Indiana Stallion Season Auction Runs Through January 10

The Indiana Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders Associations' 2022 Stallion Season Auction, hosted by Starquine.com, opens Friday, Jan. 7 at 9 p.m. and runs through Monday, Jan. 10 at 6 p.m.

ITOBA is proud to offer a lineup of 80 stallions from Indiana, Kentucky, New York, Florida, Pennsylvania and Oklahoma.

Buying a season in the ITOBA Stallion Season Auction has benefits. The resulting Indiana-bred foals of the auction are eligible for over $250,000 in purses, breeders, owners and stallion awards and bonuses. It is the only stallion season auction that puts money in Indiana purse accounts.

ITOBA is excited to partner with Starquine to provide the opportunity to promote these stallions and provide these benefits.

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Washington Stallion Season Auction Takes Place Through December 22

The Washington Thoroughbred Breeders and Owners Association's fourth annual online stallion season auction begins on Wednesday, Dec. 15, and runs through Wednesday, Dec. 22.

In addition to stallion premiums, this year the WTBOA has added a chance for bidders to receive a bonus. All winning bidders will now be eligible for one of two bonus level amounts, as they will be entered into a drawing to receive a credit of up to $1,000 or the actual bid amount, whichever is less, on their stallion season purchase. The second drawing will be for a $400 bonus.

In addition, it is expected that a $7,500 or greater bonus will be available for all progeny of stallions whose seasons sold for the 2022 breeding season. The bonuses will be part of two 3-year-old stakes to be run at Emerald Downs during their 2026 racing season.

Over 90 seasons will be offered for the 2022 breeding season with many attractive proven and fledgling stallions offered. Among those listed are stallions standing in Kentucky, New York, Florida, California, Washington, Oregon, British Columbia and New Mexico.

Donations from farms large and small once again prove how generous the Thoroughbred industry can be. Just to name a few of the stellar stallions represented are American Freedom, Army Mule, Coast Guard, Conveyance, Country House, Cross Traffic, Curlin to Mischief, Disco Partner, Faversham, First Dude, Gio Ponti, Graydar, Keen Ice, Karakontie, Lea,  Majestic City, Ministers Wild Cat,  Protonico, Sir Prancealot, Skipshot,  Smiling Tiger, Speightster, Tapiture and Tapwrit.

WTBOA also has one additional stallion season available for bidding – Echo Town. Information on him can be found on the WTBOA website (www.washingtonthoroughbred.com).

For more information on the seasons offered and bidding, please go to www.Thoroughlybred.com/sites/wtboa.

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Selected Virginia Stallion Season Auction Offerings To Benefit Kentucky HHR Lobbying Efforts

The developing situation regarding the status of historical horse racing (HHR) in Kentucky has created an “all hands on deck” scenario within the state's racing industry to ensure the crucial revenue source remains in place.

That call has been heard outside the state as well. The Virginia Thoroughbred Association will feature a group of offerings during its upcoming stallion season auction where the full proceeds will benefit the Kentucky Equine Education Project's lobbying efforts toward restoring HHR in the state and putting it on firmer legal ground.

The auction, set to take place Wednesday, Feb. 10, features four seasons donated thus far by Kentucky stallion operations where the money will go toward the KEEP Alliance, a branch of KEEP specifically dedicated to lobbying, grassroots campaigns, and otherwise raising awareness among key people and groups about the importance of HHR in Kentucky.

As of Friday morning, the seasons benefitting the KEEP Alliance come from Airdrie Stud's Complexity, Spendthrift Farm's Goldencents, Gun Runner of Three Chimneys, and Not This Time of Taylor Made Stallions. Farms are welcome to donate further seasons to benefit the KEEP Alliance prior to the auction.

VTA executive director Debbie Easter said the seasons were added to the auction in recent weeks, helping push the total number of different stallions on offer near 220 from 11 different states.

“Obviously, it's a good cause,” Easter said. “Everybody gets too regionalized sometimes, and it's important for us to work together to help each other. This is an important thing for Kentucky, and helping keeping things going along is important. Horse people working together always do better than working apart, so we're trying to move the needle a little bit.”

Virginia's Thoroughbred economy is familiar with the benefits HHR can have on a program.

Gov. Ralph Northam signed an HHR bill into law in 2018, which set into motion the re-opening of Colonial Downs and significant funding sources to fuel purses and incentive programs on and off the racetrack. The Virginia-Certified program paid out a record $1.77 million in awards in 2020, and Easter said HHR revenues have just started to kick into that pool, leaving even more room for growth in the future.

“We certainly know how important HHR is going to be to us,” Easter said, “and we've certainly seen what it's done for Kentucky, and they can't afford to lose that.”

While Virginia has been able to show positive growth with the help of HHR, it's widely accepted that Kentucky's Thoroughbred market is the tide that lifts and sinks the other regional-market boats in North America.

Even the largest foal-producing jurisdictions outside of the Bluegrass State are supported heavily by Kentucky stallions, and its starting gates are filled by Kentucky-breds. A weakened Kentucky racing industry would have ripple effects on the state's breeding program, and the rest of North America would feel the aftershock whether they race or breed in the state or not.

“Debbie was very enthusiastic about helping us,” said Elizabeth Jensen, KEEP's executive vice president. “I think everybody realizes as goes Kentucky, so goes the rest of the country's racing industry, so we need to keep it strong and vibrant here. We're happy that our counterparts in Virginia are willing to help us out and support us.”

Beyond the season donations, Jensen said Kentucky's major stallion operations have supportive of the advocacy measures to preserve HHR in the state. She noted that farms including Ashford Stud and WinStar Farm have made cash donations, and many stallion stations have sent out emails to their client lists urging them to take action.

“Preserving historical horse racing has to be the entire industry in Kentucky's priority right now,” Jensen said. “If we lose that, we lose 1,400 jobs overnight, and losing those purses and the horses that we're getting at Ellis Park and Kentucky Downs during summer racing, and just the whole racing circuit in Kentucky will be severely impacted if we don't get this done.”

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Minnesota Thoroughbred Association Stallion Season Auction Begins Jan. 3

The Minnesota Thoroughbred Association will conduct its 2021 Stallion Season Auction Jan. 3 through Jan. 11, featuring more than 50 premier stallions from Kentucky, Florida, Oklahoma and Minnesota. The on-line auction will be hosted at www.thoroughlybred.com.

A new incentive is also being offered for this year's auction from the Minnesota Breeders' Fund. Any breeder who purchases a stallion season through the 2021 MTA Stallion Season Auction and foals in Minnesota will receive a $1,000 check when the foal is registered with the Minnesota Racing Commission in 2022.

“As we leave 2020 behind, organizers at the Minnesota Thoroughbred Association are excited to provide breeders with many terrific stallions to build on in the future,” said Kay King, executive director of the MTA.

Bids will be placed on a rolling bases for all eight days of the sale. Stallion seasons can be searched by state or name on the website. New stallion seasons may continue to be added through the duration of the sale.

For the current Stallion Season Auction list, visit minnesotabred.com/.

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