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Barretts January Mixed Sale Catalog Available

The catalog for the 2007 Barretts January Mixed Sale to be held Jan. 22-23 is now online and will be mailed soon.

 Saturday, December 16, 2006

Barretts Mixed Sale Suffers Setbacks

The Barretts October mixed sale ended its two-day run at California's Fairplex Park Tuesday with downturns in its key business figures.

 Wednesday, November 01, 2006

Average, Median Up as Barretts Mixed Sale Opens

The Barretts October mixed sale posted increases in its average and median prices during the opening session Monday at Fairplex Park in Southern California.

 Tuesday, October 31, 2006

More Than 500 Horses in Barretts Mixed Sale Catalogue

Barretts has catalogued 551 horses for its October mixed sale.

 Saturday, September 16, 2006

Photos, Catalogs for October Barretts Sales Available

Photographs of yearlings cataloged in the 2006 California's October Yearling Sale are now on-line at the Barretts sale company Web site.

 Saturday, September 16, 2006

Photos, Catalogs for October Barretts Sales Available

Photographs of yearlings cataloged in the 2006 California's October Yearling Sale are now on-line at the Barretts sale company Web site.

 Saturday, September 16, 2006

More Than 300 Horses in California Yearling Auction

The California October yearling sale has 327 horses in its catalogue.

 Thursday, August 17, 2006

Comic Strip Filly Tops Barretts Sale

Legend Lucy, a 2-year-old daughter of Comic Strip whose third dam produced Santa Anita Derby (gr. I) winner Larry the Legend, was purchased by Tom Acker and Bob Toomajian for $67,000 to top Tuesday's sale of 2-year-olds in training and horses of racing age sale at Barretts Equine.

 Wednesday, June 28, 2006

Barretts Summer Sale Catalog Available

The catalog for the 2006 Barretts Summer Sale of Horses of Racing Age and Two-Year-Olds in Training is now available at the company's Web site.

 Sunday, June 04, 2006

Red Bullet Colt Sells for $2.5 Million at Barretts

A Red Bullet colt named Unbridled Slew shattered a Barretts May sale of 2-year-olds in training record Tuesday when he brought the auction's highest price ever of $2.5 million.

 Tuesday, May 16, 2006

El Corredor Filly Tops Barretts May Sale Session

A filly by El Corredor clocked the fastest eighth of a mile in Friday's training preview session for Barretts 2006 May Sale of Two-Year-Olds at Fairplex Park.

 Saturday, May 13, 2006

Red Bullet Colt Sets Barretts May Preview Mark

Unbridled Slew, a California-bred 2-year-old colt, recorded the fastest eighth of a mile in Barretts May Sale history when he breezed the distance in 9 3/5 seconds Thursday at Fairplex Park.

 Thursday, May 11, 2006

Lloyd Hired as Barretts Vice President

Kim Lloyd is the new vice president sales for Barretts Equine Ltd., a Southern California-based Thoroughbred auction firm.

 Monday, May 08, 2006

Barretts Catalog Now Online

The catalog for the 2006 Barretts May sale of 2-year-olds in training is now online. A total of 378 head have been entered in the sale that will be conductted Tuesday, May 16 in the Hinds Pavilion located on the grounds of Fairplex Park in Pomona, California beginning at 10:30 a.m.

 Friday, April 07, 2006

Barretts Maintains Gross; Sells $1.5-Million Distorted Humor Colt

Barretts' March select sale of 2-year-olds in training had three strikes against it, but didn't go down swinging Tuesday in Southern California.

 Wednesday, March 15, 2006

Exploit Colt Brings $1.2 Million at Barretts

A striking, nearly black Exploit colt sold for $1.2 million Tuesday to Egyptian brewing mogul Ahmed Zayat early during the Barretts March select juvenile auction.

 Tuesday, March 14, 2006

Barretts Hopeful Graduates' Success Boosts March Juvenile Auction

Barretts' March select sale of 2-year-olds in training produced mixed results a year ago, with the gross revenue increasing while the average and median prices dropped. But the performance of the horses sold there has been consistently outstanding.

 Tuesday, March 14, 2006

Sorting Out the Top Prospects at Barretts

Buyers have been busy as bees trying to sort out the prospects from the pretenders at the Barretts March select sale of 2-year-olds in training.

 Tuesday, March 14, 2006

Swiss Yodeler Colt, Two Fillies Work Fast at Barretts

A Swiss Yodeler colt and fillies bySalt Lake and Gibson County were among the standouts Monday during the second and final under tack show prior to Tuesday's Barretts March select sale of 2-year-olds in training.

 Tuesday, March 14, 2006

Barretts 2-Year-Old Preview Reset for Monday

Due to persistent rain in Southern California, the training preview for the 2006 Barretts March Sale of Selected Two-Year-Olds in Training scheduled for Sunday has been rescheduled to Monday at 9 a. m. at Fairplex Park.

 Sunday, March 12, 2006

Improved Racing Climate in California Could Help Barretts Juvenile Auction

Following a world record Thoroughbred auction price of $16 million for a Forestry colt in South Florida, the select market for 2-year-olds in training moves to Southern California for Tuesday's Barretts March sale at Fairplex Park.

 Friday, March 10, 2006

Barretts 2-Year-Old Preview to be Held Sunday

The first training preview for the 2006 Barretts March Sale of Selected Two-Year-Olds in Training, originally scheduled to be held on March 6, has been re-scheduled for March 5 because of an approaching weather system.

 Saturday, March 04, 2006

Barretts Training Preview to Air on HRTV

Monday's first training preview for the 2006 Barretts March Sale of Selected 2-Year-Olds in Training is scheduled to be broadcast on HRTV on Wednesday, March 8 at both 8 a.m. (PST) and 9 p.m. (PST).

 Friday, March 03, 2006

Barretts January Mixed Sale Posts Increases

The Barretts January mixed auction experienced moderate growth in gross revenue and a big gain in average price during its two-day run that ended Tueday in Southern California.

 Wednesday, January 25, 2006

Texcess Tops Opening Session of Barretts Mixed Sale

Texcess, winner of the Boyd Gaming's Delta Jackpot and California Cup Juvenile Stakes in 2004, topped the opening session of the Barretts January mixed sale Monday in Southern California, bringing $300,000 from Carl Van Burger.

 Tuesday, January 24, 2006

Texcess, Storm Wolf Among Supplements to Barretts Sale

Grade II winner Storm Wolf, 2004 California-bred champion 2-year-old Texcess, and grade II-placed Papa to Kinzie are among 35 horses, including 19 horses of racing age, supplemented to the Barrett Equine 2006 January Winter Mixed Sale.

 Friday, January 13, 2006

More Than 580 Horses in Barretts January Mixed Sale

Barretts has catalogued 586 horses for its 2006 January mixed sale in Southern California.

 Monday, December 19, 2005

Barretts Sale Concludes With Gains

The Barretts Mixed Sale held Oct. 24-25 at the Hinds Pavilion at Fairplex Park in Pomona, Calif., saw solid across-the-board increases in gross receipts, average and median.

 Wednesday, October 26, 2005

Symphonic Movement Brings $290,000 at California Yearling Sale

Symphonic Movement, a colt from the first crop of High Demand, lived up to his sire's name and was so in demand with buyers that he topped the California October yearling sale Tuesday at Barretts. The muscular bay brought $290,000.

 Tuesday, October 04, 2005

Barretts, CTBA Working Together for California Yearling Sale

Barretts and the California Thoroughbred Breeders Association (CTBA), competitors for years in the commercial marketplace, are uniting for the first time to put on a sale.

 Friday, September 30, 2005

Barretts Catalogues 710 Horses for October Mixed Auction

The mixed sale will be held Oct. 24 and 25 in Southern California.

 Monday, September 26, 2005

Barretts Summer Sale Catalogue Has 150 Horses

Barretts has catalogued 113 2-year-olds in training and 37 older horses for its summer sale on June 28.

 Friday, June 03, 2005

Strong Demand For Juveniles Continues at Barretts Sale

Strong demand for juveniles at public auction continued at the Barretts May Sale of 2-Year-Olds in Training held May 17 at the Hinds Pavilion at Fairplex Park in Pomona, California. A total of 193 horses were reported sold for gross receipts of $7,663,700, an 8.6% jump over the same sale a year ago when 189 youngsters sold for a total of $7,053,000.

 Wednesday, May 18, 2005

Salt Lake Filly, Illinois Storm Colt Among Fastest Workers

A colt and a filly shared the fastest eighth of a mile time when they stopped the clock in :10.0 seconds Saturday during the second session of the under tack show for the Barretts May sale of 2-year-olds in training.

 Sunday, May 15, 2005

Barretts Previews 2-Year-Old in Training Sale

Kitty Street, a California-bred daughter of Sir Cat out of the Runaway Groom mare Stormy Street, turned in the fastest eighth of a mile Friday in the first training preview for the 2005 Barretts May Two-Year-Old in Training Sale.

 Saturday, May 14, 2005

Barretts May Catalogue Has 356 Horses

Barretts has catalogued 356 horses for its May sale of 2-year-olds in training. The auction is scheduled for May 17 at Fairplex Park in Southern California. Under tack shows will be held on May 13 and 14.

 Wednesday, April 06, 2005

2005 Juvenile Market: Slowing Down, But Still Producing Records

After a record-setting run in 2004, the market for select 2-year-olds in training is experiencing a slowdown in 2005.

 Thursday, March 31, 2005

$1.9-Million Songandaprayer Colt Tops Barretts Sale

Bob Lewis outlasted fellow Californian Sidney Craig in the bidding for a Songandaprayer colt at Tuesday's Barretts selected sale of 2-year-olds in training, paying $1.9 million for a horse who breezed a quarter-mile in what announcer John Henderson said was a world record time of :20.6 seconds.

 Wednesday, March 16, 2005

It Could Be Feast and Famine at Barretts March Sale

Will it be a feast or famine Tuesday at the Barretts March select sale of 2-year-olds in training? Recent results in the juvenile market suggest that consignors could experience both extremes.

 Monday, March 14, 2005

Songandaprayer Colt, Fusaichi Pegasus Filly Attracting Buyers' Attention at Barretts

With so many fast workout times, it's been more difficult to sort out which horses at the Barretts March sale of 2-year-olds in training are the best racing prospects for the long haul and which have only cheap speed.

 Monday, March 14, 2005

Better Catalogue Could Boost Top of Market at Barretts

With a better catalogue of offerings, there could be fireworks at the top of the market for the Barretts select sale of 2-year-olds in training on Tuesday at Fairplex Park in Southern California. "We have a better catalogue this year in terms of pedigree and physicals," Barretts president Jerry McMahon said.

 Friday, March 11, 2005

Devon Lane Filly, Songandaprayer Colt Post Fastest Times in Barretts Workouts

River's Prayer, a daughter of Devon Lane, worked an eighth of a mile in 9.80 seconds to post the fastest time during Monday's workouts in preparation for the March 15 Barretts Sale of selected 2-year-olds in training.

 Tuesday, March 08, 2005

Barretts March Sale Has More Than 200 Horses

Barretts has catalogued 202 horses for its March select sale of 2-year-olds in training.

 Thursday, January 27, 2005

Tale of the Cat Filly Brings $72,000 as Barretts Sale Ends

A Tale of the Cat yearling filly brought $72,000 Tuesday as the Barretts January mixed sale ended with downturns in gross revenue and average price.

 Wednesday, January 26, 2005

Lutyens Tops Opening Session of Barretts Sale

Lutyens, a 4-year-old son of Dixieland Band, sold for $45,000 Monday to top the first session of the Barretts January mixed auction in Southern California.

 Tuesday, January 25, 2005

Stormy Jack's First Foal Is Born at Barretts Sale Grounds

The first offspring by stakes winner Stormy Jack is a filly foaled Jan. 23 at the Barretts Sale grounds.

 Monday, January 24, 2005

CTBA, Barretts to Conduct Yearling Sale Together

The California Thoroughbred Breeders Association and Barretts Equine will combine their respective annual yearling sales in a one-day event to be held Oct. 4 at Barretts' Hinds Pavilion at Fairplex Park in Southern California.

 Friday, January 14, 2005

Barretts, CTBA Consider Joint Yearling Sale Venture

Barretts and the California Thoroughbred Breeders Association (CTBA) are discussing a joint venture to conduct an annual yearling sale.

 Tuesday, January 04, 2005

More Than 600 Horses Catalogued for Barretts Mixed Sale

Barretts has catalogued 670 horses for its 2005 January mixed sale.

 Friday, December 17, 2004

Cheiron Tops Barretts Mixed Sale

The Barretts mixed sale held Oct. 25-26 at the Hinds Pavilion at Fairplex Park in Pomona, Calif., showed sharp declines over the same sale a year ago despite the dispersal of seven horses of racing age from the partnership of Noctis Stable, Neil Papiano and Steve Taub. Only one horse, stakes-winner Cheiron, sold for more than $100,000 when the hammer fell at $165,000 for the 3-year-old.

 Monday, November 01, 2004
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