Horses of Racing Age Take Center Stage at Newtown Paddocks

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Fasig-Tipton has catalogued 200 horses for its seventh annual July Horse of Racing Age Sale Monday afternoon at Newtown Paddocks, where bidding is scheduled to begin at 4:00 p.m. The initial catalogue included 168 horses and there have been 22 supplements in the interim, including ‘TDN Rising Star’ Fierce Lady (Competitive Edge) and undefeated More Roses (Uncle Mo). Some other standouts in this year’s catalogue include GSP ‘TDN Rising Star’ Copper Town (Speightstown), stakes-winning sophomore Clint Maroon (GB) (Oasis Dream {GB}) and SW & GSP Orbolution (Orb).

“We have a really distinct catalogue and it grows every year as buyers and sellers continue to gain confidence,” said Faig-Tipton President Boyd Browning. “It has increased in popularity. There is something for everybody in the catalogue: colts, fillies, geldings, 2-year-olds, 3-year-olds, older horses, grass, synthetic, dirt. There is a wide variety of options, regardless of where you’re racing and it should attract a broad range of buyers to the sales grounds.”

Some notable graduates of this auction include this year’s GIII Westchester S. victor Nicodemus (Candy Ride {Arg}), GI Breeders’ Cup F/M Sprint winner Wavell Avenue (Harlington), GSW & MGISP Ivy Bell (Archarcharch) and GIII Tom Fool H. scorer Do Share (Candy Ride {Arg}).

A total of 100 horses changed hands at last year’s renewal of this sale for a total of $9,318,000. The average was $93,180 and the median was $50,000. The 2018 edition was topped by stakes winner My Miss Tapit (Tapit), who summoned $700,000 from Breeze Easy and was sold by Elite Sales.

“It takes a little while to get people accustomed to it, but now there is no question it is a sale people point to, both sellers and buyers,” said Browning. “I think it has been a great addition to the calendar and to the July Sale. I think the horses of racing age help the yearlings and the yearlings help the horses of racing age. It just attracts a wide group of people to town. We are all horse crazy, so you might think you are coming to the Horses of Racing Age Sale and end up buying a yearling, or both or vice versa. They are very complimentary to each other.”

Monday’s Horses of Racing Age session will be followed the Fasig-Tipton July Yearling Sale Tuesday at 10:00 a.m.

 

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