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The fourth installment in the 2026 OwnerView webinar series, held on June 9, focused on various tools and programs that enhance the experience of purchasing Thoroughbreds at auction. The conference was hosted by The Jockey Club and the Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders Association and presented by Bessemer Trust, Keeneland, and Dean Dorton Equine, and this panel was sponsored by Juddmonte and Muirfield Insurance. A Q&A was sponsored by West Point Thoroughbreds, and attendees were able to ask questions through a Q&A link. Gary Falter, project manager for OwnerView, moderated the...

The catalogue for the 2026 Keeneland April Selected Horses of Racing Age Sale, to be held the evening of Apr. 24 following the final day of racing at the Keeneland Spring Meet, is now available online. The auction will be streamed live online at www.keeneland.com beginning at 6:30 p.m. ET. "The April Sale really captures the momentum of spring racing at its peak," Keeneland Vice President of Sales Tony Lacy said. "Because it's held on closing day of the Spring Meet, which concludes just days before the Kentucky Derby, it...

The catalogue for the Fasig-Tipton Midlantic Sale of 2-Year-Olds In Training, to be held at the Maryland State Fairgounds in Timonium, Maryland, Monday and Tuesday, May 18 and 19 and featuring 593 juveniles, is now available at www.fasigtipton.com. "Our consignors have shown tremendous support for Midlantic May this year, resulting in an outstanding catalogue," said Paget Bennett, Midlantic Director of Sales. "Growth in both numbers and sire power makes this one of our strongest editions to date." There will be a series of three under-tack previews ahead of the auction...

An Ashview Stud-consigned colt by Liam's Map (hip 3681) became the last of 29 horses to breach the $100,000 threshold during the second of two sessions in Book 5A of the Keeneland September Sale in Lexington Thursday afternoon, selling to bloodstock agent Chad Schumer, agent, for $480,000. And when the dust had settled on the 10th session of the auction, gross receipts had nudged past $500 million, extending the record for the sale. "Surpassing $500 million at the September Sale marks a pivotal moment for our sport--a milestone the entire...

The catalogue for the OBS October Yearling Sale is now online at www.obssales.com and features 459 yearlings. The two-day auction is set for Tuesday and Wednesday, Oct. 7 and 8, with sessions beginning at noon ET. The opening day of trade will see hips 1-230 (plus supplements) go under the hammer, while the Oct. 8 session will see hips 301-530 proceed through the ring (plus supplements). Supplemental entries for the sale will be accepted through Sept. 24. Those horses will be offered in order of the first letter of the...

Offered midway during the single-session CTHS Canadian Premier Yearling Sale at Woodbine Race Track on Aug. 27, a colt by the late and influential Speightstown was hammered down for C$400,000 to easily rate as the dearest lot on offer during the auction. Hip 109, bred in Ontario by Mario Forgione, was consigned to the sale by Huntington Stud Farm as agent and is the third foal out of the 10-year-old Travieza (Into Mischief), upset winner of the 2018 Unzip Me Stakes and sold for $80,000 in foal to Munnings at...

A total of 97 entries have been catalogued for the Fasig-Tipton June Digital Sale, which can now be viewed online at digital.fasigtipton.com. Bidding has commenced and will remain open through Tuesday, June 3, beginning at 2 p.m. ET. Among the entries are horses of racing age, breeding stock--including mares with foals at foot--2-year-olds in training and yearlings. Some of the top offerings include:   Hip 2, Strada Del Sogno (Street Boss), a debut third in the May 10 Royal Palm Juvenile Fillies Stakes at Gulfstream behind Lennilu (Leinster), who is...

Normandy Coast (Omaha Beach), winner of a rained-off renewal of the Listed Palisades Stakes at Keeneland on Apr. 6, was hammered down to owner Steven Judy for a final bid of $355,000 to top Friday's single-session Keeneland April Selected Horses of Racing Age Sale. The auction took place following the conclusion of the final day of racing at the adjacent racetrack. A $60,000 purchase out of the 2023 Fasig-Tipton October Sale, Normandy Coast raced for Red Gate Racing and was trained by Eddie Kenneally to three wins from his five...

With increasing frequency over the last decade or so, major players on the Australian bloodstock landscape have raided the November mixed sales in Kentucky, looking to fortify their ever-strengthening industry. Acquisitions by major Australian stud farms and bloodstock agents renowned and respected around the world have often made a favorable--not to mention profitable--impression on the yearling market Down Under. With the last of the 1,021 yearlings catalogued in Book 1 of the Magic Millions Gold Coast Yearling Sale having gone through the ring on Friday, here are a handful of...

The catalogue for the Fasig-Tipton Kentucky Mixed Sale, to be held Monday, Feb. 3, 2025, at the company's Newtown Paddocks complex, is now online. Bidding for the single-session auction will begin at 10 a.m. ET. A total of 348 horses have been catalogued for the sale, including broodmares in and out of foal, short yearlings and horses of racing age. Covering sires represented include Arabian Lion, Arcangelo, Constitution, Corniche, Elite Power, Forte, Girvin, Gunite, Hard Spun, Jackie's Warrior, Mage, McKinzie, Nyquist, Olympiad, Oscar Performance, Upstart, Volatile, and Yaupon. Yearling sires...

The catalog for the 2024 Inglis Digital USA October Sale is now online at www.inglisdigitalusa.com and features 67 horses of different ages. Among the sale offerings is the 3-year-old broodmare prospect April Vintage (Vino Rosso), who sells pregnant to top sire Justify and was bred to Southern Hemisphere time. A $175,000 OBS April juvenile, April Vintage won her maiden at her second career start and first on the turf and was subsequently placed in the Speakeasy Stakes. April Vintage is offered by WinStar Farm, who raced Triple Crown winner Justify...

The inaugural OBSOnline auction will feature 35 yearlings to be sold on the platform from Oct. 24-30. The catalogue includes yearlings which were led out unsold or scratched from the auction house's October Yearling Sale, which was impacted by Hurricane Milton. The yearlings on offer will carry the same hip numbers they were originally assigned for the October Sale. Among the sires represented are OBS graduate Goldencents as well as Audible, Complexity, Independence Hall, Khozan, Leinster, Midshipman, More Than Ready, Munnings, Solomini and Thousand Words. The catalogue for the OBSOnline...