Texas Summer Yearling Sale

The Texas Thoroughbred Association has catalogued 207 yearlings for the Texas Summer Yearling Sale beginning at 10 a.m. CT Aug. 26 at the sales pavilion on the grounds of Lone Star Park, the organization said in a Wednesday release. The sale, which includes 91 Louisiana-bred yearlings, along with 48 Texas-breds, 32 Arkansas-breds and 18 Oklahoma-breds will also include a special dispersal of horses consigned by CS Sales, agent for Three Feathers Farm. The dispersal, which includes weanlings and broodmares, brings the total number of horses entered in the sale to...

A colt by Union Rags is the latest yearling supplemented to the 2023 Texas Summer Yearling Sale. Cataloged as Hip 271, the New York-bred colt is out of a Mineshaft half-sister to graded-stakes placed Divine Elegance (Uncle Mo) and from the family of SW/GISP Standard Deviation (Curlin). This addition, as well as the eight previously supplemented yearlings, is posted on the interactive catalog and will all be featured in a paper supplement catalog available on the Lone Star Park sales grounds and sale pavilion ahead of the sale which begins...

Eight additional yearlings have been supplemented to the 264 already catalogued for the 2023 Texas Summer Yearling Sale, which will be held Aug. 28 at Lone Star Park in Grand Prairie, Texas. Six of the supplements will be catalogued as hips 265-270, while two of the supplemented horses will replace horses already reported as outs. "The additions to the catalog add to our strong regional base already and we're glad to have these additional offerings in our sale," said Texas Thoroughbred Association (TTA) Sales Director Foster Bridewell. A supplemental paper...

A total of 264 yearlings have been catalogued for the 2023 Texas Summer Yearling sale, a 52-head increase over last year's edition of the sale. The sale will be held Aug. 28 at Lone Star Park in Grand Prairie, Texas. "The increase in entries points to the success our sales have had," TTA Sales Director Foster Bridewell said. "We've continued to push to grow our sales as a healthy marketplace to buy and sell for not only our regional buyers and sellers, but also attracting interested folks from all over...

The Texas Thoroughbred Association will hold its 2023 Texas Summer Yearling Sale Aug. 28. The sale will be held at the sales pavilion at Lone Star Park. "We're fresh off the successful 2023 Texas 2-Year-Olds in Training Sale, so now we turn our attention to our yearling sale," TTA sales Director Foster Bridewell said. "We've already had a lot of interest from our owners and breeders about our 2023 Texas Summer Yearling Sale." The 2022 Texas Summer Yearling Sale set records for the TTA Sales company. No fewer than 161...

A filly by Too Much Bling (hip 19) topped the Texas Summer Yearling Sale Monday at Lone Star Park when selling for $100,000 to Mansfield Racing. Consigned by Highlander Training Center, the gray filly is out of Soft Music (Action This Day) and is a full-sister to 2016 Champion Texas-bred 2-Year-Old Filly Bling on the Music. "We're obviously thrilled that a Texas-bred by one of our state's most influential stallions led the sale," TTA Director Foster Bridewell said. "She was a beautiful filly and the full-sister went through this same...

A total of 16 yearlings have been supplemented to the Texas Summer Yearling Sale, slated for Aug. 29 at Lone Star Park in Grand Prairie, Texas. "The interest in our sale has been strong since we released our catalog late last month," said TTA Sales Director Foster Bridewell. "These additions only help boost our sale and we're thrilled to offer these additional yearlings later this month." The Supplement Catalog features yearlings bred in Arkansas, Louisiana, Kentucky, Oklahoma, and Texas, including a Texas-bred filly by first-crop stallion Vino Rosso, winner of...

Over 200 yearlings made the catalog for the 2022 Texas Summer Yearling Sale, presented by the Texas Thoroughbred Association and Lone Star Park. The sale will be held on Aug. 29 at the sales pavilion at Lone Star. The catalog lists yearlings by Kentucky stallions such as Justify, Good Magic, Sharp Azteca, Mendelssohn, Bernardini, Practical Joke, Goldencents, Kantharos, Mitole, Vino Rosso and more. Texas stallions such as Too Much Bling, Bradester, My Golden Song and Competitive Edge are also represented. The interactive catalog is available now at www.ttasales.com or on...

The Texas Thoroughbred Association's 2022 Texas Summer Yearling Sale will be held Aug. 29, the TTA announced Monday. The sale, co-presented by Lone Star Park, will be held at the sale pavilion at Lone Star Park in Grand Prairie, Texas. "After the results of our 2021 yearling sale, we have a lot to look forward to with the 2022 Texas Summer Yearling Sale," TTA Sales Director Foster Bridewell said. "The yearling market in Texas in 2021 was strong, thanks to our consignors, who brought quality physicals and pedigree to our...

Five supplements to the catalogue have been added for the 2021 Texas Summer Yearling and Horses of Racing Age Sale, which will be held at Lone Star Park Aug. 30 at 10 a.m. CT. The sale will be livestreamed on the sale website. The supplements are: Hip 13 (c, Midnight Lute--Moneybru, by Talk Is Money), consigned by Stuart Morris; Hip 85 (f, California Chrome--Salty Mo, by Uncle Mo), consigned by Craig Singer; Hip 117 (f, California Chrome--Better Be Better, by Smart Strike), consigned by Craig Singer; Hip 185 (f, Cupid-Colombe,...

A record of nearly 250 yearlings have been cataloged for the 2021 Texas Summer Yearling and Horses of Racing Age sale to be held Monday, Aug. 30, at Lone Star Park outside of Dallas. The sale, held jointly by the Texas Thoroughbred Association and Lone Star, will begin at 10 a.m. in the sales pavilion at the track. "This will easily be our largest sale since taking the reins from Fasig-Tipton in 2016," said Tim Boyce, sales director. "We've seen some solid growth over the past few years, despite the...

The Texas Summer Yearling Sale will be held Monday, Aug. 30, at Lone Star Park, the Texas Thoroughbred Association and Lone Star announced Tuesday. Entries are now being accepted with a deadline of June 21. Despite the pandemic, last year's Texas Summer Yearling Sale resulted in an increase in gross sale receipts of more than 166% with approximately twice the number of horses consigned compared to the previous year. Even with the larger catalog, last year's sale posted an increase in average and median as buyers reacted positively to rising...