yearlings

The major yearling sales are still a few months out, but to Kristin Brennan they are right around the corner. The yearling manager at Colin Brennan Bloodstock at Highlander Training Center isn't concerned because she's always dialed in. As part of a family of horsemen, including her father Niall and brother Colin, who helms the operation at Highlander in East Texas, Kristin has literally grown up around the sport of horse racing. "I started riding when I was maybe three and my granddad would come from Ireland and he'd throw...

The 2026 Fasig-Tipton April Digital Sale closed Tuesday evening with gross sales of $2,056,000 for 94 horses sold and a clearance rate of 83%. The auction topper was the half-sister to GISW Percy's Bar (Upstart), Fasig-Tipton said in a press release Tuesday evening. The online sale opened Thursday, Apr. 16. Offerings included horses of racing age, racing/broodmare prospects, broodmares--including mares with foals at foot--2-year-olds in training, and 'short' yearlings. Citizen Judy (hip 15), a half-sister to recent GI Central Bank Ashland Stakes winner and GI Kentucky Oaks hopeful Percy's Bar,...

Fasig-Tipton has catalogued 143 offerings for its April Digital Sale, which includes a pair of broodmares closely related to Derby and Oaks contenders. Bidding is now open through Tuesday, Apr. 21, when the online event begins to close at 2 p.m. ET., the auction company said in a press release on Thursday. "With more than 140 catalogued, up more than a third from last year's catalogue, the April Digital Sale catalogue shows the continued strength and popularity of our digital platform," Fasig-Tipton Director of Digital Sales Leif Aaron said. "Offerings...

The 530-acre Shadwell Stallion Complex has hit the market in Kentucky with a $20-million price tag. Located at 3661 Military Pike in Lexington, the full estate includes the impressive maintenance complex along with 7 dedicated barns suitable for broodmares or yearlings, offering a total of 90 world-class stalls. The sales listing states: "This exceptional Central Kentucky property provides a turn-key foundation for a complete thoroughbred operation on some of the finest land in the Bluegrass. Its scale, location, and quality make it one of the most significant offerings to come...

A total of 68 lots have been entered in the Tattersalls Online April Sale, including the Grade 1-placed jumper Tullyhill. The son of Martaline is slated to sell as lot 35 from Willie Mullins's Closutton Stables. He is currently carries an IHRB chase rating of 140. The grey is also a listed winner over hurdles. Maiden winner Politely (Advertise) (lot 22) won a Lingfield one-mile affair by five lengths two weeks previously. Rated 80 by the British Horseracing Authority, she is related to Group 2 winner Eminent (Frankel), who was...

A yearling colt by G1 Irish Derby hero Santiago topped the one-day Tattersalls Ireland Winter Flat and National Hunt Stale at Fairyhouse on Tuesday. Sold as lot 72 from Monroe Stables, the bay son of Regal Empress (Presenting) brought €42,000 from Gerry Aherne bidding on behalf of his family's Prospect Stables. A half-brother to Grade 2 hurdle winner Kazansky (Milan) who was runner-up in a Grade 1 on Monday, the colt is also a half-brother to the multiple graded-placed hurdler Knockanard Lady (Fame and Glory). His dam is a half-...

Canadian champion Dresden Row (Lord Nelson) is among the 248 entries for Fasig-Tipton's January Digital Sale with bidding now running through Tuesday, Jan. 20, beginning at 2 p.m. ET., the auction company said via a press release on Thursday. Named the top 3-year-old colt at the Sovereign Awards in 2024, Dresden Row has never been out of the money across 15 races and claims three graded stakes at Woodbine amid six wins. Last out, the chestnut captured the GIII Autumn Cup Stakes at Woodbine, which put him at nearly $450,000...

Shamardal's Soft Cover, in foal to Champion First-Season Sire Starman, is one of 307 lots in the Tattersalls February Sale catalogue. The sale, slated for Thursday, February 5 through Friday, February 6, will also feature the Tattersalls British EBF Stallion Parade & RoR Showcase at 11 a.m. Consisting of 106 fillies and mares in/out of training, 16 broodmares, 161 colts and geldings in/out of training, 15 yearlings and nine two-year-olds, the two-day sale will begin at 12:30 p.m. on Thursday and 10 a.m. on Friday. Besides Soft Cover (lot 24),...

Multiple Group 3 heroine Lastotchka anchors the Tattersalls Online January Sale catalogue, which was released on Wednesday. Set for Tuesday, January 20-Wednesday, January 21, the sale features 102 lots comprised of 70 horses in and out of training, 18 broodmares, four yearlings, three breeding rights, three two-year-olds, three stores and a share in young sire and champion sprinter Bradsell (lot 99). Lastotchka, by Myboycharlie and sold as lot 59 by Ronald Rauscher, won the G3 Prix Belle de Nuit and G3 Prix Gladiateur. The seven-year-old mare also won the Listed...

The saying in New Orleans goes something like, 'Laissez les bons temps rouler!'. And while Mardi Gras is over a month away and Lexington is some 700 miles from Louisiana, the Keeneland January Horses of All Ages Sale kicks off Monday looking to keep the good times rolling off a record-setting 2025 sales season. The sale begins its two-day run at 10 a.m. on Monday, Jan. 12 and concludes Tuesday, Jan. 13 with a total of 1,097 horses catalogued across the two sessions. Riding a tsunami of momentum, Keeneland January...

Fasig-Tipton has catalogued 690 entries for its December Digital Sale which opened for bidding Thursday. The sale will close on two separate days beginning at 12 p.m. with hips 1-349, including horses of racing age, racing/broodmare prospects, broodmare prospects, stallion prospects, weanlings and yearlings closing on Tuesday, Dec. 9 and hips 350-690, to include broodmares and stallion seasons, wrapping up Wednesday, Dec. 10. The catalogue features over 150 horses of racing age, 320 broodmares including mares in foal to 113 different stallions, 10 offerings from the Estate of Larry Johnson...

The catalogue for the fifth edition of the BBAG Christmas Online Sale is now available. Set to begin on Friday, November 21 at noon, the sale will end on Sunday, November 23 at 2 p.m. local time. The mixed sale features 59 horses divided between 27 three-year-olds and older horses, eight juveniles, 16 broodmares, seven yearlings and one foal. The broodmares are in foal to stallion like Churchill, Fantastic Moon, Neatico, Northern Ruler, Sea The Moon and Alter Adler. Supplements may be added through Wednesday, November 19.