Blood-Horse Auction News

August 2008 - Posts

• Ontario-bred Bonuses May Boost Sale
  Aug 30 2008, 02:46 PM

  The Canadian Thoroughbred Horse Society yearling sale is hoping to get a boost from new bonuses offered at Woodbine to Ontario-bred runners. The purse bonuses are attracting new buyers to the sale, like top U.S. trainer Steve Asmussen. Read More... Post Reactions

• WTBA Summer Yearling Sale Set To Begin
  Aug 30 2008, 11:53 AM

  The 42nd annual Washington Thoroughbred Breeders Association Summer Yearling Sale will be held Sept. 2. Read More... Post Reactions

• Washington Yearling Sale Starts Sept. 2
  Aug 29 2008, 09:59 PM

  A total of 215 horses have been cataloged for the Washington summer yearling sale. Read More... Post Reactions

• St. Leger Sale Ends With Declines
  Aug 29 2008, 09:50 AM

  Doncaster's St. Leger sale -- the first British or Irish yearling auction of 2008 -- failed to match its 2007 figures when ending Aug. 28 in England. The average of £33,649 (approximately $61,725) was down 10%, the median of £26,000 ($47,694) fell... Post Reactions

• Live Coverage Planned for September Sale
  Aug 28 2008, 04:52 PM

  Keeneland Productions and HRTV are partnering to provide live coverage of the opening two days of the September yearling sale, September 8-9, which are select sessions. Read More... Post Reactions

• Dear Lady Ann Tops CTBA Sale
  Aug 28 2008, 10:31 AM

  Dear Lady Ann, a daughter of Salt Lake, brought $37,000 to top the Northern California yearling sale at the Sonoma County Fairgrounds in Santa Rosa Aug. 26. Super Horse purchased the chestnut yearling from Jack and Barb Hatch's Green Acre Stables... Post Reactions

• Elusive Quality Colt Leads Way
  Aug 27 2008, 04:42 PM

  Day two of Doncaster's St. Leger yearling sale generated a gross of £5,036,500 (approximately $9,281,313), which represented a decline of 17.9% from 2007. The £37,868 average price and £30,000 median price, for the 133 horses sold, fell 4.9% and 4... Post Reactions

• FT Texas Results Slide After Day Two
  Aug 26 2008, 08:45 PM

  A weaker second sesson pulled down the overall average and median at the Fasig-Tipton Texas Yearling sale, which ended Aug. 26. Last year's second sesssion was bolstered by a record-topping $330,000 horse. Read More... Post Reactions

• Business Declines at Doncaster Sale
  Aug 26 2008, 05:10 PM

  Day one of Doncaster's St. Leger sale -- Britain's first yearling auction of 2008 -- produced figures short of their 2007 equivalents Aug. 26. Read More... Post Reactions

• OBS Fall Sale Has 1,000 Horses
  Aug 26 2008, 02:13 PM

  The Ocala Breeders' Sales Co. (OBS) has cataloged 1,000 horses for its fall mixed sale, which will be held Oct. 6-8 in Central Florida. The auction will begin with a select session, and two open sessions will follow. Read More... Post Reactions

• Even the Score Colt Tops Texas Sale
  Aug 25 2008, 08:25 PM

  A Louisiana-bred colt by Even the Score brought the top price of $120,000 on day one of the Fasig-Tipton Texas yearling sale in Grand Prairie. Read More... Post Reactions

• Reflecting on a Tough OBS Yearling Sale
  Aug 25 2008, 03:12 PM

  The Ocala Breeders' Sales Co. August yearling produced some discouraging results, but they weren't really surprising considering the slumping American economy and the mixed bag of returns at other yearling auctions. Read More... Post Reactions

• Doncaster Sale Offers 500 Yearlings
  Aug 25 2008, 09:04 AM

  Less than 48 hours after Bushranger provided the St. Leger yearling sale with a third G1 Prix Morny (Fr-I) winner in as many years, the 2008 renewal of Doncaster's flagship auction gets under way Aug. 26 in England. The number of horses cataloged... Post Reactions

• Texas Sale Has 'Lot of Energy'
  Aug 23 2008, 09:28 AM

  After a record-breaking top price during in 2007, the Fasig-Tipton Texas summer yearling sale will return Aug. 25 to at the Texas Thoroughbred Sales Pavilion on the grounds of Lone Star Park at Grand Prairie. The sale concludes after its second session... Post Reactions

• Mixed Results for OBS Sale's Final Day
  Aug 22 2008, 02:01 AM

  The Ocala Breeders' Sales Co. August yearling sale ended its four-day run Aug. 21 with figures more in line with last year's, as compared to the previous sessions, which had brought numbers considerably lower than 2007's comparable sessions... Post Reactions