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The Funding Director for the Thoroughbred Aftercare Alliance, Ashton Moynihan passed away on Friday, Jan. 24 after battling cancer. A graduate of Sweet Briar College, Moynihan spent 15 years employed by Fasig-Tipton, selling stallion interests and scheduling yearling inspections. She took time off from her career to raise two daughters, Madison and Emory, before joining […]

Officials from Keeneland Association, Fasig-Tipton Company Inc. and Ocala Breeders’ Sales Company Inc. today jointly announced significant changes to policies regarding medication, including restriction of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) and a ban on bronchodilators at all 2-year-old sales, and limited use of riding crops at under tack shows. The revised Conditions of Sale for each […]

Fasig-Tipton has cataloged 542 entries for the main catalogue of its Kentucky Winter Mixed Sale, which will be held on Monday and Tuesday, Feb. 10 and 11, in Lexington, Kentucky. Sessions will begin each day at 10 a.m. Eastern The sale will also feature a supplemental catalog that will be available online and on the […]

The Thoroughbred Aftercare Alliance (TAA) board of directors elected John Phillips as its President for the 2020 term and elected three new board members at its meeting Dec. 30. Phillips, owner of Darby Dan Farm, served as TAA President in 2018. He has been a member of the TAA board since 2016. “The TAA is dedicated […]

Gulfstream Park announced today that Fasig-Tipton will be the title sponsor of the $400,000 Fountain of Youth (G2). The Fasig-Tipton Fountain of Youth, to be contested at 1 1 /16 miles Saturday, Feb. 29, has been a key prep race for the $1 million Florida Derby (G1) and Triple Crown races. Recent winners have included […]

Nothing boosts an offering’s stock at the Fasig-Tipton November Sale like a Breeders’ Cup victory in the days leading up to the marquee auction, and that proved itself out on Tuesday with Breeders’ Cup Distaff winner Blue Prize, who sold to Larry Best’s OXO Equine for $5 million and Turf Sprint winner Belvoir Bay who […]

The North American yearling auction calendar went out on a high note on Thursday, with the Fasig-Tipton October Yearlings Sale posting record returns in gross and average sale price at the end of its four-day stand. From a 1,598-horse catalog, the largest ever for the October sale, total of 1,007 horses changed hands for all-time […]

The polarization of the yearling marketplace was on full display during the third session of the 2019 Fasig-Tipton October Yearlings Sale, which posted the lowest daily returns of this year’s sale, but also produced the auction’s two most expensive offerings thus far. Wednesday’s session finished with 240 horses sold for revenues of $8,378,100, up 5 […]

Day two of the Fasig-Tipton October Yearlings Sale slowed the pace slightly from Monday’s opener, but returns at the auction’s halfway point still held up favorably against last year’s final totals, led on Tuesday by a $325,000 filly from the first crop of Nyquist. Tuesday’s trade finished with 256 horses sold for a combined $9,530,200, […]

The market wants what it wants, and on the opening day of the Fasig-Tipton October Yearlings Sale, the market wanted Medaglia d’Oro youngsters from Chris Baccari. The three most expensive offerings of the day were all sons or daughters of the prominent commercial sire, consigned by Baccari Bloodstock. That trio helped fuel gains in both […]