Army Mule's scintillating return to competition in near track-record time at Gulfstream Park couldn't have come at a better time for South Point Sales, which is offering the colt's half sister at the Fasig-Tipton winter mixed sale next week.
BloodHorse Daily editor Claire Novak interviews Mark Taylor and Logan Payne in this exclusive sale preview, brought to you by Taylor Made Sales Agency.
The twenty-seven new entries, cataloged as hips 548-574, include racing and/or broodmare prospects, in-foal mares, and short yearlings.
Keeneland has named Barry Bowditch as its new Australasian representative, succeeding Vin Cox. Bowditch is the new managing director of Magic Millions, which conducts more than 25 Thoroughbred auctions each year in Australia.
Following are comments from Bradley Weisbord, founder of BSW Bloodstock and Elite Sales, upon joining the Water Hay Oats Alliance, which supports federal legislation that would give oversight of the sport's drug testing to USADA.
A daughter of Malibu Moon consigned by Summerfield, went to agent Patrice Miller of EQB for $150,000 to top the open session of the 2018 Ocala Breeders' Sales' winter mixed sale.
Topped by a yearling filly by Violence, Ocala Breeders' Sales launched its 2018 sale season on a strong note Jan. 24, with figures for the first day of the winter mixed sale soaring well beyond 2017.
A yearling filly by Violence sold for $200,000 during the Ocala Breeders' Sales winter mixed sale Jan. 24 exceeded expectations of breeders and consignors Georg and Sharon Maharg.
Let the bull run seems to be the prevailing wish of Ocala Breeders' Sales management and consignors with horses entered in the Jan. 24-25 winter mixed sale in Ocala, Fla.
The Curragh Racecourse announced Jan. 23 that Tattersalls will extend its agreement to be the title sponsor of the Tattersalls Irish Guineas Festival in 2018 to include sponsorship of three group 1 races.
Ready to Dance, an unraced 3-year-old son of Take Charge Indy, worked three-eighths of a mile in :32 to post the fastest work at the distance at the under tack show for the Ocala Breeders' Sales' 2018 winter mixed sale.
Additional 30 entered to the sale, which will be held Feb. 5-6. Supplemental entries will be taken through Jan. 25.
When Ocala Breeders' Sales stages one day of racing Jan. 24, one day prior to its two-day winter mixed sale, the program will consist of eight Quarter Horse events and one race for Thoroughbreds, but will not include the Day of Champions stakes.
Adrian Gonzalez's Checkmate Thoroughbreds sold three of the four highest-priced horses at the Barretts mixed sale Jan. 17 in Pomona, Calif. All were 2-year-olds and went to three different buyers.
Multiple graded stakes-winning homebreds Awesome Banner and millionaire Favorite Tale will have their 10 rivals surrounded when they load in the gate for the $100,000 Fire Plug Stakes Jan. 20 at Laurel Park.
The 2018 Magic Millions Gold Coast yearling sale was declared the best in the sales company's history Jan. 16, as records tumbled across the board after a spectacular six days of selling.
Not only does the Barretts January mixed sale offer opportunities to purchase breeding stock, yearlings, 2-year-olds, and other racing prospects, this year it will feature several ways people can help victims of the San Luis Rey fire.
More records fell on the Gold Coast Jan. 14 as the Book 2 section of the 2018 Magic Millions Gold Coast yearling sale provided buyers with more opportunities to find their next life changer.
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The Magic Millions Gold Coast yearling sale smashed all records for its book one auction, with previous benchmarks obliterated Jan. 13 during the fourth action-packed day of the event.
Five individual lots sold for AU$1 million or more during a stunning day's selling on Day 3 of the 2018 Magic Millions Gold Coast yearling sale Jan. 12.
The supplemental catalog to the Ocala Breeders' Sales' 2018 winter mixed sale is now available on the company's website at obssales.com.
Union Rags lead covering sire by average, 'Pharoah' top yearling sire
Keeneland's 2018 January horses of all ages sale concluded Jan. 11 with healthy results that signal continued buyer confidence and demand for quality that buoyed the recent September yearling and November breeding stock auctions.
A colt by leading Hunter Valley stallion I Am Invincible became the highest selling lot in 10 years at the Magic Millions Gold Coast yearling sale when he sold for AU$2 million (about US$1.5 million) Jan. 11, Day 2 of the Australian sale.
Fasig-Tipton has cataloged 517 entries to date for the Kentucky Winter Mixed sale, to be held Feb. 5-6, in Lexington, Ky. Sessions will begin each day at 10 am ET.
Barretts will donate 10% of its commissions from the Jan. 17 mixed sale to the California Thoroughbred Horsemen's Foundation for victims of the San Luis Rey Training Center fire.
While the Ashview Farm of Bryan and Gray Lyster will not be among the leading consignors at the Keeneland January horses of all ages sale by gross because they lack the numbers of other vendors, they will rank among the leaders in clearance rate.
Standing in the back walking ring at the Keeneland sale pavilion, Joaquin Galdos and his father, Alfredo, were shopping for bloodstock to add to their operation in Peru. While Alfredo is a horseman, his son is a bullfighter in Spain.
Manager bought four mares at Keeneland January for $680,000
Keeneland's January horses of all ages sale reached a milestone Jan. 10, when gross sales of $31,744,700 through three days of the four-day auction exceeded total sales of $28,785,500 recorded during last year's entire five-day event.
A Queensland-bred colt by Fastnet Rock (AUS) sold for AU$1 million to top the Jan. 10 opening day of the 2018 Magic Millions Gold Coast yearling sale.
Claire Crosby recaps book 1 of the the Keeneland January Horses of All Ages Sale, including comments from agent Steve Young and Geoffrey Russell of Keeneland. Sponsored by Taylor Made Sales Agency.
Grade 2 winner Mrs McDougal and a yearling colt from the first crop of 2015 Triple Crown winner American Pharoah during the Jan. 9 session are the most seven-figure horses sold at Keeneland's January sale since 2013.
They saved the best for last during the Jan. 9 second session of the Keeneland January horses of all ages sale when the Medaglia d'Oro mare Mrs McDougal was purchased by agent Steven W. Young for $1.6 million.
Like many buyers speculating on young horses to be re-sold, Peter O'Callaghan has been active at the Keeneland January horses of all ages sale, purchasing short yearlings that will be offered at late-season yearling sales.
Effective with the conclusion of the January horses of all ages sale, Keeneland's Tom Thornbury will transition from his current position as associate director of sales and take on a new role within the organization as a consultant.
A half brother to group 1 winner Caravaggio became the first horse to reach the seven-figure threshold at the Keeneland January horses of all ages sale when he sold for $1 million to representatives of Coolmore Stud Jan 9.
Keeneland realized double-digit growth in gross, average and median prices during the Jan. 8 opening session of the 2018 January horses of all ages sale, which was highlighted by the $485,000 purchase by agent Steve Young of Bellavais.
Bellavais, a 4-year-old Tapit filly descended from one of Darby Dan Farm's storied equine families was sold for $485,000 to highlight the Jan. 8 first day of Keeneland's January horses of all ages sale.
When a War Front colt offered in the 2017 Keeneland November breeding stock sale spiked a fever, the foal was withdrawn from the sale and re-entered in the January horses of all ages sale.
Five-year-old daughter of Street Cry is a half sister to graded winner Eskendereya and Balmont and is in foal to Medaglia d'Oro.
When Moonshine Bertie, consigned as Hip 539 by Jim and Pam Robinson's Brandywine Farm, goes through the ring at the Keeneland January horses of all ages sale during the Jan. 9 second session, the mare will be accompanied by her 2018 foal.
Multiple graded stakes-placed Majestic Quality led the early action Jan. 8 at the Keeneland January horses of all ages sale, when Shadai Farm went to $350,000 to take home the 4-year-old daughter of Quality Road.
One year after her Keeneland January sale consignment was impacted by an embargo placed on horses that had been at Fair Grounds, Meg Levy returns with a solid group of racing and broodmare prospects and short yearlings.
Buoyed by the strong commercial market of 2017, strength of the U.S. stock market, and recent federal tax law changes, there is an air of optimism heading into the Keeneland January horses of all ages sale.
Mirroring the November market, demand for just-turned yearlings should be strong and overall business solid at the Keeneland January horses of all ages sale, according to Mark Taylor of Taylor Made Sales Agency.
As buyers braved single-digit temperatures the morning of Jan. 6 to inspect horses entered in the Keeneland January horses of all ages sale, some of the most-requested showings were for the short yearlings sired by American Pharoah.
Claire Crosby previews the Keeneland January Horses of All Ages Sale, including comments from Bill Farish of Lane's End regarding offspring selling by Honor Code, Liam's Map, Tonalist, and Mr Speaker. Sponsored by Taylor Made Sales Agency
When the owner of the grade 2-winning mare Mrs McDougal decided last year to retire the daughter of Medaglia d'Oro, they and Kentucky horseman Reiley McDonald thought she would be a good fit for the Keeneland January horses of all ages sale.
