virtual horse sale

The mare Iconic Sky (GB) (Sixities Icon {GB}) (lot 33), in foal to new Overbury stallion Golden Horn (GB) and with a filly at foot by Jack Hobbs (GB), brought a sale-topping £50,000 from Longner Bloodstock during Friday's ThoroughBid September Sale. Offered by Beswick Brothers Bloodstock, the 9-year-old is a winner over hurdles and is a half-sister to Martello Sky (GB) (Martaline {GB}), who won the Listed Sandown Mares' Hurdle. At the end of the sale, 23 lots sold (57.5%) and the aggregate was £199,200. James Richardson, CEO of ThoroughBid,...

New South Wales, the Australian state with the highest number of confirmed coronavirus cases, was placed into lockdown on Tuesday, with residents warned they could face a fine or jail time if they leave home without a good reason. Fortunately for the nation's yearling sale market, inspections for the virtual Inglis Easter yearling sale on Apr. 7 and 8 has been deemed a good enough reason. Newmarket-based bloodstock agent Johnny McKeever has been Down Under since January-partially by design, partially by circumstance-and earlier this week he was working through his...