By J.N. Campbell
The Lone Star Park Sales Pavilion in Grand Prairie will once again host the Texas Thoroughbred Association's (TTA) single-session Texas Yearling Sale Monday beginning at 10 a.m. CT.
The TTA catalogue includes 207 head from Texas, Louisiana, Arkansas and Oklahoma, plus a special dispersal of 10 horses consigned by CS Sales, agent for Three Feathers Farm.
By the numbers, the 2023 edition, which showcased one of the largest catalogs in sale history with 271 yearlings, reported 175 sold for $3,240,000. The average was $18,542 and the median was $11,000, while 77 were not sold.
The sales-topping colt Tom Sawyer (Practical Joke) was purchased for $110,000 by Al Pike, agent. The pinhook specialist and head of Pike Racing, who is based at Highlander Training Center near Sulphur Springs, Texas, will once again be looking for promising stock.
“I'm always on the hunt and this is a really good sale to attend,” said Pike. “We went through all of them on Saturday and again on Sunday. I'm looking for an athlete that will be good to take to the 2-year-old sales next spring.”
Last year's topper, who was prepped at Buena Madera, was out of agent Scott Mallory's consignment. Mallory has returned to the Lone Star Pavilion with an offering of 10 yearlings this year.
“This is a pretty good group I am bringing this year and I have some strong Louisiana-breds,” said Mallory. “Of course, the Texas folks love their horses and this is a great regional sale that is well-established.”
As for the rest of the catalogue put together by TTA Sales Director Foster Bridewell and his team, a broad range of sires are represented, including first-crop stallions such as Spun to Run, Thousand Words, Vekoma and Volatile.
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