Fasig-Tipton Kentucky Winter Mixed Sale

LEXINGTON, KY - The Fasig-Tipton Kentucky Winter Mixed Sale defied what has appeared in recent months to be a weakening sales market with a strong opening session in Lexington Monday. "It was a very encouraging start," said Fasig-Tipton President Boyd Browning. "There was lots of activity throughout the day, really from start to finish, at all level of horses and at all price ranges and all types of horses. Yearlings sold very well, mares in foal sold very well, broodmare prospects sold very well. The place was crowded very much...

Zetta Z (Bernardini), dam of Saturday's dominating GIII Robert B. Lewis winner 'TDN Rising Star' Nysos (Nyquist), has been added to the Fasig-Tipton Kentucky Winter Mixed Sale to go through the ring Tuesday, Feb. 6, announced the auction house via press release Sunday. Catalogued as HIP 536 and offered by Grovendale Sales as agent, she is in-foal to multiple Grade I-winning Cyberknife. In addition to Nysos, Zetta Z is also the dam of SP Attabe (Distorted Humor) as well as a 2-year-old filly by Street Sense and a yearling colt...

A total of 416 entries have been received for the Fasig-Tipton Kentucky Winter Mixed Sale to be held at the auction house's Newtown Paddocks complex Monday and Tuesday, Feb. 5 and 6, 2024. Bidding begins each morning at 10 a.m. ET. The first 300 horses will be offered during the Monday session, while hips 301 and through the conclusion of the supplemental catalogue will sell Tuesday. "Positioned right before the start of breeding season, Kentucky Winter Mixed annually offers a healthy and active marketplace," said Fasig-Tipton President Boyd Browning. "We...

Fasig-Tipton has cataloged 465 entries for the main catalog of its Kentucky Winter Mixed Sale, to be held Monday and Tuesday, Feb. 6 and 7, in Lexington, Kentucky. Sessions will begin each day at 10 am. Entries remain open for the sale's supplemental catalog, which will be available online and on the sales grounds. Fasig-Tipton will continue to accept supplemental entries over the next few weeks. Hips 1-300 will be offered in the Monday session. Hips 301, through the supplemental catalog, will be offered in the Tuesday session. "As the...

The Fasig-Tipton Kentucky Winter Mixed Sale, originally scheduled next Monday and Tuesday, Feb. 7-8, will be pushed back to Tuesday and Wednesday, Feb. 8-9. An ice storm is forecasted for the Lexington area, prompting Fasig-Tipton officials to delay the sale. "Our area is currently under an ice storm warning from tomorrow morning through Friday morning, and in the interests of safety we have decided to push the sale back by one day," said Fasig-Tipton President Boyd Browning on Wedneday. "This will ensure that horses and sale participants will have ample...

An additional 49 supplemental entries have been added to the 2022 Fasig-Tipton Kentucky Winter Mixed Sale, scheduled for Feb. 7 and 8 in Lexington. Among the supplements, which are catalogued as hips 500-548, are: Vacay (hip 501): Four-year-old daughter of Not This Time was a stakes winner at two and multiple stakes-placed at three. Consigned as a broodmare prospect by Highgate Sales, agent. Wink Texas (hip 520): Stakes-placed 4-year-old filly from the family of Grade I winners Seventh Street, American Gal and Authentic. Consigned as a broodmare prospect by James...

Fasig-Tipton's catalogue for the Kentucky Winter Mixed sale, to be held Feb. 7-8, is now online. The main catalogue has 500 entries. Supplemental entries will continue to be accepted over the coming weeks. Sessions will begin each day at 10 a.m. "Buyers looking to fill orders before the start of breeding season will be impressed with the quality of this year's catalogue," said Fasig-Tipton President Boyd Browning. "We have a deep assortment of stakes-credentialed racing and broodmare prospects and proven producers, and the covering sire and yearling sire power represented...

The Fasig-Tipton Winter Mixed Sale, ideally positioned just ahead of next week's start of the breeding season, opens for its two-day run Monday morning at Newtown Paddocks. Hips one through 324, a collection of racing and breeding prospects and short yearlings, will be offered Monday and will be followed Tuesday by hips 325 through 673. Bidding begins each day at 10 a.m. "I've always really liked this sale because of its timing," said consignor Zach Madden, whose Buckland Sales brings a 13-horse consignment into the auction. "There is a little...

Multiple stakes winner and graded stakes-placed Saguaro Row (Union Rags--Charlie Girl, by Indian Charlie) has been added to Fasig-Tipton's Kentucky Winter Mixed Sale. Catalogued as Hip 675, Saguaro Row will be offered as a racing/broodmare prospect by Blake-Albina Thoroughbred Services, agent. A 4 3/4-length debut winner at two, she captured the Pumpkin Pie S. and the Interborough S. at four and five and also finished second to GISW Spiced Perfection (Smiling Tiger) in the GIII Go For Wand H. Most recently, she finished third--beaten just 1 1/2 lengths--in defense of...

Fasig-Tipton has added an additional five supplemental entries, catalogued as hips 665-669, to its 2021 Kentucky Winter Mixed Sale. The sale will be held Feb. 8-9 at Newtown Paddocks near Lexington, Ky., with sessions beginning each day at 10 a.m. ET. Included among the latest supplements are Babybel (Bodemeister, hip 665), a 4-year-old half-sister to 'TDN Rising Star' and recent runaway winner of the Smarty Jones S., Caddo River (Hard Spun). Babybel won at both two and three and is consigned as a broodmare prospect by James M. Herbener, Jr....