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Tapwrit Filly Fires The Bullet in Texas

(Grand Prairie, Texas) A filly by Tapwrit blazed the fastest 1/8th of a mile breeze Monday at the 2023 Texas Two-Year-Olds in Training Sale breeze show.

Cataloged as Hip 167, the filly stopped the clock in 9.4 for the 1/8th of a mile breeze at Lone Star Park. Consigned by Pike Racing as agent, the H. Allen Poindexter bred filly is out of the winning Henny Hughes mare, Sky O’Blue, and is a half sister to two winners from as many to race.

Seven horses clocked 10.1 over the Lone Star dirt Monday, all equaling the second fastest of the day:

                Hip 11: Filly by Dialed In out of African Charm (Johannesburg); consigned by Pike Racing, Agent

                Hip 53: Colt by Bernardini out of the MSW mare Coronado Rose (Coronado’s Quest); consigned by Bryan Ford Training Stable, Agent

                Hip 54: Filly by El Deal out of the SW mare Coteau Kitten (Tale of the Cat); consigned by Pike Racing, Agent

                Hip 65: Colt by Frosted out of D J’s Favorite (Union Rags); consigned by Clary Bloodstock, Agent

                Hip 94: Colt by Practical Joke out of In Gold Blood (My Golden Song); consigned by Pike Racing, Agent

                Hip 118: Filly by Army Mule out of Lulu Bains (Constitution); consigned by Twin Oaks Training Center, Agent

                Hip 190: Colt by Lord Nelson out of the SP mare Malibu Party (Hard Spun); consigned by Oak Creek Thoroughbreds, Agent

“It’s not every year in Texas we get a 9.4 breeze and she did it the right way,” TTA Sales Director Foster Bridewell said. “We had seven get the 1/8th of a mile in 10.1 which is also very impressive over the dirt here in Texas. We’re grateful to our consignors and the owners of these athletes for bringing them to Texas to sell and we’re looking forward to Wednesday’s sale.”

The breeze results and videos are available online at TTAsales.com. The 2023 Texas Two-Year-Olds in Training Sale is Wednesday, April 5th, beginning at 10am CT, at Lone Star Park.

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Seven Supplemented to the 2023 Texas Two-Year-Olds in Training Sale

(Austin, TX) – Seven juveniles have been supplemented to the 2023 Texas Two-Year-Olds in Training Sale, adding to an already record setting number of horses cataloged in April’s TTA Sales two-year-old sale.

HIP 187 is a filly by Dialed In who is a half to a stakes winner and from the family of MSW Gray Attempt. Consigned by 1880 Bloodstock.

HIP 188 is a filly by freshman stallion Catholic Boy who is from the family of MGSW Tax, MGSW Yell, and MG1W Elate. Consigned by 1880 Bloodstock.

HIP 189 is a filly by Tapwrit who is a half to two winners and from the family of G2W Doremifasollatido. Consigned by 1880 Bloodstock.

HIP 190 is a colt by Lord Nelson who is out of Malibu Party (SP mare by Hard Spun). Second Dam is the G1SW mare Malibu Mint. Consigned by Oak Creek Thoroughbreds.

HIP 191 is a colt by Half Ours out of G2SP/SW Moontune Missy who is half to four winners. Consigned by Clear Creek Stud.

HIP 192 is a filly by Congrats out of a Midnight Lute mare who was the champion imported filly in Mexico and is half to a multiple winner. She’s from the family of G3W Governor Charlie and champion Silverbulletday. Consigned by A B Dynamite Racing.

HIP 193 is a filly by Nyquist out of MGSP Maria Maria and from the family G3W He’s Got Grit. Consigned by Clary Bloodstock.

The sale is April 5th at Lone Star Park’s Sales Pavilion. The breeze show is April 3rd at Lone Star Park.

Paper catalogs are available. The interactive catalog is available at www.ttasales.com. A full downloadable catalog is available at www.ttasales.com.

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Record Setting Catalog Released for the 2023 Texas Two-Year-Olds in Training Sale

The 2023 Texas Two-Year-Olds in Training Sale features the most horses cataloged for a two-year-old sale in Texas Thoroughbred Association Sales history. One-hundred-eighty-six horses are featured in the catalog ahead of the April 5th sale at Lone Star Park, making it the largest two-year-old sale since TTA Sales took over management of the spring sale.

The book features national stallions including Bernardini, Bolt d’Oro, City of Light, Classic Empire, Good Magic, Justify, Kantharos, Malibu Moon, Midshipman, Munnings, and Practical Joke. First crop stallions are well represented through Catalina Cruiser, Catholic Boy, Copper Bullet,  Maximus Mischief, Mitole, Vino Roso, and Yoshida. As always, Texas, Louisiana, and Oklahoma stallions are represented in the catalog including leading Texas stallion Bradester and Louisiana’s El Deal, among others.

“This is an impressive catalog for our 2023 two-year-old sale,” TTA Sales Director Foster Bridewell said. “It’s deep, it’s full of pedigree and stallion power, and we’re proud to offer the depth and quality come April that hasn’t been seen around here in a decade.”

“The commitment of our consignors, breeders, and owners to bring such quality athletes and pedigrees to our sale is unmatched,” Bridewell said. “We are looking forward to the breeze show and sale in April and we are so appreciative to those behind the horses cataloged for the continued support and belief in our sales.”

The sale is April 5th at Lone Star Park’s Sales Pavilion. The breeze show is April 3rd at Lone Star Park.

Paper catalogs will be in the mail soon. The interactive catalog is available now at www.ttasales.com. A full downloadable catalog is available at www.ttasales.com. Supplements to the catalog are expected and will be posted at www.ttasales.com.

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2023 Texas Two-Year-Old Sale Set for April 5th at Lone Star Park

The 2023 Texas Two-Year-Olds in Training Sale will be held on April 5, 2023 at Lone Star Park in Grand Prairie, TX. The breeze show is scheduled for Monday, April 3, 2023.

“We’ve already had a lot of interest in our 2023 sale season,” Texas Thoroughbred Association Sales Director Foster Bridewell said. “Our two-year-old sale has certainly gotten stronger in terms of quality in the past few years and those horses have been performing well at tracks around the midwest and south.”

Last year’s $200,000 sales topper, Free Drop Maddy, broke her maiden in the $150,000 Texas Thoroughbred Association Futurity at Lone Star Park, after a strong second on debut at Churchill Downs. She most recently won the Donovan L. Ferguson Memorial Stakes at the Fair Grounds Race Track for Mansfield Racing and Bret Calhoun. And 2022 graduate Tensas Candy won the $100,000 My Trusty Cat Stakes at Delta Downs for Terrell Jarrett Jr and Jorge Lara earlier this month; she was a $29,000 purchase from the Bryan Ford consignment.

“Our graduates are proof of the quality our consignors have offered each year,” Bridewell said. “We’re excited to get to work on putting together another solid edition in April.”

The breeze show is set for Monday, April 3rd, on the Lone Star Park dirt. The sale will be held Wednesday, April 5, 2023, inside the sales pavilion.

The Entry Deadline for the Texas 2-Year-Olds in Training Sale is January 16, 2023, and consignment forms are now available at www.ttasales.com.

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Too Much Bling Filly Tops Record-Setting Texas Summer Yearling Sale

A Texas-bred filly by Too Much Bling led the way at the 2022 Texas Summer Yearling Sale, topping the sale when the hammer dropped at $100,000.

Hip 19 (Photo: Olivia Friesen)

Cataloged as hip 19, the grey filly, out of the Action This Day mare Soft Music, is a full sister to 2016 Champion Texas-bred Two-Year-Old Filly Bling on the Music. Mansfield Racing signed the ticket on the filly out of the Highlander Training Center consignment. Hip 60, a Louisiana-bred colt by Take Charge Indy, was the top selling colt at $90,000. The colt, out of the stakes-winning Half Ours mare All Woman, was purchased by Mansfield Racing from the Clear Creek Stud consignment.

“We’re obviously thrilled that a Texas-bred by one of our state’s most influential stallions led the sale,” TTA Director Foster Bridewell said. “She was a beautiful filly and the full sister went through this same sales ring before going on to become a Texas champion. We’re thankful to breeder Danele Durham and Highlander Training Center for allowing us the opportunity to offer her here.”

The 2022 Texas Summer Yearling Sale set records for TTA Sales. One-hundred-sixty-one horses sold for $3.41M in total sales, up from $3.2M last year. The average price was $21,186, up from the $18,246 average price in 2021. The median price was $14,500 this year, up from $10,000 last year.

“We can’t thank our breeders, owners, consignors, and buyers enough for such a great sale,” Bridewell said. “The record results are an indication of the strength of the industry in this region right now and a testament to the hard work a lot of people put in to prepare these yearlings for this year.”

For full results, visit www.TTAsales.com.

PRESALE PARTY IS BACK!

Join us Sunday, August 28th, at 5PM inside Lone Star Park’s Alysheba Room for our Presale Party!

Free food and drinks will be provided, thanks to our sponsors!

It all starts at 5PM on Sunday evening, August 28th, the day before our 2022 Texas Summer Yearling Sale!

We’ll see you there!

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Star-Studded Lineup of Yearling Thoroughbreds Highlight 2022 Texas Thoroughbred Association’s Summer Yearling Sale

Sale to be held August 29 at Lone Star Park in Grand Prairie

By Gary West, national Turf writer

August 22, 2022 — On August 29, at 10 o’clock in the morning, the best group of yearlings ever offered for sale in Texas will begin parading into the sales ring at Lone Star Park in Grand Prairie. Yes, that’s a subjective assessment, but it’s soundly based on observation, history and precedent. When have you seen sons and daughters of such classic winners as Accelerate, Bernardini, Tonalist, Palace Malice and Tapwrit; when have you seen yearlings by such champions as Mitole, Honor Code, Vino Rosso, Good Magic and Midnight Lute; and when have you ever seen the son of a Triple Crown winner all offered at auction in Texas? Never.

The upcoming Summer Yearling Sale represents the next step on the horse industry’s upward trajectory in the state. Ever since 2019, when lawmakers created the Horse Industry Escrow Account, all the metrics have been trending higher. Handle and purses have increased at Texas racetracks. Since 2019, Texas has seen the return of many mares that had exited to Louisiana and Oklahoma, as well as the relocation of several stallions. While the national foal crop — the number of Thoroughbreds foaled in a given year — increased only 0.3 percent in 2020, the Texas foal crop increased 15.8 percent, according to the Jockey Club. And with added incentives has come development, such as the Forks of the Paluxy Farm in Bluff Dale and Danny Pish’s 1880 Training Center in Lipan.

The Summer Yearling Sale is one of the more conspicuous markers yet on this upward trend. Consider hip #143, a Florida-bred son of Justify, the 2018 Triple Crown winner of $3,798,000, out of Iroquois Girl, a stakes-placed daughter of Indian Charlie. This is the sort of youngster you’d expect to see in a sale in Kentucky. But he’ll be available here in Texas on Aug. 29.

More than 200 yearlings have been catalogued, horses bred in Kentucky, Louisiana, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Florida, Illinois, and, of course, Texas. Texas’ most popular sires are all represented — Too Much Bling, Competitive Edge, Bradester, Cinco Charlie, Mr Speaker and the late My Golden Song.

Also indicative of the upward trend is the involvement of the Highlander Training Center in Sulphur Springs. For the first time, the state-of-the-industry facility will be represented by a consignment —21 yearlings, some owned by Highlander, but most by clients.

“We saw this as an excellent opportunity,” said Jeff Hooper, the Highlander Chairman and CEO, “to become even more involved in Texas and the region. We see a strong market here for quality yearlings, and at Highlander, with our staff and our facilities, we think we have the perfect combination to present such horses of quality to the market.”

Trainers Jon Newbold and Shannon Ritter supervise sales-prep at Highlander.

“We have high expectations,” Hooper continued. “We tried to customize the group (of yearlings) for the market here, and we’re very excited about the quality we’re bringing to the sale.”

Many of the handsome yearlings will turn your head. And many of the catalogue pages will force you to pause. Hip #2, for example, a Louisiana-bred colt by Half Ours, is a full-brother to stakes winner Jimmy Two Times and a half-brother to Streak of Silver, winner of the 2021 Texas Futurity. Hip #9, a Texas-bred colt by Lord Nelson, is a half-brother to Con Lima, a multiple-stakes winner of $884,865. Hip #19 is a full-sister to Bling on the Music, the winner of the 2016 Texas Futurity who went on to finish third in the Pocahontas Stakes (G3) at Churchill Downs. Hip #103, a Texas-bred filly by the millionaire Include, is a full-sister to Proud Emma, winner of the 2020 Bayakoa Stakes (G3) and $361,658. And hip #107, a Texas-bred colt by the millionaire Tapiture, is a half-brother to six winners, including two stakes winners, Cajun Spirit and Half Cajun.

Hip 19; Consigned by Highlander Training Center (Photo: Frank Alosa)

Hip 2; Consigned by Clear Creek Stud (Photo: Sally Blackwell)

This outstanding group of yearlings is indicative of the upward trend in the Texas’ horse industry. But even more, it means this upward trend will soon be quite evident at the state’s racetracks.

The Texas Thoroughbred Association Summer Yearling Sale is open to the public and admission is free on Monday, August 29 at 10 am in the Lone Star Park sales pavilion.  Click here to download the sale catalogue.

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For media information/interviews:

Sales Director Foster Bridewell, 214.728.7618, foster@bridewellauctions.com

Frank Alosa, 603.491.0047, sales@texasthoroughbred.com

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Sixteen Supplemental Entries Added to the 2022 Texas Summer Yearling Sale

(Austin, TX) – Sixteen yearlings have been added to the 2022 Texas Summer Yearling Sale Supplement Catalog ahead of the August 29th sale at Lone Star Park in Grand Prairie, Texas.

The additions bring the total offering at the 2022 Texas Summer Yearling Sale to 228 yearlings, featuring national and regional stallion power and pedigrees.

“The interest in our sale has been strong since we released our catalog late last month,” TTA Sales Director Foster Bridewell said. “These additions only help boost our sale and we’re thrilled to offer these additional yearlings later this month.”

The Supplement Catalog features yearlings bred in Arkansas, Louisiana, Kentucky, Oklahoma, and Texas, including a Texas-bred filly by exciting first-crop stallion Vino Rosso whose yearlings sold for as much as $550,000 at the Fasig Tipton Saratoga Sale this week. A full sister to 2021 Texas Two-Year-Old Colt/Gelding Champion Tengo Mis Papeles will also be offered as Hip 223.

The interactive catalog, including the supplements (Hips 213-228), is available now at www.ttasales.com. The full catalog is also available for download on the Equineline IPad App. Supplement Catalogs will also be available on the sales grounds and at the Lone Star Park Sales Pavilion.