DJ Stable has privately acquired multiple stakes winner Ceci Valentina (Prospective) from owner/breeder Amalio Ruiz-Lozano and transferred the sophomore filly to trainer Joe Orseno. A winner of the FTBOA Florida Sire Susan's Girl S. at Gulfstream last August and the Juvenile Fillies Sprint S. at Gulfstream Park West in November, the dark [...]

Sponsored by Alex Nichols Agency 8th-FG, $45K, Msw, 2yo, 6f, 4:53 p.m. ET A pair of colts related to Hall of Famer Rachel Alexandra (Medaglia d'Oro) make their respective debuts Saturday in New Orleans. Jackpot Farm and Dede McGehee's Airstreem (Tapit) is a half-brother to the five-time Grade I winner and, like Rachel was for [...]

The dispersal of prominent owner Joseph Besecker's Thoroughbred holdings figured to be the driving force of Tuesday's Fasig-Tipton Midlantic December Mixed and Horses of Racing Age Sale, and Besecker-owned offerings dominated the market, producing the day's top three lots and 10 of the top 12. The auction featured 249 sales for gross receipts of $4,383,700 [...]

The Bernick family and Hill 'n' Dale's John Sikura have been active in recent years acquiring high-level mares through their Elevage partnership, and they'll liquidate those assets during Wednesday's Book 1 session of the Keeneland November sale. The Hill 'n' Dale-consigned offerings total 14 head, and include eight well-credentialed in-foal broodmares, as well as six [...]

LEXINGTON, KY – Fasig-Tipton's Kentucky October Yearling sale finished up as strongly as it started Thursday, leading to a record average for the final major yearling sale of the season. Over the four-day auction, 1008 transactions were recorded for gross receipts of $38,258,900. The cumulative average was $37,955, bettering the previous record of $36,507 set [...]

LEXINGTON, KY – Buyers continued to zero in on the perceived top lots during the third session of the Fasig-Tipton Kentucky October Yearling sale, with the first, second and fourth-priciest purchases of the sale thus far all coming Wednesday. Topping trade was an Uncle Mo colt (hip 1033) acquired by agent Mike Ryan from the [...]

LEXINGTON, KY – The second session of Fasig-Tipton's Kentucky October Yearling sale started off somewhat slowly, but momentum built throughout the day and when the final numbers were tallied, they were more or less in line with the sale's stellar start Monday. A total of 256 yearlings found new homes Tuesday for a gross of [...]

LEXINGTON, KY – A trio of Baccari Bloodstock-consigned yearlings by Darley stalwart Medaglia d'Oro took up the top three spots at the opening session of Fasig-Tipton's Kentucky October Yearling Sale Monday. Leading the way was hip 62, a half-sister to MGSW and GISP Appealing Tale (Tale of the Cat) purchased by Lois, Len and Jon [...]

LEXINGTON, KY–The yearling sales circuit makes its final stop in Lexington this week for the four-day Fasig-Tipton Kentucky October Yearlings sale, with sessions to be held Monday through Thursday starting at 10:00 a.m. The October sale has become more of a destination for both buyers and sellers in recent years, and this is the third [...]

Fasig-Tipton's Kentucky October Yearling Sale, to be held next week in Lexington, is the last chance for buyers to acquire yearlings before focus shifts to the breeding stock sales, and it's also the final major auction before the Nov. 1 and 2 Breeders' Cup World Championships. Breeders' Cup-bound sales graduates include British Idiom (Flashback, $40,000 [...]

Sponsored by Alex Nichols Agency 1st-KEE, $71K, Msw, 2yo, f, 6f, 1:05 p.m. ET John Oxley's Specially (Tapiture), just a $40,000 yearling, blossomed into a $475,000 OBS March juvenile off a powerful :9 4/5breeze. The most expensive 2-year-old in training by her first-crop sire, she has been further flattered since selling as her year-older half-brother [...]