The Washington Thoroughbred Breeders and Owners Association Summer Sale, which will be held Tuesday, Aug. 22, began at Longacres in 1968. The WTBOA Sales Pavilion, located at Emerald Downs in Auburn, Wash., has been its home since 1998. As of today's date, 77 yearlings, one 2-year-old and 17 broodmares will be up for bid.
The August auction will commence at 1 p.m. and is led by a trip to the 2023 Breeders' Cup World Championships in Santa Anita (Hip 1A). Proceeds will benefit the benevolence of Washington Thoroughbred Foundation.
Past sale graduates have also been impressing race fans up and down the West Coast and at Monmouth, Laurel and Canterbury parks.
Ship Cadet – an impressive Belmont maiden special weight winner in his first start, was next runner-up in both the Tremont and Tyro stakes.
On Aug. 10, the 2022 sale topper Impeachalot made his first start. From the first North American crop of top international sire Sir Prancealot (Ire), he is his sire's second Del Mar maiden special weight winner in the last two weeks. Both of the colts – their sire's first two starters – took their initial outings by over three lengths. Impeachalot is half-brother to 3-time stakes winner Slack Tide. Their half-brother by Outwork is in this year's catalog.
Multiple Maryland allowance winner Zabracadabra (Harbor the Gold) has increased his lifetime totals to over $360,000 with the addition of his $154,000 2023 earnings; and former Washington horse of the year Bodenheimer (Atta Boy Roy) is unbeaten in three quick turf sprints this season, pushing his total to $262,075.
Just a week ago, 2-year-old Freightline (Coast Guard) scored an impressive 3 1/4-length victory in the $65,000 WTBOA Lads Stakes. His half-sister is being offered this year. She is one of five yearlings from the first crop of the sensational Grade 3 Longacres Mile winner Barkley, a son of the impressive Munnings. Another in Barkley's pivotal first crop is a half-brother to state juvenile champion Dutton.
Coast Guard, who has led the Washington juvenile sire rankings in four of the last five years – including 2023 – has eight yearlings in the sale, led by a full brother to state champion Coastal Kid.
Though not a WTBOA Sale graduate, 2-year-old Yo Yo Candy won the July 15 G3 Sanford Stakes at Saratoga by 2 1/4 lengths. A full brother to the $141,250 earner is being offered. Both are sons of G2 San Felipe Stakes winner Danzing Candy and out of the graded stakes mare Yolanda B Too.
Conveyance – the leading Washington sire of 2021, 2022, and the current leader of 2023 – is represented by a dozen yearlings in his first Washington crop, including a half-sister to Washington champion Cobra Jet, and a half-brother to Washington champions Elliott Bay and Pyscho Sister. The graded stakes-winning son of Indian Charlie has sired the earners of nearly $4-million from just 67 starters who average $59,469 in earnings.
WTBOA star graduate Smiling Tiger has five yearlings in the sale, led by a half-brother to 2022 Washington Horse of the Year Slew's Tiz Whiz.
The sale also features five yearlings from the last crop of perennial leading Pacific Northwest sire Harbor the Gold. The all-time leading sire at Emerald Downs, with 30 state champions among his 47 stakes winners, his offspring have topped four previous WTBOA summer sales.
Also cataloged is a half-sister to Longacres Mile winner Gold Rush Dancer sired by G1 Carter Handicap winner Warrior's Reward; and a Dynamic Impact half-brother to Washington Horse of the Year Mach One Rules.
Other top sires represented include Grazen (California's 2023 leading sire), Tapiture, Collected, Dialed In, Sky Mesa, Speightster, Stanford, Vronsky and Paynter.
Grade 1 winners Bodexpress, Higher Power and Tom's d'Etat are represented by yearlings in their initial crops.
Other exciting prospects include a filly from freshman sire Om who is a half-sister to Washington champion Miss Prospector; and a half-sister to juvenile filly champion Koron sired by Grade 1 winner Hit It a Bomb.
Washington champion racemare No Talking Back – a fourth generation Washington champion racemare – is represented by her first foal, a colt by G1 Toyota Blue Grass Stakes winner Brody's Cause.
Daughters of Awesome Again, English Channel, Fusaichi Pegasus, Ghostzapper, Grazen, Songandaprayer, Southern Image, Stormy Atlantic, Street Sense and Unusual Heat are among the broodmares offered this year. They are carrying foals by Bodexpress, Dads Caps, Jess Mo, One Bad Boy and Tap Back.
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