Thoroughbred auctions

The supplemental catalogue for the Ocala Breeders' Sales Company's October Yearling Sale is now available at www.obssales.com. Print editions of the supplement are available on the OBS sales grounds. Twenty-two selected yearlings have been supplemented and will sell as hip numbers 186-207. Twenty-three horses have been added to the Open Yearling Sale, selling as hip numbes 661-684. The Selected Yearling Sale begins Oct. 11 at noon with hips 1-207 offered for sale. The Open Yearling Sale, now cataloged as hip numbers 251-684, is set for Oct. 12 and will begin...

A total of 298 yearlings have been cataloged for the Fasig-Tipton California Fall Yearlings Sale to be held Monday, Oct. 19, at Los Alamitos Race Course in Cypress, CA. The auction was meant to take place at the Fairplex on the Los Angeles County Fairgrounds, but COVID-19-related restrictions on large gatherings at Los Angeles County facilities forced the change of venue. "We have a quality catalogue with 298 entries, which is up slightly over our inaugural yearling sale in California last year," said Fasig-Tipton President Boyd Browning. "There is a...

by Brian DiDonato, Jessica Martini & Christie DeBernardis LEXINGTON, KY--A Tapit filly out of GISW Embellish the Lace (Super Saver) topped the opening session of Keeneland's September yearling sale on a $1.25-million bid by Claiborne Farm's Bernie Sams. The bay was consigned to the auction as hip 149 by Bluewater Sales LLC, Agent XVI, on behalf of breeder China Horse Club. While stringent COVID-19 protocols put in place to allow the world's largest yearling sale to be held at all may have dulled some of the electricity typically felt in...

by Brian DiDonato, Jessica Martini & Christie DeBernardis LEXINGTON, KY--The Fasig-Tipton Selected Yearlings Showcase, a hybrid of the company's July yearling sale, Saratoga sale and New York-bred yearling sale brought about by COVID-19- induced rescheduling, kicked off the 2020 yearling sales season Wednesday with signs of life for the market. A total of 172 yearlings changed hands for gross receipts of $27,166,000--good for an average of $157,942 and median of $100,000. The RNA rate was 34.4%. "At the outset, we had no expectations for the statistics," said Fasig-Tipton president and...

Yearling-to-juvenile reseller Al Pike had a busy day Monday, acquiring the three highest-priced offerings at the single-session Texas Thoroughbred Association's Yearling and Horses of All Ages Sale at Lone Star Park in Grand Prairie. Pike went to $120,000 for the day's most expensive lot, the Eaton Sales-consigned hip 218. From the first crop of former 'TDN Rising Star' and current Darby Dan stallion Klimt (Quality Road), the Jan. 30 foal was bred in Louisiana by Keith and Ginger Myers's Coteau Grove Farms LLC and is out of the unraced Ms....

Part two of the Weatherbys Bloodstock Sales Review 2019 has been published and is available for purchase online and at Goffs and Tattersalls. The review provides an in-depth analysis of all Thoroughbreds sold at public auction in Europe last year, in addition to foals and yearlings sold in North America sired by European-based stallions. The information contained includes averages and medians for both colts and fillies of different age classes by sire; vendors and purchasers; leading sires lists; extensive editorial; and top lots from major sales.