Vinery Sales

When American Pharoah crossed the finish line in the 2015 Kentucky Derby, I immediately turned to my husband and said, "Let's go to the Belmont." In my mind, the best horse so rarely gets the good trip in the Derby, I had a hunch he might end the Triple Crown drought. That evening, I purchased four general admission tickets to the Belmont. Five weeks later, our kids (aged 12 and 10 at the time) stood on our soccer chairs inside the grandstand at Belmont Park and saw history with their...

The 2026 Fasig-Tipton Winter Mixed Sale opens for a single-day session in a frigid Lexington, Kentucky, Monday at Newtown Paddocks with bidding set to begin at 10 a.m. on 411 catalogued entries. And while temperatures have failed to eclipse the freezing mark for days and wind chills below zero have left buyers and consignors alike with the shivers, there was an overwhelming sense of optimism headed into Monday's action. "We've got a very good catalogue," said Fasig-Tipton President Boyd Browning. "There's literally something for everybody in here. There's some really...

Echo Town (by Speightstown), the winner of the GI H. Allen Jerkens, was purchased by Tyree Wolesensky and has relocated to her Leadem Farm in Arkansas for the 2026 breeding season, according to a release from Vinery Sales on Friday. Brokered by Vinery's Jay Goodwin, Echo Town has arrived in Arkansas and is ready for inspection. He will stand the 2026 season for $3,500. "Just really excited for Arkansas breeders to have a Grade I-winning sprinter with that pedigree, who has already proven the ability to sire precocious graded stakes...

George Weaver has trained his share of talented fillies and mares, but few have shined quite like the two stable stars preparing to leave his shedrow. Grade I winners Dorth Vader (Girvin) and Sacred Wish (Not This Time) have been fixtures in the Weaver barn for several years, announcing their talent early and steadily building resumes worthy of millionaire status. Sacred Wish made her final start with Weaver at Kentucky Downs this summer, while Dorth Vader will have one last dance for her connections at the Breeders' Cup before both...

Vinery Sales will offer Grade I mares Dorth Vader (Girvin), Free Like a Girl (El Deal), and Sacred Wish (Not This Time) at the Fasig-Tipton November sale with a portion of the proceeds from each sale benefitting a specific charity, it was announced via press release Monday. Vinery Sales's Matt Bowling said the connections of the three racemares will be donating a portion of the proceeds from the respective sales each to a different charity. The selected organizations set to receive the donations have names or missions that resonate with...

GSW Rhyme Schemes (Ghostzapper--Katherine, by Distorted Humor, has been retired to stud to stand his first year in 2026 at Clear Creek Stud in Folsom, Louisiana. Rhyme Schemes will enter stud for a fee of $3,500 LFSN or $3,000, if paid by Sept. 1. If a second mare by the same owner Is bred to Rhyme Schemes, there will be a 50% reduction in the second stud fee. Shares and breeding rights will also be available. The chestnut was purchased by Deuce Greathouse on behalf of Pura Vida Investments for...

LEXINGTON, KY -- The Fasig-Tipton Kentucky October Yearlings Sale powered through its opening session in Lexington Monday, with figures up significantly from its record-setting 2024 renewal. "It was a great start to the October Yearling Sale in Kentucky," Fasig-Tipton President Boyd Browning said at the close of business Monday. "All of the statistical categories produced significant increases and we saw a continuation of the trends that we've seen from July carried through August, carried through September and now in October. There was tremendous demand at more levels than we've seen...

Joshua Kerin has joined the staff at Inglis Digital USA as a sales and recruitment associate. Kerin will focus on helping the auction company recruit horses, with a focus on building and maintaining relationships in the bloodstock sector. He will be based at the company's Lexington office and he will work with Senior Director of Sales and Recruitment Kyle Wilson. "I'm thrilled to be joining the Inglis Digital USA team," Kerin said. "Having grown up in Australia, I witnessed firsthand the influence and respect Inglis holds in the sales market....

The catalogue for the 2024 Inglis Digital USA September Sale is now online, featuring a slate of 57 offerings, the auction company said in a release on Friday afternoon. Bidding is currently open for the online auction, and lots will begin to close on Wednesday, Sept. 25 at 2 p.m. ET, with subsequent listings closing in three-minute increments. The September Sale includes a selection of racing-age horses, yearlings, weanlings, broodmares, and broodmare prospects, which are available for inspection prior to the auction by contacting the sellers. Among the horses offered...

My Shea D Lady (Solomini--Ladyberg, by Teuflesberg), a multiple New York-bred stakes winner, will be offered during the upcoming Inglis Digital USA September Sale, set to take place Wednesday, Sept. 25. The 3-year-old filly, most recently third in the 1 1/8-mile Fleet Indian Stakes on Aug. 25, is owned by Shea D Boys Stable and trained by Carlos David. Vinery Sales will handle the consignment, as agent. "We are excited to bring this precocious filly to the market," said Josh Kerin from Vinery Sales. "There is no doubt she is a...

Graded stakes winner She Can't Sing (Bernardini) became the second seven-figure mare of the Lothenbach dispersal at Fasig-Tipton Tuesday when selling for $1.1 million to the Sikura family's Hill 'n' Dale at Xalapa. John Sikura did the bidding on the 7-year-old mare before handing off the ticket to his 22-year-old son Jes to sign.

Grade I winning Bell's the One (Majesticperfection) brought a final bid of $1.3 million from bloodstock agent Catherine Hudson, bidding on behalf of an undisclosed client, Tuesday at Fasig-Tipton. Part of the dispersal of the bloodstock of the late Robert Lothenbach, the 8-year-old mare was consigned by Vinery Sales. She will remain in the U.S., according to Hudson, who added mating plans are still to be decided.