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.
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..
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.
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.”
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.
(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.
