Coming off the heels of a record-breaking Saratoga Sale, Fasig-Tipton is poised to maintain that momentum going into its New York-Bred Yearling Sale Aug. 11-12.Â
Fasig-Tipton has 300 horses cataloged for the two-day sale. Opening evening will begin at 7:30 p.m. ET Aug. 11 to accommodate the operating of the Fourstardave Handicap (G1T) and the Saratoga Derby Invitational Stakes (G1T). These races have been initially to run Aug. 3 however have been canceled as a consequence of rain. The Aug. 12 session will start at 12 p.m. ET as initially scheduled.Â
Hips 300-400 will promote Aug. 11 within the Humphrey S. Finney Gross sales Pavilion, and hips 401-600 will promote Aug. 12.Â
“We have sort of gone again to again now (Fasig-Tipton July Sale and The Saratoga Sale). It bodes effectively for the New York-Bred Sale,” stated Boyd Browning Jr., president and CEO of Fasig-Tipton.
In 2023, a brand new gross file was set, with a complete of $20,929,000 spent over two days. Final 12 months’s prime worth for a yearling within the New York-bred showcase sale was $380,000, with a median of $95,132.Join BloodHorse Every day
“There are good issues taking place within the New York-bred program, we’ll have purse parity developing,” Browning stated.Â
Launching Jan. 1, 2026, New York-bred in a single day races for 2-year-olds on the New York Racing Affiliation circuit will supply purse quantities matching the race’s open-company counterpart. The 2024 New York-bred foal crop would be the first to realize the advantages of the purse parity program.
Mo Plex is among the many most up-to-date noteable graduates of the New York Bred Yearling Sale. The two-year-old son of Complexity  received the Sanford Stakes (G3) at Saratoga Race Course July 13.
“We’re already operating for giant purses, and the breeders’ awards and all the things else. I feel individuals are going to proceed to pay up for these horses,” stated consignor Chris Bernhard of Hidden Lake Farm.
“The Saratoga Sale was up 9%, I anticipate we can be that or much more. I’ve seen some very nice horses right here.”Â
Indian Creek will consign 19 horses within the sale. Following their success final week on the Saratoga Sale, the place they bought an Into Mischief  colt for $1 million, Sarah Sutherland of Indian Creek is inspired by the visitors on the gross sales grounds, and the quantity of patrons who’ve stayed on the town.Â
“The urge for food to purchase horses is clearly as robust as anybody can bear in mind lately. These horses which have the bodily, a little bit of pedigree, and vet; it simply appears to be loopy,” she stated.Â
The Saratoga Sale that occurred Aug. 5-6 broke information for gross and common for the historical past of that sale. The competitors to safe a horse was fierce, and there have been a whole lot of patrons who went residence empty handed. That will profit these promoting yearlings within the New York-bred sale.Â
“I feel in principle it ought to assist. The gross sales are very completely different, however on the finish of the day individuals are in search of good horses,” stated Sutherland.Â
“The rise within the breeders’ funds and New York-bred program, it is an important sale that manner. You see it supported by finish customers and folks wanting to purchase a pleasant horse. Being a New York-bred is the cherry on prime.”
Photograph: Fasig-Tipton PhotosA horse will get a shower prematurely of the Fasig-Tipton New York-Bred Yearling Sale
