Thoroughbred auction

Silk Road LLC has launched its digital Thoroughbred auction platform BidXSell.com, with its dedicated concierge consignment division, eCONSIGN-IT set to host its inaugural flash sale Aug. 28. The inaugural auction will feature Salute the Stars (Candy Ride {Arg}), winner of last year's Pegasus Stakes. BidXSell was developed to allow industry stakeholders to buy and sell bloodstock at limited cost, according to a press release from Silk Road. The digital auction ring allows owners to sell bloodstock directly from farm sites and the BidXSell platform puts the remaining necessary infrastructure directly...

The under-tack show for next week's Ocala Breeders' Sales Company's June Sale of 2-Year-Olds in Training begins Tuesday morning and continues through Sunday. All six sessions begin at 7:30 a.m. During Tuesday's first session of the under-tack show, hips 1 through 175 are scheduled to breeze, followed Wednesday by hips 176-350; on Thursday by hips 351-525; on Friday by hips 526-700; on Saturday by hips 701-875; and on Sunday by hips 876-1027. Horses of racing age, hips 1101-1115, will also breeze Sunday. The June sale will be held Wednesday, June...

The three-day under-tack show for the Fasig-Tipton Midlantic May Sale of 2-Year-Olds in Training begins Tuesday morning at 8 a.m. at the Maryland State Fairgrounds in Timonium. Hips 1 through 200 are scheduled to work Tuesday, followed by hips 201 through 400 Wednesday and hips 401 through 585 Thursday. The Midlantic May sale will be held next Monday and Tuesday at the state fairgrounds. Bidding begins for each session at 11 a.m.

The Lothenbach Stables of the late Robert Lothenbach will completely disperse its breeding stock, yearlings, and horses of racing age with Fasig-Tipton over the next three weeks. All breeding stock and yearlings will be sold at Fasig-Tipton's Kentucky Winter Mixed Sale, to be held Feb. 5 and 6 in Lexington. The 65 entries of breeding stock and yearlings at the Winter sale will be spread among two consignors: Vinery Sales and Taylor Made Sales Agency. The majority of these entries will be offered in the sale's supplement, but the main...

A total of 392 yearlings have been catalogued for the upcoming Fasig-Tipton Midlantic Fall Yearlings Sale to be held at the Maryland State Fairgrounds in Timonium Oct. 2 and 3. Hips 1-124 will be offered during the Monday session, which will begin at 3 p.m. and hips 125 through 392 will be offered during the Tuesday session, which will begin at 11 a.m. "This year's catalogue features nearly 400 yearlings representing a wide variety of national and regional sires and state-bred programs," said Midlantic Director of Sales Paget Bennett. "Each...

Bidding for the Wanamaker's January Sale will open Wednesday, Jan. 25 at 8:00 a.m. ET with the first listing set to close at 5:00 p.m. Subsequent offerings will close in three-minute increments. This year's catalogue includes a yearling from the first crop of Instilled Regard, multiple two-year-old racing prospects by sires of Grade I winners and stakes-winning broodmare prospects, just to name a few. The auction will also feature sixteen stallion seasons on offer with proceeds being donated to Love My Pitties, a non-profit rescue, sanctuary and rehabilitation program for...

New York Thoroughbred Breeders, Inc. (NYTB) will conduct its annual Stallion Season Auction from Friday, Jan. 27 to Tuesday, Jan. 31 on www.Wanamakers.com. The auction raises funds that allow the NYTB to carry on its two-fold mission of promoting New York breeding and racing and protecting the welfare of industry stakeholders. Attracting donated seasons from farms in the Empire State and Kentucky, the auction has included McMahon of Saratoga Thoroughbreds, Sequel New York, Irish Hill & Dutchess Views Stallions, Rockridge Stud, Darley, WinStar Farm, Darby Dan Farm, and Gainesway Farm....

Despite massive COVID-19 prevention protocols, the postponed 2020 Hokkaido Selection Sale drew a strong crowd, easily as big as normal years despite protocols requiring everyone to pre-register for entry credentials. The looming pandemic-induced global recession also seemed to have little effect on the sale, which set records on nearly all fronts despite being pushed back a little over a month from its usual mid-July date. While the clearance rate was 82.5%, down from last year's record of 83.5%, it was the best year of the sale by every other measure...