One of Alberta's leading breeders and stallion owners goes outside the box and will host a sale for his 27 yearlings at his farm in Nisku.
Sales
Breeders had another difficult year to contend with as the COVID-19 pandemic restricted the CTHS yearling sale attendance.
With travel restrictions to the US still in place, few Canadians will be heading to Keeneland for its yearling sale, so CTHS sales are the places to buy.
It is time to shop for your racing prospects for 2021 as the CTHS Ontario Yearling Sale week begins with sales stakes Sunday and the sale Wednesday.
There is a big catalogue of Canadian-bred and Ontario-sired yearlings and prospective buyers can seek out the next Pink Lloyd.
First Canadian yearling sale of the 2020 season has 51% buyback rate as breeders hold on to their young horses for racing.
Live online bidding makes its debut at the first Canadian yearling sale this weekend as the Manitoba CTHS offers its catalogue.
With restrictions on the number of attendees at sales this fall across Canada, buyers can bid on horses online through internet marketing company.
Two dozen consignors are readying their prized yearlings to sell September 8 at 2 p.m. at Thunderbird Show Park in Langley, BC.
The CTHS Manitoba sale had a 65% hike in gross sales in 2019 and has a solid catalogue for the Aug. 23 auction with a variety of sires represented.
September 2 is when breeders sell their yearling crops for 2020 and at this point, there will be people at the Woodbine sales pavilion.
Canadian horsepeople and horses to note from this week's continuing Ocala Breeders' Sale auction in Ocala, Florida, including a son of Constitution.
Florida sale offers online bidding for the first time; sale combines April and June sale for young horses in training, including several Ontario-breds.
More than two dozen Ontario-bred juveniles are catalogued for the June 9-12 sale in Florida; gallop show is underway for the large auction.
Two major auction houses announce restrictions on the use of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs), corticosteroids and bronchodilators.
