The Texas Thoroughbred Association and Lone Star Park are pleased to announce a record number of consignments to the Texas 2-Year-Olds in Training Sale. A total of 182 head, pending the addition of supplements, have been entered in the sale set for Friday, April 3, at 12 noon at Lone Star. The under tack show will be held Wednesday, April 1, at 10 a.m. at the track.
This
year’s head count is up nearly 35 percent from last year’s 135 (including
supplements) and more than double the number in the 2016 sale, which was the
first held jointly by the TTA and Lone Star.
“We
expected to have more entries after the passage of beneficial legislation in
Texas last year, but we were a little surprised by just how much interest
there’s been from both consignors and buyers,” said Mary Ruyle, executive
director of the TTA. “We are excited about the two incentive programs related
to this sale and the overall increase in purses in Texas and incentives for
Accredited Texas-breds.”
The
passage of H.B. 2463 is expected to inject up to $25 million annually into the
Texas horse industry, and its effect is already being seen with increased
purses in 2020 for the current Sam Houston Race Park meet and upcoming Lone
Star meet.
In
addition, money generated by H.B. 2463 is being used to provide a rebate of up
to one-half of the entry fee to consignors at this sale. Plus, all graduates of
this sale will be eligible for a new purse incentive program for all races this
year at Texas tracks. The incentive is available for all graduates, regardless
of where they were bred.
As
always, sale graduates will be eligible for the Texas Thoroughbred Futurity
this summer at Lone Star with divisions for fillies and colts/geldings offering
purses of $100,000-estimated apiece.
The
list of nationally prominent stallions in the sale is far more extensive than
in recent years, including Animal Kingdom, Bodemeister, Candy Ride, Fusaichi
Pegasus, Goldencents, Kitten’s Joy, Maclean’s Music, Overanalyze, Palace,
Tapiture and Uncle Mo.
This year’s catalog includes offspring of many of the Southwest’s leading and emerging stallions, including Astrology, Bradester, Court Vision, Custom for Carlos, Early Flyer, Flat Out, Half Ours and Too Much Bling.
To view the online catalog, click here.