On the occasion of Mary Ruyle’s retirement after 37 years with the Texas Thoroughbred Association, buyers and consigners will notice a few changes at the upcoming TTA Yearling Sale.
First and most significant, the sales pavilion has been renamed The Mary Ruyle Sales Pavilion at Lone Star Park. The TTA board of directors unanimously agreed that this was the best way to honor her years of service to the Thoroughbred industry.
With Mary’s retirement, she will no longer be at the sale, and this has necessitated the need for some changes in our office procedures. These changes are aimed at making the purchase and check out process as efficient as possible. With the number of horses at the upcoming sale we want to minimize waiting times for everyone.
The forms needed to be a buyer are now available on this website under forms or by clicking here. There you will find the buyer application form, the credit reference form and the authorized agent form if you a planning to use an agent. The forms can either be printed out or filled out online and emailed to the TTA.
We request that all buyers (even if the buyer has purchased previously from a TTA sale) check in at the office prior to making a purchase. This will allow us time to answer any questions and to be sure that we have all the paperwork we need so your purchase can be processed quickly and efficiently. It will be easiest if buyers check in upon arrival at the sale.
At this sale, as we did for the Two-Year-Old In Training sale we will have college interns helping out in various areas of the sale. They will be wearing name tags identifying them as interns. If you have the opportunity to meet them, please welcome them. Young people are the future of our industry.