A record number of 175 juveniles have been entered for the Texas Thoroughbred Association's Texas 2-Year-Olds in Training Sale at Lone Star Park Apr. 3. The under tack show will be held Apr. 1, at 10 a.m. at the track. This year's head count is up nearly 35 percent from last year's 135 (including supplements) and more than double the number in the 2016 sale, which was the first held jointly by the TTA and Lone Star.
“We expected to have more entries after the passage of beneficial legislation in Texas last year, but we were a little surprised by just how much interest there's been from both consignors and buyers,” said Mary Ruyle, executive director of the TTA. “We are excited about the two incentive programs related to this sale and the overall increase in purses in Texas and incentives for Accredited Texas-breds.”
All graduates of this sale will be eligible for a new purse incentive program for all races this year at Texas tracks. The incentive is available for all graduates, regardless of where they were bred. Sale graduates will also be eligible for the Texas Thoroughbred Futurity at Lone Star this summer with divisions for fillies and colts/geldings offering purses of $100,000 each.
Among stallions represented: Animal Kingdom, Bodemeister, Candy Ride, Fusaichi Pegasus, Goldencents, Kitten's Joy, Maclean's Music, Overanalyze, Palace, Tapiture, Uncle Mo in addition to regionally prominent sires Astrology, Bradester, Court Vision, Custom for Carlos, Early Flyer, Flat Out, Half Ours and Too Much Bling. For more information visit www.ttasales.com.
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