A filly by Stanford topped Tuesday's California Thoroughbred Breeders Association Northern California Yearling Sale when selling for $45,000 to Robert Jones. Out of the Broken Vow mare Jeannie's Genie and bred by Michael Allen, she was consigned by Easterbrook Livestock. The highest-priced colt in the sale was by Vronsky and purchased by GCCI for $36,000. He is out of the Tizbud mare Just Lookn Again, was bred by West 12 Ranch, Inc. & Craig Allen and consigned by Hanson's River Ranch.
The sale's average of $9,977 was nearly 40% higher than last year's $7,217 and is the highest since $11,537 in 2015. Gross yearling sales Tuesday were $917,900, compared to $505,200 last year for 69 sold. Yearling median price doubled from last year's $3,000 to $6,000.
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