Blood-Horse Auction News

November 2008 - Posts

• Prices Fall for Tattersalls Foals
  Nov 29 2008, 02:33 PM

  Tattersalls' five-day December foal ended in England Nov. 29 with figures sharply down from 2007's results. The 14,549,100-guinea gross fell 49% while the 25,888-guinea average price declined 29%. The 8,750-guinea median price dropped 56%. Sixty... Post Reactions

• Monsun Filly Tops at Tattersalls
  Nov 28 2008, 05:35 PM

  A Monsun filly out of group I Prix Vermeille winner Sweet Stream topped the trading Nov. 28 at the Tattersalls December Foal Sale when selling for 440,000 guineas to agent John Ferguson. Read More... Post Reactions

• Tattersalls Foal Sale Numbers Decline
  Nov 27 2008, 04:32 PM

  There were three six-figure lots as trade stepped up a gear at the Nov. 27 third foal session of the Tattersalls December Sale in Newmarket. The day's top price of a 180,000 guineas was paid by pinhooker Timmy Hyde of Camas Park Stud in Co Tipperary... Post Reactions

• Royal Applause Colt Tops Tatts Day Two
  Nov 26 2008, 02:57 PM

  It was another slow day at the 2008 Tattersalls December foal sale Nov. 26 in England. The 110 horses sold (from 199 offered) grossed 746,100 guineas, to average 6,783 guineas. The median was 4,000 guineas. Read More... 2 comment(s)

• NY Sale Company Voids Purchase of Horses
  Nov 25 2008, 05:40 PM

  The New York Breeders' Sales Company voided the purchase of a number of horses that sold during the Oct. 12 Fall Breeding Stock Sale in Saratoga Springs, N.Y., after it was determined the buyer of those horses failed to properly establish credit.... Post Reactions

• Tattersalls Foal Sale Has Slow Start
  Nov 25 2008, 05:25 PM

  The Tattersalls December foal sale got off to a slow start Nov. 25 in England. The 76 horses sold (from 189 offered) grossed 274,700 guineas and averaged 3,614 guineas. The median price was 2,000 guineas. Last year, during the opening session, the 131... Post Reactions

• OBS Updates August Sale Results
  Nov 25 2008, 05:00 PM

  The Ocala Breeders' Sales Co. (OBS) recently revised the results for the 2008 August yearling sale on its Web site (www.obssales.com) because of new rules governing horse auctions in Florida that took effect in July. Sale companies now are required... Post Reactions

• Buyers Selective at Tattersalls
  Nov 24 2008, 02:38 PM

  Trade was selective at Tattersalls' one-day December yearling sale in England Nov. 24, with a clearance rate of 55% for the 103 lots that changed hands. Read More... Post Reactions

• Trinity Magic a Blessing for Church
  Nov 24 2008, 02:13 PM

  Jim and Treasa Donnan and Terry Bailey's unbeaten Ocala Breeders' Sales Co. (OBS) auction graduate Trinity Magic has been a blessing for Blessed Trinity Catholic Church in Ocala, Fla., since the 2-year-old colt was pinhooked out of a yearling... Post Reactions

• Lacy New Representative for Arqana
  Nov 24 2008, 11:50 AM

  Tony Lacy of Four Star Sales is the new North American representative for Arqana, a Thoroughbred auction firm that is based in France. Read More... Post Reactions

• Rayina Shines as Goffs Sale Ends
  Nov 23 2008, 02:46 PM

  Rayina, a 3-year-old winning Irish-bred daughter of Sinndar, brought the most expensive price of 100,000 guineas during the second and final session of the Goffs November breeding stock sale in Ireland. Spratstown Stud purchased her from the Aga Khan... Post Reactions

• Four Sins Leads Way at Goffs
  Nov 22 2008, 05:09 PM

  Four Sins, winner of the Irish National Stud Blandford (Ire-II) and Blue Wind (Ire-III) Stakes in 2007, brought 620,000 euros to top the opening session of the Goffs November breeding stock sale in Ireland. John McCormack Bloodstock purchased the 4-year... Post Reactions

• George Washington Filly Tops Goffs Sale
  Nov 21 2008, 03:48 PM

  George Washington's only foal ended the Goffs November foal sale with a bang, selling for 280,000 euros during the fifth and final session Nov. 21 in Ireland. The price was the highest of the auction. Read More... Post Reactions

• Fasig-Tipton Forms Advisory Board
  Nov 20 2008, 05:40 PM

  Fasig-Tipton has formed an advisory board of directors to assist the company's management in its auction ventures and other related initiatives in the Thoroughbred industry. Fasig-Tipton chairman Walt Robertson is chairing the advisory board, and... Post Reactions

• Invincible Spirit Colt a Goffs Star
  Nov 20 2008, 04:11 PM

  A son of Invincible Spirit topped the fourth session of the Goffs November foal sale in Ireland, bringing 72,000 euros from Summerhill Bloodstock Nov. 20. Consigned by the Irish National Stud, the colt is out of Indienne (by Indian Ridge), who is a full... Post Reactions