Blood-Horse Auction News

September 2008 - Posts

• Barretts Follows Trend; Numbers Down
  Sep 30 2008, 10:19 PM

  A day after the stock market dropped more than 700 points, California held its major yearling sale of 2008, making a tough market even more difficult. Read More... Post Reactions

• Two Days of Declines at F-T Midlantic
  Sep 30 2008, 07:48 PM

  It was more of the same during the second session of the Fasig-Tipton Midlantic Eastern fall yearling sale Sept. 30 at the Maryland State Fairgrounds in Timonium, Md., as gross, average, and median took dives while the buy-back rate climbed. Read More... Post Reactions

• Goffs Down; Danehill Dancer Filly Tops
  Sep 30 2008, 06:14 PM

  A full sister to this season's dual group I-winning juvenile Mastercraftsman realized 1 million euros at the second day of the Goffs Million sale Sept. 30. Read More... Post Reactions

• Midlantic Sale Declines on Opening Day
  Sep 29 2008, 07:20 PM

  The opening session of the 2008 Fasig-Tipton Eastern Fall yearling sale, Sept. 29 at the Maryland State Fairgrounds in Timonium, Md., took hits in key statistical areas, with gross and average falling, but the median remained steady. Read More... Post Reactions

• Business Down Sharply at Goffs Sale
  Sep 29 2008, 05:21 PM

  The key business figures fell short of their 2007 equivalents on the opening day of the Goffs Million yearling sale in County Kildare, Ireland. Read More... Post Reactions

• Cautiously Optimistic at FT Midlantic
  Sep 28 2008, 07:42 PM

  If two words could sum up the thoughts of the consignors and sale company officials on the eve of the 2008 Fasig-Tipton Midlantic Eastern Fall yearling sale, those words could be 'cautiously optimistic.' The sale kicks off its three-day run Sept... Post Reactions

• Goffs Million Sale Tests Irish Market
  Sep 28 2008, 01:16 PM

  Ireland's flagship yearling auction, the Goffs Million sale, gets under way at Kill in Co. Kildare Sept. 29. There are 657 lots in the catalog, 49 less than last year. Read More... Post Reactions

• California Yearling Sale Faces Challenge
  Sep 28 2008, 12:08 PM

  Tucked between a weekend of Breeders' Cup prep races and the California Cup showcasing the local product, California's fall select yearling sale offers a slimmer but more select catalog than in years past. Read More... Post Reactions

• Forty Thieves Steals NATC Futurity
  Sep 27 2008, 05:11 PM

  Forty Thieves captured the colt and gelding division of the NATC (National Association of Two-Year-Old Consignors) Futurity just after R Betty Graybull scored in the filly division Sept. 27 at Monmouth Park in New Jersey. Read More... Post Reactions

• Zero Steroid Positives at Keeneland Sale
  Sep 26 2008, 03:13 PM

  Buyers of 94 of the 3,605 yearlings sold during the 2008 Keeneland September yearling sale requested tests for exogenous anabolic steroids during the 15-session auction which ran from Sept. 8-23 in Central Kentucky. Keeneland reported all tests were returned... Post Reactions

• Afleet Alex's September Yearlings Shine
  Sep 26 2008, 11:27 AM

  The huge Keeneland September auction provided the yearling selling season's biggest and stiffest test of the commercial appeal of new stallions' progeny. Because many young sires had a large number of offspring offered, their success depended... Post Reactions

• Data Digest: Keeneland Sept. Results
  Sep 25 2008, 03:05 PM

  The 2008 Keeneland September Yearlings Sale Data Digest Results Edition is a FREE download, presented by Spendthrift. An in-depth review of the auction. Read More... Post Reactions

• Tattersalls Introducing Online Bidding
  Sep 25 2008, 09:34 AM

  Tattersalls plans to start offering online bidding for all sales at its Park Paddocks site in Newmarket, England. Read More... Post Reactions

• Tatts Ireland Sale Shows Downturn
  Sep 24 2008, 06:27 PM

  Tattersalls Ireland's two-day yearling sale ended significantly down at the close of business Sept. 24. Read More... Post Reactions

• Keeneland November Sale Bigger Than Ever
  Sep 24 2008, 02:08 PM

  Keeneland has cataloged 5,709 horses for its November breeding stock sale, setting a world record for a Thoroughbred auction. The total exceeds the previous mark of 5,555 for this year's Keeneland September yearling sale and is up by 294 lots from... Post Reactions