horse sales

In this series, we will have a look predominantly at American-bred first-time juvenile starters (through the end of 2025) and debuting 3-year-olds in maiden races at Meydan Racecourse, with a specific focus on pedigree and/or performance in a sales ring. The flagship venue for racing in the United Arab Emirates is Meydan Racecourse, which will host racing on Fridays through the end of March, with the exception of Super Saturday on Feb. 28 and Dubai World Cup night Mar. 28, 2026. Here are the horses of note for this Friday's...

Scottish Lassie (McKinzie), a multiple Grade I winner, has been withdrawn from the GI Longines Breeders' Cup Distaff and will be sold Nov. 3 at Fasig-Tipton's "Night of the Stars" (Hip 226), the connections said via a press release on Thursday. According to trainer Jorge Abreu, he was "not 100% satisfied with the way Scottish Lassie was moving this morning, so out of an abundance of caution we've decided to scratch her from the race. This filly has a ton of heart, but in fairness to her, we didn't want...

LEXINGTON, KY -- The Fasig-Tipton Kentucky October Yearlings Sale powered through its opening session in Lexington Monday, with figures up significantly from its record-setting 2024 renewal. "It was a great start to the October Yearling Sale in Kentucky," Fasig-Tipton President Boyd Browning said at the close of business Monday. "All of the statistical categories produced significant increases and we saw a continuation of the trends that we've seen from July carried through August, carried through September and now in October. There was tremendous demand at more levels than we've seen...

Bidding is now open for the Fasig-Tipton October Digital Sale, with a total of 407 horses of all ages on offer. The sale has been divided into two days--bidding on hips 1-225, including horses of racing age, racing/broodmare prospects, yearlings and weanlings will close Tuesday, Oct. 7, while a broodmare section of the sale (hips 226-407) will close Wednesday, Oct. 8. "We're really excited about the October Digital Catalogue," said Leif Aaron, Fasig-Tipton Director of Digital Sales. "The depth of this sale has led us to split it across two...

Beginning with the upcoming March Digital Sale, Fasig-Tipton is raising the upset price for all of the company's live and digital auctions from $1,000 to $2,500. The upset price, or the minimum bid that can be made for a Thoroughbred offered at Fasig-Tipton auctions, has been in place since 2000. "The $1,000 upset price was instituted 25 years ago, and the time has come for it to be raised in support of our industry's long-term commitment to Thoroughbred welfare," said Fasig-Tipton President Boyd Browning.  "The value of the dollar has...

It used to be that your options around this time of year were limited when you went to sell a broodmare at auction. There was Fasig-Tipton November, Keeneland November and Keeneland January, all industry staples that had been around for decades before anyone had ever heard of the internet or digital horse sales. "I never would have believed it and I hadn't been a proponent of digital sales because I'm old school and I like to go and see and look and poke and prod," said Hume Wornall, who operates...

Robert Clay signed the winning ticket on hip 201 Tuesday evening at Fasig-Tipton Saratoga, going to $1 million for a colt by perennial leading sire Into Mischief. Consigned by Indian Creek, agent, the April-foaled bay colt is out of the unraced Validest (Medaglia d'Oro), a half-sister to the multiple graded-winning Global View (Galileo {Ire}). This is also the family of MGSW A. P. Warrior (A.P. Indy). Breeder Hubert Vester acquired Validest for $350,000 in foal to Authentic at the 2021 Keeneland November Sale.

As is the custom, the summer ushers in the yearling sales season, headed by Tuesday's Fasig-Tipton July Sale of Selected Yearlings at Newtown Paddocks. Beginning at 10 a.m., the sale features a trimmed-down catalogue of 286 yearlings, once again highlighted by a selection of first-crop sires, making up roughly a third of the catalog. Featuring 370 head one year ago, this season's offering of yearlings points not only to availability, but to the ongoing drive toward quality. "It's always a function of the type of horses that you're exposed to...

An additional five horses have been added to the catalogue for next Monday's Fasig-Tipton July Selected Horses of Racing Age Sale at the company's Newtown Paddocks in Lexington. Catalogued as hip 520 is the 2-year-old filly Fortuna Mia, who won her maiden by four lengths at Horseshoe Indianapolis at first asking May 13 to become the first winner for her freshman sire Vekoma (by Candy Ride {Arg}) and most recently finished third in a muddy renewal of the Debutante Stakes at Churchill Downs June 30. Out of a half-sister to...

Prior to this year's Keeneland September Sale, John Stewart was largely unknown in racing circles. That changed when Stewart, the founder and managing partner of MiddleGround Capital, a private equity firm, spent $8.425 million on 13 horses. He was just getting started. Stewart returned to the fall breeding stock sales at Fasig-Tipton and Keeneland where he once again opened his check book, purchasing 11 mares and weanlings for a total of $17.35 million. The list included the two-time GI Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Sprint winner Goodnight Olive (Ghostzapper). Stewart...

The 2024 Texas 2-Year-Olds In Training Sale will take place at Lone Star Park in Grand Prairie Wednesday, Apr. 3, 2024, with the under-tack preview set for Monday, Apr. 1. "We're excited to follow up our solid 2023 sale with our 2024 edition of our Texas 2-Year-Old Sale," TTA Sales Director Foster Bridwell said. "We continue to pursue quality offerings that create an attractive marketplace for our buyers in the region." Recent graduates of the sale include Norman Stables' Strong Promise (Broken Vow), who fetched $125,000 at this year's sale...

In this continuing series, we take a look ahead at US-bred and/or conceived runners entered for the upcoming weekend at the tracks on the Japan Racing Association circuit, with a focus on pedigree and/or performance in the sales ring. Here are the horses of interest for this weekend running at Tokyo Racecourse. The headline event of the weekend is the G1 Shuka Sho, where Liberty Island (Jpn) (Duramente {Jpn}) goes for a sweep of the Triple Tiara. Click here for our preview: Saturday, October 14, 2023 3rd-TOK, ¥13,720,000 ($92k), Newcomers,...