online auction

Keeneland officials have announced the launch of the Keeneland Digital Sales Ring, a stand-alone online auction platform accessible to buyers and sellers around the world at Keenelanddigital.com. Kicking off the new digital platform will be a Select Horses of Racing Age Sale scheduled for June 23. "The Keeneland Digital Sales Ring marks a significant milestone in our rich sales history and expands the realm of high-quality sales options Keeneland can deliver," Keeneland President and CEO Bill Thomason said. "This tool does not replace Keeneland's traditional live sales format but rather...

The 2-year-old sale season has been subject to great upheaval but, as things stand, Osarus will be the first breeze-up sale to be held in Europe in 2020 on May 27. It will also be the first Thoroughbred sale in Europe to be conducted online. Unlike fellow French sale house Arqana, the Osarus breeze-up catalogue is made up almost entirely of horses being prepared within France. The only outside sales consignor listed is John Burke's Irish-based Hyde Park Stud. There have been 11 withdrawals from the 79 lots catalogued for...

ThoroughbredAuctions.com will host the Spring Mixed Sale, an internet auction for Thoroughbreds. This is an all online auction where consignors can sell on a compressed schedule without the need to ship horses to a traditional sale. Buyers can shop from anywhere saving the cost and risk of travel to a crowded venue. Consignors' horses stay at home or at the track during the process eliminating shipping, sale costs and exposure to the COVID-19. "Ready or not, the way you sell and buy is changing", said Tim Jennings of ThoroughbredAuctions.com LLC....