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Gains at the CTBA Winter Sale

The one-day California Thoroughbred Breeders Association (CTBA) Winter Mixed Sale, held Tuesday, Feb. 1, at Fairplex, closed with significant gains over the 2021 edition. A total of 113 horses were sold for gross sales of $1,298,407, with an average of $11,490 and a median of $5,200. At last year's Winter Mixed Sale, 73 horses were sold for a total of $575,100, an average of $7,878, and a median of $3,200.

Le Vron James (Vronsky–Arousing, by Cee's Tizzy) sold for a session-topping $85,000. Bred by Harris Farms and Donald Valpredo, the 2-year-old colt was bought by Dare to Dream, Don Calabria, and John Crawford. The highest-priced filly at the session was also a 2-year-old, an unnamed Gun Runner filly out of Mahogany Lane (A.P. Indy), who was purchased by Ron Thomsen for $42,000.

To see the full results from the CTBA Winter sale, click here.

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Le Vron James Scores At CTBA Winter Mixed Sale

Le Vron James, a 2-year-old son of the late Vronsky, sold for a session-topping $85,000 to lead sizeable year-over-year gains at Tuesday's California Thoroughbred Breeders Association Winter Mixed Sale at Fairplex.

There were 113 horses sold for gross sales of $1,298,407, an average of $11,490 and a median of $5,200. At last year's Winter Mixed Sale, 73 sold for gross sales of $575,100, an average of $7,878 and a median of $3,200.

The California-bred Vronsky colt, out of the Cee's Tizzy mare Arousing, was bred by Harris Farms and Donald Valpredo and purchased by Dare to Dream, Don Calabria, and John Crawford. He previously sold to Jeff Ganje at the 2021 CTBA Northern California Yearling Sale for $32,000.

A close second to the topper was Prince Jimmy, a California-bred son of Jimmy Creed out of the Tiznow mare Following a Dream, which sold to Super Horse, agent Sweetwater Trading, for $75,000. He was bred by Tony Busching and Carol Busching.

The highest-priced filly purchase was a 2-year-old Kentucky-bred filly by Gun Runner, out of the A.P. Indy mare Mahogany Lane, purchased by Ron Thomsen for $42,000.

To view the auction's full results, click here.

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