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Casse Lands $350K Not This Time Colt in Book 5 Opener at Keeneland

A colt by Not This Time led the initial Book 5 session of the Keeneland September Sale in Lexington Wednesday. Consigned by his breeder Woods Edge Farm, Hip 3027 was purchased for $350,000 by bloodstock agent Justin Casse, purchasing on behalf of an undisclosed client. "He is a lovely colt," said Casse. "He was spotted well in the latter part of the sale by one of the best consignors out there, Peter O'Callaghan. His pedigree stood out. You weren't going to run into many pedigrees like that at this stage...

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Mgheera Highlights Tattersalls Online September Catalogue As New Time Format Unveiled

Anchored by the Group 2-placed stakes winner Mgheera (GB) (Zoustar {Aus}) (lot 64), the catalogue for the Tattersalls Online September Sale from Sept. 18-19, is now online. Rated 107 by Timeform, the daughter of Zoustar is joined by 170 other lots ranging a breeding right in Classic-winning sire Phoenix Of Spain (Ire) (Lope De Vega {Ire}) (lot 171), to broodmare Biri's Angel (Ire) (Sir Prancealot {Ire}) in foal to Sergei Prokofiev as lot 154. There is also a Too Darn Hot (GB) yearling filly (lot 131), as well as 118...

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OBS October Yearling Sale Catalog Now Live

The catalog for the Ocala Breeders' Sales Company's 2024 October Yearling Sale is now available via the OBS website. The two-day sale is set for Tuesday and Wednesday, October 8th and 9th. Supplemental entries will be accepted until September 21st. There are 535 horses cataloged in two open sessions. The sale begins Tuesday, October 8th with Hip No.'s 1-266 plus supplements offered for sale. Hip No.'s 301-569 plus supplements will be sold Wednesday, October 9th. Both sessions will begin at 11:30 a.m. Supplements will be sold at the conclusion each...

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Indiana TOBA To Host 2024 Fall Mixed Sale

The Indiana Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders Association will host their 2024 Fall Mixed Sale October 12 at Horseshoe Indianapolis. The three-part sale will feature a live yearling auction, a paddock sale, and a mixed digital sale (held Nov. 14-19). The yearling sale, which will begin at 1pm at the Horseshoe Indy Receiving Barn, welcomes a catalog of 87 Indiana-bred and sired yearlings while the paddock sale spotlights horses of racing age currently stabled at Horseshoe Indy. The digital sale, held here, has a diverse catalog of weanlings, broodmares, horses of...

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Optimism Abounds As Keeneland September Opens Monday

LEXINGTON, KY - The Keeneland September Yearling Sale, which has settled into a standard format over the last four years, opens its 12-day run Monday with the first of two boutique Book 1 sections beginning at 1 p.m. Bidders returning to the Lexington venue will be welcomed to a redesigned pavilion with a more wide open view of the rostrum from the entrance, as well as wider hallways, increased lighting, and a grouping of tables and sitting area behind the rows of seats in the pavilion. "It's something we've been...

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Fasig-Tipton Midlantic Fall Yearling Catalogue Online

Fasig-Tipton has catalogued 274 yearlings to its Midlantic Fall Yearlings Sale, to be held on Tuesday, Oct. 1 at the Maryland State Fairgrounds in Timonium, Maryland. The sale will begin at 11 am. "Midlantic Fall graduates have notched nearly 60 stakes wins or placings in 2024 alone, including a bevy of quality graded stakes winners," said Paget Bennett, Midlantic Director of Sales. "Yearlings from the Midlantic region are well raised and their results on the racetrack bear that out year-after-year." The front cover of this year's catalogue features recent graded...

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First Flightline Foals Set For JRHA Select Sale

Three members from the much-anticipated first crop by undefeated Horse of the Year Flightline (Tapit) are scheduled to go under the hammer during the foal session of the Japan Racing Horse Association (JRHA) Select Sale on Tuesday, July 9, on the northern island of Hokkaido. The foal sale is preceded by the Select Yearling Sale on Monday, July 8. TDN European Sales Editor Brian Sheerin will be providing on-site coverage. Flightline has every chance to make an enormous first impression when lot 347 becomes the first of the three offerings...

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Fasig-Tipton July Sale Catalogue Online

The online catalogue for the upcoming July Sale has been posted and can be viewed at www.fasigtipton.com. A total of 286 selected yearlings have been catalogued for the sale, which will take place Tuesday, July 9 at Newtown Paddocks in Lexington. The sale will begin at 10 AM. "We look forward to kicking off yearling sales season with another strong group of well conformed, mature yearlings in July," said Fasig-Tipton President Boyd Browning. "The sale continues to produce remarkable performance numbers that cannot be overlooked by any serious buyer." This...

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Shamrocks In The Bluegrass: Adrian Regan Of Hunter Valley

"A man of my kidney." All the way back to Falstaff, this curious expression has tokened a particular kinship in temperament or personality. In the case of Adrian Regan of Hunter Valley Farm, however, it has an uncommon resonance--both literal and figurative. In the former sense, he was fortunate that his brother should have turned out to possess not only a matching kidney when Regan needed a transplant, but also the big fraternal heart to go willingly under the knife. Regan will never forget Dr. Erickson at the Mayo Clinic...

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Bidding Open For Fasig-Tipton May Digital Sale

The catalogue for the Fasig-Tipton May Digital sale is now online at digital.fasigtipton.com and bidding is now open for the 110 horses of all ages that are on offer. The sale will close on Tuesday, May 14, beginning at 2 p.m. ET. The catalogue includes breeding stock in addition to horses of racing age, 2-year-olds and yearlings. Among the offerings are the first mares in foal to champions Elite Power (Curlin), Forte (Violence) and Up To The Mark (Not This Time), as well as Gunite (Gun Runner) Mage (Good Magic)...

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Plenty Of Diversity In Arqana February Catalogue

The catalogue for the Arqana February Mixed Sale on February 13-14 was released by the sale company on Friday. Featuring 363 horses comprised of horses-in-training on the Flat and over jumps, broodmares, maidens, 2-year-olds and yearlings, with eight wildcards still to be announced, sessions will begin at 11 a.m. daily. The Arqana February Sale, which last year sold the G2 Prix du Petite Couvert winner and G1 Prix de l'Abbaye-placed Air De Valse (Fr) (Mesnil des Aigles {Fr}) as a broodmare prospect, this year offers a trio of fillies-in-training who...

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'Quality And Diversity' On Offer As February Sale Catalogue Released By Tattersalls

A total of 376 lots have been catalogued for the two-day Tattersalls February Sale at Park Paddocks on Feb. 1-2. Divided between 146 fillies and mares in/out of training, 27 broodmares, 172 colts and geldings in/out of training, 22 yearlings and nine 2-year-olds, the sale will begin on Feb. 1 after the Thoroughbred Breeders' Association Flat Stallion Parade. The second session will take place at 10 a.m. Among the lots on offer are Grade III winner Angel Terrace (Ghostzapper) (lot 67), herself a half-sister to crack stayer Order Of St...

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