A strapping chestnut son of Value Plus sold by Billy and Shirley Matier topped the sale at $32,000, purchased by Don Knight and Don Danard.
Sales
Anderson Farms and Cara Bloodstock have sold well through the first four sessions of the large Keeneland September sale.
A total of 83 horses sold during Tuesday's auction for a total of $1,191,000 (CAD), marking an 86 per cent increase from last year's sale.
The world's biggest yearling sale begins Sept. 13 and runs for 11 days and Canadian Thoroughbred has all the local news.
The 56 horses on offer include quality Alberta, British Columbia and Kentucky-bred yearlings, plus breeding stock and horses of racing age.
Denise Ryan of The Province reports on British Columbia breeders heading into the Sept. 14 annual yearling sale.
The catalogue for the 2021 CTHS BC Yearling and Mixed Sale boasts among the most solid collections of pedigrees offered for some time.
The top yearlings brought the high bids while the middle market continued to battle as Ontario breeders sell their yearling crop.
A full sister to multiple stakes winners Hidden Grace and Melisandre tops annual yearling sale at $52,000 and gross and average increase.
The dispersal of iconic Canadian farm Sam-Son continued as it offered a select group of yearlings at the 100th Saratoga sale.
After being canceled in 2020 due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the Fasig-Tipton Saratoga yearling sale will be a big draw Aug 9-10.
Ontario, Manitoba and British Columbia have posted sales catalogues for CTHS yearling sales coming up in early fall.
One of the most popular juvenile sales with a high rate of stakes winners sold takes place June 9 to 11 in Ocala, Florida.
The five-year program will provide a 35% owners' bonus and an additional 15% added to the BC-bred bonus for yearlings purchased at the sales.
Two-day juvenile sale has a large catalogue with a handful of Ontario-breds on offer at the Maryland auction.