The 55th WTBOA Summer Sale will take place Tuesday, Aug. 23, starting at 1:00 p.m., one hour earlier than in recent years. This year's offering, which will again be held at the WTBOA Sales Pavilion located at Emerald Downs, in Auburn, Washington, has 85 yearlings, 18 broodmares–including a three-in-one package–and one weanling cataloged.
Auction activity begins with a chance to bid on a trip for two to the 2022 Breeders' Cup World Championships, scheduled to be run Nov. 4-5 at Keeneland. Trip includes prime seating, hotel accommodations and an air transportation voucher. Proceeds benefit the Washington Thoroughbred Foundation and its many programs.
Sires of the yearlings cataloged include 2022 national leading juvenile and freshman sire Sharp Azteca and other top national sires Connect, Exaggerator, First Samurai, Klimt, Midshipman, Race Day, Speightster, Take Charge Indy, Tale of Ekati and Tapizar.
Leading California sires represented include Clubhouse Ride, Curlin to Mischief, Danzing Candy, Grazen, Smiling Tiger, Stanford, and in his first North American crop, the impressive Sir Prancealot (Ire).
For more information or to request a sales catalog, please call (253) 288-7878 or e-mail maindesk@wtboa.com.
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