auction sales

Fasig-Tipton has added two racing/broodmare prospects to its November sale slated for Monday, Nov. 3 in Lexington, Kentucky, the auction company said via a press release on Friday. Backcheck (Not This Time), a half-sister to current undefeated GI Frizette Stakes winner Iron Orchard, will be offered as hip 223. Iron Orchard, who recently sold on the Fasig-Tipton Digital platform for $2.5-million, is expected to make her next start in the Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies Oct. 31. The 3-year-old winning filly is consigned by Mill Ridge Sales, agent. Youalmosthadme (Oxbow), a...

There is joy in Central Kentucky as the Keeneland September Yearling sale surpassed $500 million in revenue for the first time. And I don't mean just by breeders, consignors, agents, and veterinarians. In short order, the ultimate trickle down will commence. Imagine these discussions in the coming weeks at area horse farms: "You know that truck we have been needing to replace ..." "You know that mower we keep repairing ..." "You know how we have been wanting to purchase a new tractor ..." "You know how we have spoken...

Taylor Made Sales Agency will offer a share in sire Not This Time at the second edition of the Keeneland Championship Sale, to be held in the Del Mar Paddock on Wednesday, Oct. 29, two days before the Breeders' Cup World Championships, Keeneland said in a press release on Thursday morning. The share will include all income from Not This Time's 2025 breeding season, providing immediate returns, and is offered by Aaron and Marie Jones LLC, an operation that has bred and raised top-class horses for decades. Not This Time...

4th-ELP, $100K, Msw, 2yo, f, 6f, 2:16 p.m. ET. Peter Blum homebred ELITE (Into Mischief) makes her first start for trainer Rodolphe Brisset. Out of Flawless (Mr. Greeley), the 2-year-old is a full-sister to current sire Authentic. Also drawn in the same race is Gary & Mary West homebred Fashion Designer (Into Mischief), who is trained by Brad Cox. Her dam Beach Walk produced current sire Life Is Good and GSW Most Wanted (Candy Ride {Arg}). Woodslane bred Sister Troienne (Munnings) is a Brian Lynch trainee whose own dam is...

When Andrew Schwarz and his sister Wendy Schwarz-Gilder decided to turn their longstanding enthusiasm for the Turf into a deeper commitment, in 2017, the option that best matched their outlook was a modest breeding program. If that meant taking their time, patiently building each page, so be it. All they knew was that they wanted to work with others of a similar disposition: people who gave time to each other, and to their horses. Schwarz, after all, is a real estate developer in New Orleans. "And in real estate, five...

New Narration, the dam of recent GI Pennsylvania Derby winner Saudi Crown, is the latest supplemental entry added to Fasig-Tipton's upcoming November Sale, the auction company said in a release Thursday. Consigned by Sequel New York, agent, as hip 259, the 8-year-old daughter of Tapit is in-foal to Nashville (Speightstown). Saudi Crown, her second foal, is expected to make his next start in the upcoming GI Breeders' Cup Classic. "New Narration is an exciting addition to our marquee November Sale lineup," said Fasig-Tipton President Boyd Browning. "Saudi Crown is one...

Bidding opened Thursday, Aug. 24 at Noon (ET) and closes Tuesday, Aug. 29, at 2 p.m. (ET) for the Fasig-Tipton August Digital Sale, the organization said in a release Thursday. The catalogue features 146 horses of racing age, breeding stock, yearlings and weanlings. The offerings are located in 14 states, as well as Ontario, Canada. "This is our largest digital sale to date since launching the platform in March of 2022," said Leif Aaron, Fasig-Tipton Director of Digital Sales. "We have a particularly strong group of racehorses, as this sale...