Let the madness begin. The catalog for the first yearling sale came out yesterday, August 3rd, for the sale that will be held September 9-10 in Lexington. Fasig-Tipton will sell 600+ yearlings in a sale that I guess replaces their usual August yearling sale in Saratoga.
That sale was usually 200 or so horses, but the median was around $300,000. FT also had a July yearling sale where the median was only $75,000. Maybe this sale will be a combination of those two sales.
There are about 20 new “freshman” sires. The big names are Gun Runner ($70,000, Candy Ride) and Arrogate ($50,000, Unbridled Song). Lesser names are Classic Empire ($20,000, Pioneerof the Nile), Mastery ($25,000, Candy Ride) and Practical Joke ($25,000, Into Mischief).
To me the interesting new names are Keen Ice ($20,000, Curlin), Midnight Storm ($10,000, Pioneerof the Nile), American Freedom ($10,000, Pulpit), Connect ($20,000, Curlin), Klimt ($10,000, Quality Road) and Gormley ($7,500, Malibu Moon).
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