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A week on from the blockbuster Fasig-Tipton Saratoga Sale, more records fell at the Humphrey S. Finney Pavilion Monday when the Fasig-Tipton New York-Bred Yearling Sale concluded with highwater marks for gross, average and a record-tying median. During two sessions, 199 New York-bred yearlings sold for a $23,870,000. The average was $119,950--up 15.1% from a year ago, while the median remained constant at $85,000. With 55 horses reported not sold, the buy-back rate was 21.7%. It was 26.3% a year ago. "This sale hit the quinella," Fasig-Tipton President Boyd Browning...

The annual partial dispersal of Gigginstown House Stud features six lots during the upcoming Tattersalls Online August Sale. Set for Tuesday, August 12 at 11 a.m., the sale concludes beginning at 11 a.m. on Wednesday, August 13. Featuring 120 horses in- and out-of-training, 16 broodmares, four stores, two yearlings and a breeding right in Group 1 sire Ardad, the 143-strong sale has received widespread support from 90 individual consignors spread across Great Britain, Ireland and France. From Gigginstown is the winning hurdler and IHRB 129-rated chaser Harsh (Dark Angel) (lot...

The catalogue for the private Jean-Pierre Dubois Sale, set to be conducted by Auctav at Haras de Bois Roussel on August 13, features Sofia (Kingman), a full-sister to 2024 G1 Prix de Diane heroine Sparkling Plenty. In foal to Starspangledbanner, the 7-year-old is from the family of Noble Truth (Kingman), Stacelita (Monsun), Sauterne (Kingman), and Soul Stirring (Frankel), among others. Also among the 108 lots are: Frisella (Frankel) (lot 15), the dam of the stakes-placed Grand Scoop (No Nay Never) in foal to Blue Point; two half-sisters to G2 Prix...

John Stewart's Resolute Racing farm in central Kentucky, located on the grounds of the former Shadayid Stud, will be expanded to include a new training facility, Stewart said on Nick Luck's Live From Royal Ascot podcast Tuesday. "It's our second year [on the farm]," said Stewart. "Last year we bred 31 mares, this year we bred over 50. We've got some fantastic diversity on the farm and we're really excited about that. We've got out first yearlings that were bred on the farm coming up so next year they'll be...

A total of 97 entries have been catalogued for the Fasig-Tipton June Digital Sale, which can now be viewed online at digital.fasigtipton.com. Bidding has commenced and will remain open through Tuesday, June 3, beginning at 2 p.m. ET. Among the entries are horses of racing age, breeding stock--including mares with foals at foot--2-year-olds in training and yearlings. Some of the top offerings include:   Hip 2, Strada Del Sogno (Street Boss), a debut third in the May 10 Royal Palm Juvenile Fillies Stakes at Gulfstream behind Lennilu (Leinster), who is...

Grade 3 winner West Balboa (Ire) (Yeats {Ire}) (lot 38) leads a 62-strong catalogue for the Tattersalls Online April Sale. Scheduled for Tuesday Apr. 1 through Wednesday Apr. 2, the sale features 45 horses in- and out-of-training, nine broodmares, four yearlings, three point-to-pointers and one store. West Balboa was runner-up in the G1 Challow Novices' Hurdle and is out of the Fleminsfirth mare Rostellan (Ire), herself a half-sister to Grade 2 winner Clew Bay Cove (Ire) (Anshan {GB}). Another Grade 3 winner in the jumps sphere is Uncle Phil (Ire)...

A total of 93 lots have been catalogued for the Tattersalls Online March Sale on Mar. 4-5, including Willie Mullins's Closutton Stables-consigned Horantzau D'Airy (Fr) (Legolas {Jpn}) who holds an entry in the Grand National. Sold as lot 25, the gelding is one of 66 horses in- and out-of-training in the sale. He was third in the G3 Novice Hurdle at the Galway Festival last summer, and was also second in both the G3 Kerry National at Listowel in September and the G3 Munster National at Limerick a month later....

The Other Mozzie (Ire) (Vadamos {Fr}) and 129 other lots have been catalogued for the Tattersalls Online February Sale from Feb. 11-12. Featuring 76 horses in/out of training, 22 broodmares, 16 yearlings, eight 2-year-olds, four stores and breeding rights to Aclaim (Ire), Ardad (Ire), Harry Angel (Ire), and Kameko, the sale will begin at 11 a.m. on Feb. 11. Bidding will close one day later. The Other Mozzie, a dominant 11-length winner at Naas last month and rated IHRB 138 over fences, will be consigned by Gavin Cromwell's Danestown Stables...

A colt by Walk In the Park (Ire) proved the most popular during the one-day Tattersalls Ireland Winter Flat and National Hunt Sale on Tuesday. Sold as lot 58, the bay son of Glasgow Allen (Fr) (American Post {GB}) commanded €50,000 from Coolmore's Gerry Aherne. His dam is a half-sister to Muhtathir (GB)'s multiple Grade 1-winning jumper Envoi Allen Fr). After purchasing the yearling from from The Beeches Stud, Aherne said, "The sire continues to break records and this is a very well-bred horse who comes from a great nursery....

A total of 206 horses of all ages have been catalogued for the Fasig-Tipton January Digital Sale, which can be viewed at digital.fasigtipton.com. Bidding has begun and will close on Tuesday, Jan. 21 beginning at 2 p.m. ET. Among the offerings are 70 horses of racing age and racing prospects, in addition to broodmares, broodmare prospects and newly turned yearlings. Among the covering sires represented are Authentic, Complexity, Epicenter, Girvin, Omaha Beach, Tiz the Law, Uncle Mo, and Vekoma. The January Digital Sale will also feature a no-guarantee season to...

A total of 331 lots have been catalogued for the two-day Tattersalls February Sale which will be held from Thursday, Jan. 30-Friday, Jan. 31. The sale will also feature the Tattersalls Stallion Parade at 11:30 a.m. on day one, as well as the inaugural Retraining of Racehorses (RoR) Showcase, which kicks off the entire two-day stand at 11 a.m. on Thursday, with the sale proper beginning immediately after the former. Friday's session will start at 10 a.m. Comprised of 124 fillies and mares in/out-of-training, 23 broodmares, 157 colts and geldings...

Ocala Breeders' Sales Company (OBS) has catalogued 316 horses for its January Winter Mixed Sale to be held Jan. 28 and the OBSOnline January 2025 Sale is scheduled to begin Jan. 23, according to the auction company's Wednesday press release. The mixed single-session auction will begin at 11:00 a.m. ET. and features newly turned yearlings, broodmares, and broodmare prospects. Among the first-crop stallions represented with yearlings in the catalogue are OBS graduates Colonel Liam and Corniche, Early Voting, Epicenter, Golden Pal, Greatest Honour, Magic On Tap, Mandaloun, Mind Control, Mystic...