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Quarter Horses Sell In Online Dispersal Ordered By U.S. District Court

On Aug. 11, Flashpoint Bloodstock, LLC conducted the successful U.S District Court ordered dispersal of two racing American Quarter Horses in an online-only auction.

The auction was conducted by Flashpoint Bloodstock subsidiary ThoroughbredAuctions.com for K2 Solutions Inc., selling agent for the US Marshals Service. The sale was completed just 24 days after the agreement was completed.

The horses, Carters Yachtz and LRH Mojo Rising, sold for $89,000 and $27,000 respectively. They sold for 55 percent over appraised value.

With 94 registered bidders, and 21,877 page views, bidding was fierce, especially during the closing minutes. Carters Yachtz stayed in extended bidding for over an hour. Both horses sold without reserve.

ThoroughbredAuctions.com has sold 412 horses from 518 offered for a completed sales rate of 80 percent. They have produced the largest online Thoroughbred Auction ever held in North America with 98 horses in the 2020 New Mexico Breeders Sale and the record setting R.D. Hubbard Dispersal.

Flashpoint Bloodstock, LLC leads the industry with over 2,000 horses sold in online only auctions since 2012 through its subsidiaries ThoroughbredAuctions.com and SportHorseAuctions.com. The management team pioneered internet auctions for horses and has produced 97 Internet Auctions selling 2,008 horses since 2012 and boasting a high seller of $226,000.

Owners and managers Cathy and Tim Jennings are the industry's most experienced show horse auction managers. In addition to the online auctions, our team managed more than 380 live horse auctions selling over 80,000 horses since 1978. Tim's previous firm, Professional Auction Services, was the largest show horse auction company in the world, by number of horses sold for 15 years.

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Perfect Clearance Rate For Wanamaker’s August Sale

Wanamaker's fetched a clearance rate of 100. percent for their August online auction.

The sale was topped by a 2-year-old colt by Curlin, out of Tonasah, commanding a final bid of $27,500. The sale grossed $62,500 and had an average of just under $9,000 with a total of seven horses changing hands.

“It is great to see continued growth in our selling and buying base alongside customers who have returned after their previous experiences. We were thrilled to see our first clearance rate of 100 percent and hope to continue to provide a year-round marketplace for buyers and sellers,” said co-founder Liza Hendriks.

Entries are now open for Wanamaker's October online auction. Entries will close on Oct. 5, the catalog will be released on Oct. 6, and the horses will sell on Oct. 14. Detailed selling information can be found at wanamakers.com/sell.

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Mare In Foal To Curlin Among Horses Cataloged To Keeneland August Digital Sale

Stakes winner Super Humor, who is carrying her first foal by leading sire Curlin, is among the horses that have been cataloged to Keeneland's August Digital Sales Ring to be held Tuesday, Aug. 31.

The August Sale catalog is now available at Keenelanddigital.com.

Consigned by Horseco Bloodstock, agent, Super Humor is a 9-year-old daughter of Super Saver out of stakes winner Heavenly Humor, by Distorted Humor. A half-sister to Grade 2-placed multiple stakes winner Funny Guy, she is from the family of Grade 1 winner Heavenly Ade.

Super Humor ran in the 2017 Grade 1 Humana Distaff at Churchill Downs and won the 2018 Chaves County Stakes at Zia Park during six seasons of racing.

Online bidding for the August Sale opens at 10 a.m. ET on Aug. 31 and will begin to close that day at 2 p.m.

BUYERS – How to Register and Bid

Keeneland encourages buyers to register for an account in the Keeneland Digital Sales Ring before Aug. 31. To log in to the Keeneland Digital Sales Ring, you should register for an account or log in through the Keeneland Sales Portal. Your universal login applies to both the Sales Portal and the Digital Sales Ring.

Step 1: Visit portal.keeneland.com and create an account or log in to your existing Keeneland Sales Portal Account;

Step 2: Upon sign in, click MY ACCOUNT and review your current credit limit. Request credit as needed. We recommend you do this prior to the sale day;

Step 3: Click the DIGITAL SALES RING button in the top right corner to automatically access and participate in the Digital Sale.

Buyers have two options for bidding on the day of the sale:

Direct Bid allows you to bid manually as you go.
Max Bid establishes a top price that you are willing to pay for a hip. As the bidding progresses, the software will automatically bid on your behalf as you are outbid up to your maximum.

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Sadler’s Joy Retired To Stand In Turkey

Grade 1-winning turf specialist Sadler's Joy has been retired from racing and sold to stand in Turkey for breeder Arif Kurtel, the Turkish publication Yaris Dergisi reports.

The 8-year-old son of Kitten's Joy finished his career with seven wins in 37 career starts, with earnings of $2,679,910.

A homebred for Woodslane Farm and trained by Tom Albertrani, Sadler's Joy's career took off at age three, when he Grade 1 Sword Dancer Stakes and G2 Pan American Stakes, and finished in the money in two additional Grade 1 races. He came back at four to win the G2 Mac Diarmida Stakes and the G3 Red Smith Stakes, and hit the board in four Grade 1s, including a third in the 2018 Breeders' Cup Turf at Churchill Downs.

Sadler's Joy raced for two more seasons, and notched three more in-the-money finishes.

Sadler's Joy is out of the the unraced Dynaformer mare Dynaire, who is the dam of five winners from seven foals to race, also including stakes-placed Lunaire and Dyna Passer. His second dam is the German-born Binya, who was a Grade 3 winner in the U.S., and a Group 3-placed stakes winner in France. His extended family includes Grade 1 winner Sabin.

Kitten's Joy has has seen his influence grow among Turkish breeders. Sadler's Joy joins fellow Kitten's Joy son Catapult among Kurtel's stallion holdings, the latter of which was purchased as a stallion prospect at the 2019 Keeneland November Breeding Stock Sale.

In recent years, Kurtel has also imported stallions to Turkey including Bluegrass Cat, Air Vice Marshal, Tizway, Avery Island, and War Correspondent.

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