Lexington Selected Yearling Sale remains ahead of 2011 pace
October 6, 2012,David Carr, USTA director of Information and Research
Lexington, KY — The Lexington Selected Yearling Sale is turning into the homestretch, as it completed the fourth of its five sessions on Friday night, averaging $16,931 for the 145 horses sold. Although the average price for the session was a bit below that of the comparable night last year, the full sale is running about 3.5 percent above the average price at the 2011 auction.
Buyers pursued trotters, especially colts, more vigorously than pacers on Friday. Both colt and filly trotters held an advantage of just more than $9,000 over their pacing counterparts in average price, and six of the top seven high price yearlings for the session were trotters.
The sale topper, and the only yearling to sell for six figures on Friday, was Home Front, a Yankee Glide colt out of Little Ms Queenie. He is a full brother to a pair of $200,000 winners. Bjorn Noren, acting as agent for the Courant Ab Stable, bid $100,000 for this Kentuckiana Farms youngster.
Runner-up honors for the session at $65,000 belonged to the lone filly among the top seven, Serena De Vie. She is by Glidemaster from the $200,000 winning dam Dream Angel, part of an extended family that includes such luminaries as Victory Dream and Dream Vacation. William Donovan signed for this trotting filly that was consigned by Preferred Equine Marketing Inc as agent for Joie De Vie Farm LLC.
The top pacer for the session, and third on the leaderboard overall, was Ideal Magic, by American Ideal out of Special Magic. Trainer Tony Alagna acquired the colt for $52,000 for his client John Fodera. Ideal Magic, raised by owner Emerald Highlands Farm, was consigned to the sale by Preferred Equine Marketing Inc.
Top prices paid on Friday:
YEARLING SIRE DAM Sex Gait price Buyer HOME FRONT Yankee Glide Little Ms Queenie C T $100,000 Bjorn Noren, agent for Courant Ab SERENA DE VIE Glidemaster Dream Angel F T $65,000 William Donovan IDEAL MAGIC American Ideal Special Magic C P $52,000 Tony Alagna, agent for John Fodera LIMA PRAZED Crazed Pacific Legacy C T $50,000 Ray Schnittker JACK FINN Broadway Hall Not Just Blonde C T $50,000 Run the Table Stable REVISION Yankee Glide Reinvent C T $50,000 Joie De Vie Farms LLC SOMEBODYIUSETONO Yankee Glide Celebrity Liza C T $50,000 Gary Saul
Sale Stats:
| Group | Number Sold | Total price | Average Price | Top Price | Median | $100,000+ |
| Pacing Colts | 143 | $6,617,000 | $46,273 | $300,000 | $25,000 | 21 |
| Pacing Fillies | 136 | $4,150,000 | $30,515 | $175,000 | $20,000 | 5 |
| Trotting Colts | 145 | $6,666,000 | $45,972 | $360,000 | $30,000 | 17 |
| Trotting Fillies | 128 | $5,131,000 | $40,086 | $320,000 | $30,000 | 6 |
| Total | 552 | $22,564,000 | $40,877 | $360,000 | $28,000 | 49 |
The Lexington Selected Sale concludes on Saturday, October 6 with a session starting at 7:00 p.m. at the Fasig-Tipton Pavilion.
- Huge gains in opening session of Lexington Selected Sale (Wednesday, October 03, 2012)
The hall was rockin’ as the Lexington Selected Yearling Sale flexed its muscle Tuesday night with an opening session that posted an average price of $86,455, a gain of more than eight percent compared to the first session a year ago.
- Solid numbers in second session of Lexington Selected Sale (Thursday, October 04, 2012)
The Lexington Selected Yearling Sale held its second session on Wednesday evening (Oct. 3), as 154 youngsters passed through the sales ring, for a total of $7,547,000. The average price of $49,006 marks an improvement of 9.6 percent over the average in the second session last year.
- Lexington Selected Sale remains in positive territory (Friday, October 5, 2012)
The Lexington Selected Yearling Sale continued on Thursday, Oct. 4 with its third session, sending 154 colts and fillies through the sales ring.
- Strong finish for Lexington Selected Yearling Sale (Sunday, October 07, 2012)
Despite both the temperature and bidding cooling off on Saturday for the concluding session of the Lexington Selected Yearling Sale, warm smiles appeared with the tally of the final numbers, showing an increase on average price of 5.1 percent over the 2011 average.