Thoroughbred Yearling, Average Price, Fasig-Tipton Saratoga Summer Select Sale With roots back to 1917, this auction had total proceeds soar 46% to $52 million.
The upper echelons of international Thoroughbred horse racing convened this week at the annual summer rite of the Saratoga Select Sale held by Fasig-Tipton Co. at its handsomely renovated Pavilion and grounds in Saratoga Springs, NY.
So now let's raise the bar even higher: Starting with foals born in 2009, in addition to the established requirements, horses must also be documented as steroid-free to qualify for a select sale.
Two other horses sold for more money than Songandaprayer at the Tipton Select Sale at Miami's Calder Race Course, but the trainer John Dowd, who has helped bring Hurley into racing, is convinced that they acquired the most talented one.
Yearling, average price, Keeneland summer select sale.
THOROUGHBRED / $275,551 / $319,340 Yearling, average price, Fasig-Tipton Saratoga summer select sale +16%.
For example, the average cost for a thoroughbred yearling at July's Keeneland Summer Select sale, $487,184, is down 32%.
Thoroughbred Yearling, average price, Keeneland, Kentucky, summer select sale 1976 price, 1998 price, % change 97-98 $67,35.0%482,765 35.0%.
Other "select" sales at Ocala and Keeneland followed.
Start at the high end of the industry, and over time, steroid-free auctions will trickle down from select sales to the entire marketplace.
