bloodstock sales

Fasig-Tipton Digital has scheduled 10 digital sales in 2025, running one per month with the exception of the months of September and November, according to a press release from the company Wednesday. The digital sales dates for 2025 are: January Digital Sale (Jan. 16-21) February Digital Sale (Feb. 20-25) March Digital Sale (Mar. 13-18) April Digital Sale (Apr. 3-8) May Digital Sale (May 8-13) June Digital Sale (May 29-June 3) July Digital Sale (July 17-22) August Digital Sale (Aug. 21-26) October Digital Sale (Oct. 2-7) December Digital Sale (Dec. 4-9)...

We've never had it so bad, apparently. That of course depends on whether you're a glass-half-full or half-empty kind of person. Mine has been mostly empty so far in 2024, of the good stuff at least, but the swapping of a decent claret for chai tea has not lowered the spirits as much as might have been imagined at the start of January. In fact, optimism levels are running high in this very small corner of Newmarket at present.  For a start we have made it through storms Isha and...

A new Irish bloodstock industry survey was launched by Irish Thoroughbred Marketing (ITM) on Friday. The aim of the survey is to hear the views of all those involved in Thoroughbred breeding and sales on subjects like selling in Ireland, the IRE Incentive, and Brexit. The survey is anonymous and should take less than 10 minutes to complete. The survey, which will remain open until early October 2023, is available here.

ThoroughBid is the new kid on the block in the bloodstock auction world, offering Britain's first online-only platform for buying and selling everything from horses in training and broodmares to shares in syndicates and stallion nominations.  "It's evolution rather than revolution," says the company's co-founder Ross Alberto, a racehorse owner who runs a commercial property and farming business in Gloucestershire.  Alberto launched ThoroughBid last week in partnership with Will Kinsey, the former amateur rider and trainer whose many roles in the bloodstock business include breeder, syndicator, agent and sales consignor....