Fasig-Tipton has not received payment for grade I winner Crisp and the broodmares Little Bonnet and Sky Mom, who were sold for more than $1.9 million combined during the 2010 Kentucky November select mixed sale.
Monday, March 07, 2011The clearance rate improved at the Arqana February mixed sale at Saint-Cloud in France, rising to 68% this year from 58.3% in 2010, and the number sold increased to 166 from 127.
Monday, February 14, 2011
The Fasig-Tipton winter mixed sale improved its performance from a year ago in two key areas Feb. 7 in Lexington. The median price rose 7% and the buy-back rate dropped to 22.3% from 28.9% in 2010
Monday, February 07, 2011
A striking Indian Charlie yearling filly became the most expensive horse sold so far during the Fasig-Tipton Kentucky winter mixed sale in Lexington when she commanded $245,000 during the auction's second hour Feb. 7.
Monday, February 07, 2011
Broodmares and broodmare prospects are among the horses that will be offered as the breeding season approaches.
Friday, February 04, 2011
The Tattersalls February mixed sale posted a 68.9% gain in its gross revenue and a 51.2% increase in its average price. The median price rose 28.6% Feb. 3 in England.
Thursday, February 03, 2011
The sale is scheduled for Feb. 7 in Lexington and will begin at 10 a.m. (EST).
Monday, January 17, 2011
There are 522 horses cataloged for the Central Florida auction.
Saturday, January 15, 2011
Keeneland will introduce a new member of its management team and a new technological innovation designed to aid buyers during its January horses of all ages sale, which begins its five-day run in Lexington Jan. 10.
Saturday, January 08, 2011New Zealand Bloodstock has added a new session dedicated to horses in training to its 2011 national weanling, broodmare, and mixed bloodstock sale, which is scheduled for May 2-4.
Wednesday, December 22, 2010
Barretts has cataloged 392 horses for its 2011 January mixed sale. The auction will be held Jan. 24 at the Hinds Pavilion on the grounds of Fairplex Park in Southern California. It will begin at 10 a.m. (PST).
Tuesday, December 14, 2010Canadian champion Too Late Now brought $50,000 to top the Fasig-Tipton Texas December mixed sale, which posted increases of 25.5% and 22.2% in its gross revenue and average price, respectively, from a year ago.
Monday, December 13, 2010Fasig-Tipton has cataloged 349 horses for its Midlantic December mixed sale and 125 horses for its Texas December mixed sale.
Wednesday, November 17, 2010
Broodmare prospect Carribean Sunset, a group III winner in Ireland and a stakes winner in this country, brought $1 million Nov. 8 during the opening session in the Keeneland November breeding stock sale in Lexington.
Monday, November 08, 2010
Broodmare Society Selection was the first horse to crack the seven-figure price barrier at the Keeneland November breeding stock sale, bringing $1.85 million early in the auction's opening session Nov. 8 in Lexington.
Monday, November 08, 2010
Dubai Majesty was in the news again, two days after she won the Sentient Jet Breeders' Cup Filly and Mare Sprint (gr. I) at Churchill Downs.
Sunday, November 07, 2010Boosted by quality offerings in the dispersal of Al and Nora Figliolia's Westbury Stables, the Ocala Breeders' Sales Co. fall mixed sale enjoyed major upswings in gross of 48.3% and average price of 27.8% from a year ago.
Wednesday, October 20, 2010
The gross revenue rose 75.3% while the average price grew 41.9%. The median price was up 25%.
Tuesday, October 19, 2010
The market for yearlings this year showed signs of stability after big setbacks in 2009. But was that enough to boost the demand for breeding stock?
Sunday, October 17, 2010
The auction is scheduled for Oct. 16 at Lamar-Dixon in Gonzales, La.
Monday, October 04, 2010English group I winner Serious Attitude will be offered as a racing or broodmare prospect during the Fasig-Tipton Kentucky November select mixed sale in Kentucky.
Thursday, September 30, 2010The auction will be held Nov. 7 in Lexington, beginning at 4 p.m. (EST).
Tuesday, September 28, 2010
The total for the breeding stock auction is about the same as it was for the 2009 edition of the sale.
Tuesday, September 28, 2010
The Ocala Breeders' Sales Co. has cataloged 677 horses for its fall mixed sale, which will be held Oct. 19-20 in Central Florida.
Monday, September 20, 2010Todd and Shawn Hansen purchased English Channel yearling filly for $80,000 from Griffin Place, agent.
Thursday, September 09, 2010
Better Than Honour, the 2007 Kentucky Broodmare of the Year, produced "an incredible" Street Cry filly earlier this year and she is back in foal to Street Cry and carrying another filly.
Wednesday, August 18, 2010Fasig-Tipton planning to sell a group of mares in foal on Southern Hemisphere covers during the Kentucky November select mixed auction.
Tuesday, August 17, 2010She and a Lydgate filly top the auction, each bringing $8,000.
Sunday, August 15, 2010
The Tattersalls July mixed sale ended in England with a gross that was up 5.2% from a year ago. But the average price fell 3% while the median price declined 7.7%.
Friday, July 09, 2010
A 3-year-old son of Invincible Spirit, the colt sells for 460,000 guineas ($731,784 in U.S. funds) in England.
Thursday, July 08, 2010
The 2-year=old colt sells for 115,000 guineas ($183,183 in U.S. funds) while prices fall from 2009.
Wednesday, July 07, 2010Gross rises 14% while average price increases 11.1% in Ireland.
Wednesday, February 10, 2010
Median price holds steady during the auction, which was held Feb. 8 in Lexington.
Monday, February 08, 2010
Sale company officials hopeful the market has stabilized after big downturns in 2009.
Sunday, February 07, 2010Gross rises 40.2% while average price increases 3% from a year ago.
Thursday, February 04, 2010
Auction, which is scheduled for Feb. 8 in Lexington, has 115 yearlings among its offerings.
Friday, January 22, 2010
Florida mixed auction's gross declines 22.5% while average drops 7.9%.
Wednesday, January 20, 2010Winter mixed sale opens with a 13.2% increase in average and a 24.4% rise in median.
Tuesday, January 19, 2010
There are 496 horses in the catalog for the auction.
Sunday, January 17, 2010
Declines in gross and median are less steep than they were in 2009.
Friday, January 15, 2010
Conditions were brutal at Keeneland Jan. 9, two days before the start of the Central Kentucky company's horses of all ages sale.
Sunday, January 10, 2010
Keeneland officials hoping demand is solid for short yearlings in January sale.
Friday, January 08, 2010
Ocala Breeders' Sales Co. winter mixed auction will be held Jan. 19-20, 2010, in Central Florida.
Tuesday, December 22, 2009
Auction will be held Jan. 25 and 26 at the Hinds Pavilion on the grounds of Fairplex Park in Southern California.
Friday, December 18, 2009
Median price increases 38.9% from a year ago while buy-back rate falls. Gross drops 21.7%
Monday, December 14, 2009A Smarty Jones weanling and six mares have been added to the Fasig-Tipton Texas December mixed sale, which will be held Dec. 14 at Lone Star Park in Grand Prairie, Texas.
Wednesday, December 02, 2009
Fasig-Tipton has cataloged 105 horses for the Texas December mixed sale, which will be held at Lone Star Park Dec. 14. The auction will start at noon (CST).
Friday, November 20, 2009
This year, without as much star power, the Fasig-Tipton Kentucky November select mixed sale suffered sharp downturns of 59.4% in gross revenue, 52.7% in average price, and 32% in median price Nov. 10 in Lexington even though seven horses sold for amounts of $1 million or more apiece.
Tuesday, November 10, 2009
The Keeneland November breeding stock sale was hammered last year by the global financial crisis, suffering alarming downturns of 45.5% in gross, 39% in average price, and 42.9% in median price after a record-setting run in 2007. This year, consignors and sale company officials are hoping that, at the very least, the declines will slow down, but the odds are against a rebound during the auction's 13-day run, Nov. 10-22, in Lexington.
Monday, November 09, 2009
While the plunging economy was pounding other mixed sales late in 2008, the Fasig-Tipton November select auction generated spectacular results. The gross revenue rose 35.1% from the previous year while the average price and median prices increased 58.8% and 38.9%, respectively.
Monday, November 09, 2009