WTBA Mixed Sale Suffers Setbacks

Business was down during the Washington Thoroughbred Breeders Association's winter mixed sale Sunday at Emerald Downs. The WTBA reported that 194 were sold for a gross of $617,500 and an average of $3,318. Last year, the 212 horses sold grossed $877,350 and averaged $4,138.

A yearling Free At Last--Northern Whirl colt topped the auction, bringing $38,000 from Frank Gaunt of Covington, Wash. Griffin Place, agent for Carnation Racing Stables, consigned the colt.