The Texas Summer Yearling Sale was held Tuesday at Lone Star Park with the largest catalog of horses since the Texas Thoroughbred Association took over operation of the auction in 2016. This year’s yearling session had 234 head go through the ring with 182 selling for a total of $2,918,100. The average came in at $16,034 and the median was $7,500, which both declined from last year’s smaller catalog of 187. Last year’s total sales were $2,685,200 with an average of $18,910 and median of $13,000.

“We expected the average and median to slip with a bigger catalog this year, so overall we are pleased with the results,” said Foster Bridewell, sales director. “We also had two six-figure horses last year to help boost the numbers as well. We had a big crowd on hand today and the middle and higher end market were strong, and our total sales were up.”

The high seller was hip 130, a Louisiana-bred colt by young stallion Aurelius Maximus that went for $95,000. The April 17 foal sold to Terry Stephens from the consignment of Scott Mallory, agent.

Aurelius Maximus, the leading second-crop sire in the Southwest region, is represented by one of the top horses to come out of the Texas Summer Yearling Sale in recent years in Secret Faith. That 3-year-old Louisiana-bred filly, who sold two years ago for $75,000 to Jayde Gelner from the Red River Farms consignment, is now a seven-time stakes winner with earnings approaching $500,000.

The sale-topping colt this year is out of the stakes-placed Too Much Bling mare Too Much to Bear, who has produced two winners including $99,790-earner Mo Bling.

The high-selling filly was hip 188, an Arkansas-bred filly by Grade 1 winner Yaupon. She is the first foal out of Cara’s Dreamer, a multiple stakes-placed mare by The Factor who earned $259,820. The filly sold to OCL (Abul-Keer Okab) for $87,000 from the consignment of Colin Brennan Bloodstock at Highlander Training Center, agent.

Following the yearling session, a short mixed session was held, topped by the Texas-bred gelding Shanghai Bobby, a 7-year-old with earnings of more than $325,000, selling for $10,000.

Click here for hip-by-hip results, or get PDF yearling results or PDF mixed results.

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.

The Texas Summer Yearling Sale will showcase a record number of offerings on August 26 starting at 10 a.m. Central at the Mary Ruyle Thoroughbred Sales Pavilion on the grounds of Lone Star Park near Dallas. A total of 261 yearlings have been consigned, smashing the record number since the TTA took over operation of the sale in 2016. An additional 22 horses have been entered for the mixed session for a total headcount of 283.

“We went from 207 yearlings in 2024 to 261 this year, so we are very thankful for the support shown by consignors all around the Southwest,” said Sales Director Foster Bridewell. “The mixed session is also quite strong this year with several stakes-level racehorses and excellent breeding stock available.

“Our 2023 yearling sale produced graded stakes-winning millionaire and Kentucky Derby (G1) starter Coal Battle, and I think this year’s catalog has many horses of similar quality,” Bridewell added.

All of the states in the region are well represented, topped by Louisiana-breds with a total of 115 yearlings entered. There are 63 Texas-breds, 30 Arkansas-breds and 11 Oklahoma-breds, along with yearlings bred in California, Pennsylvania and Kentucky.

Among the leading Southwest sires with yearlings entered are Coal Front, Star Guitar, Competitive Edge, Creative Cause, El Deal and Aurelius Maximus. Numerous accomplished Kentucky stallions are represented, along with first-crop yearlings by Corniche, Early Voting, Mo Donegal, Cyberknife and Mandaloun.

The catalog is now online by clicking here, and streaming video and online bidding will be available on sale day. The catalog will also be available on the Equineline Sales Catalog iPad app.

Watch the 2025 Texas Two-Year-Olds in Training Sale Breeze Show on a continuous loop below. To watch individual breeze videos, view the interactive catalog.

A full brother to millionaire Grade 1 runner Free Like a Girl brought a bid of $150,000 on Monday to top the Texas Summer Yearling Sale, which was sponsored by the Texas Thoroughbred Association and held on the grounds of Lone Star Park. A total of 142 yearlings sold for $2,685,200 for an average of $18,910 and median of $13,000. Forty-five yearlings were reported as not sold. The average and median were both up compared to last year’s figures.

“We started out strong right out of the gate with a $150,000 horse in the first few minutes, and it was great to see the average and median improve over last year,” said Foster Bridewell, sales director. “The sale-topper is an outstanding horse, and we had plenty of quality throughout the catalog. This bodes well for our 2-Year-Olds in Training Sale coming up in the spring.”

From the consignment of Oakridge Farm (Paul Pruett), the sale-topping Louisiana-bred colt by El Deal went to Josh Stevens for Mansfield Racing. Cataloged as Hip 7, the February 21 foal is out of the winning Flashy Bull mare Flashy Price, whose five winners from as many foals to race are topped by the 5-year-old Free Like a Girl. That Louisiana-bred mare has racked up earnings of more than $1.9 million with 18 wins from 41 starts. Much of her success has come against fellow Louisiana-breds, which earned her 2022 Louisiana Horse of the Year Honors, but this year she has also excelled against open company. She hit the board in the Grade 1 Apple Blossom Handicap and Fasig-Tipton La Troienne Stakes, and three days before the sale she landed in the winner’s circle after the $500,000 Misty Bennett Pink Ribbon Stakes at Hollywood Casino at Charles Town Races. That victory made her the all-time leading Louisiana-bred earner.

The other horse to bring six figures was Hip 176, a Louisiana-bred colt by Collected out of an unraced Candy Ride (Arg) mare. She sold for $100,000 from the consignment of Scott Mallory, agent, to SBM, agent for Ken Reimer.

While Louisiana-breds filled most of the top-selling spots, Texas-breds also attracted attention as two fillies foaled in the Lone Star State and sired by Texas stallion Mr. Speaker sold for $60,000 apiece. The first to sell was Hip 69, a March 18 foal out of a productive My Golden Song mare who has produced two stakes winners from three foals to race, including $330,561-earner and 2020 Texas Horse of the Year Redatory. Consigned by Marjorie Farms, agent, she was purchased by Carl. R. Moore Mgmt. LLC.

The other Mr. Speaker filly, consigned by Highlander Training Center, agent, as Hip 184 and purchased by Josh Stevens for Mansfield Racing, is out of the stakes-winning and stakes-producing Closing Argument mare Closing Report, who sold at the Texas 2-year-old sale in 2013.

A small mixed dispersal was held after the yearling session with nine head sold for $39,200.

Click here to view complete results.

A catalog of 207 yearlings has been released for the upcoming Texas Summer Yearling Sale, presented by the Texas Thoroughbred Association. The sale is set for August 26 at 10 a.m. Central at the sales pavilion on the grounds of Lone Star Park at Grand Prairie. CLICK HERE to view the catalog.

The sale will also include a special dispersal of horses consigned by CS Sales, agent for Three Feathers Farm. The dispersal, which includes weanlings and broodmares, brings the total number of horses entered in the sale to 217.

“I’m pleased with both the quantity and quality of the yearlings in this year’s catalog,” said TTA Sales Director Foster Bridewell. “We came down a bit in the total number compared to last year’s near-record entries, but we really have some quality individuals in this offering and the entire region is well represented.”

There are 91 Louisiana-bred yearlings in the sale, along with 48 Texas-breds, 32 Arkansas-breds and 18 Oklahoma-breds. Among the accomplished regional and national sires represented are Competitive Edge, El Deal, Goldencents, Mr. Speaker, Practical Joke, Star Guitar, Street Boss, Tapiture, Thousand Words, Vekoma, Volatile and Yaupon. A slew of first- and second-crop sires are also represented.

“We’ve already seen a lot of success on the track from graduates of last year’s yearling sale, including Secret Faith and Ring Seeker taking divisions of the $150,000 Texas Thoroughbred Association Futurity earlier this month at Lone Star Park,” Bridewell added. “And we’ve had a great response to the $100,000 TTA Derby and Oaks at Sam Houston Race Park that we added to give our sale grads even more stakes opportunities.”

Last year’s catalog included 264 yearlings, which was close to an all-time high for the sale.

The TTA will again host its popular pre-sale party on August 25 in the Alysheba Room at Lone Star Park starting at 5:30 p.m. All buyers, consignors and horsemen are welcome to attend.

Printed catalogs will be mailed soon, and an interactive version with photos and videos for selected hips will be available at www.ttasales.com. The full PDF catalog is available online now. The sale will be live streamed on the TTA Sales website and online bidding will be available.