CTHS Canaian Premier Yearling Sale

A total of 215 yearlings are catalogued for this year's CTHS Canadian Premier Yearling Sale, which takes place Wednesday, Aug. 27 at the Woodbine sales pavilion. The single-session auction begins at 11 a.m. ET. "Historically, [the Canadian sale] has been one of the best value-buying sales in North America," said David Anderson, the president of both the national and Ontario branches of the Canadian Thoroughbred Horse Society (CTHS) that conducts the Canadian Premier sale. "The return on investment on these yearlings out of this sale is as good or better...

Paul Braverman and Timothy Pinch's Scorching (Mo Town) takes aim at the Road to the Kentucky Derby as he targets the Mar. 1 GIII Gotham Stakes at Aqueduct Racetrack. The one-turn mile for sophomores awards 50-25-15-10-5 Kentucky Derby qualifying points to the top-five finishers. Trained by John Charalambous, the Ontario-bred colt was last seen winning the restricted Oct. 6 Cup and Saucer Stakes over the Woodbine Racetrack turf. The CTHS sale graduate scored the victory by disqualification after Ashley's Archer (Karakontie {Jpn}) got his nose down first on the wire...

A colt by Old Forester, whose Horse of the Year son Pink Lloyd goes for a fourth consecutive victory in the GIII Vigil S. at Woodbine this Saturday, fetched a final bid of C$90,000 (US$68,977) to top Wednesday's CTHS Canadian Premier Yearling Sale at Woodbine. Pink Lloyd, winner of 25 of his 30 career starts, was a graduate of the 2013 sale. Consigned to the sale by Bernard McCormack's Cara Bloodstock, the chestnut--offered as hip 15--was bred in Ontario by Whitford Bloodstock and is the latest foal from the multiple...