from the USTA Communications Department
Columbus, OH — The Lexington Selected Yearling Sale continues through Saturday (Oct. 7) with all sessions opening at 7 p.m.
To view the full results of the sale or the upcoming catalogue, please click here. The event is also being streamed live and can be seen on this link.
Complete recaps of the individual sessions will be available at www.ustrotting.com on the mornings following the evening sessions.
Related Articles:
- Rifleman tops opening session of Lexington Selected Yearling Sale (Tuesday, October 03, 2017)
The 2017 Lexington Selected Yearling Sale began on Tuesday (Oct. 3) at the Fasig-Tipton Sales Pavilion in Lexington, Ky. The opening session sales topper was Hip No. 35, Rifleman, a trotting colt by Father Patrick-Designed To Be who sold for $330,000 to Courant Inc. Consigned by Kentuckiana Farms as agent, Rifleman is the first foal out of his dam who was a world champion and banked $656,166 in her career.
- Beautiful Sin at $480,000 becomes new sales-topper at Lexington Selected Sale (Thursday, October 05, 2017)
As only 20 more of her colleagues prepared to enter the ring for the second session of the Lexington Selected Yearling Sale on Wednesday (Oct. 4), the majority of the crowd had already availed themselves of the exit while firmly gripping their catalogues. Those that remained were obviously paying attention to the price Beautiful Sin was demanding, but all conversation ceased once the toteboard hit $300,000. From there on in, all the observers held their breath while waiting to discover the sum the daughter of Muscle Hill-Sina would command. The answer supplied was $480,000 and when the next hip number flashed on the screen, those in attendance collectively released their breath while clapping in honor of the new sales-topper.
- Southwind Bugz steals the show for $335,000 at Lexington Selected Sale (Friday, October 06, 2017)
Although each session of every edition of any sale possesses its own unique characteristics, this year’s Lexington Selected Yearling Sale features an attribute which sets it apart from its predecessors: expect the unexpected. Thursday evening’s (Oct. 5) action certainly demonstrated just that as Southwind Bugz was purchased for $335,000 to rank as the second highest-priced yearling of the event in its third session, which is obviously extremely unusual.
- Mettle brings down the hammer for $180,000 at Lexington Selected Sale (Saturday, October 07, 2017)
On the very first evening of the 2017 Lexington Selected Sale, many of the media members and those in the audience were swift to commence comparisons between this year’s edition and the record-breaking version which occurred the previous year. Randy Manges, co-sales manager, quickly responded to these queries by stating the two were vastly different, as 2016 was in a class of its own, yet he felt the upcoming four sessions would demonstrate not only the demand for horses, but a very robust middle market. After Mettle and Tangent, however, sold for $180,000 and $100,000, respectively, on Friday (Oct. 6) in the sale’s fourth installment, the 2017 sale is poised to soar past its predecessor to annex the top spot in the history books.