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Leading 2012 National Buyers by Gross

Leading 2012 Buyers of Yearlings

Includes buyers who purchased two or more yearlings at major North American auctions of 2012. A "short" yearling is one sold at a public auction during the winter and early spring and are considered closer in value to weanlings than yearlings sold in the summer and fall. The buyers listed are the top 100 sorted by gross purchases. Yearling statistics include sale results for the entire calendar year.

Last Updated: February 12, 2012 04:03 AM

RankNamePurchasedGrossAverageMedianHigh
1T. Hyde3$575,000$191,667$140,000$400,000
2Bluegrass Hall6$540,000$90,000$80,000$200,000
3Sugar Valley Farm7$293,000$41,857$27,000$160,000
4MJK Bloodstock5$230,000$46,000$30,000$82,000
5Hurstland Farm, agent, Acorn2$187,000$93,500$93,500$160,000
6Global Equine2$182,000$91,000$91,000$97,000
7Our Stable5$179,000$35,800$27,000$72,000
8Stoney Lane Farm9$162,000$18,000$18,000$29,000
9John Greathouse, agent5$161,000$32,200$25,000$67,000
10Glencrest Farm4$151,000$37,750$30,500$80,000
11Acorn Equine2$140,000$70,000$70,000$110,000
12Pegasus Farm, agent3$135,000$45,000$55,000$75,000
13Twin Peaks Racing4$131,000$32,750$17,000$82,000
14Brandywine Farm6$120,000$20,000$21,000$35,000
15Bortolazzo Stable2$119,000$59,500$59,500$90,000
16Gilman Partners2$115,000$57,500$57,500$70,000
17Carolyn R. Vogel6$113,000$18,833$15,500$37,000
18Clyde Rice8$110,400$13,800$12,750$30,000
19Stella Prima5$109,000$21,800$27,000$40,000
20M.T.B.S., agent7$108,500$15,500$18,000$21,000
21Tristan de Meric3$107,000$35,667$20,000$67,000
22Paul Schaffer3$105,000$35,000$30,000$56,000
23Whitechurch Bloodstock2$105,000$52,500$52,500$75,000
24Machmer Hall & Partners3$103,000$34,333$35,000$37,000
25Stoneleigh Farm2$99,000$49,500$49,500$62,000
26L.B. Mayer Stable7$93,900$13,414$12,000$30,000
27Bluegrass Thoroughbred Services, agent3$92,000$30,667$17,000$60,000
28ARB, agent2$92,000$46,000$46,000$65,000
29BBA Ireland6$89,000$14,833$15,500$30,000
30Epic Thoroughbreds2$85,000$42,500$42,500$45,000
31Secure Investments8$85,000$10,625$11,500$18,000
32ST Ventures2$80,000$40,000$40,000$45,000
33Baccari Bloodstock2$78,000$39,000$39,000$70,000
34Diner Bloodstock2$75,000$37,500$37,500$45,000
35Michael Sucher2$74,000$37,000$37,000$50,000
36Chad Schumer, agent2$73,000$36,500$36,500$58,000
37Maxwell Thoroughbreds2$73,000$36,500$36,500$49,000
38Machmer Hall, agent, Art & Faye Tanaka2$72,000$36,000$36,000$52,000
39Hillard Equine2$70,000$35,000$35,000$65,000
40Fourth Street Stable2$70,000$35,000$35,000$40,000
41Davant Latham2$69,500$34,750$34,750$62,000
42T Enterprises2$65,000$32,500$32,500$50,000
43H.H., agent3$63,500$21,167$11,000$45,000
44Summerfield Sales, agent2$57,500$28,750$28,750$50,000
45Baroness Bloodstock2$57,000$28,500$28,500$47,000
46Cantrell Family Partnership2$55,000$27,500$27,500$40,000
47Jason Hall, agent3$55,000$18,333$18,000$20,000
48Preston Stables6$53,000$8,833$8,000$20,000
49Carole Rio2$50,000$25,000$25,000$30,000
50Halvorson Bloodstock5$50,000$10,000$10,000$12,000
51Mersad Metanovic Bloodstock, agent, JD Racing2$50,000$25,000$25,000$25,000
52Kingston Bloodstock2$49,000$24,500$24,500$27,000
53Dreambuilder Racing2$48,000$24,000$24,000$25,000
54Porvenir Stud4$44,500$11,125$9,250$18,000
55Top Speed Farm2$41,000$20,500$20,500$30,000
56Dr. John C. Harroff2$37,000$18,500$18,500$20,000
57Inside Move3$36,200$12,067$16,000$16,000
58Southern Chase Farm, agent2$33,000$16,500$16,500$17,000
59Cloverleaf Farm II2$31,000$15,500$15,500$23,000
60Brenda Tabraue3$30,700$10,233$7,000$20,000
61Kenneth L. & Sarah K. Ramsey2$30,000$15,000$15,000$15,000
62Castle Park Farm2$29,500$14,750$14,750$23,000
63Bishopsgrove Estate3$29,000$9,667$10,000$13,000
64James R. Layden2$29,000$14,500$14,500$15,000
65Wintickett Farm2$25,000$12,500$12,500$15,000
66Norman G. Houston2$25,000$12,500$12,500$20,000
67Paul Darjean2$25,000$12,500$12,500$21,000
68Rick Lopez2$24,500$12,250$12,250$16,000
69Victor Centeno2$23,500$11,750$11,750$17,000
70Marcelino4$23,200$5,800$5,600$9,000
71Jim Fergason7$23,000$3,286$3,000$7,500
72Imagine2$23,000$11,500$11,500$14,000
73Riffle Hitch Bloodstock2$21,500$10,750$10,750$20,000
74Pedro Maestre2$21,000$10,500$10,500$11,000
75Mongolian Stable2$21,000$10,500$10,500$12,000
76Carolyn Chapman3$21,000$7,000$8,000$8,000
77B.R.B.2$19,500$9,750$9,750$13,000
78Machmer Hall & Pony World Farm2$18,500$9,250$9,250$10,000
79Remuda Corp.2$18,000$9,000$9,000$10,000
80Juan Centeno2$17,000$8,500$8,500$14,000
81Fredrick Town Farms3$15,500$5,167$3,000$10,000
82Pete Reiman2$15,500$7,750$7,750$14,000
83Kelli Mitchell2$15,000$7,500$7,500$10,000
84Cave Brook Farm2$14,000$7,000$7,000$12,000
85Cam Ziprick3$11,900$3,967$4,700$6,000
86Red Gables Stud, agent2$11,500$5,750$5,750$7,000
87James Pope3$11,200$3,733$3,000$5,500
88Teneri Farm2$8,700$4,350$4,350$5,000
89Renee Scucci2$8,500$4,250$4,250$6,000
90Mark Dickerson3$8,200$2,733$2,500$3,500
91L.A. Thoroughbreds2$8,000$4,000$4,000$5,000
92Arturo Villagran2$8,000$4,000$4,000$6,000
93Robert & Mai Woo Allen2$7,500$3,750$3,750$5,000
94Edgar Ordonez2$7,500$3,750$3,750$6,500
95William Napier2$7,000$3,500$3,500$4,500
96Elige Bourne2$6,200$3,100$3,100$3,200
97William E. Hazen Jr.3$6,000$2,000$2,000$2,500
98Surfside Stables2$5,700$2,850$2,850$3,000
99Jim Gulick2$5,500$2,750$2,750$4,000
100M. Perez3$5,500$1,833$2,000$2,000