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JRHA Adding Yearlings to July Sale

The Japan Racing Horse Association (JRHA) has announced a new format for the July select sale next year that will include yearlings along with foals.

 Monday, October 24, 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

Top-Priced Yearlings at Keeneland's Second Session

Here's a review of the top priced ($1 million or more) sellers during session 2 of the Keeneland September Yearling Sale.

 Tuesday, September 13, 2005

CBA Striving to Educate Buyers About Endoscopic Evaluations

The Consignors and Commercial Breeders Association (CBA), which was formed in Central Kentucky earlier this year, has published a 20-page pamphlet about the pre-sale endoscopic evaluation of the throats of horses offered at public auction.

 Sunday, September 11, 2005

Washington Yearling Sale Up in Major Categories

The Washington Thoroughbred Breeders' Association's annual yearling sale Sept. 6 showed increases in gross, average, and median.

 Wednesday, September 07, 2005

Montjeu Filly Tops Deauville Sale

A filly by Montjeu topped the select portion of the Deauville sale Monday in France, with a final bid of 580,000 euros (about $710,000).

 Tuesday, August 23, 2005

Bertrando Colt Tops Northern California Yearling Sale

Tuesday's 2005 Northern California yearling sale showed an increase in average sale price of 10.2%, with a colt by Bertrando topping the sale at $50,000.

 Wednesday, August 17, 2005

NY Breeders' Sales Co. Catalogues 210 Yearlings

The New York Breeders' Sales Company announced the catalog for the Saratoga Premier Yearling Sale Aug. 11-12 is now available online at www.nybreederssales.com. The sales company has catalogued 210 yearlings for the two sessions, which will begin at 7:30 p.m. each day.

 Tuesday, June 28, 2005

Saratoga Sale Catalogue Considerably Smaller

Having previously announced its Saratoga sale would be held over two nights rather than three for the first time, Fasig-Tipton officials said the catalogue for the sale has declined considerably.

 Tuesday, June 28, 2005

Commercial Breeders Form Organization

A new organization that seeks to better educate buyers of horses at public auction announced its formation today.

 Thursday, June 16, 2005

New York Breeders Slots Yearling Sale for August

The New York Breeders' Sales Co. is planning two sales in Saratoga Springs for 2005. A yearling sale will be held Aug. 11-12, with a mixed sale to follow Oct. 17-18. The sales will be conducted at the show grounds on Union Avenue adjacent to Saratoga racetrack.

 Friday, February 11, 2005

Blue Skies: Frustrated buyers mean sellers' market for mares with upside

On day 10 of the Keeneland November sale, it was dark, gloomy, and drizzly. But you couldn't dampen the spirits of those who consigned to the world's largest breeding stock auction.

 Wednesday, November 24, 2004

Early Ventures: Jump Start, Explicit shine among first-year weanling sires

The weanling market exhibited strength throughout the Keeneland and Fasig-Tipton Kentucky November breeding stock sales, and that strength was not just concentrated at the top. As has been the trend the last few years, there was a premium attached to all levels of the younger sires, and that seemed to be more pronounced this season. That was good news for sellers loaded with weanlings from first-year sires.

 Wednesday, November 24, 2004

Tattersalls Sale Starts With Danehill The Star

Europe's premier yearling auction, the Tattersalls October (part one) yearling sale in Newmarket, returned encouraging figures Oct. 5 but a verdict on the strength of the market is impossible to make yet with no direct comparisons available.

 Tuesday, October 05, 2004

Key Numbers Down At Goffs Orby Select Sessions

Sheikh Mohammed struck early at the second of two select sessions at the Goffs' Orby Sale at Kill, Co Kildare, Ireland, Tuesday, but the overall figures for the select part of the sale were down.

 Tuesday, September 28, 2004

Too Many Horses? Russell Discusses September Sale's Size

Is the biggest sale of its kind in the world getting too big?

 Tuesday, August 03, 2004

Nearly 4,900 Yearlings Catalogued for Keeneland September Sale

A record 4,891 horses are cataloged for Keeneland's September yearling sale, which begins Monday, Sept. 13 and continues for 14 days through Sept. 27.

 Tuesday, July 27, 2004

Between the Lines

By Dan Liebman -- Among the comments heard at the Fasig-Tipton Kentucky July yearling sale were two that were neither profound nor lengthy, but nonetheless quite significant. From Patrick Lawley-Wakelin: "People were more prepared this year." From Walt Robertson: "It is a good time to own a horse."

 Tuesday, July 27, 2004

Fusaichi Pegasus, Elusive Quality Colts Among Top Prospects at Fasig-Tipton

OK, let's be honest. We don't really know what's going to happen until a horse goes into the sale ring and we see if two or three of the biggest buyers want him badly and hook up. But here's a list of some of the colts and fillies that were generating buzz prior to Monday and Tuesday's Fasig-Tipton Kentucky July yearing sale.

 Sunday, July 18, 2004

Outlook Bright for Fasig-Tipton July Yearling Auction

Expectations are running high for the yearling selling season, which kicks off Monday in Central Kentucky with Fasig-Tipton's July auction.

 Friday, July 16, 2004

Paramount, Railton Plan Joint Venture

Pat Costello of Paramount Sales and Jamie Railton are teaming up to consign horses to the Tattersalls October yearling sale in England.

 Thursday, July 15, 2004

Danehill Colt Tops First Session of Magic Millions Sale

A Danehill colt brought the top price of $650,000 ($498,940 in U.S. funds) as the Conrad Jupiters Magic Millions yearling sale got off to strong start in Australia Thursday.

 Thursday, January 08, 2004

Tattersalls October Shatters Previous Numbers

The gross up 44%, average up 28% and a median that had risen 17% told the story of a remarkable Tattersalls October Yearling Sale, which finished in Newmarket last night.

 Friday, October 10, 2003

Deauville Sale Shows Slight Gains

The August yearling sale conducted by Agence Francaise in Deauville, France showed modest gains, in part because of a smaller catalog. The sale ended Aug. 27 after five days of selling.

 Thursday, August 28, 2003

Keeneland September Entries Comparable to Last Year

The number of entries for this year's Keeneland September yearling sale is "comparable" to the total for last year's auction, according to Keeneland's director of sales Geoffrey Russell.

 Wednesday, May 14, 2003

Fasig-Tipton Yearling Nominations 'Comparable' To Last Year

Nominations for Fasig-Tipton's Kentucky July select, Saratoga select, and New York-bred preferred yearling sales were "comparable" to last year's figures as of March 12, according to Fasig-Tipton executive Boyd Browning.

 Wednesday, March 12, 2003

New Zealand Premier Yearling Sale Gross, Average Down; Median Up

The three-day premier yearling sale conducted by New Zealand Bloodstock that ended today saw a decline in both gross and average from a year ago.

 Wednesday, January 29, 2003

New Zealand Premier Yearling Sale Up After Two Days

Things slowed a bit today, the second day of the New Zealand premier yearling sale at Karaka, but the gross and average were both still ahead of last year's figures.

 Tuesday, January 28, 2003

Filly from Family of Dancethruthedawn Brings $300,000 at Fasig-Tipton

After 220 hips through the ring at the Fasig-Tipton Kentucky Fall Yearlings sale, a filly from the family of Dancethruthedawn, hip #77, has brought the highest price of $300,000.

 Monday, October 21, 2002

Last Year's Gross Already Passed at Tattersalls October Sale

Last year's 26,055,700 guineas total Tattersalls October Yearling Sale turnover was passed Thursday night in Newmarket, England, and the record aggregate of 32,256,200 guineas achieved in 2000 could be reached with two more days to go.

 Thursday, October 17, 2002

Midlantic Sale Posts Solid Numbers

The Fasig-Tipton Midlantic Eastern Fall Yearling sale has shown strong numbers through the first two days of the three-day auction. On Monday and Tuesday, gross and average are up slightly, while the median is up significantly and the number of horses bought back is down. The sale ends today.

 Wednesday, October 02, 2002

Keeneland October Sale Numbers Down Sharply

Keeneland's second October yearling sale will catalogue substantially fewer horses than it did in 2001.

 Tuesday, September 24, 2002

Lane's End Out of Keeneland Tuesday Session

Lane's End Farm sold the only two yearlings to bring over $1 million at the Keeneland sale on Monday, but it will not sell any horses at the auction on Tuesday.

 Tuesday, July 16, 2002

Keeneland July Yearling Sale Starts Monday

The 59th annual Keeneland July select yearling sale gets under way at 7:30 p.m. (EDT) on Monday with 200 horses cataloged for the two-day auction.

 Thursday, July 11, 2002

23 Listed as Out For Keeneland Sale

Keeneland was beginning to spring to life Thursday as horses started arriving for the sale company's annual July auction, the industry's first true measure each year of the yearling market.

 Thursday, July 11, 2002

TVG Planning Live Coverage of Keeneland Sale

TVG will offer live coverage and analysis of the Keeneland July select yearling sale July 15 and 16 from 7-10:30 p.m.

 Thursday, June 27, 2002

Saratoga Select Sale Will Offer 228 Yearlings

The catalogue for the Saratoga select yearling sale will have 228 horses, down by 3.8% from last year's total of 237.

 Wednesday, June 12, 2002

Desert Prince Colt Brings $3.5 Million at Tattersalls

The third highest price ever for a yearling sold in Europe was realized Wednesday when a Desert Prince colt brought 2,300,000 guineas ($3,519,000) at the Tattersalls Houghton sale.

 Wednesday, October 03, 2001

Final Fasig-Tipton Numbers Strong

Day two of the Fasig-Tipton Kentucky selected yearlings sale in Lexington, Ky. began with an Unbridled colt, Hip No. 297, shattering Wednesday's top price. As the sale concluded, final numbers were positive with the exception of the number of horses that did not meet their reserve prices.

 Wednesday, August 02, 2000
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