In a crazy year, consignors approaching the Fasig-Tipton Midlantic 2-year-old sale – breezes start tomorrow, and the sale is next week – hope for the best.
Crane Thoroughbreds suffered a deadly barn fire, indictments rocked racing, and more, in the week in social media.
Amara Underwood, 17, has nine horses she’s selling at the Fasig-Tipton Midlantic Yearling Sale next week — the second straight year she’s sold there.
The average and median one the first day at the Fasig-Tipton Midlantic 2yo sale both rose, as did the buyback rate.
The Fasig-Tipton 2-year-olds in training sale, kicking off Monday in Timonium, saw its last breezes delayed three days by weather, a complication consignors hope will be overcome by a strong catalog.
The market for two-year-olds has been strong so far in 2017, and expectations are high for this week’s Fasig-Tipton juvenile sale.
Off-track Thoroughbreds were among the stars of this past weekend’s Pennsylvania Horse World Expo in Harrisburg.
A Midlantic-bred sophomore will take on her elders in the Grade 2 Honorable Miss today at Saratoga.