Fasig-Tipton is raising the upset price for all the company’s live and digital auctions going forward, the auction house announced March 12. The upset price, or minimum bid that can be made for a Thoroughbred offered at Fasig-Tipton auctions, will now be $2,500. The company’s previous upset price of $1,000 had been in place since 2000….
A bidding war erupted for Hip 404, a colt by WinStar Farm’s freshman sire Independence Hall , on Day 2 of the Ocala Breeders’ March 2-Year-Olds in Training Sale. The hammer fell at $1 million March 12 for the Eddie Woods-consigned colt to JPM Bloodstock. The bay colt will head to Southern California to be trained by Mark…
The first installment in the 2025 OwnerView webinar series was held on March 11 and discussed the accounting, legal, and insurance considerations that affect Thoroughbred owners. The conference is hosted by The Jockey Club and the Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders Association and presented by Bessemer Trust, Keeneland, and Stoll Keenon Ogden. The panel was sponsored…
We’ve written on more than one occasion in this column about the tendency of a stallion’s performance to decline with age, even when they have been at the highest level, and even when they continue to receive top-class mares. A tendency, however, is not the same as a hard and fast rule, and there was…
Near the end of the March 12 second session of the Ocala Breeders’ Sales March 2-Year-Olds in Training Sale, agents John Kimmel and Nick Sallusto went to $1.1 million on behalf of Flanagan Racing for Hip 486, a daughter of Good Magic . The bay filly consigned by Top Line Sales breezed an eighth of a mile in :09…
Augustin Stables’ Mrs. Astor has been perfect in her last two starts since shipping to California last fall for trainer Jonathan Thomas. The daughter of Lookin at Lucky vies for her third consecutive win on the Golden Coast when facing seven other rivals in the March 15 $100,000 Santa Anta Stakes (G3T) at Santa Anita…
On the second day of the Ocala Breeders’ Sales March 2-Year-Olds in Training Sale March 12, trainer Brad Cox signed the ticket for Hip 343, a son of freshman sire Charlatan , for $660,000 on behalf of Prime Bloodstock. The bay colt breezed an eighth of a mile in :10 on the second day of the…
Irish expatriate, farm manager, and breeder Andre Lynch played an important role as mentor to many of his fellow countrymen looking to a get foothold in America’s Thoroughbred industry. He was remembered by many this week for his generosity, decency, and kindness as friends and family mourned his death March 11 from pancreatic cancer. He…
Near the end of the March 12 second session of the Ocala Breeders’ Sales March 2-Year-Olds in Training Sale, agents John Kimmel and Nick Sallusto went to $1.1 million on behalf of Flanagan Racing for Hip 486, a daughter of Good Magic . The bay filly consigned by Top Line Sales breezed an eighth of a…
March 13 may be the final day of the Ocala Breeders’ March Sale of 2-Year-Olds in Training, but there are still plenty of options to acquire a top-quality juvenile, including several siblings of grade 1 winners. It won’t take long for one of those pedigrees to arrive in the ring as Hip 558 will be…
