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Catalogue Released for the 2024 Texas Two-Year-Olds in Training Sale

One-hundred-twenty-four horses are catalogued for the 2024 Texas Two-Year-Olds in Training Sale in April.

“This is a solid, quality group of two-year-olds coming to our sale,” Texas Thoroughbred Association Sales Director Foster Bridewell said. “We have an array of national and regional stallions represented in the book and stakes-quality pedigrees to match.”

Juveniles by Bolt d’Oro, Frosted, Game Winner, Global Campaign, Instagrand, Jimmy Creed, Medaglia d’Oro, Mitole, More Than Ready, Twirling Candy, Vino Rosso, and Violence are catalogued this year, as well as regional stallions like Aurelius Maximus, Cinco Charlie, Competitive Edge, My Golden Song, Star Guitar, and Too Much Bling.

“We have two-year-olds by well-known stallions, out of stakes winners, and half siblings to stakes runners currently on tracks around the area and nation,” Bridewell said. “We’re thrilled to have this opportunity to showcase these horses in April at Lone Star Park and we’re grateful to our breeders, owners, and consignors for trusting in us to put on a quality sale.”

Recent Texas Two-Year-Old Sale graduates include multiple stakes-winner Strong Promise, who won the 2023 Texas Thoroughbred Association Futurity, and our 2023 sales-topper Blue Squall, who broke her maiden at Oaklawn Park and followed it up with a second in a photo finish in the 2024 Dixie Belle Stakes at Oaklawn.

The breeze show is set for Monday, April 1st on the Lone Star Park dirt, starting at 8am. The sale will be held Wednesday, April 3rd inside the sales pavilion, starting at 10am.

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The 2024 Texas Two-Year-Olds in Training Sale Catalogue is available now at www.TTAsales.com. Paper catalogues will be mailed soon. Supplements are expected.

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2024 Texas Two-Year-Old Sale Scheduled for April 3rd at Lone Star Park

(Austin, TX) – The 2024 Texas Two-Year-Olds in Training Sale will be held on April 3, 2024 at Lone Star Park in Grand Prairie, TX. The breeze show is scheduled for Monday, April 1, 2024.

“We’re excited to follow up our solid 2023 sale with our 2024 edition of our Texas Two-Year-Old Sale,” TTA Sales Director Foster Bridewell said. “We continue to pursue quality offerings that create an attractive marketplace for our buyers in the region.”

Recent graduates include undefeated Strong Promise, now a three-time stakes winner who won the 2023 Texas Thoroughbred Association Filly Futurity, who is a graduate of our 2023 two-year-old sale from the Pike Racing consignment. And our 2023 sales-topper, a Tapwrit filly also consigned by Pike Racing, now named Blue Squall, ran back-to-back game seconds at Churchill Downs in her first two starts.

“Our graduates are competing both locally and nationally and show the type of athletes our consignors have offered each year,” Bridewell said. “We’re already working on putting together another solid catalog for our 2024 sale.”

The breeze show is set for Monday, April 1st on the Lone Star Park dirt, starting at 8am. The sale will be held Wednesday, April 3rd inside the sales pavilion, starting at 10am.

The Entry Deadline for the Texas 2-Year-Olds in Training Sale is January 15, 2024, and consignment forms are now available at www.ttasales.com under the ‘Forms’ page.

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PRACTICAL JOKE COLT TOPS THE 2023 TEXAS SUMMER YEARLING SALE

The hammer fell after a final bid of $110,000 on a Texas-bred Practical Joke colt to lead the way at the 2023 Texas Summer Yearling Sale.

Cataloged as hip 122, the Practical Joke colt, who is out of the stakes-winning Imperialism mare Jan’s Perfect Star, was purchased by Al Pike, agent, Monday at Lone Star Park. The colt is a half brother to four winners from as many to race from the dam, including the stakes-winning Road Bloc (Street Sense) who won the Arm Holding Jebel Ali Sprint stakes in Dubai in March this year. Scott Mallory consigned the colt on behalf of the breeders, Michael and Linda Mazoch.

“We’re grateful to Mike and Linda Mazoch and Scott Mallory for bringing the colt to our sale and we’re proud that a Texas-bred topped our sale again this year,” TTA Sales Director Foster Bridewell said. “He was quality and presented himself well to our buyers, so when the hammer dropped it all made sense.”

A Vekoma colt, also consigned by Scott Mallory, agent, was the second highest priced yearling sold at $90,000 on Monday at the sales pavilion at Lone Star Park. Scanlon Training and Sales signed the ticket for the Louisiana-bred colt out of the winning Tale of the Cat mare Winning Saga.

Three others reached the $80,000 mark. Hip 24, a Texas-bred Competitive Edge colt consigned by Highlander Training Center, sold for $85,000 to KDE Equine. Hip 51, a Texas-bred Competitive Edge filly also consigned by Highlander Training Center, was purchased for $80,000 by Lone Star Thoroughbreds. Straight Line Equine Sales sold Hip 110, a Louisiana-bred Spun to Run colt, for $80,000 to Whispering Oaks.

“We’re grateful to our breeders, owners, consignors, and buyers for trusting in us and coming to Texas to buy or sell,” Foster said. “We’re looking forward to seeing how these athletes develop and are already looking forward to our two-year-old sale in the spring of 2024.”

In total, 175 horses sold Monday at the 2023 Texas Summer Yearling Sale for a total $3,244,900. The average price was $18,542. The median was $11,000.

Full results are posted at TTAsales.com.

Union Rags Colt Supplemented to the 2023 Texas Summer Yearling Sale

A Union Rags colt is the latest yearling supplemented to the 2023 Texas Summer Yearling Sale.

Cataloged as Hip 271, the New York-bred Union Rags colt is out of a Mineshaft half-sister to Grade 3 placed Divine Elegance and from the family of Grade 1 placed and stakes winner Standard Deviation.

This addition as well as the eight previously supplemented yearlings are now posted on the interactive catalog at TTAsales.com and will all be featured in a paper supplement catalog available on the Lone Star Park sales grounds and sale pavilion ahead of the August 28th sale.

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Eight Yearlings Supplemented to the 2023 Texas Summer Yearling Sale

Eight yearlings have been supplemented to the 2023 Texas Summer Yearling Sale catalog, ahead of the August 28th sale at Lone Star Park.

Six of the entrants will be catalogued as hips 265-270, two of the supplemented horses will replace horses already reported as scratched from the sale.

“The additions to the catalog add to our strong regional base already and we’re glad to have these additional offerings in our sale,” TTA Sales Director Foster Bridewell said. Two of Texas’ leading stallions Bradester and the late My Golden Song are represented by four of the additions. Yearlings by Early Flyer, Airoforce, Cutting Humor, and new Texas stallion King Zachary complete the octuplet.

A supplemental paper catalog will be available on the sales grounds. The interactive catalog has been updated at TTAsales.com.

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2023 Texas Summer Yearling Sale Catalog Features Increase in Entries

Two-Hundred-Sixty-Four yearlings are cataloged in the 2023 Texas Summer Yearling Sale catalog, marking one of the largest yearling books in TTA Sales’ history. The catalog features 52 more horses in the main body of the book than the 2022 edition of this sale. The sale will take place on August 28th at Lone Star Park.

“The increase in entries points to the success our sales have had,” TTA Sales Director Foster Bridewell said. “We’ve continued to push to grow our sales as a healthy marketplace to buy and sell for not only our regional buyers and sellers, but also attracting interested folks from all over the country.”

Top sires like Bolt d’Oro, Connect, Classic Empire, Liam’s Map, Malibu Moon, and Practical Joke as well as freshman stallions Echo Town, Global Campaign, Honor A. P., Improbable, Instagrand, McKinzie, Mr Money, Spun to Run, and Vekoma are represented. Regional stallions such as American Freedom, Bobby’s Wicked One, Bradester, Competitive Edge, El Deal, King Zachary, My Golden Song, Star Guitar, and Too Much Bling sire yearlings in the book.

“We’re proud and grateful of the offerings our breeders, owners, and consignors have brought forward for our 2023 Texas Summer Yearling sale,” Bridewell said. “We have a diverse book in terms of stallions and pedigrees and we think this could be one of our best sales yet.”

Notable yearlings cataloged:

Hip 42: A Mo Tom half-sister to MSW Bron and Brow; consigned by Red River Farm

Hip 52: A Dialed In half-brother to MSW Weast Hill; consigned by 4M Ranch

Hip 55: A Competitive Edge filly out of MSW Cowgirls Like Us; consigned by Highlander Training Center

Hip 87: A Spun To Run half-brother to undefeated SW Divining Humor; consigned by Oakridge Farm

Hip 107: A Mr. Money half-brother to MSW Happy Mesa; consigned by Clear Creek Stud

Hip 110: A Spun To Run half-brother to SW True Deal; consigned by Straight Line Equine Sales

Hip 112: An Improbable half-brother to SP Twirl Girl; consigned by Highlander Training Center

Hip 124: A Guilt Trip half-sister to SW Wholelottamo; consigned by Oakridge Farm

Hip 132: A Bradester half-brother to SW Alegbra; consigned by Benchmark Training Center

Hip 143: A Flatter half-brother to G3W Texas Chrome and G2W Patrona Margarita; consigned by

  Stoneview Farm

Hip 156: A Midshipman half-brother to SW El Dinero; consigned by Red River Farm

Hip 187: A Texas Red half-brother to SW El Pando; consigned by Fairytail Farms LLP

Hip 220: A World of Trouble colt out of G2SP Spanish Flower; consigned by Straight Line Equine Sales

Hip 228: An Aurelius Maximus half-sister to MSW Midnight Fantasy and undefeated SW Strong Promise; consigned by Red River Farm

The interactive catalog is available now at www.ttasales.com or by clicking here. The catalog is also available for download on the Equineline IPad App. Supplements to the catalog are expected.

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2023 Texas Summer Yearling Sale Will Be Held On August 28th

The Texas Thoroughbred Association will hold its 2023 Texas Summer Yearling Sale on August 28th. The sale will be held at the sales pavilion at Lone Star Park in Grand Prairie, Texas.

“We’re fresh off the successful 2023 Texas Two-Year-Olds in Training Sale, so now we turn our attention to our yearling sale,” TTA sales Director Foster Bridewell said. “We’ve already had a lot of interest from our owners and breeders about our 2023 Texas Summer Yearling Sale. This announcement of our date on August 28, 2023 is just the start of our planning process as we work to continue to put on successful sales in the Texas region.”

The 2022 Texas Summer Yearling Sale set records for the TTA Sales company. One-hundred-sixty-one horses sold for $3.41M in total sales, up from $3.2M at the 2021 sale. The average sale price in 2022 increased and the median price was also up year to year.

“We are proud of the gains made at our 2022 Texas Summer Yearling Sale,” Bridewell added. “In 2023, we have an opportunity to continue to grow our sales operation and provide a strong marketplace for our buyers to shop for and our sellers to showcase quality horses in the region.”

The Entry Deadline for the 2023 Texas Summer Yearling Sale is June 30, 2023 and consignment forms are now available here.

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Tapwrit Filly Tops the 2023 Texas Two-Year-Olds in Training Sale

(Grand Prairie, Texas) The hammer dropped on the gray filly by Tapwrit at $300,000 Wednesday to lead the way at the 2023 Texas Two-Year-Olds in Training Sale.

Consigned by Pike Racing as Hip 167, the Tapwrit filly, who is out of the winning and producing Henny Hughes mare Sky O’Blue, walked into the sales ring with much anticipation. Randy Morse, as agent, signaled the winning bid, signing the ticket on the filly who breezed the 9.4 bullet for 1/8th of a mile at Lone Star Park on Monday.

Hip 167 (Olivia Friesen/TTA)

“The Tapwrit filly certainly didn’t disappoint at any point this week,” TTA Sales Director Foster Bridewell said. “She breezed in 9.4, showed well at the barn, and presented herself beautifully in the ring. We’re lucky to have had her in our sale and thankful to all parties involved.”

A Bolt d’Oro colt brought $160,000 marking the second highest priced horse to leave the ring Wednesday and the highest priced colt. The Oklahoma bred son of Bolt d’Oro, out of a producing Street Sense mare, was consigned by Bryan Ford Training Stable. Larry Hirsch signed the ticket. Hirsch also bought Hip 190, a colt by Lord Nelson out of the stakes-placed mare Malibu Party, for $155,000 from the Oak Creek Thoroughbreds consignment. Hip 193, a filly by Nyquist consigned by Clary Bloodstock, sold for $150,000 at the very end of the sale to Hirsch as well.

“We’re truly fortunate to have had such quality offerings in our 2023 sale,” Bridewell said. “It’s a testament to the hard work and time put in by our sellers and teams behind these athletes. And we’re grateful to our buyers locally, nationally, and internationally for supporting our sale.”

In total, 103 hips sold Wednesday at the 2023 Texas Two-Year-Olds in Training Sale for a total of $3,420,000, an increase from last year.

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