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Following Monday's announcement OBSOnline will again host a 'Second Chance' digital auction for horses who were either RNAs or scratched from the Apr. 14-17 OBS Spring 2-Year-Olds in Training Sale, the auction house updated the announcement Thursday with news that 28 juveniles have been catalogued. The catalogue will be available at OBSOnline, with bidding beginning Apr. 24 at noon ET and closing at noon Apr. 28.

Like it did for the OBS March Sale, OBSOnline will host a 'Second Chance' digital auction on the online platform featuring horses that were either unsold or breezed and scratched from the OBS Spring 2-Year-Old In-Training Sale, the organization announced Monday. The record-setting auction concluded Apr. 17 with the April online sale scheduled for Apr. 24 to Apr. 28--bidding will begin at noon EDT on the 24th and will conclude at noon EDT on the final day. Horses offered will feature the same hip numbers they were initially assigned for...

Prancing Horse Farm LLC purchased a bay colt by Gun Runner for $90,000 to top the OBSOnline March "Second Chance" sale, a digital auction held March 27-31 for horses that were either unsold or breezed and scratched from the recently concluded OBS March Two-Year-Olds In-Training Sale. Ciaran Dunne's Wavertree Stables consigned the colt, who breezed in :10 3/5 during the March under-tack show, as Hip 507. The colt is out of the winning G3-placed Willow (Ire) (American Pharoah) , who is out of European champion Peeping Fawn (Danehill). The second-highest...

Brotha Keny (Mo Town) parlayed a recent stakes victory into a record-sized payday for his connections on Wednesday during the Inglis Digital USA December sale with his $550,000 hammer price being the highest in the online auction platform's history and propelling a top overall gross of $869,250, the company said in a press release late on Wednesday. The 3-year-old gelding sold to Meah/Lloyd Bloodstock, as agent for Michael and Jules Iavarone, TCC Stables and Morplay Racing. Brotha Keny entered the December sale off a victory in the Zia Park Derby...

On Wednesday came the news that Fasig-Tipton will offer a digital auction, to run Aug. 14 through Aug. 19, of 90 horses owned and bred by the late John Harris, who passed away in July aged 81. Harris leaves behind a towering legacy of Thoroughbred breeding and ownership in the state. The sale signifies a major reduction of Harris Farms' bloodstock and not a total dispersal, however, with the operation expected to continue with a smaller footprint going forward. Harris's reduction sale will take place just over a month before...

Bidding on the Fasig-Tipton Digital May Sale, which includes a catalogue of 127 entries, is now open and will close Tuesday beginning at 3 p.m. "This is a very strong and diverse catalogue, with exciting offerings in a variety of categories," said Fasig-Tipton Director of Digital Sales Leif Aaron. "We have nearly 50 horses of racing age from the sport's leading stables, including a stakes winner and graded stakes performers. Also on offer are the continuance of a major stable's reduction, a dispersal, quality breeding stock, 2-year-olds in training, yearlings,...

The Fasig-Tipton October Digital Sale, which was scheduled to conclude Tuesday, was suspended Tuesday afternoon due to a technical issue. The on-line auction will resume at 8 a.m. Wednesday with hip 208 and entries will begin to close at 2 p.m. Registered bidders will not need to re-register for the auction, which is available at digital.fasigtipton.com.

Silk Road LLC has launched its digital Thoroughbred auction platform BidXSell.com, with its dedicated concierge consignment division, eCONSIGN-IT set to host its inaugural flash sale Aug. 28. The inaugural auction will feature Salute the Stars (Candy Ride {Arg}), winner of last year's Pegasus Stakes. BidXSell was developed to allow industry stakeholders to buy and sell bloodstock at limited cost, according to a press release from Silk Road. The digital auction ring allows owners to sell bloodstock directly from farm sites and the BidXSell platform puts the remaining necessary infrastructure directly...

New York Thoroughbred Breeders, Inc. (NYTB) will conduct its annual Stallion Season Auction from Friday, Jan. 27 to Tuesday, Jan. 31 on www.wanamakers.com. The auction raises funds that allow the NYTB to carry on its mission of promoting New York breeding and racing and protecting the welfare of industry stakeholders. This is an open auction welcome to breeders from all states. Bidding opens Friday, Jan. 27 at 8:00 a.m. and continues through Tuesday, Jan. 31, starting at 5:00 p.m. in 3 minute increments. Participants must register with www.wanamakers.com prior to...

Fasig-Tipton has catalogued 143 entries for its December Digital Selected Sale, which may now be viewed at digital.fasigtipton.com. Bidding is open as of Thursday, Dec. 8 at 12 p.m. ET and closes Tuesday, Dec. 13 at 2 p.m. ET. The catalogue features selected horses of racing age, breeding stock, weanlings, and yearlings. There are offerings located throughout the United States, including California, Florida, Kentucky, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, and Virginia. "We have put together a very exciting catalogue for this inaugural December Digital auction," said Leif Aaron,...

ThoroughbredAuctions.com will conduct the Sam F. "Sonny" Henderson Horse Dispersal, which commences July 13 before concluding July 18. The online only auction will feature many offerings selling without reserve. The catalog is available at www.ThoroughbredAuctions.com. Highlighting the catalog are 2022 Sunland Park Oaks winner, Cleopatra's Charge (Will Take Charge--Cleopatra's Finest by Smart Strike) is a homebred 3-year-old filly who has won 2 of 8 starts, with earnings of over $200,000. Other offerings include mares bred to MacLean's Music, Kantharos, Dialed In, and Mitole, as well as regional stallions, Flat Out,...

After launching their digital platform last week, Fasig-Tipton has added an April Digital Selected Sale set for Apr.21-26. Nominations will close Apr. 14, although the company will still accept approved selected nominations after that date. "We were very pleased with the debut of our digital platform earlier this week," said Leif Aaron, Fasig-Tipton's Director of Digital Sales. "We received positive feedback from both buyers and sellers about both the platform and quality of offerings.   They conveyed to us their desire to see more Fasig Digital auctions in the near term,...