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Saratoga Fall Mixed Catalogue Now Online

The catalogue for the Fasig-Tipton Saratoga Fall Mixed Sale, set to be held on Tuesday, Oct. 17 in Saratoga Springs, New York, is now available online. A total of 337 horses are set to sell in the Humphrey S. Finney Pavilion beginning at 10:00 a.m. ET.

“Following a strong sale last year, this year's catalogue has grown remarkably by 44%,” Fasig-Tipton President Boyd Browning said. “There is good quality and diversity among the covering sires in the broodmare offerings, and we have 244 weanlings catalogued–nearly all of which are New York-bred. There is plenty for buyers to choose from at Saratoga Fall this year.”

The catalogue and will also be available via the equineline sales catalogue app while print catalogues will be available by Sept. 18.

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New York-Breds Take Center Stage at Fasig-Tipton Saratoga Sale

SARATOGA SPRINGS, NY – After an electrifying renewal of the Fasig-Tipton Saratoga Selected Yearling Sale just five days ago, the action returns to the Humphrey S. Finney Pavilion Sunday evening for the company's New York-Bred Yearlings Sale. Bidding begins at 7 p.m. with a session of 100 catalogued yearlings and is followed Monday by a session of a further 264 yearlings which begins at 12 p.m.

“People seem very eager to buy horses,” Don Robinson said between all-shows at his Winter Quarter Farm consignment Saturday morning. “Hopefully it carries over from the main sale–sometimes it does and sometimes it doesn't.”

Winter Quarter will offer 10 yearlings at the two-day auction, including fillies by Bernardini and Not This Time and colts by More Than Ready and Malibu Moon, as well as one from the first crop of GI Kentucky Derby winner Authentic, who has gotten off to a fast start in the sales ring.

“We have always done very well bringing Kentucky-raised New York-breds to the sale,” Robinson said. “People like them and we've sold pretty well here.”

The New York-Bred Yearling catalogue includes half-siblings to a pair of 2-year-olds who won on debut at the racetrack just across the street from the sales pavilion. Four Star Sales offers a half-brother by Vino Rosso to Miss d'Or Cherie (Bolt d'Oro), who was a three-length winner Thursday, and Straight Line Equine Sales offers a half-sister by Vekoma to Trust Fund (Practical Joke), who graduated at the Spa Friday. Both were running in special weight races worth $88,000, while New York-breds competing in open company are eligible for bonus purses during the Saratoga meet.

The purses available to New York-breds provides a major draw for buyers, Pat Costello of Paramount Sales confirmed.

“The New York program is very good right now,” Costello said.

“I think the maidens over there run for big purses and with the new program, if they run in open company and win they get an extra 30%. That helps as well. So, to have a New York-bred across the road here is huge.”

Paramount will offer 17 yearlings at the upcoming auction and Costello expects strong demand for the right horses.

“I think it's going to go down to the good horses,” he said. “If you pass the muster, I think you'll be in great shape and if you don't, it won't be pretty.”

Indian Creek, which sold a $3.2-million son of Into Mischief during last week's select sale, returns with 10 New York-bred yearlings.

Asked if she expected to see the electricity from the select sale carry into the New York-bred auction, Indian Creek's Sarah Sutherland said, “I hope so. I think if it does, that will be fantastic. It was just an absolutely electric environment at the first sale. I would not expect it to be exactly the same, but I hope we see the same support with the vetting and the process the whole way through here.”

With 364 yearlings, this year's New York-bred catalogue is the largest it has been in recent years. Sutherland is taking a wait-and-see approach as to how the added numbers will affect the end results.

“I think we will have to wait to see what the sale tells us,” Sutherland said. “Our numbers, personally, are about the same as they always are up here. [The larger catalogue] probably does make me a little bit apprehensive. But I'd love to see everybody do well and maybe the additional horses will work for everybody that way. It's been a few years since they've done that, bumped the numbers. I'm curious to see what happens. But there are a lot of people here, so there may be plenty of people for all the horses.”

The New York-bred sale has shown dramatic growth over the last decade and its 2022 renewal produced its highest-ever gross when 188 yearlings sold for $20,175,000, and its second-highest average and median.

“The New York program just seems to get better and better,” said Sutherland. “The quality of horses up here improves every year. And it's great racing. You're seeing nice New York-breds running in open company as well. I think that's a testament to the strength of the program. We sell a lot of horses for breeders and it's great to bring them here and to have them stay in New York. This is a perfect venue for us.”

While end-users tend to dominate both Saratoga sales, last year's New York-bred sale was topped by a son of Arrogate who brought a sale-record $700,000 final bid from Tom McCrocklin, as agent for Champion Equine, just days after his full-brother Cave Rock impressed on debut at Del Mar. The colt returned to sell for $1.05 million at this year's OBS March sale. Eaton Sales will offer a half-sister by Improbable to last year's sale topper late in Monday's session of the auction.

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Fasig-Tipton NY-Bred Yearlings Sale Starts Sunday

SARATOGA SPRINGS, NY – The Fasig-Tipton New York-bred Yearlings Sale, which follows on the heels of a strong renewal of the company's Saratoga Selected Yearlings Sale, begins its two-day run at the Humphrey S. Finney Pavilion Sunday evening at 7 p.m. With the cancellation of last year's auction due to the pandemic, this marks the second time the sale will be held on Sunday and Monday, as opposed to its traditional Saturday and Sunday dates and, with an extra day of showing, consignors were kept busy on the sales grounds when shopping started Friday.

“We showed Friday and we were very busy,” said Derek MacKenzie, whose Vinery Sales has 22 yearlings consigned to the auction. “I think we showed 1,060 times. How we got that done, I don't know, but we did. It's been strong again today, not quite as busy, obviously with the second day. There have been a lot of new faces–a lot of pinhookers, quite a few new faces that weren't here for the main sale. And we are seeing quite a few of the trainers coming over as well. So that's good.”

The New York-bred sale continues to gain strength from year to year, with a record-priced yearling at each of the last four renewals.

“There are definitely more people coming than there used to be and the catalogue has gotten so much stronger, pedigree-wise over the years,” MacKenzie said. “And the physicals have improved, too. There are some very sharp buyers who told me the physicals keep getting better and better every year. And this year is the best yet.”

The strength of the New York-bred racing program has pushed the state's breeding industry to new heights and consignors are expecting those results to be mirrored in the sales ring.

“I think the sale every year has increased in strength,” said Archie St. George, who will offer six yearlings–all by Kentucky-based sires–through his St. George Sales consignment. “It seems like the sire power is getting better every year. There are a lot more consignors from Kentucky selling here. The horses are better. I think every year, the sale has taken a step forward.”

St. George looks for that trend of yearly improvement to continue in 2021.

“Racing in New York is in a good place and, if you've got the right horse, by the right stallion, and you vet well, I am sure you'll get rewarded,” he said.

Jimbo and Tori Gladwell's Top Line Sales will offer four yearlings at the two-day auction.

“We're glad to be back and have a great atmosphere to sell at,” Jimbo Gladwell said. “I think the activity at the barns is on par with years past, with the sales split up by a couple of days and an extra day of showing. The traffic has been good, we've been busy both days so far. I think it's going to be a strong sale.”

Following on a strong series of juvenile sales this past spring, buyers seem eager to restock at the yearlings auctions. The Fasig-Tipton July Selected Yearlings Sale featured competitive bidding and buying was tough at last week's Saratoga Selected Yearlings sale. Those trends should lead to a positive New York-bred sale, according to Gladwell.

“The sale in July was very strong, the trade was brisk and people were spending money,” he said. “People showed up at the first sale here and they weren't just shopping, they were here to buy horses. The same group of people are here. They are shopping hard and are keen on spending some money. I think it was very difficult to buy the horses you wanted in the first sale. What is perceived as quality is bringing a lot more than it is supposed to. That is what we are all doing it for, is trying to find that horse and get in that spot. Hopefully we get a little luck here.”

The 2019 New York-bred sale was topped by a daughter of Malibu Moon, who brought a sale record $775,000 from Larry Best's OXO Equine. Now the stakes-placed Brattle House (Malibu Moon), she was one of 186 sold for a gross of $16,200,000. The average was $87,097 and the median was $60,000.

The 2018 auction set records for both average ($107,512) and median ($76,000) and was topped by a then-record $600,000 son of Pioneerof the Nile.

Sunday's evening session begins at 7 p.m. with 100 catalogued yearlings on offer. The auction continues Monday at noon with an additional 207 catalogued head.

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